mrKnickShot wrote:nixluva wrote:MDA and Karl are friends. I'm pretty sure Karl talked to MDA about Melo in depth!!! Walsh really had no choice but to try and make a deal for Melo cuz that's what Dolan wanted. The deal took so long cuz Walsh had no plans to overpay for Melo. MDA had faith in the guys we had and i'm positive that he really didn't want to let Gallo go. Still you would NEVER hear MDA say publicly that he was against a move the org. made. I mean come on now!!! You just have to use your head a little to figure out what is fairly obvious. Has MDA EVER like selfish players??? What are the principles of his system? It's not a selfish player style of offense and works well with giving stars and a bunch of team oriented players.
Nixluva, you say things as if you were/are part of the contingent. I do not like stating things as fact if I don't know them to be fact. You can say that it is your opinion but not fact based on logical or illogical conclusions.
MDA does not - not like selfish players. That type of hybrid guard forward does not fit into his system.
Would Kobe have fit? Be honest please ...
LOGIC is a sound way of coming to conclusions when you don't have every single bit of inside information. Logic suggests that since Walsh was not giving Denver everything they wanted and Dolan took over the negotiations, then it's clear Walsh did not want to give so much for Melo.
Logic suggests that since MDA has had problems with selfish players most notibly Harrington and Nate, he clearly prefers team players. His system is based on rapid ball and player movement, so logically he wouldn't really care for ball stoppers.
If MDA had Kobe perhaps Kobe would fit and maybe he wouldn't. We'll never know. What I do know is that Kobe is a committed team defender over the course of his career. Melo's biggest fault isn't his offense or man D. It's how he fits into the TEAM defensive and offensive concept. As i've pointed out many times stats support this fact.
