Melo 16- If it's meant to be, it's meant to be

IndianPlaya17 · Post #561 » by **IndianPlaya17** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:53 pm

MoneyMitch wrote:
IndianPlaya17 wrote:Shouldn't Thibs be talking to Leon Rose and asking what Melo is feeling? Get a gauge of where he is and then proceed.

That's the key

Rose knows what's best for both of his clients and that's uniting them

Yeah what the hell is he doing? He should play cupid or matchmaker or whatever.

RememberLu · Post #562 » by **RememberLu** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:54 pm

Everybody here knows that if Melo signs with NY, he's gonna regret it almost instantly.

Next year when they win 20 games and Melo is shaking his head on the bench again, he's gonna think "damn I should have gone to the Bulls"

and we'll all roll our eyes knowingly

Benedict Miller · Post #563 » by **Benedict Miller** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:54 pm

From here on out, Rose doesn't need to do ****, but continue to get better so he'll be ready for next season. That is all.

BR0D1E86 · Post #564 » by **BR0D1E86** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:54 pm

Little Nathan wrote:
Leto wrote:
theanimal23 wrote:
With Gasol, they make the playoffs. They are not a guarantee to even make it to round 2.

I don't think they make the playoffs.

In the East, you make the playoffs with Melo on your roster. Rest of the team doesn't even matter.

Right, just like the Knicks in 13-14.

kurtatx · Post #565 » by **kurtatx** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:55 pm

RememberLu wrote:
TheChad708 wrote:Beating the Knicks will be that much sweeter.

it's getting old though, same old story

Beat the Heat in the regular season, that'll show Lebron and Wade!

Beat the Knicks in the regular season, that'll show Melo!

We just cling to symbolic victories now because bottom line is, nobody wants to come here...again. Same ol' story.

Wait until Jabari Parker is an UFA. Seriously. Chill out.

keloms · Post #566 » by **keloms** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:56 pm

theanimal23 wrote:
MnM24 wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/chicagobullsbot/status/485161413791334400[/tweet]

Chicago Bulls still feel confident they are still in the discussion for Carmelo Anthony but the momentum has been lost. (Source: Joe Cowley)

I wonder if there is anyway for the Bulls to regain momentum...

Perhaps Rose calling Carmelo? I'm not mentioning this in setting of the Broussard report, but what else is there to do at this time? Noah has done his part. The front office and coach have done theirs. Reinsdorf perhaps?

Leto · Post #567 » by **Leto** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:56 pm

Little Nathan wrote:
Leto wrote:
theanimal23 wrote:
With Gasol, they make the playoffs. They are not a guarantee to even make it to round 2.

I don't think they make the playoffs.

In the East, you make the playoffs with Melo on your roster. Rest of the team doesn't even matter.

In the East NY will have to beat CHA, Toronto, Cleveland and Washington. I'm not counting Chicago, Indy or Miami or Atlanta.

r1terrell23 · Post #568 » by **r1terrell23** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:57 pm

IndianPlaya17 · Post #569 » by **IndianPlaya17** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:58 pm

*Thibs calls Melo*

Thibs: Hey Melo, what's it gonna take?
Melo: Max deal
Thibs: We can't give you that.
Melo: Well, i can't come to Chicago.
Melo: Nice talking to you...good...
Thibs: STAY ON, STAY ON, STAY ON!!!!!

Gregnice33 · Post #570 » by **Gregnice33** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:58 pm

MisterRoy wrote:
IndianPlaya17 wrote:
Little Nathan wrote:In the East, you make the playoffs with Melo on your roster. Rest of the team doesn't even matter.

The 2013-2014 Knicks say hi.

HAHAHA.

beat me to the punch, kudos

RememberLu · Post #571 » by **RememberLu** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 8:59 pm

kurtatx wrote:
RememberLu wrote:
TheChad708 wrote:Beating the Knicks will be that much sweeter.

it's getting old though, same old story

Beat the Heat in the regular season, that'll show Lebron and Wade!

Beat the Knicks in the regular season, that'll show Melo!

We just cling to symbolic victories now because bottom line is, nobody wants to come here...again. Same ol' story.

Wait until Jabari Parker is an UFA. Seriously. Chill out.

WesleyExChiFan · Post #572 » by **WesleyExChiFan** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:00 pm

ah7007645 wrote:Rose is so socially awkward.

actually, I think he's a step ahead of all of us. I don't think "recruiting" Melo was ever going to work.

He forced his way out once to get his payday. He just might be doing it again.

If it turns out that Melo just used us as leverage, then his stance on not recruiting was the correct one after all.

We'll see soon enough.

Andi Obst · Post #573 » by **Andi Obst** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:01 pm

Gregnice33 wrote:
MisterRoy wrote:
IndianPlaya17 wrote:
The 2013-2014 Knicks say hi.

