Melo will be fine. These hacks are just drumming up an audience in a noisy City. They have no talent.

The only truth I need is the fact we have a top pick and cap space. Nothing SAS can say that I want to hear.

Bonn1997 wrote:

Moonangie wrote:Drama queen doomsayers. Fuck these guys. No class.

Melo will be fine. These hacks are just drumming up an audience in a noisy City. They have no talent.

It's easy to just name call. What specifically did they say that you think is wrong?

Pretty much on point. They might be overstating the severity of the injury and the recovery timetable just a little bit (I like how all of a sudden it went to 6-8 months lol) but hell ya, there's cause for concern. Big-time. Something that was said to be close to what Cleanthony Early just had done now has ballooned into something that will require 4-6 months of recovery.

Also think SAS went overboard in typical fashion when he touched on Melo feeling "betrayed." Come on man--if that's true, Melo's gotta calm down. Bottom line: Phil gave you $124mm when I wouldn't have buddy -- I would've traded him for the best package and talked ad nauseam about it.. Now there's a process that has to take place in order to get better. Respect it and be patient. Phil hasn't even made it to his first draft yet. And one good thing about the Chandler trade -- I know the trade was suspect, taking on Calderon's contract and all (big mistake--I think Cuban would've gone to another configuration--Brandon Wright instead of Calderon possibly, if Phil would've stood his ground better. Cuban wanted Chandler back--I think Phil could've gotten a better deal), but to look at it fair -- flip side: with Chandler, you figure we would be a good handful of games better right now record-wise and have no shot at the top pick. So there's a decent trade off there that Phil inadvertently gave us...Not sure what Melo expected from Phil this early as far as turning this thing around yet.

Other than those 2 issues, these guys are on point here, esp. concerning Melo not shutting it down weeks ago. Melo can't be allowed to call the shots on his own health like that. There's way too much at stake here... And God forbid it did come from Dolan to keep playing--that idiot should finally be taken out back and shot.

These two idiots are talking about Melo playing on the knee and saying it could be a career changing injury but they actually don't know anything about Melo's knee. Only his doctors know. We won't truly know and neither will Melo until he can actually train on the knee and see how it responds. Right now there should be concern but no reason to panic about the situation. No one is saying you have to love the fact that our most expensive player has a knee problem but it's a bad case of Tendonitis. It's gonna be about Melo's ability to endure some pain when jumping. I doubt that it will completely go away even with the surgery. The idea of the surgery was to minimize the condition.

I've said this before and i've meant it. This can't be about one player. Everything that Phil does from now on is about the future of the team. The player we Draft, young players we develop and Free Agents we sign will be important parts of the future of the franchise. If Phil fails to improve the rest of the roster it won't matter how good Melo feels. It's really all about Phil's rebuilding of the franchise from D League, scouts, coaches, trainers to NBA roster.

Finestrg wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Moonangie wrote:Drama queen doomsayers. Fuck these guys. No class.

Melo will be fine. These hacks are just drumming up an audience in a noisy City. They have no talent.

It's easy to just name call. What specifically did they say that you think is wrong?

Pretty much on point. They might be overstating the severity of the injury and the recovery timetable just a little bit (I like how all of a sudden it went to 6-8 months lol) but hell ya, there's cause for concern. Big-time. Something that was said to be close to what Cleanthony Early just had done now has ballooned into something that will require 4-6 months of recovery.

Also think SAS went overboard in typical fashion when he touched on Melo feeling "betrayed." Come on man--if that's true, Melo's gotta calm down. Bottom line: Phil gave you $124mm when I wouldn't have buddy -- I would've traded him for the best package and talked ad nauseam about it.. Now there's a process that has to take place in order to get better. Respect it and be patient. Phil hasn't even made it to his first draft yet. And one good thing about the Chandler trade -- I know the trade was suspect, taking on Calderon's contract and all (big mistake--I think Cuban would've gone to another configuration--Brandon Wright instead of Calderon possibly, if Phil would've stood his ground better. Cuban wanted Chandler back--I think Phil could've gotten a better deal), but to look at it fair -- flip side: with Chandler, you figure we would be a good handful of games better right now record-wise and have no shot at the top pick. So there's a decent trade off there that Phil inadvertently gave us...Not sure what Melo expected from Phil this early as far as turning this thing around yet.

Other than those 2 issues, these guys are on point here, esp. concerning Melo not shutting it down weeks ago. Melo can't be allowed to call the shots on his own health like that. There's way too much at stake here... And God forbid it did come from Dolan to keep playing--that idiot should finally be taken out back and shot.

What Skip and SAS said was on point 100%.

Allanfan20 wrote:It's not up to Melo to play though. He had no business playing. This was odd to begin with.

What Skip and SAS said was on point 100%.

Dude had a bad case of Tendonitis. Players play with all kinds of physical issues. The docs allowed him to play. If it was a major danger to his career they wouldn't clear him to play.