It's the crying part of this blind item that needs some fleshing out!

nyk4ever wrote:lol i love how everyone asks questions about his friend. he wouldn't have posted if he didnt think he was telling the truth. it was just a little nugget of hearsay, why does everyone get their panties in a bunch about it?

Yes, you are so right. Why shouldn't we just passively and thankfully accept an anecdote about our favorite club's main offseason issue without question? Asking questions about the validity of a blind item is such an overreaction!

Finestrg wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:

toodarkmark wrote:My friend doesn't stretch the truth. You can believe it or not, don't bother me. Just passing along a story.

thanks for sharing dude. i know you claim no validity to the story, which is why i don't get why people would get on you. thanks for just passing it along, whether it's true or not.

Yeah, thanks for sharing... I dunno guys -- something very believable about it to me. I don't think Phil is enamoured with Melo in the slightest. From every little nugget we've heard from Phil so far---Phil saying right off the bat that we're good with or without him; trying to get Melo to take A LOT less or to opt in on his player option (knowing full well there's no way he's doing either), etc. -- quiet a few indicators to me that Phil wants to turn the page..

And that's fine -- I just want to see us get a few pieces to rebuild with in return. Hopefully it'll be another short rebuild -- get a few young pieces back to rebuild with, use next year to instill the triangle and as an open audition for some young players we target and give a chance to, see if we can get anything favorable for some of our other players who aren't part of the future and wait for the cap room to open up after next season...Easier said than done, I know, but I gotta believe that if there are a few interested teams (even if it's just the Bulls, Rockets and the Mavs), those teams will compete with one another to get him when the time comes -- that's where we'll get our sign and trade. Hopefully...And if that sense of competition isn't there right now, I wanna see Phil work to create it...Phil's gotta work those 3 teams against one another -- get the best package back in return, hopefully centered around an expiring contract(s), a pick(s) and maybe a good young salary-controlled player or two. If it's the Bulls package Briggs has mentioned (Boozer, filler and a couple of picks), OK, I could live with that. Gotta first see if Houston, Dallas or anyone else have anything better...As long as Phil works it like this, I'm good. I won't be good if he walks away for nothing. That'll chap me like crazy.

Papabear Says

Do you really think that Melo will give Phil a break and do a sign and trade if this is true. Melo can be just as none caring as Phil that how we got Melo in the first place. He was ready to go to the Nets. Remember that!!!! Se you are dead wrong if you think that he will help Phil Jackson thats why he should have kept his mouth shut but it was Phils ego that got in the way. You can do that as a coach but not as the main man.

IN a nutshell this is the thread story. BTW, was it deleted?

Reasons for tears:

1. Phil moved Melo to tears with some Zen antidote and melted his heart.
2. Melo feels bad he is phucking us over.
3. They ate some tasty Thai and he got a chili caught in his throat.
4. Phil don't play that CAA shyt.
5. Melo came to realize Knicks have his bird rights and the little birdie told him he would be walking form $70mil!!!
6. The subject of JR Smith not talking to him if he bolts to Miami was emotional.
7. Melo is soft. Really soft.
8. Wheres LA LA? She's a "Honey of an Oat" and he she gone?
9. Phil told him he made 4th team all pro. He got a Tat for it. Then they told him there was no such thing!
10.Melo wants to stay. Phil told him Felton was his PG. He cried like a baby!