Darius Miles Davis wrote:I'm somewhat irritated today. We did a better job with this recruiting pitch this year, but I think we miscalculated again. Taj Gibson should not have been at the meeting. He should have been positioned as a potential candidate for a trade. A Rose/Butler/Melo/Noah is a strong place to start.
In not providing an option for max cap space, to some extent (arguable, I know), we once again made the organization mistake of not being willing to trade a lesser player for a star (such as Deng for Gasol, Deng for Kobe). We've done this before, and it's just not cool.
And, while I'm complaining, why are we continuing to look at other SF like Ariza? Right now, we have three talented SF types on the roster: Butler, Dunleavy, McDermott. If not Melo, why not try to pry a talented shooting guard away from another team with cap space (Boozer amnesty) and other assets?
People need to step back and think about this. The Bulls would have to be COMPLETE idiots to not have thought of this. They had Rose give a workout in front of Melo, you don't think they thought of the money angle?
The most likely scenario is that it was discussed with the agents. If Melo wants max money, here are the routes we go to get it.
This Taj thing is taking on a life of its own and its based on assumptions and a few poorly sourced tweets.
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People just don't want to accept this. The Bulls basically made a "best case" roster pitch to Melo with the promise that money would be taken care of and he is still saying no. He just wasn't that into us.
People just want someone or something to blame because the idea that just playing for the Bulls isn't all that attractive is something people don't want to consider.
..doing my own sleuthing i find it interesting that Melo spends full day visiting Chicago before his visit with our FO while he is splitting day in Texas.
