Denver Nuggets @ New York Knicks 01.21 7:30PM

[mafra]

and Billups left.Melo was not the only one...

Blakman as well.

[CA7]

I honestly wanna know why everyone is blaming Melo....is it because he's our best player like if we won tonight would it be because of him or what I'm confused

[KingofNy]

Now its time to watch MSG announcers to blame the players.... F**k you alan hahn for selling out. Also Stop talking to players on the other team. MSG is not NBA tv we don't want to hear from the bald chucker.

Alan Hahn told a reporter from the NY times on twitter that he better stop talking bad about D'Antoni or he'd never get a job at MSG. LOL He's a b*tch. He's more like public relations for the Knicks than he is a reporter. If you want real news, don't follow him.

[mafra]

I think it all still boils down to the coaching...but the fact that this team has been unable to get STAT some good looks is really sad.

I think it boils down to the owner. The one constant since late 90s is this chump. Ever since daddy gave him the keys, the Knicks have been the worst franchise in organized sports.

Why am I even surprised?

He's a fool. Made another foolish decision to force Walsh to make the trade.

[CA7]

5 assists in 45 minutes, and he dominated the ball.

Dude plays with his head down. Has ZERO court vision. He missed 20 shots & had 6 TO. Of his 10 makes, 5 of them were forced, contested shots.

NO WAY he played a good game.

We need a PG. The ball should only be kicked out to Carmelo with about 8 seconds on clock.

Running the offense thru 'Melo is like having a crack addict work in a pharmacy.

I never said he played great but he came alive when we needed him most, but dont blame him for his shots, D'Antoni sets that **** up not him, his assist were all great passes, you cant blame him if his shots aren't falling, then why is the coach calling for him to shoot them. Honestly I'd rather Melo sit if he's off but thats the coaches decision. Its just a shame that guys blame Melo for shooting the ball when thats what he's brought here to do.

[fender0577]

I think it boils down to the owner. The one constant since late 90s is this chump. Ever since daddy gave him the keys, the Knicks have been the worst franchise in organized sports.

Yup, but is he really that that dumb?Rhetorical question.

[mafra]

I honestly wanna know why everyone is blaming Melo....is it because he's our best player like if we won tonight would it be because of him or what I'm confused

Bottom line: He's 1-7 from 3. He's not a 3-point shooter. Taking way too many. We were about to win this game at end of 1st OT, but Carmelo wanted to play hero... he hosited a 3 early in shot clock.

This is definition of selfish.

Stop chucking 3s and get to FT line.

Gallo OWNED him tonight. 19 shots and 35 points.

[nyk_nyk]

I think it boils down to the owner. The one constant since late 90s is this chump. Ever since daddy gave him the keys, the Knicks have been the worst franchise in organized sports.

Why am I even surprised?

He's a fool. Made another foolish decision to force Walsh to make the trade.

Kill all the owner excuses. Everyone here thought we'd be better this year and sadly we are not. It's stupid to keep going back and blaming a trade. If that's the case lets blame the Ewing trade instead of letting his contract expire.

[mafra]

I never said he played great but he came alive when we needed him most, but dont blame him for his shots, D'Antoni sets that **** up not him, his assist were all great passes, you cant blame him if his shots aren't falling, then why is the coach calling for him to shoot them. Honestly I'd rather Melo sit if he's off but thats the coaches decision. Its just a shame that guys blame Melo for shooting the ball when thats what he's brought here to do.

Carmelo looks like he's one of those players who would rather lose taking the final shot himself than win by passing to another player.

Carmelo came alive b/c, in his desperation in the 4th, he took it to the rim. Then, he got cute. Carmelo is a LAZY player. Doesn't want to work for his points.

[nyk_nyk]

Bottom line: He's 1-7 from 3. He's not a 3-point shooter. Taking way too many. We were about to win this game at end of 1st OT, but Carmelo wanted to play hero... he hosited a 3 early in shot clock.

This is definition of selfish.

Stop chucking 3s and get to FT line.

Gallo OWNED him tonight. 19 shots and 35 points.

Stat get no blame for being a lame duck? He seemed disinterested.

[KingofNy]

STAT's tech
Millers ****ty 3
Fat Al hitting everything
Douglas and Jeffries being in the game
Melo settling for the jumpers when he should of been driving
Fields losing his aggressiveness
Shumpert no being in the game
STAT not demanding the ball
Knicks not driving when their shots are off
Live and die by three and long 2's instead of getting fouled and going to the line
D'Antoni benches a HOT Walker for the entire second half/2 OT
Jorts and Walker not getting more minutes
Novak sitting we need a guy to stretch the floor
MDA drawing up dumb plays
MDA not making adjustments like putting Balkman on Gallinari
Constantly switching picks
Not setting Melo and STAT up for easy shots
No rebounding as a team
Bad TO's
Crowd booing then cheering then booing then cheering
Missed FT's
Bad calls my refs

so many things

You forgot some others:

Refs missed the ball going out of bounds before Miller's 3 dagger
Bullsh*t charging call against fields, should of been and-1
Leaving the corner 3 open all game every game
No plays for Stat
Drawn up Iso's to Melo after every timeout
Jared Jeffries
Jared Jeffries
Jeffries getting 25+ minutes
Douglas getting 25+ minutes
Jared Jeffries
Knicks not running in 2nd half
D'Antoni not even knowing who's in foul trouble
D'Antoni not knowing stats about game after game
Jared Jeffries?
Drawing plays up to shoot a 3 when we only need 1.
Did I mention Jared Jeffries?

[CA7]

Carmelo looks like he's one of those players who would rather lose taking the final shot himself than win by passing to another player.

Carmelo came alive b/c, in his desperation in the 4th, he took it to the rim. Then, he got cute. Carmelo is a LAZY player. Doesn't want to work for his points.

I agree he should drive more but you cant say without him we aren't close to winning matter fact without him we only win 2 games this year

[KingofNy]

Stat get no blame for being a lame duck? He seemed disinterested.

They weren't calling plays to get him the ball. Our offense and our playcaller is like a broken record. We've been running the same plays EVERY SINGLE GAME this season and Stat has sucked in almost every game. Coincidence? A better point guard isn't fixing sh*t. Sad but unfortunately true.

[fender0577]

I agree he should drive more but you cant say without him we aren't close to winning matter fact without him we only win 2 games this year

Agree, and TC's hustle.

[mafra]

Kill all the owner excuses. Everyone here thought we'd be better this year and sadly we are not. It's stupid to keep going back and blaming a trade. If that's the case lets blame the Ewing trade instead of letting his contract expire.

Knew the Ewing trade was a disaster, when rumors of such a move began to surface from the bandwagon SPREE crowd.