NBA Strut - Brawling in the Garden...!
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anybody catch this rumble...?!?
as if it wasn't bad enuff the knicks were getting punished at home...this thing got real real ugly quick, including melo delivering a fist to the face.
trying to find some clips to post...can watch here for now:http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=261216018
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haha, everything about the knicks is
but melo kinda can ran like a punk after that hook?
looked like jj was trying to give it to 'em
we'll see how the NBA treats it's leading scorer...
1. suspended for a fight in THE GARDEN
and
2. cooling his heels in his suburban Philly mansion because his team doesn't even want him to show up for work...
soulstrut massive: how would you manage this?
punch and run, punch and run!
It got pushed into the seats, the NBA is gonna hit these guys hard. I'm looking forward to hearing Melo's response to his fines and suspension.
in defence of the knicks, denver didn't need those guys out there.....
boo-fucking-hoo, if it bothers them so bad they should play better.
A: from their record (4-10) at the Garden, whoever's playing the Knicks.
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE
the truth hurts.
Me? I'd suspend Melo for 25 games without pay to make an example of his ass. Shit, if the league's leading scorer and one of its biggest names gets 25 games, you think some punk-ass peon as gonna start throwing hands? You think superstars are gonna keep thinking they're above the rules? Fuck that. Punch a dude in the face, 25 games, no play, no pay. Deal with it.
But then again, immediately after suspending Melo for 25 games, 20 million people with torches and pitchforks would come murder me and put my head on a pike, so....
freshman, Ali, & 1986 whatelse to do you want?
other than that, they should suspend carmelo for running like a little bitch after throwing a punch. if you're going to start throwing shit, sit there like a man and stop back pedaling.
that's what the mighty buckshot calls half-steppin.
Melo seriously jeprodized his MVP standing. And he might not even make it to the All Star game. Mo fucka was on his way to surpassing Kobe/Lebron/Wade in popularity and he goes and does this shit. In the heat of battle anything is possible and this is nothin compared to the MALICE @ THE PALACE. It was player vs player, so dont go wishin these cats should get handed the same punishment. And you mo fuckas who think the NBA is "going down the drain" can go listen to A Tribe Called Quest, cause you most likely werent watching B-Ball this season.
I dont see any names here in the NBA threads.......
Nate Robinson punked out as well. Y'all should have seen the faces of Clyde and the other cat.........
yep this will definitely blow up the back covers!
i'm a guess nate robinson is gonna get the heftiest slap...the flagrant was ruff, but nate took it to the unneccesary
carmelo next in line. and bat, you right, melo's image just got kicked to the curb.
5 PAGER?
Some clarification: five minutes for a fight. An extra two minutes if you started the fight. Ten minutes and/or game misconduct if you go ape shit during/after the fight or mouth off.
In hockey, fighting is the custom of settling beefs on the ice or is used to perk up your team/fans. Unfortunately, there is no such similar mechanism in basketball, as there is no real "physical" play in that game. Basketball, along with baseball, is associated as of the the more gentlemanly of sports, similar to cricket and croquet.
Baseball,Cricket,Golf,Croquet.............grass/patorial.
I'm not going waste my time trying to prove Basketball is physical.
i still can't believe melo did that shit, especially this year.
First of all, Collins is at fault, period. He's a bitch ass sore loser and he was
And so this was probably the worst thing that's happened since the Artest incident, but I don't really think this was as bad. This LOOKED worse, but Artest's incident involved fans, this only really involved players, and only about 5 of them. Collins, Robinson, Melo, Smith, and I think #7 on the knicks, only 2 punches were thrown, and nobody really got hurt (except Collins' ego and nose, and maybe Carmelo's hand).
As far as whether it was right on Melo's behalf, probably not. But no matter who you are and how rich you are and how good you are at ball, you're still gonna stand up for yours if you're a real mufucker, and that's what he did. Smith is Melo's boy these days, which you guys might not see if you just see them playing every once in a while. Altitude sports talks about them a lot so I know they kick it and have become close (no homo). If you were out on the court and saw your boy done wrong like that, you might go off too. I'm not excusing his actions, just trying to shed some light on why he took it there.
That said, of course he will get a suspension and a fine, but 25 games would be a little bit much, and on top of that, whatever Melo gets, Collins and Robinson should get the same if not more. Smith shouldn't get anything but he will cuz he tackled Robinson after Robinson swung at him and shoved him. What will be will be, it's not gonna be pretty, but it happened.
and to Batmon: I just wonder if/how this affects our prospects of acquiring Iverson! I am at least glad to see that players still got heart and can get gully when they need to. I ain't mad at Carmelo, but he is gonna get a punishment for that one... I honestly respect him more for standing up for his team/boys. I'm sure many will disagree, but fuck it.
But yo BATMON you said some of the realest shit in the thread here:
"And you mo fuckas who think the NBA is "going down the drain" can go listen to A Tribe Called Quest, cause you most likely werent watching B-Ball this season."
If anything I think this incident shows how fired up NBA players are right now. Last season was a great season and this season could be even better. Heads are sleepin' if they think the game ain't on fire!
hey go watch the replay of it if you don't believe me, he was squared up waiting for him while he was running at him. Granted he wasn't trying to keep the fight going, but if Collins didn't stop coming at him he was ready to handle it. And a sucker punch is when you don't see it coming, watch it again. Collins and Melo are looking at each other and talking to each other, Collins trying to talk shit and slide off toward the bench, Melo, still watching him, cuts through some folks to meet him face to face, then punches him. It wasn't a sucker punch.