smw6230 wrote:GONYK wrote:It's the fact that it didn't have to come to this. Melo could have prevented this kind of deal if he chose to do so. He'd have his money, his city, and a stronger team. Instead, he went pu$$y and now we are paying for it.
It is amazing that we arguably have a top 7 NBA player gift-wrap himself to a team & city that needs another impact player. And yet many people here are bent over the fact that he didn't do
enough to become a Knick.
Sorry but Carmelo put himself way, way out there for the Knicks. He basically burned his boats in Denver and all but made himself untradeable to anyone but NY. Lebron didn't do that. Amare didn't do it. Wade didn't do it and neither did Kobe, Shaq or any other superstar in the past 25 odd years. Guys on the level of Carmelo are rare and if you have one present themselves to you on your doorstep you'd be wise to take them in.
Like most I would have loved to have had him for nothing but once the Nets came back in NY had to pony up.
One allstar starter since the 1992 (Knicks), and a team that's presently "1" game over 500. At least in my mind, there is nothing to talk about. Those who could remember, always wondered what Bernard King and Patrick Ewing would had looked like together. My friends, it's been since our last world championship team, that we have had two players this dynamic on the court together. People say, well the players we are trading are still young and have much potential but we are still a 500. team. Heck the Thunder are younger and look at their record. I will miss Gallo and Chandler more, but we are talking about freaking Carmelo Anthony. If anyone would had told me this time last year that the Knicks would have Amare and Melo on the court together, I would had signed up for it no matter who we had to give up. Think about this, Mozgov's development is everything now, and fields is a consistent jumpshot away from being major. Melo will take tremendous pressure off of both. Peace out!
