Post by pcdad on Jan 24, 2013 13:00:54 GMT -5
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Adding the Fire to a Simmering Feud
The Knicks play the Celtics in Boston Thursday for the first time since Carmelo Anthony was suspended for one game for his confrontation with Kevin Garnett on Jan. 7.
Adding the Fire to a Simmering Feud
The Knicks play the Celtics in Boston Thursday for the first time since Carmelo Anthony was suspended for one game for his confrontation with Kevin Garnett on Jan. 7.
Chuck McKenney, a co-founder of RedsArmy.com, a Celtics fan Web site, predicted that Boston fans would boo Anthony during introductions on Thursday night, when he went to the free-throw line, when he had the ball and when he did not.
“We don’t have a lot of respect for Melo,” McKenney said in a telephone interview. “We kind of feel like he’s always been a second-tier superstar, overpaid, not really capable of carrying a team to a championship.
“But just because we want to dismiss him doesn’t mean we’re not going to come out with a lot of vitriol and just let him have it.”
On the other hand, Anthony might be a bigger target than ever for Celtics supporters. He is averaging a career-high 29.2 points a game, excelling as a strong forward too quick for bigger defenders and, perhaps most important, has the Knicks five and a half games ahead of Boston in the standings.
“We don’t have a lot of respect for Melo,” McKenney said in a telephone interview. “We kind of feel like he’s always been a second-tier superstar, overpaid, not really capable of carrying a team to a championship.
“But just because we want to dismiss him doesn’t mean we’re not going to come out with a lot of vitriol and just let him have it.”
On the other hand, Anthony might be a bigger target than ever for Celtics supporters. He is averaging a career-high 29.2 points a game, excelling as a strong forward too quick for bigger defenders and, perhaps most important, has the Knicks five and a half games ahead of Boston in the standings.
