Melo Thread 19: It's Spidey Austin..it was Spidey all along.

DRoseCantStop · Post #701 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:20 pm

Please stay Bosh.....

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RememberLu · Post #702 » by **RememberLu** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:21 pm

woke up, still no news. We're going to be waiting the whole week aren't we?

DaeDae · Post #703 » by **DaeDae** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:21 pm

OldSchoolNoBull wrote:Melo is in LA. It's 7AM there now. How can he and his camp already know that no decision is coming today? There's a whole day in front of them to deliberate, but they already know it won't happen today? That makes it seem like they're waiting for something. For an answer from the Knicks on a NTC, for Bulls to get trades lined up, to see what LBJ/Bosh do, or something else.

EXACTLY. That's exactly what I thought when I saw that.

northbrookrich · Post #704 » by **northbrookrich** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:21 pm

OldSchoolNoBull wrote:Melo is in LA. It's 7AM there now. How can he and his camp already know that no decision is coming today? There's a whole day in front of them to deliberate, but they already know it won't happen today? That makes it seem like they're waiting for something. For an answer from the Knicks on a NTC, for Bulls to get trades lined up, to see what LBJ/Bosh do, or something else.

There is no doubt in my mind that Melo is waiting on LeBron. Whether it is to see if he can pair up with LeBron somewhere, whether it is to see if LeBron signs a deal with an opt out in a year or two or whether it is to see if LeBron is bolting and he can go somewhere with Pau or Bosh, LeBron will likely be the first piece to fall. Melo is holding the cards and has a choice to make, but there is no reason to rush. Most teams have LeBron as their option #1 as well and once LeBron chooses, Melo can become their new option #1.

Melo knows he is not making a decision today because LeBron won't make a decision today. As has been reported, LeBron is meeting with Riley face to face first and he is shooting a commercial today. Let the waiting continue....

DaeDae · Post #705 » by **DaeDae** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:22 pm

kdapiton wrote:SAS is just obsessed with Miami

He's obsessed with NY. And Lebron.

epicccfail · Post #706 » by **epicccfail** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:22 pm

Carmelo explains why he will not be going to the Lakers

http://instagram.com/p/oEuePJqNqL/

SteelerSpartan · Post #707 » by **SteelerSpartan** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:23 pm

Now Phil can move stoudemire and his broken knees.....really SAS :nonono:

kdapiton · Post #708 » by **kdapiton** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:23 pm

whoa whoa whoa...

oh it's on

RememberLu · Post #709 » by **RememberLu** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:23 pm

nycrich wrote:
OldSchoolNoBull wrote:Melo is in LA. It's 7AM there now. How can he and his camp already know that no decision is coming today? There's a whole day in front of them to deliberate, but they already know it won't happen today? That makes it seem like they're waiting for something. For an answer from the Knicks on a NTC, for Bulls to get trades lined up, to see what LBJ/Bosh do, or something else.

There is no doubt in my mind that Melo is waiting on LeBron. Whether it is to see if he can pair up with LeBron somewhere, whether it is to see if LeBron signs a deal with an opt out in a year or two or whether it is to see if LeBron is bolting and he can go somewhere with Pau or Bosh, LeBron will likely be the first piece to fall. Melo is holding the cards and has a choice to make, but there is no reason to rush. Most teams have LeBron as their option #1 as well and once LeBron chooses, Melo can become their new option #1.

Melo knows he is not making a decision today because LeBron won't make a decision today. As has been reported, LeBron is meeting with Riley face to face first and he is shooting a commercial today. Let the waiting continue....

Lebron ruining everything again, as always

z0zin · Post #710 » by **z0zin** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:23 pm

Kyrie/Waiters/LeBron/Love/Zeller

Rose/Butler/Melo/Taj/Noah

Beverley/Harden/Parsons/Bosh/Howard

Plz, plz, plz make this happen.

Sever82 · Post #711 » by **Sever82** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:23 pm

Watching First Take, does anyone else think that host of First Take is worthless ? I wish they kept their old host. Just a random rant

Leto · Post #712 » by **Leto** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:24 pm

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:
Chitownbulls wrote:Im kind of pissed bc Bulls came into free agency without enough money. We waited years for this summer an we dont freakin have enough money. Unreal

I'm sorry, but this is **** hilarious. You're the same guy who bitched the last 3 seasons anytime Paxson mentioned the word 'flexibility'. What did you want the Bulls to do - trade everyone like we did in 2010, and watch Melo go back to NY anyways?

