No Melo to Nets? Prokhorov apparently tells his management enough is enough, deal is dead, let's walk away. I hope so. I hope Denver either takes a lesser deal now, or watches him walk for nothing.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/nba/01/19/nets.carmelo.ap/index.html?eref=sihp Prokorov calls of the Carmello deal.
Re: No Melo to Nets? I just started a thread of this as well. If a mod can merge mine with RR7, that would be cool.
I'd much rather have Favors than any of the Knicks prospects and their inflated SSOL stats. Well played, Ujiri!
Does this mean that 'Melo will, in fact, get his wish and be traded to the Knicks? Or does it just mean that Prokhorov is a good businessman and knows how to get a better deal by "walking away"?
That sets a horrible presedence for the rest of the league. If the inmates start runing the asylum all we will have is a few super teams and a bunch of turkey teams for them to butcher.
Smart move by the Nets. Carmello clearly wants to be a Knick, and if the Nuggets don't get much for him all the better.
That matters at how you look at things. The Miami Heat are the only team that is a team like I am talking about now. The other teams actually put their teams together through trades, and not trades of players who had demanded to be traded to a certain team. I don't recall KG specifically saying he wanted traded to Boston. The same with Gasol, in fact I don't even remember Gasol ever asking to be traded, it kind of was a bomb when it happened.
Not only that, but KG was saying he wouldn't go to Boston initially, and only relented after they added Allen.
Everything I've seen about 'Melo here in Denver is that he's about the money. In his mind, he's a "max" player. He likes the idea that he makes more money than just about anyone else. My point is that he's not going to leave money on the table just for La La. I bet he signs the extension with the understanding that Denver trades him.
But they didn't demand a specific landing point. They did not say "trade me here or else". They were willing to go to any situation where they had a chance to compete in the playoffs. It could have easily been San Antonio, Dallas, Phoenix, Detroit, etc, all were competitive teams at the time who were constantly in the conference finals.
Heh...for you guys who want to do a total rebuild, maybe Cho should step in and make a deal for Melo. Maybe we could get one nice playoff run and then use him as sign-and-trade bait this summer.
I don't think this is any negotiation tactic. He seems like he means business. Check out the quotes: http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_17139284?source=rss
Yep, a lot of people forget that Boston provided the blueprint for what happened in Miami. Adding Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett to a roster with Paul Pierce was, back then, considered creating a "superteam", and they won the title doing it. KG and Allen weren't as brazenly open about their intentions as LeBron and Bosh, but were villified all the same (though not to same degree).
