meloshouldgo wrote:

Nalod wrote:In my view Melo is on Dolan, even the NTC. Signiture Dolan to agree on a handshake promise to give a Max offer to a player who opts out. This was to me what the deal was with H20, and Melo.

Its seems like the only concession Phil made when taking the job. Melo being a talent likely was sort of OK, not OK with Phil.
IM just guessing here only because Phil and Melo don't seem to get on very well.

Phil would like to trade Melo.

Just my take.

Yup thats my take as well word for word, I have already said this a few times. But this is still conjecture, so unless I know definitively (which we will never know unless Dolan mans up) I still have to hild the NTC against Phil. It happened on his watch and he gave it to Melo.

We will never know. H20 was given a top tier max contract and knicks were basically bidding against themselves at the time. Thats why I always thought it was part of original deal on a hand shake.
NTC could be similar, either Melo takes full money or some benefit like NTC. As for blame, See I'll blame phil on W/L record. As for contracts, to me the man who signs the check is the man responsible for the money.

At the end of the day Melo, even with his NTC was a better asset then nothing and letting him walk. Was the cap space to have used on another "Star"? In my mind Melo was paid to entertain the crowd while a rebuild happens. IF three years is too slow, well thats a whole other forum.
Demolition took longer!!LOL