Carmelo Got a Speeding Ticket: Who cares?

Posted May 07, 2008 on meloman1551's Blog:
I read today on the Denver Posts website that my boy Carmelo Anthony got pulled over and issued a ticket for going sixty miles per hour in a forty-five mile per hour zone. My response: Who gives a s***? I'm tired of stuff like this being news. Speeding? Are you kidding me? The article said that this ticket adds to the woes of Melo. Talk about the biggest load of crap I've ever heard. It's an effing speeding ticket! I'm from the small town of Rapid City, South Dakota. I drive the speed limit. However, when I'm in Denver, my favorite city in the world, I don't drive the speed limit all the time. In a big city, I drive with the flow of traffic. If the speed limit is forty-five, it's likely that I could be going sixty and not even realize it because I'm driving the same speed as everyone else. And from what I hear, according to the comments to the article in the Denver Post, most people speed in that part of town, on that particular street. Its just the way the traffic flows. I'm not going to say that the Denver PD are targeting Melo, but let's be serious for a minute. Why pull Melo over when everyone else is speeding too? Is it because he's black, or maybe because he drives a Mercedes Benz and a Range Rover? Who knows? And when he does get a ticket, why does the Denver Post make it national news (or even city or regional news)? Money, celebrity obsession, etc. What I'm saying is, get off Melo's back. Before he came to Denver the Nuggets were the laughing stock of the NBA. Since he's been in Denver, the Nuggets haven't missed the playoffs and are one of the top teams in the league when it comes to nationally televised games. Most of this can be attributed to Carmelo Anthony. He's saved a franchise. Time for all of the "fans" of the Nuggets to quit talking about Melo needing to leave Denver. I've expressed my feelings toward this in a past article and I still don't like it. Say goodbye to Melo, say goodbye to the playoffs, NBA Championships, and possibly the Denver Nuggets as a whole. Does anyone honestly think that if Melo leaves the Nuggets will improve next year? Nobody should think this. If Melo leaves, Iverson has the option to opt out of his contract. Iverson will leave if Melo leaves. There's no point in Iverson staying if he can't win. Iverson is nearing the end of his career (so some people think) and Melo leaving does not help the Nuggets case for keeping him. Melo, please don't go anywhere. I promise you ninety-nine percent of Nuggets fans love you. Don't listen to the one percent who don't even deserve to call themselves Nuggets fans. Back to the speeding ticket: I couldn't give less of a s***. And nobody else should either.
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