Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC so they too cam compete with the Spurs.

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?

Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around me

TeamBall wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?

Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around me

So this would actually be your thought process? Or did you just want to take a shot at Melos playoff record for the billionth time?

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?

Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around me

Since Durant is a better player than Melo, does that mean he can sign to the max and he doesn't need to take a pay cut because he doesn't need as many players to build around him? Last I checked, Durant didn't get past the Spurs this year either. Also, he has the same amount of rings as Melo....

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?

Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around me

Since Durant is a better player than Melo, does that mean he can sign to the max and he doesn't need to take a pay cut because he doesn't need as many players to build around him? Last I checked, Durant didn't get past the Spurs this year either. Also, he has the same amount of rings as Melo....

You are now making an argument on what Durant will do next year because you of all people have personal insight into what he will do? Right after calling Lebron and Bosh idiots for taking the max having watched them take millions less for 4 years to do the exact thing you ridiculed?

So precious.

Uptown wrote:Here's my problem with everyone complaining about Melo taking a pay cut. PJax is the ultimate champion, the Zen Master, the BB genius, the President of BB Opps, the one who delves out the contracts. Obviously, PJax knows what it takes to be a champion in this league, so why would the Zen Master put a max contract on the table for Melo to sign? Either he's not the genius that everyone thinks he is, or he is a genius and knows a one max contract will not prevent him from still putting together a team that can eventually compete with a 'chip.

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC so they too cam compete with the Spurs.

It's not a matter of what model I *want* to use. The issue is that we *have to* build a team with better players make much less.

Excellent Point

Well I messed up and went back to edit it. I guess you figured out what I was trying to say though. I seriously don't understand why people are concerned about Melo's perspective. We're Knicks' fans, right? We have to worry about it whether this works from the Knicks' perspective. If Melo's best interests and the Knicks' best interests don't align, you can't side with Melo if you're a Knicks' fan.

meloshouldgo wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million

Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lol

which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.

Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseason

It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....

Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.

If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.

Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?

Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around me

Since Durant is a better player than Melo, does that mean he can sign to the max and he doesn't need to take a pay cut because he doesn't need as many players to build around him? Last I checked, Durant didn't get past the Spurs this year either. Also, he has the same amount of rings as Melo....

You are now making an argument on what Durant will do next year because you of all people have personal insight into what he will do? Right after calling Lebron and Bosh idiots for taking the max having watched them take millions less for 4 years to do the exact thing you ridiculed?

So precious.

First off, the 'idiot' comment was a sarcastic response to Bonn. Perhaps you should read everything that was said you can get the gist of where I was going with my post...