-
Changing RCF's index page, please click on "Forums" to access the forums.
Knicks-Nuggets Brawl
- Thread starter Rimage
- Start date
Dirk Gently
Premium Member
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2005
- Messages
- 1,722
- Reaction score
- 1,125
- Points
- 113
clevelandrox23 said:
I don't see it saying anywhere on that link about a 10 day suspension. It will be interesting. He didn't do much more than Ben Wallace did in the "Brawl", but Ben didn't run backwards like a little bitch either. He should be suspended longer for that.
Statement from Carmelo Anthony
Dec. 17 -- "Last night's altercation with the Knicks escalated further than it should have. I take full responsibility for my actions in the matter. In the heat of the moment I let my emotions get the best of me. I apologize to the fans, the Denver Nuggets, the NBA, my mother, and my family for the embarrassment I have caused them. I ask you all for your forgiveness.
I also want to make a personal apology to Mardy Collins and his family. My actions were inexcusable, and I am sorry for making this an even more embarrassing situation.
What makes this all the more painful is that this was one of the most important weeks of my life. I just realized one of my biggest dreams when we opened the Youth Center in Baltimore that bares my name. To see the community excited and hundreds of kids smiling was an incredible feeling. Now the thought of thousands of kids seeing this incident on TV pains me. This is not the example I want to set.
It's my hope that we work to move forward from this event, and never let something like this happen again."
-Carmelo Anthony
Dec. 17 -- "Last night's altercation with the Knicks escalated further than it should have. I take full responsibility for my actions in the matter. In the heat of the moment I let my emotions get the best of me. I apologize to the fans, the Denver Nuggets, the NBA, my mother, and my family for the embarrassment I have caused them. I ask you all for your forgiveness.
I also want to make a personal apology to Mardy Collins and his family. My actions were inexcusable, and I am sorry for making this an even more embarrassing situation.
What makes this all the more painful is that this was one of the most important weeks of my life. I just realized one of my biggest dreams when we opened the Youth Center in Baltimore that bares my name. To see the community excited and hundreds of kids smiling was an incredible feeling. Now the thought of thousands of kids seeing this incident on TV pains me. This is not the example I want to set.
It's my hope that we work to move forward from this event, and never let something like this happen again."
-Carmelo Anthony
oh please, this isnt the first time he has filled out one of these form letter apology letters, remember a few years ago when he was on that "stop snitching" video? this guy is nothing more then a B-More thug. show some class and realize the consequences of your actions before you make them, he is one of the faces of the league. and if you are going to hit someone, fight them, dont sucker punch them and run all the way back.
cavs_playa23
Banned
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2006
- Messages
- 708
- Reaction score
- 10
- Points
- 0
This classless asshole is making the nba look bad
Thomas instigated the entire thing. Probably because he couldn't think of any excuses for getting blown out at home again. And Robinson threw a punch long before Anthony did.
Yes, Carmelo ought to get a long rest period, but those two ought to join him,
Yes, Carmelo ought to get a long rest period, but those two ought to join him,
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2005
- Messages
- 8,737
- Reaction score
- 7,145
- Points
- 113
It will be more than 10 games. Nate is goin to get some time too.
All in all I count maybe 6 players that I think will get suspended for some time, and I think Isiah might be up for some penalty too.
This could be the end of thomas. If Dolan needed a reason to do it now, he just got one.
I also like Nate Robinson. Maybe this will be an opportunity for us to snag him. Watching the video, I think he will get a bum rap, but IMO he was more defending himself and Collins than actually instigating things.
All in all I count maybe 6 players that I think will get suspended for some time, and I think Isiah might be up for some penalty too.
This could be the end of thomas. If Dolan needed a reason to do it now, he just got one.
I also like Nate Robinson. Maybe this will be an opportunity for us to snag him. Watching the video, I think he will get a bum rap, but IMO he was more defending himself and Collins than actually instigating things.
Isiah intiated it, Karl had every right to run the score up on this team filled with overpayed bums, Karl and Brown are close friends so i guess he felt he was making a point by running the score up on Isiah. Melo should be gone for a while, not for throwing a punch...but for just looking like a pansy. That Mardy Collins should get a fair amount of time as well.
cdt
Winter Is Here
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2005
- Messages
- 22,273
- Reaction score
- 9,758
- Points
- 113
James 23 said:
Bob Schles: Thomas instigated the entire thing. Probably because he couldn't think of any excuses for getting blown out at home again. And Robinson threw a punch long before Anthony did.
Yes, Carmelo ought to get a long rest period, but those two ought to join him.
I see these admin says be quiet things all over and the person always has something halfway decent to say...why does this keep happening?