By any credible account - the Bulls had the capability to create the cap space necessary to sign Melo outright (just as Houston would have done as well). But obviously didn't want to do that - both because of the risk Melo could go elsewhere, and because putting as strong a team as possible around Melo is the Bulls biggest selling point.

I agree. Further, I'd say it was a lesson learned from 2010 not to put all your eggs in one basket. We dumped Deng at the deadline which is what put us in the position to make an offer. I think that was a good decision now because we can still get a guy like Lance or Gasol and we already have added McBuckets and possibly Mirotic.

I like the way this summer has gone thus far. It has been a positive developmet no matter what else transpires.

DaeDae · Post #713 » by **DaeDae** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:24 pm

Boardwalker wrote:
Chitownbulls wrote:Im kind of pissed bc Bulls came into free agency without enough money. We waited years for this summer an we dont freakin have enough money. Unreal

And so begins the annual exercise of finger pointing by people who find a way to blame the FO for not landing the big FA even though by all accounts they did a bang-up job. I guess at some instinctual level it makes us feel better to blame the FO, rather than having to accept that there are things outside of their control (wife, kids, loyalty, etc.) that play a bigger role in a FA's decision.

I'm not pissed if they don't get Melo. I'll be VERY pissed if they miss on MELO AND LANCE, considering Lance seems to be VERY AVAILABLE and we have a need for a 2ndary ball-handling wing.

Post #714 » by **Rerisen** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:24 pm

Bo Dupp wrote:My fear is that he's waiting on LeBron to see if and/or where they can possibly team up.

And that pisses me off royally.

I think waiting could help us eventually. Too much longer and LeBron is going to get ticked with Riley's inaction to improve the team and start looking elsewhere, and there isn't many 'elsewhere's' outside Miami where he can play with Melo. Most likely he goes back to Cleveland in that case.

That frees up Melo from our biggest competitor, Miami, and only leaves NY. I don't buy LA.

r1terrell23 · Post #715 » by **r1terrell23** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:25 pm

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:
weneeda2guard wrote:
Magilla_Gorilla wrote:

Houston and Dallas ave moved on - I like to believe if Chicago hasn't its because they're still in it. There isn't anybody we're looking at that isn't going to still be around when Melo makes his decision.

We did the waiting around in 2010 too cause we thought we were in it

Got left with boozer and mediocre talent

We signed the best FA available outside of the Big 3 (on the best deal) and picked up the best group of vet FA's. They also signed Boozer before the decision was made - so I'm not sure how they 'waited around'.

Amare, Lee, Scola, Gay, Joe Johnson, IMO were all better than Boozer. Boozer wasn't a bum but those guys were better all around players.

RememberLu · Post #716 » by **RememberLu** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:26 pm

Sever82 wrote:Watching First Take, does anyone else think that host of First Take is worthless ? I wish they kept their old host. Just a random rant

don't watch First Take. Don't give them the ratings

Post #717 » by **Rerisen** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:27 pm

Ben wrote:Maybe--and this is a growing suspicion-- we like Taj so much that we don't want to trade him even for Melo, and IMO that would be a mistake. But we don't know how things are panning out yet.

Could be saving Taj for a Love deal and we think he's worth being put in that.

Of course if it costs us Melo then we still don't get Love either...

I beg to differ · Post #718 » by **I beg to differ** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:27 pm

epicccfail wrote:Carmelo explains why he will not be going to the Lakers

http://instagram.com/p/oEuePJqNqL/

Sever82 · Post #719 » by **Sever82** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:27 pm

RememberLu wrote:
Sever82 wrote:Watching First Take, does anyone else think that host of First Take is worthless ? I wish they kept their old host. Just a random rant

don't watch First Take. Don't give them the ratings

Just watching to see if there is anything new on melo

OldSchoolNoBull · Post #720 » by **OldSchoolNoBull** » Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:28 pm

Rerisen wrote:
Bo Dupp wrote:My fear is that he's waiting on LeBron to see if and/or where they can possibly team up.

And that pisses me off royally.

I think waiting could help us eventually. Too much longer and LeBron is going to get ticked with Riley's inaction to improve the team and start looking elsewhere, and there isn't many 'elsewhere's' outside Miami where he can play with Melo. Most likely he goes back to Cleveland in that case.

That frees up Melo from our biggest competitor, Miami, and only leaves NY. I don't buy LA.

When did Miami become our biggest competitor? I get that SAS is saying stuff and there is speculation, but Melo didn't even have a meeting with Miami. There is no offer from them. Not yet at least.