gorgeous george

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david misner

Didn't he punch somebody?? There needs to be a message that kind of
behavior is not tolerated

bob

So, a 15 game suspension 'message' isn't enough for you?

david misner

As long as he learns his lesson. If he misses the all star game he
might think twice about punching somebody. Also other players may
realize what might happen to them and think twice also.

Though I do believe that if there were other avenues that players could
take to voice their grievances that would be less fights on the floor.
Right now if a player voices his concerns he is almost always fined. I
think this builds up resentment and frustration that explodes on the
floor and people get hurt.

bucky

I'm not a Carmelo fan, but I do wonder: has there ever been an all-
star game that excluded the league's leading scorer??? (excluding
injury)

howard brazee

I am a Carmelo fan - but I don't agree with a system that doesn't just
add up points to define "leading scorer". The fans who paid money
to go to games where Carmelo scored zero (I believe there were 15 such
games in a row) did not notice him being a leading scorer.

david misner

I did not think there was ANY games that he did not score at all

Last night he scored very poorly but that is different than scoring zero

bob

Dave, Dave, Dave ... this was Howard's attempt at a joke (I think) ... 15
zero point games in a row corresponding to the 15 game suspension ... I
know, I had to read it twice, but did appreciate the effort ...

bucky

I don't think Howard meant it as a joke. He was criticizing the NBA
using point *per game* rather than total points scored. In other
words, Carmelo is not the NBA's points leader. Carmelo is currently
only 19th with 929 pts. Arenas is first with 1366.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/statistics?stat=nbascoring&sort=pts&league=nba&avg=none&qual=true&pos=all&season=2007&seasontype=2split=0

david misner

Doh! He could have been scoring at home though