Melo 17: Death or Glory

DRoseCantStop · Post #1561 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 1:51 pm

IndianPlaya17 wrote:Let me refresh everyone's memory....IT WAS MELO WHO STARTED INQUIRING ABOUT THIBS. IT WAS MELO WHO WAS ASKING NOAH AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK.

Noah probably sold him on Thibs. It was THIBS WHO WENT ON THE LIMO BUS TO PICK HIM! IT WAS THIBS WHO RAN THE PITCH.

Oh snap, totally forgot about that. Our chances are very good.

Edit: No, Noah approached Melo first and made the pitch during ASB, but Melo did spend time in the Bulls locker room after that one game so I don't know.....

Chitownbulls · Post #1562 » by **Chitownbulls** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 1:54 pm

A lot of media garbage out there right now....Bulls keep a very tight lip so I don't expect to hear much from us. But we are deff in this right now. GarPax Thibs ALL WANT MELO........BADLY.........This offseason can make or break them....Our title window is now. Bulls are deff in this.

GMgoran · Post #1563 » by **GMgoran** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 1:54 pm

Chitownbulls wrote:
GMgoran wrote:
Chitownbulls wrote:All this Laker talk is fine because we need Melo to force his way to Chicago. Lakers dont have the assets we have.

The prospect of being the cornerstone of the next Lakers' contending team is not to be underestimated ...

Agreed but he has that MAX offer sitting on the table from the Lakers....imo seems like hes waiting for something. Aka the Bulls

I think that he is waiting for additional guarantees from NY and LA about the future of their teams, on top of their max offers ...

Chitownbulls · Post #1564 » by **Chitownbulls** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 1:58 pm

^You may be right....lets see what happens

I feel like the Bulls would have a good sense of what Melo is doing right now. I feel if we weren't in this race, we would start pursuing other free agents. Only guys we have talked to is Pau (joining Melo in Chicago imo) an Melo.

DRoseCantStop · Post #1565 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:02 pm

Removed

Post #1566 » by **coldfish** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:02 pm

All of this LA stuff is weird. I don't know how to take it:
- ESPN has an obvious news cycle and it came from them. By always switching who is in the lead, they continue to drive their own ratings. They have the 4 largest media markets in the US hanging on this now. They have to be loving it.
- You have the leverage scenario. Logically it works but I have some level of difficulty believing someone would do that in real life.
- Maybe the LA interest is real. Its obvious Lala likes it out there. Melo likes Gasol and he likes Bryant. However, that's just about it. They have no room to improve. Their next best player is a guy that was taken 4 spots in front of Doug McDermott. Melo is all about the coach, system and team culture. LA doesn't have any of that. They are in the West.

Oh well, real head scratcher. I love how most stories have Chicago in it right now but then none of them go into the Chicago angle. Its like a conspiracy theorist's dream.

I really haven't seen anything that changes my opinion. 30% for Chicago. NY is in the lead. Maybe LA has replaced Houston. Most of the news of the past 2 days isn't really news. Its just attention whores attention whoring.

GMgoran · Post #1567 » by **GMgoran** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:02 pm

Chitownbulls wrote:^You may be right....lets see what happens

I feel like the Bulls would have a good sense of what Melo is doing right now. I feel if we weren't in this race, we would start pursuing other free agents. Only guys we have talked to is Pau (joining Melo in Chicago imo) an Melo.

I won't be surprised if we are keeping our channels with Minnesota open, waiting for Melo to make his decision ...

bullslas · Post #1568 » by **bullslas** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:05 pm

DRoseCantStop wrote:Removed

During the playoffs.

GMgoran · Post #1569 » by **GMgoran** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:06 pm

coldfish wrote:All of this LA stuff is weird. I don't know how to take it:
- ESPN has an obvious news cycle and it came from them. By always switching who is in the lead, they continue to drive their own ratings. They have the 4 largest media markets in the US hanging on this now. They have to be loving it.
- You have the leverage scenario. Logically it works but I have some level of difficulty believing someone would do that in real life.
- Maybe the LA interest is real. Its obvious Lala likes it out there. Melo likes Gasol and he likes Bryant. However, that's just about it. They have no room to improve. Their next best player is a guy that was taken 4 spots in front of Doug McDermott. Melo is all about the coach, system and team culture. LA doesn't have any of that. They are in the West.

