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NBA Season Thread 2013-2014
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I'm sorry DRD but how can you post that with a straight face? I know you're a Pacers fan, but that call was an absolute joke. Where's the contact? You can argue there's contact before George even gets the ball, but you'd be stretching it. After he gets the ball, Williams doesn't even touch him. Pacers' commentators conveniently ignore that it was a phantom foul. It was a disgusting bail out call for the Pacers which lead to them getting an undeserved win. George was good in OT but you got some awful calls in OT too, and got very lucky a few times.
Once again awful officiating has a direct effect on the outcome. NBA refs have to be some of the worst in professional sports.
That's a foul, is it? Ridiculous, outcome-changing call. Sick of superstar calls.
There was no mention of it possibly not being a foul on Fox Sports Indiana.
Looking at that gif. I agree there was no contact. But the ref who called it was standing behind George and from his angle, It probably looked like contact was made. The officials were questionable throughout. Both teams were effected by their calls. We have been fcked on previous occasion with late calls. We were due a favorable decision.0 -
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ButtersSuki wrote: »Ah Melo…….:rolleyes:
62 in a blow out. Whilst part of me is impressed when anyone goes over 50 in an NBA game, I always look at the overall score first to see if indeed it was a blowout. There's a big difference scoring 62 in a blow out say than averaging 40+ in the Finals a la Jordan. Blowout games are a joke, basically pick up games that suit a 1v1 player. Interesting to note it was the Bobcats too - Deron Willimas went for 57 again them a couple of years ago. Hmmmmmm…….
Melo strikes me as the kind of player that would rather score 50 and lose than score 10 and his team win. Maybe I'm being unkind and unfair but it's the impression I've always gotten from the guy and the reason I don't think all but the most biased Knicks fans will never rate him as one of the All-time greats.
A bit harsh I think, he went out with 7 minutes left in the game, so could've gotten 70 if he really wanted to chase it.
I've been critical of Melo in the past, but you have to say he's a fantastic scorer.
My criticism has been that he takes too many difficult shots, and while he's extremely good at making them, the fact that they're so difficult means it's not the best way to win basketball games.
But at a certain point you have to forget that and admire the personal skill.
Only 13 players in NBA history have scored 62 points, so it's a good achievement whenever you do it:
Also the Bobcats' defense has been pretty good this year, the new coach seems to know his stuff defensively (e.g. they have a lower points allowed than the Heat).0 -
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A bit harsh I think, he went out with 7 minutes left in the game, so could've gotten 70 if he really wanted to chase it.
I've been critical of Melo in the past, but you have to say he's a fantastic scorer.
My criticism has been that he takes too many difficult shots, and while he's extremely good at making them, the fact that they're so difficult means it's not the best way to win basketball games.
But at a certain point you have to forget that and admire the personal skill.
Only 13 players in NBA history have scored 62 points, so it's a good achievement whenever you do it:
Also the Bobcats' defense has been pretty good this year, the new coach seems to know his stuff defensively (e.g. they have a lower points allowed than the Heat).
If you check my post you'll see I acknowledged the achievement as a feat in itself (I even lowered the bar to 50 points!), and I've said in the past Melo is an exceptional/elite scorer. Check my posts and you'll see I've even praised him for his raised rebounding effort and stats this year…...BUT….and this will always be there with Melo….he's (rightly or wrongly, rightly IMO) seen as a guy who's just a scorer - not a guy who scores AND makes him teammates better like the truly elite - Bird, Magic, Jordan etc. Melo is all about Melo; there's not a GM in the league who would build a team around him/with him as the starting point.
Put it this way, not may guys come out with quotes like this:
"It's just a zone that you get in sometime, and only a certain group of people know what that zone feels like."
-- Anthony
That's such a "look at me" quote "only a certain group of people know what that feels like" - lol. Other players who have nights like that thank their teammates for getting them the ball, facilitating them or self-depreacte saying they were lucky the shots were falling etc. etc. Melo basically says "Yeah, I'm loike totes amazeballs".
And while the Bobcats defense may have improved, they were missing Gordon and Walker + others last night. Gordon at least would have spent some time on Melo defensively. And missing 2 guys like that messes up your rotation.
He strikes me as a guy who could easily go through his career without winning anything and be talking sh&t like a Big Time Charlie for the rest of his life. The only way I can ever see him getting a ring is on the coat-tails of someone else….like say if he takes a reserve role on say a KD-led team in 5 years or so.
It's just my opinion, but one I know others share. But then again I doubt Melo gives two f*cks about some old white Irish guy who used to ball in Ireland.:rolleyes:0 -
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