earthmansurfer wrote:
You actually think MElo did this as a favor to Denver? LOL, no chance. Denver had enough depth without him. There is not one shred of evidence to support the crazy hypothesis of what is being put out here. Look, I think we can succeed with MElo and this lineup (now, with Lin) but I can see him pretty clearly, both in interviews and on the court. That guy is about "ME" it's even in his name. 
People are what they are, we don't separate them into two different personalities - one at work and one at home. e.g. - If you are an aggressive person at work you can't be a soft loving one at home. You can try to act it, but it just doesn't work like that.I agree as in the quote above that it was really selfish to help dismantle the team here when all he had to do was say the right things, play it low key and come as a FA. Luckily we were able to get some talent, it seems. It wasn't easy, we again were great in the draft and then were able to get Lin. But all of this was chancy at the time.
He did this for the money. If he wanted to really do something for the team he should have accepted less money to play here like the big 3 did in Miami. Then we would have had more free money for other players.
This is just absolutely crazy what is being said now here but if it makes you feel better about him then go on believing it. Great thing about belief systems.
It wasn't a favor. During the time that Melo was trying to get traded, Lebron was being turned into a public enemy in Cleveland, while he had previously been Cleveland's favorite son. Melo didn't want to leave on bad terms with the Denver management and fans. It would definitely have happened, if he decided to help the Knicks and leave the management and the fans of Denver with scraps. He actually said that he wanted to stay on good terms with Denver at some point, but no, I am not going to dig back and find the actual quote for you.
"He did this for the money. If he wanted to really do something for the team he should have accepted less money to play here like the big 3 did in Miami. Then we would have had more free money for other players."
Come on now. Its a business. His advisers want him to get as much as they can, so they can make more money. It is unclear whether Amare and Melo might kick in some money at some future time in order to help the Knicks get a player that will put them over the top. But taking less money than you can get in the marketplace, to benefit a rich organization like the Knicks, is something you don't see very often and cannot expect.
Melo had to know that he was weakening the Knick's team in what he was doing. But he probably has so much self confidence, that he probably thought the combination of he and Amare would be good enough to make things work, even if the Knicks gave up too much. (Yes he was wrong.) He didn't want to hurt his many friends in Denver, and become a villain in a place that he really liked. He acted against his own self interest in doing this. But he did it any way. If you live in Denver, it actually was a classy move on his part. (Actually unselfish in a way.)
