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MrFortune3 wrote:This has been a mostly fun process to witness. A few doomsday posters aside, I feel the same way now that I felt once the Bulls had that long ass meeting with Melo.
Confident that we will be signing him.
WinCity wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:I remember when there were some leaked documents during the LeBron sweepstakes, most likely frabricated stating that LeBron bought real estate in Chicago or something along those lines and then created an uproar of optimism, we all know how things ended with that.
Until we get some REAL news, any news, bad or good is going to be ingested with a huge amounts of salt.
Yeah we have seen this before. Random strangers pop in with "sources" stating the know somehting.
Not buying it. Ill take our known posters with sources and the usual solid media guys like Woj and thats it.
Bluewaterheaven wrote:Hey guys. So I just want to give you a piece of info I just heard. Last year I interned at Steptoe Johnson, a very large global law firm. I still keep up with some people there. A few of the senior partners are season ticket holders, and also do a lot of work with InCapital, which is owned by Tom Rickett, the Cubs owner. Anyway, word is, in the office, Melo's attorney's are heading into Chicago tomorrow. That is all I got.
GMgoran wrote:I don't know why are you doing this to yourselves ... Melo is not coming to Chicago ... Even if he decides to leave NY, he will end up in LA ...
Darius Miles Davis wrote:Vicino wrote:Bluewaterheaven wrote:Hey guys. So I just want to give you a piece of info I just heard. Last year I interned at Steptoe Johnson, a very large global law firm. I still keep up with some people there. A few of the senior partners are season ticket holders, and also do a lot of work with InCapital, which is owned by Tom Rickett, the Cubs owner. Anyway, word is, in the office, Melo's attorney's are heading into Chicago tomorrow. That is all I got.
So I didn't want to be just another Rando with a Source, but my Father and I have relationships with two Sr. Partners at Seyfarth Shaw LLP HQ'd in Chicago: One of the partners called me earlier this afternoon (b/c he knows how closely I'm following the Melo situation) and the other partner confirmed via text that Carmelo's Attorneys will definitely be in Chicago by tomorrow mid-morning.
NOTE: I've been a heavy-lurker throughout this Melo process, and wanted to take a moment to thank you all for helping me through this roller coaster of a week. My process has been: 1) Read latest breaking story from (insert that hack ESPN/Yahoo "Insider") 2) Dial into 4-way conference-call with my Bro's to discuss the legitimacy/effect of said latest news 3) Come here to read through latest 8-10 pages of latest Melo Thread 4) Re-calibrate my thoughts on whether we land Melo.
Right now, I am very confident Melo will be a Bull.
Do law partners really give out confidential information like this? I just chatted with a lawyer friend about this post, and he was very dubious, FWIW.
WinCity wrote:Yeah we have seen this before. Random strangers pop in with "sources" stating the know somehting.
Not buying it. Ill take our known posters with sources and the usual solid media guys like Woj and thats it.
WinCity wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:I remember when there were some leaked documents during the LeBron sweepstakes, most likely frabricated stating that LeBron bought real estate in Chicago or something along those lines and then created an uproar of optimism, we all know how things ended with that.
Until we get some REAL news, any news, bad or good is going to be ingested with a huge amounts of salt.
Yeah we have seen this before. Random strangers pop in with "sources" stating the know somehting.
Not buying it. Ill take our known posters with sources and the usual solid media guys like Woj and thats it.
umfan83 wrote:MrFortune3 wrote:This has been a mostly fun process to witness. A few doomsday posters aside, I feel the same way now that I felt once the Bulls had that long ass meeting with Melo.
Confident that we will be signing him.
This is random but I noticed your favorite teams are all teams that were the best in the league between 96-98ish. Guessing that is when your sportsdom came of age
WinCity wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:I remember when there were some leaked documents during the LeBron sweepstakes, most likely frabricated stating that LeBron bought real estate in Chicago or something along those lines and then created an uproar of optimism, we all know how things ended with that.
Until we get some REAL news, any news, bad or good is going to be ingested with a huge amounts of salt.
Yeah we have seen this before. Random strangers pop in with "sources" stating the know somehting.
Not buying it. Ill take our known posters with sources and the usual solid media guys like Woj and thats it.
gf2020hotmail wrote:WinCity wrote:Red Larrivee wrote:
Let's hope.
"Sign-and-trade me to Chicago for assets or I walk to the Lakers and you get nothing."
On the other hand Ralph reported earlier that we can move Taj and other pieces to clear enough to offer 22 mil to Melo. So not sure we need LA as leverage here.
A sign and trade, instead of signing Melo outright, is the only way to keep the MLE. It allows the Bulls to sign Mirotic and either keep Taj or use Taj to get Gasol.
If they sign Melo outright for 22 million, Taj is gone and there likely is no way to sign Mirotic.
Polynice4Pippen wrote:The emotions of this board over the last 24 hours summed up in 2 minutes. God bless Marty McFly.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Obt_Pe87is[/youtube]
terrific reference
Magilla_Gorilla wrote:Is CAA based out of NY or LA?
Scottie Pippen's response to whom he would pick for his running mate, Michael or LeBron: "That's a dumbass question. I've never done anything with LeBron. I wouldn't take LeBron to the movies."
this is how you troll folks. 9.5/10. Pax does have 3 rings though. I docked you for that.rtblues wrote:I guess Gar-Pax has been calling Melo all day, but still NO RINGS
Bluewaterheaven wrote:Hey guys. So I just want to give you a piece of info I just heard. Last year I interned at Steptoe Johnson, a very large global law firm. I still keep up with some people there. A few of the senior partners are season ticket holders, and also do a lot of work with InCapital, which is owned by Tom Rickett, the Cubs owner. Anyway, word is, in the office, Melo's attorney's are heading into Chicago tomorrow. That is all I got.
BrooklynBulls wrote:I have been talking about Melo using the Lakers for leverage since day 1, and this story confirms it precisely.
The only way Woj could ever report that LA was in the running is if Melo's camp leaks it. Melo's camp isn't full of people with loose lips. It's people leaking what they want to be known. They want it known that Melo is willing to walk for nothing if NY doesn't play ball, and give Melo the S&T he desires to Chicago. That's what's going on. According to Ralph's rumors, and a conglomeration of others, the biggest obstacle is going to be getting the Knicks to swallow the sunk cost of Boozer's corpse with Amare's already on the roster. A 3rd team is probably the solution, but it's a bitter pill to swallow for anybody, and we'll probably pay a pretty price for this. If this goes through we're probably going to absolutely gut our assets, and probably lose at LEAST one if not both of Butler/Gibson.
Red Larrivee wrote:WinCity wrote:Yeah we have seen this before. Random strangers pop in with "sources" stating the know somehting.
Not buying it. Ill take our known posters with sources and the usual solid media guys like Woj and thats it.
Bluewaterheaven isn't a rando and he definitely hasn't claimed to have inside info before.
It might not be 100% true (t is the internet after all), but I trust that he's not making it up.
