MeloDrama Part VI

[Dr. Detfink]

Melo has been challenged by Phil to the point where he will accept Jeremy Lin BACK with the Knicks!

I can't wait for Melo to stop playing Beverly Hills Cop out West and get his butt BACK with the Knicks.

Want to know what Melo learned?

Chicago did NOT want him. Yes, Derrick Rose ya SELFISH!

Houston did NOT want him. Morey is a pimp slut who has his hand down the pants of one woman while eyeing TWO others.

Melo did NOT want Dallas. Apparently the opportunity to reunite with Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton did not whet his whistle.

LA WANTS Melo but ONLY if he keeps Kobe happy.

It's NYK by a MILE! ESPN will EAT CROW.

[suicidedeuce]

Melo is being challenged by Phil while every other team is kissing his ass. I just assumed Melo would welcome the challenge of a new system and rebuilding the basketball culture in NY, but that's looking pretty naive.

or you could wait until something actually happens.

[K_ick_God]

We'll find out but not sure what the delay is. Terms should be pretty easy to work out. If he hasn't committed to the Knicks by tomorrow, I would take a guess that it's a likely sign that he's not happy about coming back. And if he's not a big believer in the direction the team is heading -- he's not buying in but just taking the money for the money -- then Phil should get a read on that and boot him out the door. Seriously. He has to be all in.

[kane]

Omg michael wilbon actually admitted melo isn't going to the bulls

[god shammgod]

We'll find out but not sure what the delay is. Terms should be pretty easy to work out. If he hasn't committed to the Knicks by tomorrow, I would take a guess that it's a likely sign that he's not happy about coming back. And if he's not a big believer in the direction the team is heading -- he's not buying in but just taking the money for the money -- then Phil should get a read on that and boot him out the door. Seriously. He has to be all in.

you might wanna mix those klonopin with vodka at this point. ignore the warning labels on the side of the pill bottle, i always do.

[Red Vines]

Melo is being challenged by Phil while every other team is kissing his ass. I just assumed Melo would welcome the challenge of a new system and rebuilding the basketball culture in NY, but that's looking pretty naive.

or you could wait until something actually happens.

Something has happened--he was impressed by LA who is all glamour and has no shot to win in the West.

[moocow007]

Omg michael wilbon actually admitted melo isn't going to the bulls

That must have been great to see. Just like watching Bill Simmons last year when the Garnett/Pierce trade was announced.

[SelbyCobra]

Ira Winderman tweets on the Granger/McBob moves:

Now Granger at two years, $4.2 million. It's happening. This uses Heat $2 million bi-annual exception. Still have $2.2 million trade excep. Heat can turn Granger's bi-annual deal into trade-exception move by making it a trade with Clippers, giving L.A. their own trade exception. Heat's use of exceptions is a game-changer when it comes to Bosh. There no longer is any need to ask him to take significantly less. In fact, this is the way the Bosh camp wanted it to go. With Heat not needing space, there basically is no need for Bosh to take any cut.

[makeitstop]

Melo can wait another day or two, for all I care.

I want to see Phil pull a rabbit out of his hat and make Bargs or STAT disappear. That would be pretty exciting.

[moocow007]

We'll find out but not sure what the delay is. Terms should be pretty easy to work out. If he hasn't committed to the Knicks by tomorrow, I would take a guess that it's a likely sign that he's not happy about coming back. And if he's not a big believer in the direction the team is heading -- he's not buying in but just taking the money for the money -- then Phil should get a read on that and boot him out the door. Seriously. He has to be all in.

you might wanna mix those klonopin with vodka at this point. ignore the warning labels on the side of the pill bottle, i always do.

[K_ick_God]

We'll find out but not sure what the delay is. Terms should be pretty easy to work out. If he hasn't committed to the Knicks by tomorrow, I would take a guess that it's a likely sign that he's not happy about coming back. And if he's not a big believer in the direction the team is heading -- he's not buying in but just taking the money for the money -- then Phil should get a read on that and boot him out the door. Seriously. He has to be all in.

you might wanna mix those klonopin with vodka at this point. ignore the warning labels on the side of the pill bottle, i always do.

lol

I hear ya. I do think the delay is not a great sign, unless they're negotiating over the discount maybe.

Eh, I'll look for my bottle.

