Carmelo knocked out during OKC game, JR Smith doesn't care

[Left Side Drive]

Seriously after watching this incident like 8 times, anyone can see that Melo doesn't even move a muscle when JR Smith is driving to the basket. That must be a sign that he was clearly unaware of his surroundings.

[hourockman]

JR Smith displays his amazing IQ yet again.

He had the ball on offense. He's not going to give it up, c'mon.

[Stills12]

The OKC announcers brought it up again during the game tonight. They were talking about fining players for flopping. One of the guys said he "wouldn't be against it after the stunt Carmelo Anthony pulled the other night."

Just simply classless... I was shocked when I heard him say that.

i wonder what they would have said if durant was blacked out.... idiots.

[Hobo4President]

The guys who are saying he faked it are idiots, he got what is called a stinger, it is where an amount of force is pushed on a nerve in the spine or neck that can lead to things such as paralysis for a few seconds/minutes or blackouts for a few seconds/minutes. This is what happened to Melo, but not the paralysis part. Stingers are recovered from in a matter of minutes and the players is able to return to play almost as soon as the symptoms are relieved, which for Melo was being revived.

[So Clutch]

If he didn't fake it, I would have some real concerns if I was a Nuggets fan. If he blacked out during the game he should not have been allowed back three minutes later. I really can't see how any medical staff would allow a player that either got knocked out or blacked out back so quickly.

maybe the reason you can't see why it was dealt with that way was...because you're not a doctor?