I think that any "Melo to the Lakers" scenario would include Kevin Love joining him there, if not this summer or at the trade deadline, then certainly next summer ...

Ctownbulls · Post #1570 » by **Ctownbulls** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:06 pm

DRoseCantStop wrote:Removed

When is that from?

DRoseCantStop · Post #1571 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:10 pm

Ctownbulls wrote:
DRoseCantStop wrote:Removed

When is that from?

According to bullsla, it was during the playoffs. I looked at tweets that shared the video and it dated back to around July 25, 2013.

Post #1572 » by **coldfish** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:10 pm

GMgoran wrote:
coldfish wrote:All of this LA stuff is weird. I don't know how to take it:
- ESPN has an obvious news cycle and it came from them. By always switching who is in the lead, they continue to drive their own ratings. They have the 4 largest media markets in the US hanging on this now. They have to be loving it.
- You have the leverage scenario. Logically it works but I have some level of difficulty believing someone would do that in real life.
- Maybe the LA interest is real. Its obvious Lala likes it out there. Melo likes Gasol and he likes Bryant. However, that's just about it. They have no room to improve. Their next best player is a guy that was taken 4 spots in front of Doug McDermott. Melo is all about the coach, system and team culture. LA doesn't have any of that. They are in the West.

I think that any "Melo to the Lakers" scenario would include Kevin Love joining him there, if not this summer or at the trade deadline, then certainly next summer ...

Kobe is on the hook for $25M next year. If Melo went there, he would be at $24M. Not sure how much Gasol will get to re-sign. $7M? If Melo goes there for the deal and team being proposed, the Lakers can't sign him and I don't think they have the trade assets to get it done either. It would have to be a pretty convoluted deal with Nash being sign and traded or something. I highly doubt that Minnesota would agree.

WinCity · Post #1573 » by **WinCity** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:10 pm

coldfish wrote:All of this LA stuff is weird. I don't know how to take it:
- ESPN has an obvious news cycle and it came from them. By always switching who is in the lead, they continue to drive their own ratings. They have the 4 largest media markets in the US hanging on this now. They have to be loving it.
- You have the leverage scenario. Logically it works but I have some level of difficulty believing someone would do that in real life.
- Maybe the LA interest is real. Its obvious Lala likes it out there. Melo likes Gasol and he likes Bryant. However, that's just about it. They have no room to improve. Their next best player is a guy that was taken 4 spots in front of Doug McDermott. Melo is all about the coach, system and team culture. LA doesn't have any of that. They are in the West.

Oh well, real head scratcher. I love how most stories have Chicago in it right now but then none of them go into the Chicago angle. Its like a conspiracy theorist's dream.

I really haven't seen anything that changes my opinion. 30% for Chicago. NY is in the lead. Maybe LA has replaced Houston. Most of the news of the past 2 days isn't really news. Its just attention whores attention whoring.

I think you hit on it. they now have the top three sports markets involved: LA, NY, Chicago. Follow the money.

Post #1574 » by **coldfish** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:12 pm

WinCity wrote:
coldfish wrote:All of this LA stuff is weird. I don't know how to take it:
- ESPN has an obvious news cycle and it came from them. By always switching who is in the lead, they continue to drive their own ratings. They have the 4 largest media markets in the US hanging on this now. They have to be loving it.
- You have the leverage scenario. Logically it works but I have some level of difficulty believing someone would do that in real life.
- Maybe the LA interest is real. Its obvious Lala likes it out there. Melo likes Gasol and he likes Bryant. However, that's just about it. They have no room to improve. Their next best player is a guy that was taken 4 spots in front of Doug McDermott. Melo is all about the coach, system and team culture. LA doesn't have any of that. They are in the West.

Oh well, real head scratcher. I love how most stories have Chicago in it right now but then none of them go into the Chicago angle. Its like a conspiracy theorist's dream.

I really haven't seen anything that changes my opinion. 30% for Chicago. NY is in the lead. Maybe LA has replaced Houston. Most of the news of the past 2 days isn't really news. Its just attention whores attention whoring.

I think you hit on it. they now have the top three sports markets involved: LA, NY, Chicago. Follow the money.

People underestimate Houston. They are the 4th largest market. This Melodrama is ESPN's dream.

