[Camelo Thread Part 20] - NYK Meeting W/ Melo on Fri (Pg 52)

[Pharmcat]

so then why does NY have 4 gms working in the FO?

its the FO job to get the players here.

To work on building a team?

Melo basically has all the power of a FA. He could have delivered himself here with one sentence: "I will be a FA this offseason."

Denver's hand would have been forced, and he would be a Knick. Game, set, match. He chose not to.

yea, there is a lockout looming with the cba changing..

[ComboGuardCity]

so then why does NY have 4 gms working in the FO?

its the FO job to get the players here.

To work on building a team?

Melo basically has all the power of a FA. He could have delivered himself here with one sentence: "I will be a FA this offseason."

Denver's hand would have been forced, and he would be a Knick. Game, set, match. He chose not to.

Who's to say he wants to be a Knick and only a Knick?

[Teppler]

Time to let this go. We'd be fools to chase the huge offers. It just doesn't work out for us.

[magnumt]

Why the hell aren't our best guys out in LA (Donnie and MarkW)?

Mark, Dolan, and H20 are...

[stuporman]

Melo gave Denver 7 months... Denver gave the Knicks 3 weeks.....

[neuroticomic2]

Nets Schnets. remember Knick fans...

it aint over until...

[Jitpal]

Why the hell aren't our best guys out in LA (Donnie and MarkW)?

Mark, Dolan, and H20 are...

You mean Scott, not Mark. Unless you and I are thinking of different people. -Jitpal

[makeitstop]

Face it... Denver's GM is currently one move ahead of the chess game right now. Look at all this panic. It's working guys.

I don't think Walsh is panicking. If anything, he's laughing at that hack running Denver's O.

And if you think a bunch of knuckleheads freaking out on a message board is going to influence any of the parties in this deal, you should maybe give it a little more thought.

[Pharmcat]

again, these are just cheap shots directed at the wrong person, its not his fault ny isnt putting together the necessary package

melo exceeded in playing at SYR, hit gamewinner in POs, etc, he can handle the pressure

again, name me one star player in the last decade who gave NY 7 months to get him?

NY put together a package. Denver didn't like it. I'd like you to name me any star player that gave NY 7 months because Melo sure hasn't. He isn't freely available. If he was, the Knicks would have had him by now. Denver owns his rights. If he was making himself available to NY, he would have forced his way out. None of this "I'll have to look at extending on team X hard" bull. Please, he hasn't given NY anything. -Jitpal

he couldve accepted the nets extension b4 nets pulled out

hes done all he could, 7 months, of course hes not hitting FA with 65 on the table and a new CBA coming

[magnumt]

Can someone please link me to the Melo NBATV Interview summary in here?

Thanks.

*Looks at Jitpal*

--Mags

[Hardaway 10]

50 pages in Part 20 in just over 3 hours.

[GONYK]

Yeah but Combo I don't think GONYK likes him that much anyway. He's said it before. I ain't going to hate. But then again I don't hate LBJ either. I watch basketball to be entertained because it's a great game and I love it and I always, always side with the player.

I just don't like wishy-washy people in general. It has nothing to do with my feelings on Melo as a player. I never had any real judgments on him as a person until now.

[magnumt]

Can someone please link me to the Melo NBATV Interview summary in here?

Thanks.

*Looks at Jitpal*

--Mags

[knicks4ever2010]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baske ... rmelo.html


James Dolan pulled a fast one on Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov by arranging a meeting with Carmelo Anthony late Thursday in Los Angeles, The Daily News has learned.

Although the Nets and Nuggets have agreed on players that would be included in a proposed blockbuster trade, the Knicks and Nuggets are scheduled to hold a high-level conference call Friday afternoon, according to a Knicks official.

The four main players on the conference call will be Dolan, the Chairman of Madison Square Garden, as well as Knicks president Donnie Walsh. Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke and Nuggets general manager, Masai Ujiri, will also be on the call.

The call indicates that the Knicks are definitely alive in their bid to acquire Anthony and that a deal can be made if both sides can agree on which players to include in the trade.

The holdup is the Knicks' reluctance to include Danilo Gallinari in the deal. The Nuggets want three starters, including Raymond Felton, a No. 1 pick and Eddy Curry's expiring contract.

The Knicks would get Anthony, Chauncey Billups plus other players to make the deal work under the salary cap guidelines, including Anthony Carter.

Anthony said today that he isn't aware of a meeting with Prokhorov. In all likelihood, Anthony is hoping that the Knicks and Nuggets can agree on a deal before he meets with Nets officials, including Prokhorov, the team owner, as well as minority owner Jay-Z.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baske ... z1ELh8Kgxv

[DRoberstonNYY]

I almost want us to not get Melo so Pharmcat can stop being a Knicks fan

[Danny1024]

The four main players on the conference call will be Dolan, the Chairman of Madison Square Garden, as well as Knicks president Donnie Walsh. Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke and Nuggets general manager, Masai Ujiri, will also be on the call.

The call indicates that the Knicks are definitely alive in their bid to acquire Anthony and that a deal can be made if both sides can agree on which players to include in the trade.

The holdup is the Knicks' reluctance to include Danilo Gallinari in the deal. The Nuggets want three starters, including Raymond Felton, a No. 1 pick and Eddy Curry's expiring contract.

The Knicks would get Anthony, Chauncey Billups plus other players to make the deal work under the salary cap guidelines, including Anthony Carter.



We get to keep Fields most likely. DO IT!!!!

This tells me that the NJ rumors are all bull.

[Lord Commander]

I might be in the minority here but I'd be pissed the f off if Donnie/Dolan caves and gives these assclowns Gallo AND Chandler. There is no need to come with your best offer when you are, for all intents and purposes, the only offer.

[magnumt]

Why the hell aren't our best guys out in LA (Donnie and MarkW)?

Mark, Dolan, and H20 are...

You mean Scott, not Mark. Unless you and I are thinking of different people. -Jitpal

I thought I read somewhere that Weitelstein would be joining them, along with Grundwald/H20/Dolan too (our contingency) in LA as well to meet with Melo? And that Donnie was the only one staying behind.

--Mags

[makeitstop]

again, these are just cheap shots directed at the wrong person, its not his fault ny isnt putting together the necessary package

melo exceeded in playing at SYR, hit gamewinner in POs, etc, he can handle the pressure

again, name me one star player in the last decade who gave NY 7 months to get him?

C'mon, you're just trolling now.

[GONYK]

so then why does NY have 4 gms working in the FO?

its the FO job to get the players here.

To work on building a team?

Melo basically has all the power of a FA. He could have delivered himself here with one sentence: "I will be a FA this offseason."

Denver's hand would have been forced, and he would be a Knick. Game, set, match. He chose not to.

Who's to say he wants to be a Knick and only a Knick?

Melo?

If that's what he wants, he has the power to make it happen. No matter what, I think we can agree that he didn't have being a Net in mind when this all started.