Crazy⑧s;162173 said:
Did we HAVE to give up our only true center? This was already an incredible haul for Denver general manager Masai Ujiri, considering the superstar he was forced to trade in his first few months on the job only had one destination in mind, before he demanded Mozgov of Dolan.
Say what you will about us inevitably losing Melo to Denver or Dallas at the cost of our traded players, this team's future success is now dictated externally, at the cost of Anthony's desire to earn an extra $15M. I, for one, don't like business moves that leave me crossing my fingers.
I still think Carmelo could have interposed and aided us in making this process as best as possible for the franchise. Even at his own cost and or patience.
But it was the whims of 2 multi millionaires that ultimately leave the CBA prescribing the future of the Knicks, leaving us, the fans, crossing our fingers.
But who are we, anyway?
Exactly.
Tough to *really* bitch about the trade; except the imbecilic motivations of the imbeciles blinking first and cowering in negotiations was in essence,
we need Melo NOW. go compete NOW. we must satisfy our fans and msg NOW.
Reality is, in this NBA, you need excellence, not good with a chance of very good.
We had the team, bargaining position, future options, and reality (of cba, for one), to dictate going for a true powermove...and perhaps being the unequivocal victor in a trade, and not a potential rapee.
a la LAK. Wonder how they'd be doing if they threw in Odom or Bynum and Ariza for Gasol...
It's like the perfect semi bluff in poker. Even if we get looked up, we still have the chips, position, and skill, to go for the kill again from an even superior position of power/respect/assets.
And much of the time, you simply don't get looked up. Bc ppl are fundamentally timid and fearful (especially amateurs...amateur hour front offices...specially on a big stage....)
And the actual, true ultimate decision of facing total destruction and public disgrace.....And making a decision. Is infinitely more difficult in a way that can't be easily described; versus the theoretical writing of what they "should" do, and operating like ppl are machines.
At the very least (and I mean VERY least), the second reneging of our own ultimatum (smfh) for Moz....is just...unreal.
And we wonder why teams lick their chops to deal wit us? And why we just so often happen to be on the receiving end of rapes in trades and signings?
It's not random...And this trade won't help (even if in a vacuum it is a good trade...ie We get superstar Melo, and in a vacuum or bubble, what we got exceeds the value of what we gave up).
Champions don't get born from this mentality and cyclical process that we have operated from, and in a real sense, operated from again in our dealings with DEN.
Let's just pray to god Walsh stays, and with as much autonomy as ever.