If Melo brings us a championship to the Knicks I think he will be almost as popular as Lebron. New York is the basketball Capital of the world. He would have done something that has not been done in over 40 years. That's my opinion. Whats yours? Maybe he will be more popular.

I don't care if a champ will make Melo as popular as LBJ.

I just want Melo brings it to NY.

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Bonn1997 wrote:Is Lebron even popular? Most people hate him

Bonn1997 - you have proof?

NYK should just let Melo go and go back to being a lottery pick team and hope they find their next Jeremy Lin and then screw it up by trading/releasing him. The New York Knicks front office are a bunch of idiots.

ToddTT wrote:If Melo wins without being part of a trio, and does it in NY... that will be huge. Clyde will have to start worrying about his status as greatest Knick. And it will tarnish what the Heat have accomplished, if only a little.

However, if Lebron wins a third this year... that will be tough to eclipse. Trio or not, that is impressive.

Not to mention that Lebron has erased a lot of the negativity he had created for himself when leaving Cleveland. For me I think I stopped disliking the guy when he tackled that fan on the court.

That said, I really hope we don't have a similar thread to this in a year or two with Paul George's name in it.

Are you implying Paul George as a New York Knicks? Pacers doesn't have very many to cling on to but you know for damn sure they're going to cling on to Paul George as tight as tight can be.

I see Paul George as young Lebron James in Cleveland. He's only going to get better. In four or five years, Paul George is going to be criticized heavily if he walks away from Indiana.

Pacer struck it rich with PG.

Why if we are the Mecca would its most ardent fans speak of such starphuchedness?

Our legacy teams are not from Clydes deliverance but from a collective on men who come together for a single purpose.

For those who forget look at the quality of The Jordan Era Bulls double three-peat rosters and consider how such a thing happens.

Lebron is that rare player that can carry a team on its back all the way to the finals. Even that team in Cleveland.

Melo has shown in his 11 years to have been a member of some pretty good teams in Denver and as the best player on that team he could not carry them that far. Im not knocking him, he is just not at that level. For what its worth, he a great player but not in the GOAT conversation.

If Knicks win a championship with Melo on the roster and he is the best player no doubt will he be celebrated in NY for decades and if he is the MVP of the finals his global brand would no doubt increase. Lebron has 4 trips to finals and 4 MVP awards.

Want to live forever? Win a chip for the knicks

Lebron will always be more popular

MSG3 wrote:Melo winning a title here would totally flip what people say about him in terms of legacy. In terms of NY, I think he'd move into the pantheon of top 5 athletes in NYC history. For me personally he'd be #1. Yankees are the most famous team in the world, but when the Knicks are good this becomes a Knicks town, even if all other teams are great at the same time. Right now I think the top 5 athletes in NY History is:

Babe Ruth
DiMaggio
Mantle
Jeter
Messier

Broadway Joe is still eating off winning for the jets.

Clyde is still the man. Bradley, Willis reed are both looked at like Jedi's.

Bernie Williams. Strawberry. Bill Parcels. Theses guys will live forever in NYC. That's what you play for. I don't think you get that respect in other cities. We respect our champions.

Melo would be bigger than all if them if the knicks can get a championship team around him.