Melo Blows off Media after loss

kylepicklehead

Benchwarmer
Anthony blows off media after six-point stinker

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Let's hope last night's game is as bad it gets for Carmelo Anthony as a Knick, that this rock-bottom disaster is out of his system well before April's playoffs.
Anthony was miserable in every phase at The Palace, right down to blowing off the media, storming out of the locker room and heading for the team bus while reporters huddled around Chauncey Billups.
Anthony's awful night led to a Knicks' fourth-quarter choke of an 11-point lead and a terrible 99-95 loss to the pathetic Pistons (25-44) after being outscored 29-17 in the final period.



Anthony shot 2-of-12, recorded six points, shut out in the second half, looking disengaged and frustrated in one of the worst games of his NBA career after which Amar'e Stoudemire attempted to send his buddy a pointed message.
The last time Anthony scored fewer than six points in which he was not injured in occurred January 2005 when he posted five. (Anthony scored two points in November as a Nugget in a two-minute stint before injuring his ankle.)

It was an unmitigated disaster for Anthony. While his missed driving layup against Chris Wilcox with 36.3 seconds left was his signature low moment, Anthony's failure to secure a defensive rebound with 15 seconds to go and the Knicks trailing by two was as debilitating.
While Anthony blew off the media in a poor show of leadership, Stoudemire gave a pointed message directed at his new teammate and close friend about buying more into coach Mike D'Antoni's move-the-ball, up-tempo offense rather than his own freelancing.
"We have to subscribe to the Mike D'Antoni system, it works," Stoudemire, the team's captain, said after the defeat. "I've been part of it for a long time now. It's been very successful. We have to buy into it and get it done."
Stoudemire said the new guys have to adapt to D'Antoni's system, because it's effective.
"That's the way we're going to win," he said. "We've proven it works with the team we had before the trade, and it could work with the guys we have now. It's a matter of us buying into it. It's new for most of the guys, so it takes time to understand how it works. Over time it will grow on them. Hopefully it turns around soon."



The Knicks were better when Anthony was on the bench in the third quarter and early fourth, when they built an 11-point lead with 11:31 left. Anthony seemed uninvolved as he sat. During one timeout, he did not join the huddle.
The Knicks are now 7-7 since the trade, with last night's collapse taking the joy out of Friday's Memphis blowout. The Knicks have lost four of five games and play in Milwaukee tomorrow.
Billups, who came with Anthony in tandem from Denver, also put forth a stinker with eight turnovers. The point guard took the blame for his miscues.



"That's crazy and there is no excuse for that," Billups said. "You don't like having those kind of nights, but it happens."
Anthony acted irritated across the night. When he left the court after the final buzzer, his head was down, and he didn't even see as Ronny Turiaf tried to high-five him on his exit.
"There's nights like this when you don't have it," Stoudemire said. "It's up to us to bring forth the effort, all of us. We didn't have the offensive effort moving the ball."
The Knicks had beaten Detroit both times before the trade.
"[Anthony] got frustrated offensively in Denver [also]," Billups said. "He's not going to play awesome every night. Nobody is. You expect it from a great player, but it just doesn't happen like that."
The Knicks were in such command after three quarters thanks to a great spark again from Toney Douglas, by far the Knicks' best player last night, scoring 20 points following his record-setting night vs. Memphis.
With Anthony taking just one shot, the Knicks staged a 17-0 run -- a season-best splurge -- that turned a 65-57 deficit into a 74-65 bulge. After the third quarter ended, D'Antoni ran onto the court, slapped Douglas on the butt while Anthony walked by ignored.
"We just tried to create some static out there," Stoudemire said. "Moving, setting screens, flashing to the ball, being active, playing with energy."
After Shawne Williams bricked a right corner 3-pointer with the score tied, the Pistons came down and took the lead for good when ex-Knick Chris Wilcox slammed home a putback off a missed layup with 51 second left for a 97-95 lead.
Anthony then missed on a contested drive, making him 0-for-6 in the offensive rebound, winning a battle for the ball with Anthony with 15 seconds left and Will Bynum sank the game-sealing free throws.
D'Antoni pointed out the 18 turnovers for 28 points, 17 fourth-quarter points but had little to say about Anthony.
"It just wasn't a good game," D'Antoni said.


:barf::barf::barf::barf:
 
Well said from Amare Stoudemire; the true team leader of this Knicks team. He's 100% correct too: It's all about ball movement. Ball movement is everything in terms of setting up the easy basket.

Melo will be Melo & he'll bounce back strong as ever next game but like Amare stated... Melo & Billups are both trying to learn this offensive system, in other words; the great wall of China or Rome wasn't built in 14 days (games).

Well, at least Amare supports Mike D'Antoni; which is more than what some of these posters on this board can say or do.
 
Well said from Amare Stoudemire; the true team leader of this Knicks team. He's 100% correct too: It's all about ball movement. Ball movement is everything in terms of setting up the easy basket.

Melo will be Melo & he'll bounce back strong as ever next game but like Amare stated... Melo & Billups are both trying to learn this offensive system, in other words; the great wall of China or Rome wasn't built in 14 days (games).

Well, at least Amare supports Mike D'Antoni; which is more than what some of these posters on this board can say or do.

Of course he supports D'Antoni. Both have the same philosophy: Score score score - defense? unnecessary!
 

la2ny

Starter
Lol.

Notice how the media will take the slightest things and enhance them to make it seem like Melo or Chauncey will want Coach fired or to prove the trade was bad.
 

KingCharles34

All Star
Cant say i blame him, who the fukk would wanna talk to the media after a game like that? Whats there to say? It was obviously just an off game partially because of lack of ball movement but even with poor ball movement you probably wont see Melo struggle this bad again. Wades had at least one similar game this year, sh*t happens. Like D'antoni and Stoudermire alluded to, I think the 18 turnovers, lack of ball movement, and the 29-17 fourth quarter in favor of Detroit were the bigger problems. At least the knicks didnt give up 100 points :|
 

YungMelo15

Benchwarmer
Melo had a horrible night! Horrible! I agree with KingStarbury3 I wouldnt wanna give an intrview after that either. Especially a loss.

There is no way ALL the blame for losing this game goes on melo either. His game spoke for itself that night. Im pretty sure Det went on a 19-5 run in the 4th tho, and that damn wilcox putback that tied the game. Pitiful! (The starters should of been in the game)

To hell with the media, all theyre gonna do is piss em off more lol
 

p0nder

Starter
Yeah, it really shows a difference in leadership abilities too. Melo is a great player and I'm glad he's on the team, but STAT has clearly defined himself as the leader of the Knicks. Melo walking away from the mic's doesn't mean much, no one would want to, but if it was stat that went 2-12 I'm sure he would of gotten in front of those microphones and talked about it a little bit.
 

TommyMSG

Rookie
Not worried about Melo. He'll pick things up. We never expected him to become a leader on this team anyway, so he's allowed to act unprofessional on occasion.
 
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