Carmelo Anthony Drops Mardy Collins, Runs Like a Girl
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12/17/2006 12:14 AM ET By mjd
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The above is video of the wild scene in Madison Square Garden last night, which included George Karl with some kind of desire to run up the score, Mardy Collins with a desire to club someone because he's frustrated that the Knicks aren't very good at basketball, and Carmelo Anthony with a desire to punch Mardy Collins, and then avoid all physical contact afterwards.
All ten players who were on the floor at the time were suspended. Not all of them deserved to be, but there was about a minute to play, Dick Bavetta couldn't possibly sort out who did what, so he just chucked them all.
Carmelo's the most interesting figure in this. He's the guy who doesn't back down, the guy from the wrong part of Baltimore, who keeps it 'hood everywhere he goes. And for a few minutes, he keeps his rep ... stepping in to hit a teammate who hit one of his teammates. Maybe or maybe not the right thing to do, but at least consistent with when I'd have expected from Carmelo. And then he starts backpedaling like he's being chased by a pack of rabid wolverines. I don't get it, 'Melo.
More is coming on this subject, I'm sure.
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And it happened in New York City!!!!! Not Detroit!
My goodness, what is this world coming to! Could it be that New York City has violence too?
it's a fight. in sports. not a big deal, not an auburn hills-type incident. why is every kind of athlete except for basketball players allowed to do this?
This is the most alive, the most effort put on by the Knicks this year. Actually, for the past 4 or 5 years they haven't been this aggresive or seem this alive.
Now if only they would channel this type of energy into their play, maybe they wouldn't be the leagues doormat.
WoW, the knicks finally showed some form of emotion and drive. Too bad it wasn't in a game like it should be.
If you look Marbury didn't change one bit. He was comatose in the fight, same as in games.
Get rid of the this bum!
Its the NBA. It is getting so boring to watch that they have to thug it up to get people interested. There was a time when the NBA had the best marketing in the business....now it is just a joke.
soo what the knicks were getting the butts kicked,so what they were rubbing it in your face, Mardy Collins should not have tried to ride J.R. Smiths back while he was going up for a basket, the knicks started it and the excuse they used just ain't right, get better or get off the court.
i was there, it was great, many fans already left cause of the 20pt deficit. jared jeffries is my hero, chasin melo across the floor. a die hard knick fan, ill admit it was a hard foul, but the knicks finally showed some heart, sucks this had to happen the night marbury finally puts up 32pts. melo showed his true colors and the knicks showed they can aleast win a fight. awesome game!!
The NBA needs a zero tolerance policy for this kind of thing, I for one am getting tired of seeing it, These guys are paid way too much to act like punks.
one of the greatest players ever in baseball was banned for life for betting on baseball "banned for life " maybe if these punks realize that could happen to them they would act like adult men at this level are expected to act.
is this basketball or wwi wrestling
And these are the men our sons are supposed to look up to as role models???? No wonder our world is in such a mess!! Until these "boys" can act like "men", they should be banned from making a disgrace of themselves and the sport!
NOT A BIG DEAL guys. i'd rather have them fight it out on the court than shoot it out at the titty bar after the game.
damn melo...i kno ya'll see him, my boy melo dropped collins...damn.....but he ran like little white boys runnin from michael jacksons house...i mean he leveled boy and started runnin backwards he got repect 4 dat 1 hitta quitta but he got it taken back runnin away from da fight he started...na i was talkin wit this punk dat got beat by 4 gurls 10 dudes and his mom, and even he calls melo a punk....but fact still remains melo is....he's....i jus hate to be collins
Are you kidding me..I for one have had enough of it. The coach is crying after the game that those guys should not have even been in the game cause they are up by 19, please...like that is an excuse for these players to act like unclassy heathens. I'm done. Jerry Springer - call your thugs in for the show man.
mello punches like my lil sister but she dont run after
I WAS AT MY CHURCH, WITH THE SANTUARY VOICES SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLES WITH A PACKED AUDIENCE OF THE FAITHFUL, JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE REAL FIGHT IS...FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH...AND BY THE WAY I LOVE BASKETBALL NOTHING DULL ABOUT BASKETBALL AT ALL...OH, DID I MENTION ISAIAH 58:7-9 MERRY CHRISTMAS
It was a fight.No body died, no body was even hurt it was a fight. People who dont play competitive sports dont understand the heat of battle. The media hates professional atheletes, thats the only reason this stuff gets blown up period
Mr. Drumline, you're as much of an illiterate, greasy palm, leech, punk as the bottom-dweller NBA morons you worship.
Lost in this whole ordeal is the idiocy of Nate Robinson. If he weren't clinically retarded, all that happens is a hard foul and some jawing afterward. Instead, it's a brawl. Way to go, Nate. I hate you so much.
NBA contracts might include a clause that the players contract would be terminated for cause with a conviction for a crime committed during a game. Next, such a fight as took place could be criminally investigated by the police and players brought to trial. I think players knowing in advance that they are responsible under the law as the rest of us are might calm these problems.
I always had the feeling carmelo was a low life punk, & he just proved it. I recall doing the same thing to a big dude in a game when I was 13 years old.