gunsnewing wrote:Splat wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Splat wrote:Here we go with Melo's knee. Sore since the Game # 2. They're going to have to rest him at some point
better fix it now before it turns into H20 v2.0
Melo already admitted to already having his knee checked out but is opting to play through it for now. Refused to say what it was.
$124mil investment....year 1 of 5
Like I've said, Amare # 2. Better player by far, but same basic risk being gambled on again. Guy's too shopworn to pay him this much for that long and with no trade clause. Only blind optimists would think his body is going to hold up for five years.
Tried explaining this to Fishmike for 2yrs but he was adamant about re-signing Melo for the supermax while overlooking the wear and tear of Melo's 12yr career of heavy use
Then he proceeded to call me a Melo-hater
yeah, he still loves Amare, what can you say to that? Seems so completely obvious to me these guys always sign with us when they've already been through the grinder. Only diff here is we ground down Melo here on his first contract, so its doubly stupid for management not to know Melo is a tired dude who worked hard for his paycheck, but his body has paid the price. He has been on our medical staff's tables for years now. If he breaks down early, there will be zero excuses. They signed on for this.
Any argument that we couldn't let Melo walk can be countered by, OK, then we should have signed and traded him for assets.
But the other counter-argument is will it be worth an untradeable $124M if he can only plays half of his contract or if he is soon past his prime? Will it be worth that? I say it is just gambling and anything but a sure bet the deal will return its full value to the Knicks.