The Knicks are bad, and if the Christmas Day game was any indicator, they aren't going to get much better soon. But they're still worth watching because — again, if Christmas Day was a sign — New York just finds new, creative ways to show their ineptitude. Look at how nobody had Quincy Acy's back when the Wizards ganged up on him for trying to snuff John Wall. Hell, Cole Adrich even walked away.
Carmelo Anthony, who's been sounding like not crying is half the battle, actually has an excuse for not helping out his teammate.
You can’t do that now. Guys on the bench can’t do that, they can’t move. I saw our coaches holding them back. I saw the guys on the court, anytime you’re running to a large group of people, something can happen. I wasn’t going to allow myself to run up to a group of people in the circle and now something happens to me, now I’ve got to worry about what I might do or what I’m capable of doing. I’d rather just get Quincy out of there and walk away from it while they’re trying to figure out what’s going on.
Sounds wimp-ish, but Anthony has a point. Imagine Anthony runs up in that scuffle and Wall is just fed up. Referees D-riding. The Knicks wasting his Christmas with their weak play. It could drive any 24-year-old insane. So in a fit of rage, Wall just rocks Anthony and breaks his jaw. Can't carry your team and shoot for over 30 points with a broken jaw, can you?
But let's scale back the hyperbole a bit. The Knicks can't have anything happen to Anthony. A current Knicks team without Anthony might have you thinking the way the Sixers started out this season wasn't half bad.
[via ESPN]
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