I wonder if Lebron realizes what could have been after watching Carmelo

[Renew Deal]

Knicks fans were impassioned last night chanting "Melo" and "Chauncey Billups." Lebron could have become a legend in NY. Instead he's another chump in Miami.

http://www.nba.com/video/games/knicks/2011/02/24/0021000852_mil_nyk_play8.nba

[joeybee12]

1. LeBron is a chump, period...the locale would not have made a difference...nt

[jakefrep]

25. How is he a chump?

He did nothing wrong.

[trumad]

2. What a stupid fucking post...

Fucking New Yorkerians crack me up... Joining the Yankees---the stinky ass Knicks---or the Fucking New Jersey Jets---and you're all of a sudden a legend.

Please----

[Renew Deal]

3. Never the Nets

And not all of a sudden.

[H2O Man]

27. Penis envy.

New York is where it's at, mister. Yankees. Knicks. Madison Square Garden.

[madinmaryland]

4. Carmelo Anthony and Chancey Billups??

:rofl:

[dakota_democrat]

5. Very concise example of why everyone outside of NYC hates NYC.

It's like the Texas of the north.

[Renew Deal]

6. And everyone in NY can live with that

:hi:

[Yavin4]

16. Thank You

Like we care what other people think of NYC.

[Auggie]

9. And you can blame the media, mostly. They're the real "legend" makers.

Doesn't matter whether it's New York, Dallas or even San Francisco. Case in point: that sensational TMZ report on Brian Wilson and Charlie Sheen posted elsewhere in this forum.

[madinmaryland]

12. Would you stop pimping the "Brian Wilson and Charlie Sheen" meme!

:mad:

[Auggie]

14. But it's so much fun

Okay

:)

[El Supremo]

7. Don't rub it in!!!!! >>

[wilt the stilt]

8. In reality NY

is a basketball town. At least when I grew up everyone played BBall. The high school BBall game was the big game not the football game. They are more passionate about basketball. It's no accident it is the city game. Boston was never a basketball town as it was very easy getting playoff tickets during the Russell years. "the wrong color" played for the Celtics.

[JonLP24]

13. I believe you

but back when ESPN Classic was a basic cable channel. They would show a triple overtime game in the 1976 NBA Finals between Boston and Phoenix. I watched it several times, it was one of the best basketball games I ever seen. It was before my time though, I recall it was at Boston. The fans seemed very passionate, including punching a referee when he put more time on the clock. They stormed the court and had to be put back in there seats.

[wilt the stilt]

24. I saw that game live

and it was great. I copied my game after Havlicek.

[trumad]

22. It was a B-Ball town...

years ago...

[TZ]

10. LeBron only cares about LeBron

Do you really think otherwise? In fact one of the reasons I dislike the NBA so much now is that almost every team in the league seems to think there is an I in team. NBA is probably the biggest ME ME ME sports league around right now.

[Renew Deal]

11. I agree completely

The NBA has become a ME ME ME league.

[lazarus]

15. watch the Spurs, then

no egos on that team. They play good fundamental basketball, have a much brisker and more up-tempo offense this year. As an example of the lack of egos on that team, they've had seven different players lead the team in scoring in games this year. It's not all about the Big Two or Big Three superstars there.

But watch, ESPN will continue to shit all over the idea of the Spurs' making it to the Finals, then, when they do get there, will be dismayed at the prospect of low ratings, all while never realizing it was their own shit talking that resulted in those low ratings.

Rant off.

[TZ]

17. Yeah, I keep hearing how "boring" the Spurs are...

:eyes:. But I've always liked Tim Duncan. Seems okay for a star pro basketball player...I kinda like Kevin Durant and OKC too. But thats about the only teams I can tolerate (I live in Washington, I don't have a PRO team to root for here...;))

[JonLP24]

18. You can't tolerate the Suns?

Bunch of nice guys on the team. Frye, Grant Hill, Steve Nash. :)

[TZ]

19. Amended to include the Suns

However, being on the East Coast, I rarely can stay up to see them play.....And I love Grant Hill, former local boy.

[JonLP24]

20. Love Grant Hill

According to reports, he seems like a good guy. I know he is a Dem (though nearly everyone in the NBA is a Dem). I like the way he plays. Smart, does that fake jump shot to get the defender to jump and he has a lane to the basket. Very fundamentally sound.

[Drum]

28. Kick

for Nash & the Suns

[Scurrilous]

21. NY Knicks = Legendary ankle biting chumps

See ya' Sunday night.

[trumad]

23. That was classic.

[fishwax]

26. yes, he could have been a legend, leading the knicks into their 4th decade without an NBA title