[nykinoz]

Recap of the last 12hrs please for this Aussie. Whats this about Lin??

[blumatic]

Melo buys in when he's the centerpiece of the offense. He wants to win, but only on his terms. The terms are the freedom to take 20-25 shots/game, of which a number of them are isolations. That's why Chicago is a good fit for him. Noah, Taj and Butler can do the defense and dirty work so that Melo can focus on scoring.

Because he should be unless there is a better offensive player on his team. Melo wants offensive help. I think Chicago would be great only if Rose is playing.

I think Melo would love to play for the Spurs. And Pop would make it work. Have Melo shine along with the team.

i don't think that would be true. he is just a different kind of player, not a system player. although Pop probably would make it work, because he is that good.
the knicks could have worked with d'antoni if he had bought in into the system, but he didn't. immediately after woodson took over, with the team playing exactly the same d'antoni system but melo putting in effort, things worked. then the more we moved from the remnants of d'antoni to woody iso-melo ball, the more we sucked

Not a system player? Was he not a system player in the Olympics. He tried running Dantoni's system as his point guard. The reason why we sucked was because Woody did not diversify the offense. It was to predictable and ran by a terrible Felton. So the team panics and just hands the ball off to Melo.

Woody was know for Iso-Joe. Is is a surprise that there was Iso-Melo.

Melo is not Marbury. Melo does what the coaches want even if he displays his displeasure. We can all agree Dantoni and Woody sucked.

[suicidedeuce]

Melo is being challenged by Phil while every other team is kissing his ass. I just assumed Melo would welcome the challenge of a new system and rebuilding the basketball culture in NY, but that's looking pretty naive.

or you could wait until something actually happens.

Something has happened--he was impressed by LA who is all glamour and has no shot to win in the West.

I'm sorry, which means what exactly?

My innocuous fact to panicked fan assumption translator is out of batteries.

[makeitstop]

Recap of the last 12hrs please for this Aussie. Whats this about Lin??

Pretty much nothing new, except maybe PMFJB swinging deals to move out Amare and/or Bargs.

Lin = non-factor. He has zero to do with any of this.

[K_ick_God]

Melo is being challenged by Phil while every other team is kissing his ass. I just assumed Melo would welcome the challenge of a new system and rebuilding the basketball culture in NY, but that's looking pretty naive.

or you could wait until something actually happens.

Something has happened--he was impressed by LA who is all glamour and has no shot to win in the West.

I posted something around the same time, saying the same thing. I think Melo could be a little worried that they're not 'his Knicks' anymore. But if someone doesn't want Phil to lead them, then we should not want him back.

I don't think he likes to be challenged this way. He is worried about what conforming means to him, will he get the blame if it doesn't go well, etc.

I'm old school I guess. I believe in players buying in completely ... unless the coach is a buffoon like Mike D'Antoni.

[Capn'O]

Recap of the last 12hrs please for this Aussie. Whats this about Lin??

I offer the following synopsis of the past 12 hours of the Carmelo Anthony saga:






Not a whole lot new. Rox have offered Bosh a contract though.

[Rasho Brezec]

Recap of the last 12hrs please for this Aussie. Whats this about Lin??

Melo has verbally commited to Houston, Lin is coming back in a sign-and-trade.

Spoiler:

I jinxed it and now it will happen.

[suicidedeuce]

We'll find out but not sure what the delay is. Terms should be pretty easy to work out. If he hasn't committed to the Knicks by tomorrow, I would take a guess that it's a likely sign that he's not happy about coming back. And if he's not a big believer in the direction the team is heading -- he's not buying in but just taking the money for the money -- then Phil should get a read on that and boot him out the door. Seriously. He has to be all in.

you might wanna mix those klonopin with vodka at this point. ignore the warning labels on the side of the pill bottle, i always do.

I hear ya. I do think the delay is not a great sign, unless they're negotiating over the discount maybe.

Sign of what?

I'm relatively familiar with the NBA, and I'm fairly certain if Melo verbally commits to the KNicks Monday, or verbally commits Wednesday or even comments next Monday, all three circumstances will lead to him playing the 2014-15 season with the NY KNicks.

[god shammgod]

i don't know why yardie is and1ing old posts but i'm so glad she did because she found this image i was looking for

this is the greatest