FeS19 wrote:A lot of people are mad about Melo making certain extension statements and not just coming out and saying he will only go to NY. What we have to realize is he is technically still a Denver Nugget. He has been the face of their franchise for the past 8 years and he does care about them therefore he doesn't want them to get raped. He was also adamant about his situation not being compared to the Leballerina decision. He's been trying to please three sides which is really tough to do. (His $$, Denver, Knicks). This deal is absolutely ALL I would offer, probably a little more. but at the end of the day, you have to pull the trigger.
That would be all well and good if he wasn't using back channels to make it known he was going Knicks even if it meant FA and then chose to greedily back off the stance in the end. This all could have been done quietly but him and his team (like lBJ) had to milk this out all they could.