whaddayagonnado?

I do.

There's a reason they put stooges like Ryan Ruocco on with personalities like SAS. It's the vaguely pretty girl going to the bar with the fat ugly chick friend. Makes her look that much better by comparison.

SAS is a clown. A-grade, pointless bombast. He yells loud and makes lots of noise. That's great if you're into rubbernecking at accidents. Not much else.

Think Mike Fatcessa and the Maddog.

If he bolts, fine, next summer's looking good for rebuild from the ground up.

Allanfan20 wrote:

jrodmc wrote:Does anyone actually listen to this guy on a regular basis?

I do.

There's a reason they put stooges like Ryan Ruocco on with personalities like SAS. It's the vaguely pretty girl going to the bar with the fat ugly chick friend. Makes her look that much better by comparison.

SAS is a clown. A-grade, pointless bombast. He yells loud and makes lots of noise. That's great if you're into rubbernecking at accidents. Not much else.

Think Mike Fatcessa and the Maddog.

I disagree with this entire post. As I implied, SAS knows his stuff. Do I agree with everything he says. Hell no. He's better than most though.

Ruocco is pretty decent too. I don't like how he submits to SAS a lot though.

Which is my point. If you truly know your stuff, you don't need to blare it at 120dbs all the time. We get it. And you don't need an intern type to fawn at your feet continuously.

I actually heard Ryan try to disagree with him last week. His apology and flop were incredibly embarrassing. And I have to listen to SAS because 98.7FM is the only media outlet that even dares to approach being mildly pro-Knick. MSG certainly isn't. Just ask Mike Breen.

Nalod wrote:he goes, he goes..........

whaddayagonnado?

What are the teams who can sign him outright? Most of the teams that have cap space only have it the cost of not resigning their own core guys. Wash and Pho look like possible teams that could sign melo to a max outright. He doesnt not have a ton of options.

Also Melo isnt the only FA available. I like the Knicks chances to control this outcome, and thats all that matters to me, stay or go. Compensation.

TeamBall wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

TeamBall wrote:F**k Stephen A. There's some video from the First Take where he went on a tirade about how bad the Knicks are and said stop hoping for Phil "cause it aint happenin'!". This was just a few weeks ago too.

Don't question SAS too much. He knows his stuff and doesn't report this stuff if chances are it isn't true. He was the first to report LeBron and Bosh going to Miami and stuck with it while most people didn't believe it.

That was just me rubbing in him being wrong about Phil

The guy clearly has connections among the players and probably has spoken to Melo directly. Last I saw on first take though, he said Melo himself said he was unsure, yet Melo's "camp" all say that he's gone.

1) He's certainly not going to say "I'm gone" or "I'm staying."

2) You are right though. It is too early to tell. I tend to think that if a triangle offense were implemented, Melo wouldn't benefit too much because he doesn't play off the ball so well like the other stars of the past triangles did. Then again, I don't think anyone on this team except perhaps Hardaway suits the triangle. You need smart ball players 1-5, consistent shooters/passers and rebounders. I'm not so confident.

I think Melo can he just hasn't done it all the time. I don't remember all the things Phil said but he did briefly discuss some ways in which Melo can fit into a system and indirectly mentioned some things he needed to improve on. Phil seems 100% committed to having a team with certain players so if Melo's not ready change his game a bit, I can see Phil letting him go.

Uncharted territory for both guys. Phil walked into spots with HOF stars who were the best of their generation. Now he has Melo. Melo has always thought he has to do it himself. Now he has Phil. Lets see it play out.

fishmike wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

TeamBall wrote:F**k Stephen A. There's some video from the First Take where he went on a tirade about how bad the Knicks are and said stop hoping for Phil "cause it aint happenin'!". This was just a few weeks ago too.

Don't question SAS too much. He knows his stuff and doesn't report this stuff if chances are it isn't true. He was the first to report LeBron and Bosh going to Miami and stuck with it while most people didn't believe it.

That was just me rubbing in him being wrong about Phil

The guy clearly has connections among the players and probably has spoken to Melo directly. Last I saw on first take though, he said Melo himself said he was unsure, yet Melo's "camp" all say that he's gone.

1) He's certainly not going to say "I'm gone" or "I'm staying."

2) You are right though. It is too early to tell. I tend to think that if a triangle offense were implemented, Melo wouldn't benefit too much because he doesn't play off the ball so well like the other stars of the past triangles did. Then again, I don't think anyone on this team except perhaps Hardaway suits the triangle. You need smart ball players 1-5, consistent shooters/passers and rebounders. I'm not so confident.

I think Melo can he just hasn't done it all the time. I don't remember all the things Phil said but he did briefly discuss some ways in which Melo can fit into a system and indirectly mentioned some things he needed to improve on. Phil seems 100% committed to having a team with certain players so if Melo's not ready change his game a bit, I can see Phil letting him go.

I see him resigning. Mostly because Phil takes the pressure off Melo. Melo can resign, but its not his team. Its Phils. He's here to fit in and play a role. Who in Melo's career has told him to stop shooting? did Karl? Has Woody?

Uncharted territory for both guys. Phil walked into spots with HOF stars who were the best of their generation. Now he has Melo. Melo has always thought he has to do it himself. Now he has Phil. Lets see it play out.

Phil did make sure to state that too much of the load is on Melo though. Actually, more and more people have started to question who Melo has had to help him.

SupremeCommander wrote:from what I understand, Melo said he'd stay and take less if he saw a viable plan in place. you're telling me he's out the door before hearing PJax's plan? I'm sure Melo will listen and then he might stay or he might go. I wouldn't call it certain

Back to the OP; I hope it's understood that SAS's main goal in life is to sell ad time, right?

Where would Melo go, seriously if it's all about winning now and not waiting until the calvary comes?

Houston? Melo and Harden? I don't think so. Not enough basketballs. PJax is not prone to dealing with numbers sleazers like Morey.
Clips? Cap space issues, maybe? I doubt Blake is leaving and neither is CP3. Does anyone have enough money to pay all three of those?
Lakers? For what? They tried superfriends there and it didn't work. Pringles Melo 2, yeah that will happen.
Bulls? Noah and Melo play waiting for the Rose? Chemistry, much? Are you guaranteed a chip pairing Noah with Melo under Thibs? I'm not convinced.

Where exactly is he going to go and win now?