HAHAHA.

beat me to the punch, kudos

Yeah, I really don't know what I was thinking there. Shouldn't post in a basketball forum while watching soccer World Cup :lol:

Edit: still think they'd make the playoffs next season, though.

Hans Embiid · Post #574 » by **Hans Embiid** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:01 pm

BR0D1E86 wrote:
Gregnice33 wrote:I want to know what Phil is planning in NY?

Calderon, Larkin, Prigioni
Shumpert, Smith, Ellington
Hardway Jr., Brown
Melo, Bargs, Odom
Dalembert, Amare, Tyler

Even if you add Gasol I still don't think that team is a contender.

Even if you add Gasol I would bet my next year's salary that team doesn't go to the finals.

Finals???

LMFAO

THIS TEAM DOESNT EVEN GET TO THE PLAYOFFS LET ALONE HOMECOURT!!!

RememberLu · Post #575 » by **RememberLu** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:02 pm

Knicks just aren't a good team, even the years they made the playoffs you could tell they had no discilpine, no consistency, and it was all a house of cards.

Some teams you can just watch play and say "yeah thats a solid team". You never got that feeling watching the Knicks even when they had some success being mediocre in the east.

MalikJoakim24 · Post #576 » by **MalikJoakim24** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:03 pm

Red Larrivee wrote:How is momentum being lost? Does Melo have momentum meters in his headquarters?

shoevarek · Post #577 » by **shoevarek** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:04 pm

This entire situation is ridiculous. I know NBA is a SOAP opera, but FA signing process is a SOAP opera of the worst kind. Why do you guys pay so much attention to it and waste so much time worrying about it? Is it such a good entertainment that our attention to it should employ plethora of shady journalists? According to "reports" the main actor of that play is 30 year old dim wit, who can't make his mind like any responsible adult would. What do we supposedly know?
1) Anthony hates loosing, yet he supposedly recruited some players to come to NY (that NY team that was a train wreck and there is little chance they can right the ship quickly, meaning next year).
2) Anthony values chance to win championship over money, yet he is also in the talks with teams whose only sales pitch is money.
3) Anthony prefers Bulls, Mavs, Houston, but also Lakers and he even considers staying with Knicks. Do those teams have anything in common? Few immediate championship contenders. Few teams with big issues that have to be solved, meaning a delay before returning to contender status. My bad, there is one thing in common - big enough stage to satisfy someones ego.

I am not saying Bulls is the best destination for a chance to be on a championship contending team. Houston and Mavs could be that. Still looking at Anthony's "reported" actions he transpires as a guy with little focus on the thing our team is focused on. I know it is too hard to demand sincerity and straight character from a multi-million dollar diva in this day and age but I wish to see a FA that clearly states his objectives, stays on course during FA process and does not try to make circus of himself.

BTW, regarding some resentment on Rose not recruiting shown on the forum. If you think that Rose talking with Anthony could and should be deciding on Anthony's decision to join the Bulls then it would support my arguments on fickleness of Anthony's character. Rose is not an unknown. If he is a prick then all around the league already know about it. We haven't heard reports stating that so the big chance is that is not true. By all signs Bulls locker room is not a cancerous environment either, otherwise they would not have so much success in recent years in spite of so much adversity. So what would Rose meeting with Anthony do? What should have Rose done? Buy Anthony a dinner? Send him some flowers? Cuddle him behind his ears? For a sport guys that look all macho more often than not I have a feeling they are bunch of sissies.

The entire recruitment controversy seems like an immaterial "issue" picked up by media to add to entire FA hysteria, another tool to stir the pot and keep spectators occupied.

danzou · Post #578 » by **danzou** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:05 pm

BR0D1E86 wrote:
Gregnice33 wrote:I want to know what Phil is planning in NY?

Calderon, Larkin, Prigioni
Shumpert, Smith, Ellington
Hardway Jr., Brown
Melo, Bargs, Odom
Dalembert, Amare, Tyler

Even if you add Gasol I still don't think that team is a contender.

Even if you add Gasol I would bet my next year's salary that team doesn't go to the playoffs.

Fixed.

Red Larrivee · Post #579 » by **Red Larrivee** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:07 pm

MnM24 wrote:
Red Larrivee wrote:How is momentum being lost? Does Melo have momentum meters in his headquarters?

Cowley's so resourceful. Is there a live website for this yet?

IndianPlaya17 · Post #580 » by **IndianPlaya17** » Fri Jul 4, 2014 9:08 pm

I have a friend, who has a friend, who has a friend, who has a friend, who has an uncle, who has a friend, who has a friend, who has wife, who has a cousin, who has a friend, who has a dog, who has a walker that knows Melo. That person said Melo to the Bulls is happening.

Obviously, this is how Chris Broussard gets his info.