MisterRoy · Post #1575 » by **MisterRoy** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:13 pm

That's why they keep posting non news worthy stuff. It's really getting annoying.

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SpankinMyHeat · Post #1576 » by **SpankinMyHeat** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:13 pm

Upcoming thread: 18.....and life to go

WinCity · Post #1577 » by **WinCity** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:14 pm

coldfish wrote:
WinCity wrote:
coldfish wrote:All of this LA stuff is weird. I don't know how to take it:
- ESPN has an obvious news cycle and it came from them. By always switching who is in the lead, they continue to drive their own ratings. They have the 4 largest media markets in the US hanging on this now. They have to be loving it.
- You have the leverage scenario. Logically it works but I have some level of difficulty believing someone would do that in real life.
- Maybe the LA interest is real. Its obvious Lala likes it out there. Melo likes Gasol and he likes Bryant. However, that's just about it. They have no room to improve. Their next best player is a guy that was taken 4 spots in front of Doug McDermott. Melo is all about the coach, system and team culture. LA doesn't have any of that. They are in the West.

Oh well, real head scratcher. I love how most stories have Chicago in it right now but then none of them go into the Chicago angle. Its like a conspiracy theorist's dream.

I really haven't seen anything that changes my opinion. 30% for Chicago. NY is in the lead. Maybe LA has replaced Houston. Most of the news of the past 2 days isn't really news. Its just attention whores attention whoring.

I think you hit on it. they now have the top three sports markets involved: LA, NY, Chicago. Follow the money.

People underestimate Houston. They are the 4th largest market. This Melodrama is ESPN's dream.

True, BSPN set up their little satelitle websites for all the major markets for exactly this reason. Maximizing these opptunites is what they are all about.

mostek · Post #1578 » by **mostek** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:16 pm

I still think there is a decent chance that Love ends up in LA, either at the trade deadline, on next summer, if he is dealt elsewhere first. A deal this season, would probably have to be Randle, and Gasol. They may add Nash, and take back a bad contract, like Martin. I am not sure if Melo to LA, helps, or hurts though.

Chitownbulls · Post #1579 » by **Chitownbulls** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:18 pm

WinCity wrote:
coldfish wrote:All of this LA stuff is weird. I don't know how to take it:
- ESPN has an obvious news cycle and it came from them. By always switching who is in the lead, they continue to drive their own ratings. They have the 4 largest media markets in the US hanging on this now. They have to be loving it.
- You have the leverage scenario. Logically it works but I have some level of difficulty believing someone would do that in real life.
- Maybe the LA interest is real. Its obvious Lala likes it out there. Melo likes Gasol and he likes Bryant. However, that's just about it. They have no room to improve. Their next best player is a guy that was taken 4 spots in front of Doug McDermott. Melo is all about the coach, system and team culture. LA doesn't have any of that. They are in the West.

Oh well, real head scratcher. I love how most stories have Chicago in it right now but then none of them go into the Chicago angle. Its like a conspiracy theorist's dream.

I really haven't seen anything that changes my opinion. 30% for Chicago. NY is in the lead. Maybe LA has replaced Houston. Most of the news of the past 2 days isn't really news. Its just attention whores attention whoring.

I think you hit on it. they now have the top three sports markets involved: LA, NY, Chicago. Follow the money.

Yea good post from both of you. This is what Im thinking too. ESPN doesn't run a show in Chicago or else Im sure we would have all kinds of stories about Bulls an Melo meeting...but since we don't, we barely get talked about. Sports world is very slow right now....any way they can get ratings, they will. ITS GARBAGE TV an I haven't watched the last couple days.

StJoesBasketball22 · Post #1580 » by **StJoesBasketball22** » Sun Jul 6, 2014 2:19 pm

In the beginning, melo was stating how he's willing to take a pay cut to win, however, since meeting with LA and NY, the only things the articles have been talking about is how they can both offer him max contracts. If melo wants the money then both of these two teams would be a great fit for him, but considering what the west looks like, even with melo on the lakers, it'd still be an up hill battle for them. As far as the knicks go, it's almost annoying how much "mind control" Phil Jackson has over almost everyone . The reality about NY is that they have no pieces to win at all this year, and are hoping and praying they land a big name FA next year.

IMO if melo goes to either of these places, it'll be just another mistake.

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