Nalod wrote:Clearanthony was not on the bus last year. My guess it was Holiday. Sounds like a good natured fun one on one.

Melo is great for Melo, and everyone wants to help Melo win.

Truth be told, Melo lived up to his statistical hype. "We got Melo!" What did that really mean? Dolan hyped fans.
Nice guy, statistical great player and not a player you build around, especially when you don't have the assets to do so properly.
Lance should not have to apologize for not helping Melo win.
Knicks failed Melo, Melo failed the knicks.

He goes into the HOF, who retires his number? Denver?
ONly Ewing and Dick Mcguire are the only ones that don't have rings and are knick retired.
H20 has him on on Field goals, 3pts, minutes played, 3 pts. Only free throws does Melo exceed Houston.
If Allan is not a retired knick, Melo can't!
Allan did have a trip to the finals with the knicks. Melo has played in 21 playoff games in 7 seasons, Allan 60 in 9 seasons.
Why does Nalod do this? Perspective. Melo hype from day one was never deserved. Thats always been my push back. Relax JROD, just keep building the Melo Shrine and don't defend him, just make sure you comment on those you don't agree with.
Fans are emotional. We wanted to love him. What happend on the court is all that mattered. Fact is, not much happend.

I appreciate Lances tribute and his knick tenure. He has worked hard to stay in the NBA!!!

This was not Melo's fault that the team went to pot. Phil Jackson was a bad GM. So you think Porzingis is the key to the Knicks future? We will find out quite fast. Great letter by LT. Melo is a class guy. How ever we should have waited 2 years and we would have gotten him without giving up our pieces. Right now we have a very slow none athletic team. We keep kicking the can down the road.

Nalod wrote:Clearanthony was not on the bus last year. My guess it was Holiday. Sounds like a good natured fun one on one.

Melo is great for Melo, and everyone wants to help Melo win.

Truth be told, Melo lived up to his statistical hype. "We got Melo!" What did that really mean? Dolan hyped fans.
Nice guy, statistical great player and not a player you build around, especially when you don't have the assets to do so properly.
Lance should not have to apologize for not helping Melo win.
Knicks failed Melo, Melo failed the knicks.

He goes into the HOF, who retires his number? Denver?
ONly Ewing and Dick Mcguire are the only ones that don't have rings and are knick retired.
H20 has him on on Field goals, 3pts, minutes played, 3 pts. Only free throws does Melo exceed Houston.
If Allan is not a retired knick, Melo can't!
Allan did have a trip to the finals with the knicks. Melo has played in 21 playoff games in 7 seasons, Allan 60 in 9 seasons.
Why does Nalod do this? Perspective. Melo hype from day one was never deserved. Thats always been my push back. Relax JROD, just keep building the Melo Shrine and don't defend him, just make sure you comment on those you don't agree with.
Fans are emotional. We wanted to love him. What happend on the court is all that mattered. Fact is, not much happend.

I appreciate Lances tribute and his knick tenure. He has worked hard to stay in the NBA!!!

DeMar DeRozan is an all-star scoring wing.
It would be no different if we had traded for him.

The lesson here is to value what you invest in.
Don't go all out for a scoring wing, unless he is top 5 MVP and truly dominant and unstoppable like a Jordan, Kobe Bryant (those type of players don't get traded to begin with).
If you do trade for an all-star scoring wing, you make sure you don't give up too much. Sort of like Presti did for George and Melo. 2 assets each. We gave up like 4 or 5 assets for Melo.

Invest your assets in the right places. Divide them well.

We are set up well now on the asset front.

Porzingis
Willy
Frank
Kanter
2018 First round pick
2018 Second round pick (2, one coming from Chicago via OKC)

Need to be patient, draft well and when we do make a trade, ensure we don't send off our assets below market value or in haste like we did with the Melo trade.

Lance Thomas spoke with Carmelo Anthony after he wrote a Players Tribune article that discussed Anthony as a leader and menor: "He was really happy that I wrote it. It was an emotional conversation. I wished him the best, he wished me the best and we're going to continue to follow eachother throughout our careers." On why he wrote the article, Thomas added: "I felt it. Melo has always been one of my mentors and a positive figure since I've been in the NBA. I was hurt when he left. Not only not having him as a teammate, but not having him here as one of my best friends." On the perception of Anthony as a poor teammate/leader, Thomas adds: "Anybody who has that opinion about him has never been his teammate. Has never been in a locker room with him. So he knew that. Anybody who has ever played basketball with him as a teammate or a friend, they know that. So we don't really worry about outside influences or outside opinions because we're all we got."

Ian Begley, ESPN Staff Writer