MHizzle wrote:I have to say it was tough to watch that. It's like a completely different team showed up in the second half. Melo wasn't sharp at all - way too many turnovers.
Melo seems to be pressing this year, and his game is not as good when he does that. He needs to relax and let the game come to him a little more, when he played that way he was one of the top players in the league.
The one thing that I thought was a little funny last night is that TNT kept killing Melo for his defense, yet once Melo was placed on Lebron in the 2nd half Lebron was not nearly as effective.
MHizzle wrote:I'm beginning to really hate Kenyon Martin offensively. He doesn't try to fit into the offense at all, he just decides at some point he's going to try to score, and too often it's a poor attempt at a jumper or a running hook or something. Very similar to the way Camby used to kill our offensive flow. It's especially frustrating when he hasn't played in a week or so, and clearly isn't sharp at all, but that doesn't phase him.
I noticed this last week with Kmart, I don't know when it really started with him but it is annoying as hell.
MHizzle wrote:As for the ejection, what are you gonna do? If that was LeBron/Duncan/Wade, Joey Crawford would have been kicked out of the league by now, but because it's K-Mart or Rasheed Wallace or something, I'm sure he'll get a raise and a promotion.
Agreed, this star treatment around the league is getting old.
MHizzle wrote:I think it's ridiculous to try to put this on the refs. Were there some crappy calls, sure, but nothing that was at all impactful of the final result. I'd give my left nut to never see Anthony Carter on the court again. Our defensive specialist got burned time and time against by Daniel Gibson. JR Smith did that fine, and at least he can help offensively.
I am so tired of these supposed defensive specialists getting burned, while Karl plays them constantly because they play his way. It should be embarrassing for the front office that they went out and got a top 5 Pg to solve the issue of our starting Pg being a 3rd stringer, yet Karl then decides to play a d-leaguer at Sg, as opposed to a guy who has shown the potential to be an all star. If Karl wants to start a real defensive specialist, then why not start Balkman, he is the better defender and neither one of them can shoot.
Other then that I would love to know what it will take for Nene to actually get the ball in the post 12-14 times a game.