Melo and Lala Seperated (Update: Getting A Divorce)

[Sprewell4Three]

Not only did he cheat he got shorty pregnant. Get this ninja out of New York! I can't take this guy and his crap anymore!

[Rotten Apple]

Melo's life is in shambles?! Let's do the math.

Two child support payments coming though. 50k × 12 months = 600k

600k × 18 years = $10.8 million

So half of his salary in one year covers his child support...and you think he's in shambles? Failed marriage and gets to try again later if he feels like it. Why does he deserve any sympathy or empathy? There's people out there that are much more deserving of that. He should have pulled out. And he should have divorced lala. Nothing tragic happened, you live and you learn.

Is everything about money with you people?

Potentially losing his wife, not being with his son as much anymore, drama with another baby mama, the stuff with Phil, his career basically approaching the 4th quarter.

I mean part of this he brought on himself, other parts are natural and then the Phil mess that Phil just won't stop pressing but damn this must be tough.

[KnickLeDime]

I don't condone cheating, but it is common, and many times, the partner will never find out. I'm sure it's absolutely rampant among celebrities and athletes.

Knocking up another woman is f*cked up though. It's just humiliating and disrespectful thing to do. Not to mention, he could have unknowingly passed on some disease to La La. Cheating is being human, but this is next-level sh*t...it's not having basic human decency.

On what planet is cheating being "human"? WTF?

This planet. To procreate is to be human. Marriage is a religious ideology. Not a "human" one, lol.

I don't subscribe to your cynical notion of being "human" is to throw it into anything that moves...

[Rotten Apple]

To be honest, all Melo had to do was wait a few more months while in Denver to sign on as a Free agent with the Knicks. We still would've had Gallo and Chander, along with Raymond Felton. Pringles would still be coach, and maybe just maybe, his marriage would still be intact.

The amazing ramifications of Melo's greed.

No.

Stop the nonsense. We didn't have the cash for Melo unless he took a huge pay cut.

How many times must people be told this?

What are you talking about? Figuring Turiaf took his 4.3 mil option, we picked up Danillo and Wilson's options, and we let everyone walk, that would have left us around 40mil in salary. Cap was 58 mil. Melo could have signed here for 18 mil a year instead of 19.5. That is figuring we don't even move anyone, which we could have easily done.

We would have had Amar'e, Felton, Turiaf, Gallo, Mozgov, and Bill Walker under salary with the option to match Wilson. And room to sign Melo.

Melo wanted his guaranteed money before the lockout, that is why he forced the trade. We could have easily paid him whatever he wanted in the offseason, and kept all our assets.

Chandler didn't have an option he was a RFA and would have had to have been renounced. We only around 13 mil in true cap space.

[Knicks93]

Just glad we can put to bed Phil ruining Melo's marriage. If I had to put money on it, the season was a cover. Banging and impregnating a stripper is a pretty safe way to end it.

[Kinglee]

Carmelo is a moron for getting the stripper pregnant if that's true... With that said, why is there a 30 page discussion on the dudes marriage? Didn't even say he was getting divorced, it can still be fixed sorta like how Kobe fixed his relationship. People using this as a way to say he should be traded or whatever are ridiculous. These guys are basketball players, why are y'all going at each other, **** Melo, but going at each other throats based on this mans personal life. It's sad because most of you are men. Kinda creepish of y'all

[Knicks93]

No.

Stop the nonsense. We didn't have the cash for Melo unless he took a huge pay cut.

How many times must people be told this?

What are you talking about? Figuring Turiaf took his 4.3 mil option, we picked up Danillo and Wilson's options, and we let everyone walk, that would have left us around 40mil in salary. Cap was 58 mil. Melo could have signed here for 18 mil a year instead of 19.5. That is figuring we don't even move anyone, which we could have easily done.

We would have had Amar'e, Felton, Turiaf, Gallo, Mozgov, and Bill Walker under salary with the option to match Wilson. And room to sign Melo.

