s3231 wrote:I mean he already has helped ensure that we pay a high price if we are able to land Melo.
Not really.
Guys, this has been reported ad nausuem since the beginning and many KNicks fans have chosen to not to believe it, thinking it was just a bargaining tactic.
Multiple writers have said that Denver is NOT motivated to deal with NY, not only because they don't want to lay down and give 'melo everything he wants as he's spurning them, but that Denver really just isn't too keen on the Knicks young players.
Many of us have tuned this out, believing that in the end, Knicks could get 'Melo for Wilson Chandler and Randolph, or pick him up as a free agent.
It was that hope/assumption/expectation that is fueling the frustration now, despite it maybe never being a possibility.
Nets are in good hands...I don't think there is anything wrong with us acknowledging that their owner seems to know what he is doing.
Disagree. He might be a shrewd, cut-throat businessman, but I think he's utterly misreading a market he doesn't understand.
And despite some Knicks fans claims here that they will become Nets fans, I don't think he fully understands the nature of regional sports loyalty.
I think he think the fanbase is for sale, that the population of NY outside the confines of Brooklyn is up for grabs, and if he does, he'd be completely mistaken.
Nets had a terrible off season. They're having a terrible season. Their head coach and best player are at odds.
I've YET to see a basketball decision that I'd consider a good one.
I've seen a few non-basketball decisions that have been awful.
And if this heavy-handedness is accurate, I think these tactics will turn on him too.