Steve Balmer wanted him to lead his purchase of Kings and move it to Seattle.
He was tight with Milwaukee group.....
He could have been in in with Clippers......IN LA. If he waited.
but he wanted this in NY with the money, with the Knicks. I thought Prohkerov was after him at one point.
Fans of great enthusiasm believe we are on a higher plane and deserve phil to address the team.
"Blame", its all on phil, good and bad. He signed melo, but we dont' know if of all things Dolan could have said, "You can do anything you want but keep melo".........
and perhaps its all good that we move on. Melo is trying to chase history and get into the top 20 of all time scoring. We assume he has championship aspirations but for now he is chill to score 100+ pts a week and live like a wealthy man in NYC.
As for phil, I don't see why he would sabotage the team as many have suggested. SAS says he took the money and does not want to be here and is very effective in his relentless approach to Phil.
Why would PHil want to lose? Want to take the money he might not need? He had other opportunities.
In my view he wants the got Damn triangle run and wants knicks to play thru it. Melo won't, it will mess up his quest. Rose is reluctant, he was not in on the camp and it messes his stat line for a contract.
Nalod is as baffled as anyone as to why this team has folded. The notion of "Ruining Melo's value" as if some how GM"s would not know whats going on is foolish. Phil's comments don't ruin his value, the tape of his play speaks plenty.
Media would have Phil's media comments as being a factor to what he would get in return on a trade. if Phil thinks the team would be better long term without melo then that's good enough for me.
If you don't believe it, or think that PHil is the problem and Melo if left alone will move the franchise forward then one thinks Phil should leave and the franchise would be better for it.
As if a new president/GM would never make a bad trade, or miss a signing.
There are about 24 teams that are not contending. Tere are teams with talent not functioning properly.
Since we need a hook, a closing statement of emotion:
Then its obvious the Phil has once again assembled a group that won't adhere to the culture. Remove Phil or go all in?
Does anyone think Phil is just mailing it in? Have a secret agenda? Does not care? Or unyielding in what he wants?