Melo wanted his guaranteed money before the lockout, that is why he forced the trade. We could have easily paid him whatever he wanted in the offseason, and kept all our assets.

Chandler didn't have an option he was a RFA and would have had to have been renounced. We only around 13 mil in true cap space.

I was counting that we extended the 3.1 million dollar qualifying offer into that 40 mil. If we renounced Wilson, we would have had 37 mil in cap. Cap was 58 mil. No clue where you pulled 13mil from. Even if you count all the holds and Turiaf accepting, we still have 16-17 mil to spend that offseason. Plus we have easily movable contracts.

[AmazingJason]

Melo's life is in shambles?! Let's do the math.

Two child support payments coming though. 50k × 12 months = 600k

600k × 18 years = $10.8 million

So half of his salary in one year covers his child support...and you think he's in shambles? Failed marriage and gets to try again later if he feels like it. Why does he deserve any sympathy or empathy? There's people out there that are much more deserving of that. He should have pulled out. And he should have divorced lala. Nothing tragic happened, you live and you learn.

You are forgetting alimony when the divorce happens.

Half his salary covers the child support, but he doesn't keep the other half because of taxes and agent fees

La La will be entitled to half of everything he's earned into the marriage in terms of money and other assets after 2010, which is....well, a lot. She'll also be entitled to alimony to maintain the lifestyle she is accustomed to living. This is why athletes go broke. At some point, Melo won't be playing basketball at a max level salary anymore, but he'll have to pay for that lifestyle for his ex-wife and kid(s).

And Melo is still a young guy. He'll have to spend money on the next girl, possibly a 2nd wife, and more kids.

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[Damas]

Melo's life is in shambles?! Let's do the math.

Two child support payments coming though. 50k × 12 months = 600k

600k × 18 years = $10.8 million

So half of his salary in one year covers his child support...and you think he's in shambles? Failed marriage and gets to try again later if he feels like it. Why does he deserve any sympathy or empathy? There's people out there that are much more deserving of that. He should have pulled out. And he should have divorced lala. Nothing tragic happened, you live and you learn.

You are forgetting alimony when the divorce happens.

Half his salary covers the child support, but he doesn't keep the other half because of taxes and agent fees

La La will be entitled to half of everything he's earned into the marriage in terms of money and other assets after 2010, which is....well, a lot. She'll also be entitled to alimony to maintain the lifestyle she is accustomed to living. This is why athletes go broke. At some point, Melo won't be playing basketball at a max level salary anymore, but he'll have to pay for that lifestyle for his ex-wife and kid(s).

And Melo is still a young guy. He'll have to spend money on the next girl, possibly a 2nd wife, and more kids.

There is no way Melo can afford the alimony payments on half, he signed an insane 100+ million contract a few years back. How the hell would he make the payments?

[AmazingJason]

Carmelo is a moron for getting the stripper pregnant if that's true... With that said, why is there a 30 page discussion on the dudes marriage? Didn't even say he was getting divorced, it can still be fixed sorta like how Kobe fixed his relationship. People using this as a way to say he should be traded or whatever are ridiculous. These guys are basketball players, why are y'all going at each other, **** Melo, but going at each other throats based on this mans personal life. It's sad because most of you are men. Kinda creepish of y'all

Because Melo isn't just a basketball player. He's famous and he's a household name in NY. We don't even call him "Carmelo." "Melo" is a brand name in of itself. This is the price of fame if one decides to go down that path.

[Greenie]

****, this all make soo much sense now. Melo gets this girl pregnant right before the season starts (6 1/2 months prego claim). He prolly told LaLa right around when the all the trade talk started, which is why he was so hell bent on staying in NY for his family. Now I feel bad for Melo, he dun **** up good though.

I don't.

Keep your dick in your pants if you're married. What the fuq is so hard about that concept? If any of this is true I hope LaLa cleans his dumb ass out. I know a great lawyer.