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2005
- Messages
- 20,027
- Reaction score
- 49,800
- Points
- 148
I think there's a good chance that Thomas finally loses his job as a result of this. This was premeditated. Zeke told Anthony a few seconds before it happened "don't go in the paint". Once this gets around he is going to be in hot water with the league office and it will be added to the long list of Knick embarrassments. Dolan has seen enough in my opinion and Zeke will be gone by Jan 1st.
cdt
Winter Is Here
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2005
- Messages
- 22,273
- Reaction score
- 9,758
- Points
- 113
I read in an article in SI that Karl made some comments that Thomas found offensive..
He confronted Karl and both began screaming at eachother..wouldn't surprise me that the Nuggs were trying to embarass the Knicks and that Isiah told them to play dirty...
Also in the Article were some other Thomas' Blowups..
Isiah went after Popovich after a Spurs Knicks game when Isiah was fed up with Bowen planting his foot under a jumpshooter and told his players
"break his ****ing foot"
He confronted Karl and both began screaming at eachother..wouldn't surprise me that the Nuggs were trying to embarass the Knicks and that Isiah told them to play dirty...
Also in the Article were some other Thomas' Blowups..
Isiah went after Popovich after a Spurs Knicks game when Isiah was fed up with Bowen planting his foot under a jumpshooter and told his players
"break his ****ing foot"
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2005
- Messages
- 20,027
- Reaction score
- 49,800
- Points
- 148
Report: NBA investigating if Knicks' Thomas ordered hard foul
Daily News Wire Services
The NBA is investigating whether Isiah Thomas, the president and coach of the Knicks, ordered a hard foul that touched off a brawl with the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, several people involved in the investigation told the New York Times yesterday.
The Nuggets, according to those people, are pointing to an exchange between Thomas and Carmelo Anthony - part of which was captured by the MSG Network - that seemed to convey a threat. None of the people who spoke about the exchange wanted to be identified, because the investigation was ongoing.
Ten players were ejected after the fight, which started when Mardy Collins, a Knicks rookie from Temple, clobbered the Nuggets' J.R. Smith as he was driving for a basket. Four players threw punches and Jared Jeffries has to be restrained from going after Anthony after the Denver star threw a punch that floored Collins.
Anthony apologized yesterday.
Some of the players, and possibly Thomas, are expected to receive suspensions today once the league reviews the MSG tape and interviews players, coaches and security personnel. There is no known NBA precedent for punishing a coach for instigating a fight.
With 1 minute, 32 seconds left, the MSG broadcast focused on Thomas while Denver's Marcus Camby shot free throws. The Nuggets were leading by 117-100. Thomas, standing on the sideline, his arms folded and his jaw tight, bites his lower lip and then starts talking to a Nuggets player. The player is not in the camera shot, but the broadcaster Mike Breen notes that Thomas is talking to Anthony.
There is no audio of Thomas, but he appears to say: "Hey, don't go to the basket right now. It wouldn't be nice." Seconds later, Thomas cocks his head, holds out his right palm and, with a slight smile, adds, "Just letting you know."
Calvin Andrews, Anthony's agent, confirmed last night that Thomas had told Anthony to stay away from the area under the basket. Andrews indicated that Anthony gave that account to NBA officials earlier yesterday.
The Knicks were off yesterday, and team officials declined to comment on the incident.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/basketball/16264801.htm
Daily News Wire Services
The NBA is investigating whether Isiah Thomas, the president and coach of the Knicks, ordered a hard foul that touched off a brawl with the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, several people involved in the investigation told the New York Times yesterday.
The Nuggets, according to those people, are pointing to an exchange between Thomas and Carmelo Anthony - part of which was captured by the MSG Network - that seemed to convey a threat. None of the people who spoke about the exchange wanted to be identified, because the investigation was ongoing.
Ten players were ejected after the fight, which started when Mardy Collins, a Knicks rookie from Temple, clobbered the Nuggets' J.R. Smith as he was driving for a basket. Four players threw punches and Jared Jeffries has to be restrained from going after Anthony after the Denver star threw a punch that floored Collins.
Anthony apologized yesterday.
Some of the players, and possibly Thomas, are expected to receive suspensions today once the league reviews the MSG tape and interviews players, coaches and security personnel. There is no known NBA precedent for punishing a coach for instigating a fight.
With 1 minute, 32 seconds left, the MSG broadcast focused on Thomas while Denver's Marcus Camby shot free throws. The Nuggets were leading by 117-100. Thomas, standing on the sideline, his arms folded and his jaw tight, bites his lower lip and then starts talking to a Nuggets player. The player is not in the camera shot, but the broadcaster Mike Breen notes that Thomas is talking to Anthony.
There is no audio of Thomas, but he appears to say: "Hey, don't go to the basket right now. It wouldn't be nice." Seconds later, Thomas cocks his head, holds out his right palm and, with a slight smile, adds, "Just letting you know."
Calvin Andrews, Anthony's agent, confirmed last night that Thomas had told Anthony to stay away from the area under the basket. Andrews indicated that Anthony gave that account to NBA officials earlier yesterday.
The Knicks were off yesterday, and team officials declined to comment on the incident.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/basketball/16264801.htm