#2 In today's Twitter age I am sure the words Melo forced himself to the Knicks has appeared on Melo's twitter page through comments thousands of times since the trade went down. Melo forcing himself to the Knicks has been common fan language over the years which makes the word play a little to coincidental.

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:

TheloniusMonk wrote:When no legit allstar (perhaps future hall of famer) wanted to come here in their prime it was a problem with some people. You get one of those who wanted to come here (or forced their way here as most use religiously), it's a problem. I guess he should have reluctantly come here? Perhaps he should have told Denver he was luke warm on coming here? Maybe he should be here yet sulk for not wanting to be here? Interestingly enough a very very good player wanted to be here. In his prime. Debate the reason if you'd like. But the Knicks have Carmelo Anthony, Phil Jackson, a new outlook and cap room coming soon. Ehhhhh I guess reeeeeeeeeally wanting to play here is a bad thing....I guess.

he forced his way here = he did not wait for free agency.

yeah... great post

and yeah, it's still a problem

Yep. He was supposed to wait and lose 25 million. Ujiri was supposed to not move him and get nothing for him. Melo also needed to ignore all of the threats of a lockout and free agency being drastically changed under te new cba.

Well he mentioned at one point he thought

He was going to New Jersey

Which would satisfy your fancy of how it played out

Nevertheless he wanted his money and he only wanted it in New York

Or let's say New York area

Now he's graduated to his second fat contract

In this area and what's left is Digital Melo

With basement level success of winning

toad wrote:he didn't want to come here because of Knicks basketball. He wanted to come here because he wanted to market his brand. That's why he's still here as he has already stated (as well as the fattest contract). I completely understand why some fans are cold on him.

People have niave views of basketball players. Kobe forced his way to the Lakers because of the market- does that make him evil? Kevin love forced his way to the Cavs- does that make him evil? Kevin Durant said he might go to the Wizards when he becomes a free agent- does that make him evil? When you decide where to work do you do you think 'where could I work that would be he greatest benefit for others?' Or do you take into account money, location, etc?

People complain when athletes lie, then when they are honest people make out they're being stupid and evil. Why are people fake-outraging themselves over these innocuous comments?

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:

TheloniusMonk wrote:When no legit allstar (perhaps future hall of famer) wanted to come here in their prime it was a problem with some people. You get one of those who wanted to come here (or forced their way here as most use religiously), it's a problem. I guess he should have reluctantly come here? Perhaps he should have told Denver he was luke warm on coming here? Maybe he should be here yet sulk for not wanting to be here? Interestingly enough a very very good player wanted to be here. In his prime. Debate the reason if you'd like. But the Knicks have Carmelo Anthony, Phil Jackson, a new outlook and cap room coming soon. Ehhhhh I guess reeeeeeeeeally wanting to play here is a bad thing....I guess.

he forced his way here = he did not wait for free agency.

yeah... great post

and yeah, it's still a problem

Yep. He was supposed to wait and lose 25 million. Ujiri was supposed to not move him and get nothing for him. Melo also needed to ignore all of the threats of a lockout and free agency being drastically changed under te new cba.

sounds like you're calling carmelo anthony a liar. for the record i am cool with that.

smackeddog wrote:

toad wrote:he didn't want to come here because of Knicks basketball. He wanted to come here because he wanted to market his brand. That's why he's still here as he has already stated (as well as the fattest contract). I completely understand why some fans are cold on him.

People have niave views of basketball players. Kobe forced his way to the Lakers because of the market- does that make him evil? Kevin love forced his way to the Cavs- does that make him evil? Kevin Durant said he might go to the Wizards when he becomes a free agent- does that make him evil? When you decide where to work do you do you think 'where could I work that would be he greatest benefit for others?' Or do you take into account money, location, etc?

People complain when athletes lie, then when they are honest people make out they're being stupid and evil. Why are people fake-outraging themselves over these innocuous comments?

you are sick in the head... he said what he said.

just like he said he wanted to test free agency. what was said cannot be unsaid.

jrodmc wrote:It would be great to see the video of dk7th meeting Melo and calling him a douche to his face.

Please, up your meds.

yeah wouldn't it? meantime i need to get some practice in.

jrodmc you are a DOUCHE

or in your case:

jrodmc you NEED a douche

"from a basketball stance".........Well he wants to be in NY and while it was an attention grab over the summer, he stayed.

He wants to be here for what ever reason. Does it matter? does money matter? Of course it does. What do we want? Him to stay for religious reasons? The Pastrami?

he stayed for money and he wanted to be here. Not terrible.

dk7th wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:#1 Melo forced his way out of Denver is more of the appropriate phasing. Knicks had a choice to go after Melo or not and the price they were willing to pay to get him. So its not possible to force yourself somewhere if they have a choice in the matter. Denver had no choice other then lose him for nothing.

#2 In today's Twitter age I am sure the words Melo forced himself to the Knicks has appeared on Melo's twitter page through comments thousands of times since the trade went down. Melo forcing himself to the Knicks has been common fan language over the years which makes the word play a little to coincidental.

unbelieveable... carmelo anthony himself,

in his own words,
out of his own cakehole,
off his own tongue,
from his own mind

claimed that he forced his way to new york!!!

and you have the unmitigated gall to explain it away.

no offense but anyone who tries to explain his own words away is sick-minded.

Truthfully I don't really care I was bored for 5 mins so decided to post a comment. I don't blame players for decisions that management makes as that's management's job not the players job. And I found it too coincidental that he phased it the same way that fans have for 4 yrs.

It is amusing to me how you now all of a sudden this instance you decide to hang on to Melo words as gospel after calling him disingenuous all this time.

Nalod wrote:
He forced his way here. What else is new?

"from a basketball stance".........Well he wants to be in NY and while it was an attention grab over the summer, he stayed.

He wants to be here for what ever reason. Does it matter? does money matter? Of course it does. What do we want? Him to stay for religious reasons? The Pastrami?

he stayed for money and he wanted to be here. Not terrible.

You are a DOUCHE