Melo?

[Induveca]

DC isn't viewed as a large city by frequent travelers. It's a small southern vibe city with massive suburbs.

Great place for business, but not exactly enticing for those with extra cash to burn when they have other options.

It does ?

I've lived here my entire life. Can't say I've gotten the small southern vibe thing.

Definitely, Georgetown/Old Town/much of older DC always reminds me of Charlestown, SC (a good thing). The southern accents obviously as well.

[miller31time]

It's quite simple - you're a superstar player. Would you want to go to an organization that has shown (and continues to show) complete and utter incompetence and lack of vision led by leeches like Ernie Grunfeld or would you go elsewhere?

[stevemcqueen1]

It's quite simple - you're a superstar player. Would you want to go to an organization that has shown (and continues to show) complete and utter incompetence and vision led by leeches like Ernie Grunfeld or would you go elsewhere?

It's about winning. Winning changes your brand no matter who your GM is. Our brand is so awful because we've been losing soooo much, and we've been losing for the better part of three decades. But a single 50 win season or playoff run could change that for prospective FAs by the next summer.

But if a FO gives a player like Melo the kind of influence and off court perks that NY has given him, I think they could care less whose in charge. But that's a can of worms in and of itself.

[verbal8]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... ffin-Trade

It seems to me that Griffin would quite a bit more valuable than Carmelo. I don't see the Knicks being able to add much in terms of additional incentives.

[montestewart]

DC isn't viewed as a large city by frequent travelers. It's a small southern vibe city with massive suburbs.

Great place for business, but not exactly enticing for those with extra cash to burn when they have other options.

It does ?

I've lived here my entire life. Can't say I've gotten the small southern vibe thing.

Definitely, Georgetown/Old Town/much of older DC always reminds me of Charlestown, SC (a good thing). The southern accents obviously as well.

I've lived around here most of my life, and I see what you're saying. It started out as a southern city, tied to Maryland and Virginia agriculture, but like Baltimore (and Charleston) it had heavy ties to the North through trade, and because of that and the government, it always had a different type of population than a typical southern town, especially after the Civil War. From the Depression/WWII onward, the growth of the government was a magnet for people all over the country, including many from NYC area and New England. There's not much South left in DC, not like Raleigh or Savannah.

When I was little in Arlington, all the kids in my class were asked who their father's (yeah, it was sexist back then too) supported for president. Kennedy, Humphrey, Nixon, maybe there was a McCarthy. One said, "My dad's voting for George Wallace." I recall everyone, everyone, turning and looking at her, maybe surprised or curious that there was any open support for him in our presence. She was the only one in the class that I remember having a real, deep southern accent. DC and its suburbs have not been all that connected to the South for a long time.