Shaq averages over 9 fta's per game for his career (and not because of "hack-a-Shaq"), so no it's not because 'Melo is physical. That's the excuse the league wants people to believe. He's been treated much worse in NY than in Denver. And it's gotten progressively worse. He didn't used to be knocked down with his headband flying off with no call. It's because he's the only one in the East whose skills make the guy they're pushing (Lj) look bad. Paul George has only shot above 44% once in his career, so he's not a threat, and everyone else is in the West. So, the idea is to bury 'Melo's abilities by any means necessary. That means, treat him like he's so trash that he doesn't deserve fair calls, let alone, Superstar ones, demonize his abilities by twisting his ability to make tough shots into "he takes bad shots" narratives, etc. They don't say that when Lj takes shots off of one foot. They worship him for it. They worship KD for shooting over double-teams, but Breen called it a bad shot when 'Melo did it against the bulls in 2012 when 'Melo hit the game-winners in regulation and OT. I've been waiting all my life for someone to explain to me how a 45% career shooter "takes bad shoots". If 'Melo "takes bad shots", then tell me what kind of shots Paul George takes.
They lie on him and say he doesn't pass. They lie and say all he does is score. Clyde said he "only" averages 3 assists. They never said that about KD and most of the time, that's all he averages. Same with Dirk. They lie and say he doesn't play defense. Breen and others are even lying this season about that. They say nothing about KD's and Curry's trash defense. They train you to worship those 2. They (Breen) attribute 'Melo rebounding to strength and not effort, even though he has more offensive rebounds than KD and Lj combined. When they showed that he passed someone in scoring in the Detroit game, Clyde immediately said, he's not great because he hasn't won, so that we wouldn't think much of him breaking the records of legends. Then Breen went into this lecture about how the "he's not great because he hasn't won" narrative only applies to 'Melo and not Ewing because 'Melo "only" went to the WCF once and not the Finals. He said 'Melo isn't and has never been good enough to lead his team to a ch'ip. Cylde indirectly said 'Melo doesn't wanna be on a winning team because he hasn't jumped ship to one like Lj did and didn't give up 11 million dollars like West did, even though 'Melo gave up much more than 11 million by giving up 5 million in cash and not renegotiating his contract when the cap will go up twice. He's locked in for 4 years. There's more, but I've made my point.
fukk is you talking about?
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