Nalod wrote:Wow, Waiving Melo is extreme!!!!
Even as a salary dump nobody would want him, or he won't accept a trade?
This will never end well for either. Except Melo will get paid. Did you mean to say that they would negotiate a 30 mil discount, with the new team making up the difference? Perhaps that's what you meant?

CrushAlot wrote:

Nalod wrote:Wow, Waiving Melo is extreme!!!!
Even as a salary dump nobody would want him, or he won't accept a trade?
This will never end well for either. Except Melo will get paid. Did you mean to say that they would negotiate a 30 mil discount, with the new team making up the difference? Perhaps that's what you meant?

Sort of. Marks suggested that Leon Rose would go out and negotiate with teams with the Knicks permission and if Melo signed a 2 yr deal for 30 mil Melo's new team would be responsible for that part of the contract.

Why help phil out? Melo gets to play where he wants, phil gets some relief. He could sit Melo if he just wants his money.
I suppose the NTC does not kick in?

franco12 wrote:Phil's basically boxed himself in with the public - we've got to trade Melo. I don't know why he thought it helped his case.

Just tell him behind the scenes, we're going a different direction. If you're still here, you will be used differently - off the bench, and no guarantee on your minutes. I will work with you to trade you, and that would be my preference. We're rebuilding, I need a top pick from the draft in the next 2 years, why do you want to be here for that losing?

League GM's know whats up with Knicks, so the public statement I doubt hurt his value.
Why go public shaming? Cuz Melo has put his preference to work and live in NYC as a priority. Its a nice thing mind you, he likes it here and he wants to be near his son. Lets leave the marital thing out.

Knicks priority is to on the court issues. Melo is 33 and two years on his contract and it won't happen with him here for reasons you agree with or not. But he has the leverage, and his brand. What Phil has done is call melo out for winning. "If you want to win, you'll be better off somewhere else". Melo not wanting to leave says "I don't care about winning". This is by default, not a direct quote. Melo also said if knicks wanted to go in a different direction, he'd be cool to a trade. He has his NTC. That is the more reasonable path. What was said when he was given the NTC is not for our consumption so we don't know. Knicks gave melo the leverage but that does not mean he controls the direction of the franchise.
At the end of the day its about money and basketball.
Any video coordinater or scout for other teams (NBA scouts opponents) knows our team, our problems and melo's strengths and weakness. Melo can be a "Paul Pierce" type player for a very good team and elevate them. he can't be the Alpha star anymore. That is not a secret only knicks and us fans know.