Fugazzis

Since no brawl can go without a catchy and rhyming catchphrase as exampled by such classics as "Rumble in the Jungle" and "Malice at the Palace", I would like to propose "Melee Where the Knicks Play" as the newest entry onto that list. The New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets got into an on the court scuffle as Marty Collins flagrantly fouled J.R. Smith after the game was well at hand. Throw in a coaching controversy between George Karl and Isiah Thomas, and the plot thickens. What ensued was a brawl in which all ten players on the court got ejected including NBA darling and former Syracuse star, Carmelo Anthony. Although I normally cheer for all former Big East players, the fact that Carmelo Anthony committed a punch and run has forever cemented my declaration that Carmelo Anthony is a Fugazzi.

Fugazzi: Someone that copies or fronts. A hipster. Someone that bites. Someone that claims to be original when you know their whole style is a reenactment. Superficial.

This term was popularized by none other than former Knick and current Clipper Tim Thomas in reference to Kenyon Martin.

Inspired by Carmelo here are my top 5 Fugazzis of the month.

1. Carmelo Anthony
















I don't care if Melo appeared in the Stop Snitching Video and hails from Baltimore, he is still a certified Fugazzi. He decided to punch Marty Collins after everything had already settled down and proceeded to back off to moon walk back to the locker room to avoid confrontation for his actions. Let's make an analogy:
Nate Robinson : Heart
Carmelo Anthony: Appendix

2. K Fed













Kevin Federline of Britney Spears fame gives the term Fugazzi a bad name with his rap album "Playing with Fire" which Preston Jones of Slant Magazine echoed, "Federline can only rap about weed, his bank account, his wife, fighting anyone who looks at him sideways, and partying 'til three days from now—roughly in that order.... An oh-so-tiny sliver of myself kind of wanted Playing With Fire to be less aggressively shitty than it is, if only so the restless, rapacious media would ease off this tattered target of its ire—unfortunately, this disc is just as disposable and dumb as you'd expect."

3. Rap Beef















First of all Ving Rhames needs to find something else to narrate as I'm sure there is another Mission Impossible on the horizon. Rap beefs have all pretty much become inconsequential. What has happened to the days of Biggie and Pac, Jay-Z and Nas, Eminem and Ja Rule and to an extent even 50 and the Game. You know it has gone too far when Lil Flip starts having beef with Lil Scrappy who in turn has beef with Lil Boosie.

4. Urban Meyer

















Urban Meyer is a fugazzi because he is asking the media to wait one more minute so that he can continually bitch and moan to the media. His whining has not gone ignored as Lloyd Carr who said, "I think it’s going to be a great controversy, I don’t care who gets selected...because I just think that based on some of the comments the Florida coach has made in the last two weeks — campaigning strenuously for a berth in the championship game — and making some statements about Michigan that I think were inappropriate, I just don't know." Urban Meyer decided to act like he was promoting his team when in reality he was promoting his 200k in bonuses for making it to the national championship game.

5. Michael Richards












I mean even if minorities were never seen on Seinfeld, Michael Richards managed to spark debate about race relations by unleashing his now infamous tirade at the Laugh Factory. I guess it's not really fitting for him to be on a fugazzi list because he never really convinced anybody he was a successful comedian in the first place. Oh well.

-ydollar