Comments on: NBA Playoffs: Carmelo Anthony's success puts him in a strangely familiar place

By: JustALakerFan

JustALakerFan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:23:59 +0000

Denver has a reciept for disaster. Three bigs who are not low post threats (NENE, Birdman,& Martin),streaky shooter in Afflalo and Smith, and a pg (Billups) who if he is not scoring – he gets nobody easy shots. Only + is Melo. Ty Lawson is good energy but he wont lead anybody to victory. Oh yeah they play no “D”. They got lucky last year face NO and Dallas who were both banged up. This doesnt suprise me at all.

By: jay

jay — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:55:46 +0000

dude, utah isnt the 8th seed
give me a break, you are just a bandwagon critic

By: ruserious

ruserious — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:34:28 +0000

wompus – you must not be watching the same games?? NO ONE initiates contact more than Williams, and for some reason the refs are falling for it – try watching closer and without the Utah goggles on. Other than SA I have not seen another team flop more than Utah. One of the charges on called on Melo (yes also an all-star) – Williams wasn’t even touched!!! And as for your analysis of the officiating, not much has changed at all – no matter what game I am watching the officiating has been terrible all the way around. I am not going to sit here and say that the Nuggets are the better team here – or even deserve to win, because they have not demonstrated that in this series – nor has the play shown any desire to win. Utah has come out ready to play, I will give them that, but I highly disagree with some of your comments when it comes to the officiating – not just in the Nuggets / Jazz series, but most of the games I have watched.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:23:06 +0000

Calling this guy from the back east is as bad as him calling the Jazz an 8 seed….you know there are morons everywhere, guess you are proof of such. This series is all on George Karl being out, although I don’t believe he would make the Nuggets autowin.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:55:33 +0000

This series would be so much different if Karl was coaching…Dantley can’t inspire them at all…just listen to the interview, is that what a good head coach sounds like, calling out the only player that played hard last night and the entire series?
And he can’t seem to realize that the Jazz have basically no answer defensively for Ty Lawson and that he needs to be given more run and effectively utilized. He also plays Smith (who has been ice cold) way too long …unless Smith is hot, Lawson and Afflalo need to be getting his minutes.
And yes, Billups has been awful lately…whether it’s due to his increasing weariness and age or something else…

By: wompus

wompus — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:34:52 +0000

Agreed with thefeel, 100%. The Jazz are pretty good, with an allstar in Deron Williams and Boozer not far behind. Plus, AK is on the bench, but he’s making about $16Million a year. The Jazz have talent to, and take a look at their rookie, Wes Mathews (an undrafted Rookie!)
I think the weak link on the Nuggets team is Billups. He might have leadership off the court, but just about every possession where he tries to score, he’s always trying to draw a foul. In all the games I’ve watched in the playoff’s, Billups is always trying to lean into the other player to draw the foul, he’s more concerned with going to the free throw line than he is in helping his team.
I am so thankful, that the ref’s aren’t letting billups jump into another player and calling fouls, when Billups is the one initiating the contact. I think the ref’s have been held over heels better in the playoff’s, in every playoff game that I’ve seen. I tip my hats to whatever the change has been, maybe that’s why Oklahoma is tied with LA, the Jazz is beating Denver, Portland and Suns tied and the Spurs beating the Mavs (well no shocker there), finally we’ve getting the correct calls made, rather than calls that favor only the superstars (ie Kobe, Mello, Stoudemire, etc…)

By: thefeel

thefeel — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:22:55 +0000

Hey wowlfie – Utah is the 5th seed not the 8th seed you moron and missed the 3rd seed by 1 game thanks to 3 starters being injured in the last game of the season. Utah only missed the 2nd seed by one game. They swept the Trailblazers and San Antonio this year. Don’t act so shocked that the Thuggets are getting beat by a better team and don’t go calling the Jazz an 8th seed. You must be from back east or something.

By: wowlfie

wowlfie — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:07:05 +0000

You call this success almost getting swept by 8th seeded Utah? Give me a break Carmello is not good enough to ever win the big one in the NBA.