misterearl wrote:For my beloved Knicks to move forward, all catering to Anthony's personal whims and opinion must stop and it must stop immediately. The press is ready to pounce on his every gesture, and turn the whispers into shouts, just to sell newspapers. It is a formula for distraction to the fans, an more important, the players, who are confused about roles.

Tony Kornheiser is right. If Melo wanted to win he should have signed with Chicago. To say it ws not about the money, when it was, is dishonest, at best. The problem is Uncle Phil's to paint over, cover up or eliminate altogether.

Who really wants this same discussion into training camp? Trade him.

holfresh wrote:
One thing is that you are not being fair saying catering to Melo's whims..
Phil made a choice..Be a man and say we are moving on..Melo lets help get you to a contender...No need to disparage Melo..

holfresh - not trying to disparage Melo in any way. He is who he is. This is not about his supreme athletic ability. This is about the sideshow that detracts from a young team finding its own voice, without the background noise.

It may sound harsh or unfair, but is is an unflinching look at how this franchise needs to clear the air and how Phil MUST fulfill his stated mission to "change the culture."

Trade Melo now.

misterearl wrote:

holfresh wrote:
One thing is that you are not being fair saying catering to Melo's whims..
Phil made a choice..Be a man and say we are moving on..Melo lets help get you to a contender...No need to disparage Melo..

holfresh - not trying to disparage Melo in any way. He is who he is. This is not about his supreme athletic ability. This is about the sideshow that detracts from a young team finding its own voice, without the background noise.

It may sound harsh or unfair, but is is an unflinching look at how this franchise needs to clear the air and how Phil MUST fulfill his stated mission to "change the culture."

Trade Melo now.

You and I have zero proof in terms of what was said or who said it..None..The sideshow was created by the media..If you are pointing fingers without any proof, it's irresponsible...If you want to move on then just do so...Don't make up excuses...

BRIGGS wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Uptown wrote:I don't necessarily disagree about perhaps moving him, but he may have been misrepresented Isola and the likes...While their reports say, people around Melo didn't like the pick, Melo says out of his on mouth (or his own keyboard) that he thought the Zinger was a steal and he "Can't wait to play with him."

It doesn't have anything to do with message boards non sense..If folks get caught up in that stuff, more power to them..If you are building a Championship you have to be all in..Phil is hedging right now..He brought in a kid that can't help Melo if a team was to be built around him...If this kid is a few years away then do what Philly is doing..Forget about free agents and add young pieces and picks..You can't built two parallel teams...

We weren't winning a championship with either mudiay or Winslow and if anyone thinks we were ur foolin yourself this is a multi year process

The fact remains that you can't build two teams..One for today and one for five years from now...

meloshouldgo wrote:I wish we had never signed him a second time. Completely wrong move.

I suspect when Phil was hired he said "I want total control" and Dolan countered with "You can have it once Anthony is resigned". I'm pretty positive that was the deal.

holfresh wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Uptown wrote:I don't necessarily disagree about perhaps moving him, but he may have been misrepresented Isola and the likes...While their reports say, people around Melo didn't like the pick, Melo says out of his on mouth (or his own keyboard) that he thought the Zinger was a steal and he "Can't wait to play with him."

It doesn't have anything to do with message boards non sense..If folks get caught up in that stuff, more power to them..If you are building a Championship you have to be all in..Phil is hedging right now..He brought in a kid that can't help Melo if a team was to be built around him...If this kid is a few years away then do what Philly is doing..Forget about free agents and add young pieces and picks..You can't built two parallel teams...

We weren't winning a championship with either mudiay or Winslow and if anyone thinks we were ur foolin yourself this is a multi year process

The fact remains that you can't build two teams..One for today and one for five years from now...

Thats false....the spurs have been doing it for years. Times have changed and its time to catch up. Zinger is the perfect example of the here and now with franchise potential later. Zinger will impact now by spreading the floor and providing some length on the perimeter with shot blocking and rim protection.

BRIGGS wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Uptown wrote:I don't necessarily disagree about perhaps moving him, but he may have been misrepresented Isola and the likes...While their reports say, people around Melo didn't like the pick, Melo says out of his on mouth (or his own keyboard) that he thought the Zinger was a steal and he "Can't wait to play with him."

It doesn't have anything to do with message boards non sense..If folks get caught up in that stuff, more power to them..If you are building a Championship you have to be all in..Phil is hedging right now..He brought in a kid that can't help Melo if a team was to be built around him...If this kid is a few years away then do what Philly is doing..Forget about free agents and add young pieces and picks..You can't built two parallel teams...

We weren't winning a championship with either mudiay or Winslow and if anyone thinks we were ur foolin yourself this is a multi year process

Wasn't it amazing how the "fans" booed, cried and gnashed their teeth as if the savior was siting on the board, just one pick away