The New York Knicks have been struggling on the floor of late. Mardy Collins exhibited that frustration when he fouled J.R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets hard. It was a flagrant foul and Collins deserved ejection and to be suspended. That is justice. But the Nuggets didn't feel that way and fought instead. It wasn't enough for them to run up the score and purposefully embarrass the Knicks. When the Knicks showed some pride, they had to start a fight.
Carmelo Anthony threw several punches including one that hit Mardy Collins in the face after things had calmed down and Collins was blocked from view. Anthony then ran to the other side of the court. Carmelo Anthony showed why he is a cowardly, gutless, sucker-punching sissy. He should be suspended for a long long time. Definitely the longest of anyone involved in this brawl. And throw him off of the USA team too. I mean, Shawn Kemp wasn't allowed on because he grabbed his crotch while dunking; this has got to be worse.
J.R. Smith tackled Nate Robinson when Nate wasn't looking. Smith also threw several punches and started the whole thing after the foul. He needs to be suspended for a long time too.
Nate Robinson showed a lot of guts in the scuffle by backing his teammates, no matter his size. Sadly, I know he'll have to be suspended too as he threw a few punches. Hopefully, the commissioner will realize that Nate's punches really had no intention of connecting and he showed restraint when he could've went after Anthony, as Carmelo moonwalked his way to the "Wuss Hall of Fame." Jared Jeffries went crazy after the sucker punch, trying to defend his teammates. Being a man has nothing to do with fighting, but it has to do with having your buddy's back and Jeffries did. Of course, he should be suspended for a while too, but I respect his loyalty to his teammates.
It's a cliché, but I hope this will bring the Knicks together. They really should have an "us against the world" mentality now. And they now know that they can trust each other. I also like that it was the young guys out there and hopefully they'll be a part of the Knicks for a while. And this might be the thing that gives them purpose.
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I'm proud of the Buffalo Bills. No one has talked about the Bills all season, but they consistently put in gutsy performances. Now the Bills are 7-7 and 5 of our losses were to the Patriots (twice), the Colts, the Chargers, and the Bears- four of the best teams in the NFL. We have an exciting young receiving core and a lockdown defense. And beating the Dolphins twice in one year makes up for a lot of other bad stuff in my life (if there actually was bad stuff for it to make up for). I'm still not sold on the QB, but we'll see.
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