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★Melo Mafia★
Sigh, I just really dont want Melo to leave lol.
I agree Metro someone needs to look real hard at our roster and take a look at the lack of draft picks and the downside of signing a guy you'll be paying 29M bucks to in his mid 30's. Maybe the best thing that happens is the Knicks go 37-45 like that ESPN analyst thinks and Melo says he wants to go to a winner and we trade him for some picks.Knicks were a .500 team before Melo.
With him, we were a slightly better .500 team but still got bumped in the playoffs.
So let's not overrate him.
In 2-3 seasons, I don't believe Melo will be worth that money. He'll be coming down from his prime and will be a very good complimentary player but not a guy you should rely to build your franchise on.
If Knicks don't win this season, trade Melo to a contender for draft picks and try to rebuild around two special prospects in the 2014 and 2015 draft, so we'll have a good team by 2017.
That's WAY better than being a treadmill team until 2017 where we'll have no trade pieces because we held on to overrated for too long.
Knicks were a .500 team before Melo.
With him, we were a slightly better .500 team but still got bumped in the playoffs.
So let's not overrate him.
In 2-3 seasons, I don't believe Melo will be worth that money. He'll be coming down from his prime and will be a very good complimentary player but not a guy you should rely to build your franchise on.
If Knicks don't win this season, trade Melo to a contender for draft picks and try to rebuild around two special prospects in the 2014 and 2015 draft, so we'll have a good team by 2017.
That's WAY better than being a treadmill team until 2017 where we'll have no trade pieces because we held on to overrated for too long.
I agree Metro someone needs to look real hard at our roster and take a look at the lack of draft picks and the downside of signing a guy you'll be paying 29M bucks to in his mid 30's. Maybe the best thing that happens is the Knicks go 37-45 like that ESPN analyst thinks and Melo says he wants to go to a winner and we trade him for some picks.
You must not remember how we obtained Mr. Anthony's services, had to give Denver players plus picks. We're the only team that can sign him to a 5 year deal with 7% raises so hopefully if it comes to trading him we can SnT him for expirings and picks.If we go 37 and 45 he won't get traded he'll just opt out and sign somewhere else. So without melo next year how do you plan on being competitive next year? Oh you accept rebuilding, so how do we get draft picks to rebuild please explain
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He's always been hella overrated his entire career and none moreso since he transversed here to the largest market. Our fan base became too desperate and are now punch drunk over this loser.
Let this sink in for all of you who call yourselves fans. All of you are conscious of money and it's value right?
Well when we traded for Carmelo that came with a half season payment of his 2010-2011 salary which was in the neck of the woods of $17mil and we extended him at 3yrs $67mil which kicked in 2012-2013. So if you cut $17mil in half and add it to $67mil you get roughly $75mil. Now add that to the potential 5yr $130mil extension....That's a payout in 3yrs for guaranteed money to a tune of $210mil....Okay you might say no doubt a lot of money but there have been plenty of overpaid NBA players who have made that and more...to that I say true but here's the kicker...
Denver only paid Melo his rookie scale deal and 1 5yr extension deal. His rookie scale contract was about 4yrs and $15mil and his extension was 5yrs $80mil.
So in almost 9yrs of basketball he made $90mil guaranteed.... but in only 3yrs of basketball with us he'll have made $210mil of guaranteed money!!!!! Nowhere close to championship caliber/level of play
This my friends is so disturbing on every level I can think of. And as you said we won't get the best of Carmelo Anthony he'll be declining
If we go 37 and 45 he won't get traded he'll just opt out and sign somewhere else. So without melo next year how do you plan on being competitive next year? Oh you accept rebuilding, so how do we get draft picks to rebuild please explain
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You can pretty much say this about any star player who has never won a championship. To single out Melo is ridiculous. Kevin Garnett made close to a 190M with the Wolves and never sniffed a championship. Every star player whether they win championships or not is going to get paid the same amount of money. That's the way the CBA works.
If Melo goes in 2014, I want good prospects in return. Kinda like what Denver got.
Am I the only one on here that wants him gone? I said it when we traded for him that it was a huge mistake and guess what it was.The guy has done NOTHING since he got here and will do nothing for the rest of his career.Yes he has all the talent in the world but whats talent worth when you don't win any rings? He plays no defense,plays no team ball, and shoots way to much for this team to even think about having chemistry on the court. This team would have been better if we kept the players we had before the trade with all of our draft picks. I for one cannot wait till he leaves New York.
Am I the only one on here that wants him gone? I said it when we traded for him that it was a huge mistake and guess what it was.The guy has done NOTHING since he got here and will do nothing for the rest of his career.Yes he has all the talent in the world but whats talent worth when you don't win any rings? He plays no defense,plays no team ball, and shoots way to much for this team to even think about having chemistry on the court. This team would have been better if we kept the players we had before the trade with all of our draft picks. I for one cannot wait till he leaves New York.