Melo #13: Believe in Joakim Noah & Crew

[davhern]

Melo might lose money from Nike/Jordan

when you play in NY/LA you get bonus money from Nike and Jordan and while Chicago is the 3rd largest market behind both he may lose some money however his sneaker sales are 4th in the NBA behind Kobe/LeBron/Durant I think so he may do well in Chicago

The Bulls brand worldwide dwarfs any Knick brand that may exist worldwide because of Jordan and Jordan alone. Melo will Make MORE in Chicago.

No Jordan dwarves it not really the bulls brand. The Knicks are on equal footing if not better.

Internationally? I have a hard time believing that. The Knicks have been basically irrelevant for decades. They've never had a reason to even have any sort of foothold in China or anywhere else.

[Hans Embiid]

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You don't seem to be very optimistic.

Anyway this Isola guy has no clue.

[Chitownbulls]

Melo might lose money from Nike/Jordan

when you play in NY/LA you get bonus money from Nike and Jordan and while Chicago is the 3rd largest market behind both he may lose some money however his sneaker sales are 4th in the NBA behind Kobe/LeBron/Durant I think so he may do well in Chicago

Jersey sales and shoes sales would go through the roof here. I think the 1st year Rose was injured he was still top 5-10 in jersey sales.

[Chitownbulls]

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You don't seem to be very optimistic.

Anyway this Isola guy has no clue.

New York fans were calling this guy a hack lol

[23-7]

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UH OH

[TruthSerum]

The Bulls heavy pursuit for Gasol is....strange. The only thing that makes sense that he is a replacement for Gibson. Which means Melo WOULD be in the fold. Which would be crazy.

my initial thoughts.

Knicks take Gibson in a S&T and the replacement is Gasol.

Which means melo want that money. They'll all be in LA tomorrow........hmmm.

Gasol takes Taj's salary at the absolute least what benefit do you see besides maybe 2yrs instead of 3?

[Pnjguy]

Melo might lose money from Nike/Jordan

when you play in NY/LA you get bonus money from Nike and Jordan and while Chicago is the 3rd largest market behind both he may lose some money however his sneaker sales are 4th in the NBA behind Kobe/LeBron/Durant I think so he may do well in Chicago

The Bulls brand worldwide dwarfs any Knick brand that may exist worldwide because of Jordan and Jordan alone. Melo will Make MORE in Chicago.

No Jordan dwarves it not really the bulls brand. The Knicks are on equal footing if not better.

Not worldwide they aren't. And it's not close frankly.

[davhern]

I don't think Isola is "reporting" anything other than Melo should have his decision done by the weekend.

Just about everyone (including me) thinks the single most likely outcome is a return to NYK.

[Eduardo]

if the bulls send out snell, dunleavy, and boozer in a 3 way trade, can they take an equal contract value back? (melo at 20mil~)

[Jimmy Forums]

Just riiide it out. We've hit a wave of anti-Bulls reporting this evening, but there'll be more reports to come.

He's coming here. Chicago gettin dat FA SHO.

[Droseisthe1]

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You don't seem to be very optimistic.

Anyway this Isola guy has no clue.

When things turn like this, I just don't have a good feeling when it comes to the Bulls. I mean it's fine. Melo is about the money all along I guess.

Believe me, I hope I'm wrong.

[RedBulls23]

What's the latest? I made the difficult decision of returning to my life for about 3 hours.

Apparently Laurence Holmes has a friend that knows Melo. That friends thinks there is a really good chance he leaves New York for Chicago.

Also Marc Stein reported Bulls are talking to Gasol because of uncertainty of Melo deal happening.

He didn't say "really good" IIRC. Just that there's a real chance and that this isn't a dog and pony show.

Yeah, my mistake.

[23-7]

There's a theme here. If a report comes out against the Bulls. They are Hacks or dumb.

[r1terrell23]

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[Droseisthe1]

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I feel the same way. So much time and effort.

[JDRochholz]

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UH OH

that's just a speculative statement. He means "his deal, whether it be Chicago or NY, should be done by then." Nothing to see here.

[WinCity]

There's a theme here. If a report comes out against the Bulls. They are Hacks or dumb.

Well actually we had a NY fan in here earlier claiming Isola was a hack when he was giving posotive Bulls tweets. Now that he has negative Bulls tweets I bet they like him more

[davhern]

If he were reporting that he's hearing that Melo is going back to the Knicks (or leaning toward it), he'd be VERY clear about it. He's just stating his opinion, like everyone else, based on what the situation is.

[bpchamp5]

I don't think Isola is "reporting" anything other than Melo should have his decision done by the weekend.

Just about everyone (including me) thinks the single most likely outcome is a return to NYK.

I thought Carmelo would decide by this Monday or at the latest Tuesday. But, that World Cup Final is a week and a half from now. It's not this weekend -- but the 13th.

[Pnjguy]

But why Gasol?