Knicks · SAS- Melo back for the Max (page 5)
meloshouldgo wrote:MELO GOES FOR THE MONEY. --- UN-FRIKKIN-BELIEVABLE
Easy for you to say leave 50 mil on the table while sitting behind your computer....In all sports, when isn't it about the money?
Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo. You (and some others here) seem to be looking at this only from Melo's perspective, not from the Knicks' perspective IMO.
If it's a max contract without a no-trade clause, then I think it's a bad deal but I'd understand what Phil was thinking at it's not impossible that it would work out. If it has a no-trade clause too, then I don't even know what to say.
Bonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.
If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC so they too cam compete with the Spurs.
Uptown wrote:Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around meBonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?
StarksEwing1 wrote:Uptown wrote:Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around meBonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?
So this would actually be your thought process? Or did you just want to take a shot at Melos playoff record for the billionth time?
VCoug wrote:VDesai wrote:Woj says Melo will get around 120+ but not the MaxSo a fake "discount". I've already suffered through the last 15 years, what's another 5 years of mediocrity?
It does us basically no good, 2 years from now everyone will be waiting for this deal to expire to rebuild again. Dark days again
TeamBall wrote:Not taking a shot at melo. See this is what aggravates me. If i am even a tad bit critical of melo i get labeled a melo hater. i have defended the guy plenty of times. However i dont care about his finacial welfare i jst acre about the Knicks payroll because i want to build a long standing contender. I have said a billion times i would liek to have melo back to build around him but the least he could do is take a tad bit less to help phil build the teamStarksEwing1 wrote:Uptown wrote:Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around meBonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?
So this would actually be your thought process? Or did you just want to take a shot at Melos playoff record for the billionth time?
StarksEwing1 wrote:Uptown wrote:Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around meBonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?
Since Durant is a better player than Melo, does that mean he can sign to the max and he doesn't need to take a pay cut because he doesn't need as many players to build around him? Last I checked, Durant didn't get past the Spurs this year either. Also, he has the same amount of rings as Melo....
Uptown wrote:Never said he should take everything either. What do you want me to say Uptown. I mena do you wnat me to say the hell with the salary cap? Do you want me to say melo is a complete top player who has big success in the postseason. i mean im a melo fan and am happy to have him back but i try to be objectiveStarksEwing1 wrote:Uptown wrote:Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around meBonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?
Since Durant is a better player than Melo, does that mean he can sign to the max and he doesn't need to take a pay cut because he doesn't need as many players to build around him? Last I checked, Durant didn't get past the Spurs this year either. Also, he has the same amount of rings as Melo....
Uptown wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC so they too cam compete with the Spurs.
It's not a matter of what model I *want* to use. The issue is that we *have to* build a team to compete with teams that have better players make much less.
Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Uptown wrote:Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around meBonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?
Since Durant is a better player than Melo, does that mean he can sign to the max and he doesn't need to take a pay cut because he doesn't need as many players to build around him? Last I checked, Durant didn't get past the Spurs this year either. Also, he has the same amount of rings as Melo....
You are now making an argument on what Durant will do next year because you of all people have personal insight into what he will do? Right after calling Lebron and Bosh idiots for taking the max having watched them take millions less for 4 years to do the exact thing you ridiculed?
So precious.
Bonn1997 wrote:Excellent PointUptown wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC so they too cam compete with the Spurs.
It's not a matter of what model I *want* to use. The issue is that we *have to* build a team with better players make much less.
StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Excellent PointUptown wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC so they too cam compete with the Spurs.
It's not a matter of what model I *want* to use. The issue is that we *have to* build a team with better players make much less.
Well I messed up and went back to edit it. I guess you figured out what I was trying to say though. I seriously don't understand why people are concerned about Melo's perspective. We're Knicks' fans, right? We have to worry about it whether this works from the Knicks' perspective. If Melo's best interests and the Knicks' best interests don't align, you can't side with Melo if you're a Knicks' fan.
