This is why Phil is not overvaluing Melo

He wants to build a team

Not a playoff Dolan pocket filler

It ain't that hard come on now!

Mine just happens to be right

PJax is in a good position really, cuz these teams would prefer to make a deal in order to make their acquisition of Melo more effective and to give Melo a good enough contract to please him. A deal is the only logical end to this situation. We can't be afraid of the 1st real rebuild we've had in forever. My personal view is the picks Chicago has would be more valuable to us.

nixluva wrote:Seems to me that Phil has been making statements that show he's probably looking to move on from the Melo Era and build a new team with young players and Free Agents. It's really crazy cuz this team has some vets we won't be looking to keep long term and some young guys we do want to keep and develop. Then you have Melo and JR who are in their prime and win now mode. So imagine PJax looking at this roster and thinking to himself that he has to move assets now and get Picks and Young talent. He got a young coach who is better suited to a rebuild process and so it seems to me logical that PJax wouldn't be going all in on Melo. He either keeps Melo at his price or moves him but he's not gonna be begging Melo to stay if it's gonna mess up the future of the team.

PJax is in a good position really, cuz these teams would prefer to make a deal in order to make their acquisition of Melo more effective and to give Melo a good enough contract to please him. A deal is the only logical end to this situation. We can't be afraid of the 1st real rebuild we've had in forever. My personal view is the picks Chicago has would be more valuable to us.

I think Phil and Fisher see the writing on the wall and have been speaking as though they suspect he'll leave. But I agree with their stance- if Melo stays and signs for less, good; if Melo leaves and we can get something back to help with the rebuild, good.

franco12 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Anji wrote:How did we go from 50 wins to this??? Wow this sucks, 70 plus year old jackson isn't going to be the prez for too long, the knicks don't have forever to rebuild this thing wing with zen.......

Anthony met with Knicks officials in Los Angeles on Friday night. The New York Daily News reported Saturday that Anthony's camp is upset with Knicks President Phil Jackson publicly revealing he would like Anthony not to opt out of his contract by June 23 or, if he does, sign a new deal for less money.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-carmelo-anthony-free-agency-20140614,0,5178435.story?track=rss

Not sure why the media keep running with this line- Melo HIMSELF was the one who told the media that he would take less if it meant a better chance of winning a championship!

And I wonder if Phil has purposely played this up- partly to drive Melo to leave.

If Melo leaves, then he is about the money vs. winning, and if he stays, great.

CrushAlot wrote:

Anji wrote:How did we go from 50 wins to this??? Wow this sucks, 70 plus year old jackson isn't going to be the prez for too long, the knicks don't have forever to rebuild this thing wing with zen.......

Anthony met with Knicks officials in Los Angeles on Friday night. The New York Daily News reported Saturday that Anthony's camp is upset with Knicks President Phil Jackson publicly revealing he would like Anthony not to opt out of his contract by June 23 or, if he does, sign a new deal for less money.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-carmelo-anthony-free-agency-20140614,0,5178435.story?track=rss

Give me a break. What a baby. Poor Carmelo is upset, awwwww. Wow I was never in the MeloHate camp but the things coming out of his camp the past couple days are ridiculous.

franco12 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

franco12 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Anji wrote:How did we go from 50 wins to this??? Wow this sucks, 70 plus year old jackson isn't going to be the prez for too long, the knicks don't have forever to rebuild this thing wing with zen.......

Anthony met with Knicks officials in Los Angeles on Friday night. The New York Daily News reported Saturday that Anthony's camp is upset with Knicks President Phil Jackson publicly revealing he would like Anthony not to opt out of his contract by June 23 or, if he does, sign a new deal for less money.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-carmelo-anthony-free-agency-20140614,0,5178435.story?track=rss

Not sure why the media keep running with this line- Melo HIMSELF was the one who told the media that he would take less if it meant a better chance of winning a championship!

And I wonder if Phil has purposely played this up- partly to drive Melo to leave.

If Melo leaves, then he is about the money vs. winning, and if he stays, great.

If he leaves for significantly less he is about the money?

If he leaves for Miami to play with Wade, Bosh & LeBron, he is about winning the easiest way possible!

But, yea - I guess a lot depends on where he ends up.

nixluva wrote:Seems to me that Phil has been making statements that show he's probably looking to move on from the Melo Era and build a new team with young players and Free Agents. It's really crazy cuz this team has some vets we won't be looking to keep long term and some young guys we do want to keep and develop. Then you have Melo and JR who are in their prime and win now mode. So imagine PJax looking at this roster and thinking to himself that he has to move assets now and get Picks and Young talent. He got a young coach who is better suited to a rebuild process and so it seems to me logical that PJax wouldn't be going all in on Melo. He either keeps Melo at his price or moves him but he's not gonna be begging Melo to stay if it's gonna mess up the future of the team.

PJax is in a good position really, cuz these teams would prefer to make a deal in order to make their acquisition of Melo more effective and to give Melo a good enough contract to please him. A deal is the only logical end to this situation. We can't be afraid of the 1st real rebuild we've had in forever. My personal view is the picks Chicago has would be more valuable to us.

Yup. You're insight into Phil's motivations makes sense, notwithstanding his age. He already alluded to a 5 year plan (not just based on his contract duration) and with the cap space we're getting after next season (Amare, Bargs, Mel, Tyson) we can sign two max guys to join whatever we build next season. THjr stays, everyone else is tradable.