CrushAlot wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Im beyond exited for this Phil era. I pray to God Melo's contract doesn't ruin it for me. I will switch teams this time and become a Hornet fan

Why? Is it because Ewing is there?

GustavBahler wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Im beyond exited for this Phil era. I pray to God Melo's contract doesn't ruin it for me. I will switch teams this time and become a Hornet fan

You'll become a Pelicans fan and you'll like it!

Don't underestimate the Pelican!

ActionJackson wrote:Why does it seem like the most negative posters around here don't seem to be able to spell "liek"..."kcniks" seriously??? I mean like WTF, did all the Melo haters fail out of basic remedial English 101 class? Were there no R.I.F. (aka Reading Is Fundamental) trucks in their neighborhood??? Gentlemen please get a dictionary (or at least a computer w/spell check) & post something literate and worth reading.

Whens the last time you posted something of value here. You seem like you just like to complain about people who post here and never discuss basketball. Maybe its time for you to move on.

PS - Oh and for the record the "last" time i posted was to invite UK members to actually play basketball and enjoy each other's company instead of "bishing" & moaning about the star player on our team.

Dagger wrote:He wants a no-trade clause on top of the Max?! I'm gonna have a really hard rooting for this guy if both of these conditions are true. Throw all that talk about winning out the window. MElo needs to put MElo first! Are you sure you don't want to sign with Chicago? Just gotta hope it's not really the Max if he really can't be traded, that's all I can say. Talk about selfish IF this is true.

Why would we do him a favor with a no-trade clause when he won't even concede the tiniest fraction of money?

If the conditions of the deal are max contract with ano trade clause, then Melo is truly a prick.

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MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?

Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around me

So this would actually be your thought process? Or did you just want to take a shot at Melos playoff record for the billionth time?

Not taking a shot at melo. See this is what aggravates me. If i am even a tad bit critical of melo i get labeled a melo hater. i have defended the guy plenty of times. However i dont care about his finacial welfare i jst acre about the Knicks payroll because i want to build a long standing contender. I have said a billion times i would liek to have melo back to build around him but the least he could do is take a tad bit less to help phil build the team

You're too damn sensitive. First off, not once did I label you a "melo hater". You keep trying to play victim for some reason. Second, if you read my post instead of getting emotional, you would have seen that the point was that you keep repeating that "Melos playoff record isn't the best" when, most of the time, it was nothing to do with the conversation. That would be taking a shot.

no need to be sensitive dude. We are both diehard knick fans lets just keep it civil. Lets Go Knicks!!

Quality response Irish

Irish?

Too funny

yellowboy90 wrote:I guess Phil got his guy to build around at the price he was comfortable to give.

Bravo!