Post#64 » by aggo » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:24 pm
if we trust Wojo now then what i wrote a few days ago is true
Ujiri had the trade on the table. He got the best value out of any Melo deal. Denver is operating on no assumptions about melo. Only that he doesn't want to sign an extension with denver. or else-- if Denver approaches Melo with an ultimatum, and Melo comes back and actually outright tells them Knicks or bust-- then denver loses any leverage left. So denver would rather avoid that confrontation, villainize melo in the process when he eventually rejects a njn deal.
but-- what does melo have to gain from this? he said that he wants to keep his options open and that he will make his family happy. those are the only 2 things he's said about this whole ordeal. if its true-- that he has never told anyone that he would sign in NJ, then I have to assume that sheridan's report isn't 100% accurate in that melo has told the denver FO that he'll only sign with the knicks. Just doesnt make sense given how this whole thing played out. My only guess is that Melo is 100% prepared to go to FA. or else, he wouldve already given the FO a wishlist given how close we are to the deadline.
So Kroenke saw the deal, they were taking on a little more money with the guys from NJ combined with the fact that swapping Harris for Batum wasn't a given he balked. He doesnt want to be stuck up the luxury tax with decent young PG, but that team is so far away competing even with harris/favors that Kroenke wants to do a full on rebuild.
so conceivably, i can now see njn balking because if denver wants to get rid of guys like harrington, nene, birdman, balkman then it would hamper their ability to sign cp3-- presumably, their ace in the hole for getting melo to go to nj.
i can see how the nets get tired of getting more teams involved-- because if what denver says is true, we gotta unload al harrington, birdman, etc.. it gets universally harder to placate every extra team involved in the fold.
