HarthorneWingo wrote:Melo ain't Patrick and Patrick never pulled this.
http://nypost.com/2015/06/26/the-carmelo-disconnect-why-he-doesnt-have-right-to-cry-about-pick/Reports Friday indicated Anthony was anywhere between annoyed and betrayed by Jackson’s decision, and that is too predictable, when you think about it.
It is also too bad.
It’s hard to know who Anthony identified as the player left on the board who would have given the Knicks an instant boost of life, and a quick push toward contention. Tim Duncan’s name wasn’t on it. Patrick Ewing’s wasn’t. So if we’re just talking about this from a practical standpoint it’s odd — and, truthfully, maybe even wrong, because in Jerian Grant the Knicks may well have stumbled into a player who actually might provide immediate help.
But, really, that’s beside the point.
This is the point: Melo isn’t Patrick Ewing.
And not just from a standpoint of standing within the firmament of all-time NBA greats. After a while, it became an annual right or sporting passage to lament and bemoan the shortage of pieces the Knicks kept surrounding Ewing with in his endless and fruitless attempt to win a championship. Of course, Ewing himself never would have said that publicly, but ball doesn’t lie and neither do results.
That’s always been a puzzling disconnect with Anthony: He demands the gravitas of a franchise cornerstone without having put in the years — or having achieved a fraction of the success — that someone like Ewing did. He wants to come across as a team-first guy (and a segment of hungry Knicks fans believe him), but he is defined by a series of me-first moves — from choosing to stay for money, to putting off surgery long enough so he could play in a New York All-Star Game, to his preferred system of iso-heavy offense.
None of those things make him a bad person, certainly none make him a bad player. But he has had a tough enough time being the Face of the Franchise (who, by the way, is coming off knee surgery) doing what he does best — playing.
It’s funny: One of the things that likely will endear Porzingis to the skeptical masses is his clear and genuine ambition to seize New York, to enjoy all the unique aspects of playing here. It is a feeling all too uncommon among professional athletes in 2015. Anthony should recognize that. He is also a guy who said “yes” when so many others said “no” — and he said it twice.
That should be something that bonds them. Melo could have clarified his position Friday. Instead, he issued another tweet: “‘What’s understood doesn’t need to be spoken upon’ #DestiNY #TheFutureIsNow”
This isn't 90's this is the age of social medias where everyone can expresses their feelings whenever they want, where players can actually interact with the fans from anywhere in the world.
