Carmelo A Troublemaker?

The US beat Australia today in the Olympics (sorry if that’s a spoiler) 89-79. What I found interesting in the Yahoo! write-up were comments from Larry Brown about Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James.
About Anthony, who played only 2 minutes, Brown said “I don’t need a guy who doesn’t want to buy in. How you play, how you practice and how you act determines how much you play.” That doesn’t sound good. It’s somewhat surprising considering that I’ve only heard great things about Carmelo’s personality. Maybe the fame and pressure are getting to his head.
The other curious quote was about how LeBron James listens to Brown – “he has a hard time looking at me sometimes because of how he might be perceived by certain people, but he listens to everything I say.” Was Brown saying that James has to pretend not to be listening to keep looking cool? Who is watching James like that? His posse? Are Cleveland coaches around who might resent Brown coaching their guy? It’s pretty strange.
Give Coach Brown credit. Despite his rep, he’s obviously pretty flexible. That kind of crap would drive me nuts.


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