The Arbitrary ChuckJerry

First off, Isiah definitely told Collins to go and foul someone hard. He saw his team being not just beaten but embarrassed and decided to do something about it. I'm not shocked, or less of a fan, or appalled by the fact that a fight broke out at a basketball game.

I am trying to decide who is the bigger bitch, Nate Robinson or Carmelo Anthony. I think it's Carmelo. Robinson stuck his neck in the fight and then tried to back out of it when those much bigger guys went at him. I, personally, would be on the top of the list to bitch out of a fight, but I'm also smart enough not to try and front like I want to fight when I really don't. Carmelo waited until the whole situation had calmed down and cooler heads were prevailing to circle around, throw a sucker punch at Collins, and then run away down the court like the fucking tooth fairy. No, I don't have any particular reason for saying tooth fairy, it certainly doesn't fit into the context or the analogy at all.

Interestingly, the working theory is that George Karl was definitely going out of his way to embarrass the Knicks because he's friends with Larry Brown. That, for me, is the most intriguing part of the story. The fight was just blah, but the fact that Karl was trying to make a statement for Larry Brown and it backfires on him and the league's leading scorer is missing 15 games at a time when their schedule is about to get really tough is quite something. I mean, he saw the game getting chippy, and Mardy Collins isn't even a garbage time player. If you're going to leave clowns in the game, at least take Carmelo out. That guy is your franchise, not your rub it in their face guy.