Wow. He answered these questions in a press conference. http://www.nba.com/video/ I'm surprised they were so open about this.
Yes but it could easily have been many other teams, they just chose not to go get them. Could San Antonio have got them. You bet they could. So could have Dallas, and the Detroit Pistons who were contenders back then. Phoenix as well. It wasn't a player saying I am going here and no where else.
If you can't see the NBA.com videsos: [video=youtube;FCPf95_VGyQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCPf95_VGyQ[/video] [video=youtube;IpKQZuRX22o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKQZuRX22o[/video] Bizarre.
Honestly, I don't care how Melo makes out - I just want to see a division rival get weaker! It's time for somebody else to have problems.
-ChrisMannixSI 'Twitter That's what you get Denver! They got too greedy and it came back to bite them in the ass.
If I'm the fragrant one, I am on the phone with Denver offering Batum, Miller, Joel and our two firsts. Then get Melo, and deal him to NJ for Favors, Harris and one of their picks
It seems the owner was right. The rumors have been a big distraction. The team played much better tonight, beating the Jazz by 8, without all the Melodrama. BNM
Huh? The Nets made this public so they could save a little bit of face, because it's almost guaranteed that Melo gave no indication he'd sign an extension with them. That's a hot potato we don't want.
This is not an asylum and the players are certainly not inmates. Your comment smacks of subtle racism. This is a business and these are very talented athletes who want to decide where to work and raise their families. How can you hold that against them? If you were the best at what you do, wouldn't you want that? Or are you more in favor of a system where the players are treated like slaves?
Since when have the insane been a race? I mean I know there's the 'gingers' and that's almost the same thing, but ...
russians get shit done, so much drama and bullshit usually. in or out? not saying? ok - fuck ya, we're out! love it
Since when do slaves get guaranteed contacts pushing $100 million? Anthony has exactly the freedoms you described. He can decide where he wants to play, live and raise his kids. Last time he had the choice, he chose to stay in Denver and signed a contract extension. As soon as that contract has been fulfilled, he will again have the same ability to make those choices. Equating Carmelo Anthony's situation to slavery is an insult to the memory of those who were treated as property without basic human rights. Carmelo Anthony signed his current contract with Denver - a guaranteed contract. He no longer wants to fulfill the terms of that contract and is trying to force the other party to relieve him of his obligations to honor that contract by trading him to the team of his choosing. This has nothing to do with slavery. Anthony signed that very lucrative contract voluntarily. He always has the option to actually honor the terms of that contract, play out the season, become an unrestricted free agent and sign a new contract to play wherever he wants. There were no free agent slaves. No freedom period. BNM
And if he wants a job where he can just leave and go somewhere else like the rest of us, I'm sure he'd have no trouble getting one. I think the NBA can convince someone to come fill in that indentured servitude opening lol. But FWIW its something of a courtesy by him to let the Nugz know that he is in fact leaving. Hes a prick, don't get me wrong, but he could just pull a LeBron and act like hes unsure or act like he wants to stay in Denver and then bolt. He told em hes signing in NY and that fact remains. Denver doesn't have to trade him. Theoretically its the same as if they had no idea and he bolted. But at least hes being honest about it and they can get something for him, even if its an awful deal it will be something. And he won't be shitting on the whole city of Denver like Bron did to Cleveland. Like Boob-No-More said, Melo does in fact have the choice of where to play and hes letting the Nugz know hes going to exercise it when he is allowed to. Until then hes playing out the contract he signed and committed to.
