Matt Walsh

I love you, man.

Sorry, I didn't say it enough.

Now, the point is, by the broadly accepted standards of the track world, or the standards of anyone, Carmelo Anthony was trespassing.

On cross-examination, Carmelo's defense attorneys tried to make the argument that occasionally students will go into other teams' tents to chat briefly, especially if they see someone they know personally.

And Coach Starr agreed that in certain situations that does happen.

But in this case, Carmelo Anthony's lawyers say that he saw someone named Edwin Pera in the Memorial High School tent.

Memorial is Austin Metcalf School.

And Pera supposedly is a close family friend of Anthony's girlfriend.

Carmelo Anthony, the lawyer said, had reason to remain in the tent with this acquaintance because it had begun raining.

Evidently, Carmelo Anthony's high school centennial didn't have their own tent.

They only had a tarp.

Now, the problem is that Carmelo Anthony remained in the wrong tent for between five to ten minutes.

And Metcalf, who was told by his coach to be a leader and run things, recognized that this was a problem.

As the prosecutor said, tents are like locker rooms for teams, including a safe space to avoid things being stolen.

Or maybe it's like, if you're on the football team, this is your bench, your sideline.

And if someone from another team comes and sits on your bench, you can't do that, obviously.

They're going to tell you to leave.

And if somebody's loitering in your locker room for an extended period of time, it's normal and appropriate to tell them to leave.

After all, you have no idea if this person inside your tent is a violent sociopath with a lengthy record of degeneracy who's liable to stab someone at the slightest provocation because he has no impulse control whatsoever.

I mean, that's one of the morbid ironies of the defense here.