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[j804]

Rondo get your stank butt in the shower look at him in his sweats looking like he woke from a nap

He's ready to ride for KG though

[triboy16f]

What is this guys issue? What's next Melo waits for kg outside of Boston garden and misses his next game?

[bdm860]

i dont see rondo but i think thats doc in the far back?

He's on the left side near the bus. About 38 secs into the clip

yup saw him.

I thought when you were suspended you weren't even allowed in the building?

[SHAQATTACK]

Melo waiting at bus...

Maybe he needed a ride home

[danglertx]

Rondo is the one with his hand covering his mouth saying, "you won't do anything, you don't have the balls to do anything."

[D.o.s.]

Props to both those guys for not simply cashing that cheque, though.

I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed that game. So what if the players got heated? It shows they care. The league office "should" probably fine/suspend 'melo for a game, but this is all much ado about nothing.

[Cman]

Melo waiting at bus...

Maybe he needed a ride home

Or maybe he came to apologize, and say "no hard feelings"?

Who knows. Frankly, I don't really care. The Cs won, and have been playing much better the last few games. That's all I care.

[AshyLarry]

i dont see rondo but i think thats doc in the far back?

He's on the left side near the bus. About 38 secs into the clip

yup saw him.

I thought when you were suspended you weren't even allowed in the building?

He just woke up from a nap on the bus, and saw a dude that looked like Carmelo, wearing a purple beanie, so he had to inquire.

[danglertx]

Props to both those guys for not simply cashing that cheque, though.

I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed that game. So what if the players got heated? It shows they care. The league office "should" probably fine/suspend 'melo for a game, but this is all much ado about nothing.

Much ado about nothing?  Let's take the same facts and replace Melo with Meta and do you think it would be much ado about nothing for the league? 

[CelticHooligan3]

Shady lurker on the prowl.. Melo your better than this.

Oh that's right. Your actually NOT.

[D.o.s.]

Props to both those guys for not simply cashing that cheque, though.

I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed that game. So what if the players got heated? It shows they care. The league office "should" probably fine/suspend 'melo for a game, but this is all much ado about nothing.

Much ado about nothing?  Let's take the same facts and replace Melo with Meta and do you think it would be much ado about nothing for the league?

No, I think the Association's prerogative is to make sure people don't think that the best basketball players in the world are real people with emotions that include anger, frustration, etc. It affects their technical foul policy, the way they interact (read: fine) players when they display any kind of defiance, and all manner of other things, including relatively innocuous stuff like the dress code and mandatory NBA Cares involvement (not to say it's all negative, I think NBA Cares is a great idea).

The NBA wants the public to feel safe around NBA players. When emotions get heated, people feel anxiety. So they step in and over-react to a situation like Rondo bumping the ref or the incident last night.

I just don't agree with it. Shouting, talking some **** and calmly waiting outside a bus? I understand that the league office feels they've got to come down with the hammer--and even if they don't they've set that precedent already--but personally I stand by my sentiment.

[Fafnir]

Eh, I don't mind the on the court stuff nearly as much as the sheer stupidity of Melo trying to provoke an incident outside the locker room and at the team bus. He "calmly" waited at the bus with 10 guys forming a wall and cameras on him.

Nothing good can come of players doing that, he'll be fined at a minimum and I wouldn't be shock if he missed a game for it.

[Kuberski33]

I'm actually a Melo fan, but doesn't his behavior the whole night strike you as a little erratic?  He looked to me like he was even trying to provoke Jeff Green during the game by getting up in his face the 2nd half.  And the stuff after the game...stuff that makes you go hmmmmm...

[lightspeed5]

I love how theres a special section in the espn front page dedicated to this

http://espn.go.com/

its like they wanted to make this the top story but cant because of the ncaa championship, so theyre settling with that.

[Celtic]

News at 11, tough guy shows up for fight he knows will never happen with dozens of security and police officers. I say no suspensions or fines for anyone, every little action that may be deemed negative does not warrant a response for dictator Stern.