I respect Melo so much for staying...

[stalkerforlife]

Melo has never ring chased and in today's league, that is very commendable. As a matter of fact, he did the opposite of ring chasing by demanding a trade to a downtrodden franchise and then resigning. He has guts, big time guts. NY is the biggest and most scrutinized market in the league and few players can handle the demands of that city.

Alpha move and this will go a long way towards his legacy. If he wins a ring in NY, my goodness, his legacy will skyrocket.

[Beastmode88]

#inphilwetrust

[navy]

You respect Melo because he likes money. Stop twisting things.

Personally, I dont care what players do.

[Patrick Chewing]

Players "colluding" to win a championship is a bad thing for the sport. The sport is supposed to be about open competition, and at the end of the day, the commissioner and the owners are who run the league. No player should ever be above that like with what you see with Lebron today. All the greats before him (who are even better players) never held sway over the league like he does.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Gotta respect a guy who doesn't give one shit about actually winning a ring

[SilkkTheShocker]

He has always put money before winning.

Career loser. He is playing for the perfect team.

[Kukoc]

Well I give him some.

He stays with a team who are not winning anything in the next 2 years.
I give him credit for staying and being the leader.

But the money he is getting also speaks alot.
If he really wanted to win, he went to Chicago.

But as I said, he derserve some credit.

[ArbitraryWater]

Gotta respect a guy who doesn't give one shit about actually winning a ring

I know right

This is getting comical..

[stalkerforlife]

Gotta respect a guy who doesn't give one shit about actually winning a ring

He cares about winning a ring the right way, not the cowardly way.

[NuggetsFan]

Melo wanted to play in NY. FA was coming up but the CBA was changing and he wanted to get his extension without hitting the market. He told Denver he wanted out, Denver looked for trades. Used NJ as a smokescreen and held NY hostage and got every asset that they pretty much had. NY could have gotten Melo for free, Denver's only leverage was the fact that Melo wanted to get paid AND play in NY. He helped cripple his future team for us Melo cares about getting paid alot, like most players. Don't pretend it has anything to do with the "right way" or whatever.

He left for a bigger market and another star in Amare. It just failed. Same as alot of players, just with no success. Now? He just took the huge payday and big market. Nothing wrong with that. I would have took that money too. 120 mill? Too much money to pass up.

[ArbitraryWater]

He cares about winning a ring the right way, not the cowardly way.

No, he doesn't care about winning a right... You will see, as he has 0 chance winning one with the team he's on. Doesn't seem like missing the playoffs bothered him that much.

[stalkerforlife]

No, he doesn't care about winning a right... You will see, as he has 0 chance winning one with the team he's on. Doesn't seem like missing the playoffs bothered him that much.

It bothered him enough to take the challenge of coming back like a true alpha.

[RRR3]

Players "colluding" to win a championship is a bad thing for the sport. The sport is supposed to be about open competition, and at the end of the day, the commissioner and the owners are who run the league. No player should ever be above that like with what you see with Lebron today. All the greats before him (who are even better players) never held sway over the league like he does.

There are about at most, what 8-9? players in history better than LeBron and he's still adding to his resume. FOH.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

I respect Melo for fighting the stereotypes, proving that even the morbidly obese can be solid basketball players.

[Godzuki]

i think Melo would have been a instant gratification idiot to leave NY

they LOVE him in NY. his game and style fits NY like a glove, and watching him at pivotal moments in MSG with Knick fans who are probably some of the loudest fans in sports, really doesn't get any better.

all i know is i have a few of these snapshots in my head of Melo at crunch at MSG where he nails it and the crowd is like some Gladiator arena and Melo is posing with his hand still in the after shot. nowhere else is like that or fits so well for him it almost gives you shivers...

Denver was such a joke in comparison lol.