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[Rotten Apple]

What are you talking about? Figuring Turiaf took his 4.3 mil option, we picked up Danillo and Wilson's options, and we let everyone walk, that would have left us around 40mil in salary. Cap was 58 mil. Melo could have signed here for 18 mil a year instead of 19.5. That is figuring we don't even move anyone, which we could have easily done.

We would have had Amar'e, Felton, Turiaf, Gallo, Mozgov, and Bill Walker under salary with the option to match Wilson. And room to sign Melo.

Melo wanted his guaranteed money before the lockout, that is why he forced the trade. We could have easily paid him whatever he wanted in the offseason, and kept all our assets.

Chandler didn't have an option he was a RFA and would have had to have been renounced. We only around 13 mil in true cap space.

I was counting that we extended the 3.1 million dollar qualifying offer into that 40 mil. If we renounced Wilson, we would have had 37 mil in cap. Cap was 58 mil. No clue where you pulled 13mil from.

Cap was 58

STAT- 18.2
Gallo- 4.1
Ray- 7.5
Shump- 1.5
Turiaf- 4.3
Fields- .6
Douglas- 1.1
Mozgov- 3.3
Wilson QO- 3.1?
4 cap holds- 2.0(roughly under)

45.7-58=Approximately 12.3 mil in true cap space

[AmazingJason]

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Phil is a one cold bastard. I guess I underestimated him. He somehow controlled Jordan, Kobe, Artest, Odom and Rodman.

[Greenie]

So melo cheated on lala and people still give him sympathy

Kobe sexually assaulted a woman. These kinds of things can have little impact on a person's view of an athlete

I don't know about all of that.
Kobe was caught out there too though.

[Rotten Apple]

Melo's life is in shambles?! Let's do the math.

Two child support payments coming though. 50k × 12 months = 600k

600k × 18 years = $10.8 million

So half of his salary in one year covers his child support...and you think he's in shambles? Failed marriage and gets to try again later if he feels like it. Why does he deserve any sympathy or empathy? There's people out there that are much more deserving of that. He should have pulled out. And he should have divorced lala. Nothing tragic happened, you live and you learn.

You are forgetting alimony when the divorce happens.

Half his salary covers the child support, but he doesn't keep the other half because of taxes and agent fees

La La will be entitled to half of everything he's earned into the marriage in terms of money and other assets after 2010, which is....well, a lot. She'll also be entitled to alimony to maintain the lifestyle she is accustomed to living. This is why athletes go broke. At some point, Melo won't be playing basketball at a max level salary anymore, but he'll have to pay for that lifestyle for his ex-wife and kid(s).

And Melo is still a young guy. He'll have to spend money on the next girl, possibly a 2nd wife, and more kids.

Melo got a prenuptial agreement and a no trade clause

[Kinglee]

Carmelo is a moron for getting the stripper pregnant if that's true... With that said, why is there a 30 page discussion on the dudes marriage? Didn't even say he was getting divorced, it can still be fixed sorta like how Kobe fixed his relationship. People using this as a way to say he should be traded or whatever are ridiculous. These guys are basketball players, why are y'all going at each other, **** Melo, but going at each other throats based on this mans personal life. It's sad because most of you are men. Kinda creepish of y'all

Because Melo isn't just a basketball player. He's famous and he's a household name in NY. We don't even call him "Carmelo." "Melo" is a brand name in of itself. This is the price of fame if one decides to go down that path.

Y'all are men... Bickering about a mans marriage. Let that sink in. I didn't say don't discuss it, but his marriage have y'all arguing with each other. That's weird.

[Greenie]

True but for a very different reason.

I'm sorry, but this is REALLY f*cked up.

Lots of people cheat. But the guy didn't even use a goddamn condom on some nasty stripper. That is just a really, really f*cked up thing to do. It means you don't even give a half a sh*t about your wife, even as a human being.

So much for Melo being this great guy and caring husband and father

Damn someone put their judgement pants on this morning, things happen, condoms break and maybe Lala put in something on the side before Melo, who knows? Dude can still be a good father geez.

Let me know when she brings a baby home.