Uptown wrote:Here's my problem with everyone complaining about Melo taking a pay cut. PJax is the ultimate champion, the Zen Master, the BB genius, the President of BB Opps, the one who delves out the contracts. Obviously, PJax knows what it takes to be a champion in this league, so why would the Zen Master put a max contract on the table for Melo to sign? Either he's not the genius that everyone thinks he is, or he is a genius and knows a one max contract will not prevent him from still putting together a team that can eventually compete with a 'chip.But why do you get upset at us for wanting him to take less? We simply care about the team and dont wnat to ahve teh salary cap restrictions we have had for 15 years.
Uptown wrote:Here's my problem with everyone complaining about Melo taking a pay cut. PJax is the ultimate champion, the Zen Master, the BB genius, the President of BB Opps, the one who delves out the contracts. Obviously, PJax knows what it takes to be a champion in this league, so why would the Zen Master put a max contract on the table for Melo to sign? Either he's not the genius that everyone thinks he is, or he is a genius and knows a one max contract will not prevent him from still putting together a team that can eventually compete with a 'chip.
Phil was a great coach. I don't start with the assumption that that translates to being a great GM. They're very different jobs. If you want to just say we should like everything Phil does because his coaching was successful, I think that's far-fetched.
Bonn1997 wrote:Maybe Melo is giving them a piece of his action from the new deal lol. In all seriousness i get upset when peopel accuse you of being a melo hater just because you points out flaws or taking less for the best interest of the teamStarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Excellent PointUptown wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC so they too cam compete with the Spurs.
It's not a matter of what model I *want* to use. The issue is that we *have to* build a team with better players make much less.
Well I messed up and went back to edit it. I guess you figured out what I was trying to say though. I seriously don't understand why people are concerned about Melo's perspective. We're Knicks' fans, right? We have to worry about it whether this works from the Knicks' perspective. If Melo's best interests and the Knicks' best interests don't align, you can't side with Melo if you're a Knicks' fan.
meloshouldgo wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Uptown wrote:Well Durant and Lebron are better players than Melo and have had more success so of course they should get more. If I were Melo and i knew my playoff record was tough to look at i would take a paycut in order to get the best players i can to build around meBonn1997 wrote:Uptown wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Exactly which is crazy when you think of guys like lebron durant duncan parker dirk and even noah who have had more success especially in postseasonStarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
which would still make him the highest paid player in the game.It's not crazy when you realize that these salaries and the amount you can make are set in stone and all depend on the years you have put in. Dirk and Duncan have had max salaries in the past. Durant hasn't put in as many years as Melo yet, but do you have any doubt that he wont get his money? If Lebron stays in Miami, he would have gotten more as well....
Oh it's *not* crazy when you look at it from Melo's perspective. But that's not my concern. I'm looking at it from the Knicks' perspective. We have to find a way to build a team that competes against teams with hall-of-famers making only around $10 mil a year (SAS) or the best player on the planet making millions less than Melo.If you want to use San An as a model, then its the whole leagues problem if they want to wrestle the trophy from them. If this is the case, Bosh is an idiot for taking the max, he should have requested 10 mil per so they can add more talent after Lebron departed. Speaking of Lebron, he's an idiot too for taking the max, he should have only taken 10 mil so they can sign Love outright next year and possibly Marc Gasol so they can compete with the Spurs.
Durant is coming up for FA's too. He's he gonna take a serious pay cut so they can add more talent to OKC?
Since Durant is a better player than Melo, does that mean he can sign to the max and he doesn't need to take a pay cut because he doesn't need as many players to build around him? Last I checked, Durant didn't get past the Spurs this year either. Also, he has the same amount of rings as Melo....
You are now making an argument on what Durant will do next year because you of all people have personal insight into what he will do? Right after calling Lebron and Bosh idiots for taking the max having watched them take millions less for 4 years to do the exact thing you ridiculed?
So precious.
First off, the 'idiot' comment was a sarcastic response to Bonn. Perhaps you should read everything that was said you can get the gist of where I was going with my post...
StarksEwing1 wrote:MaTT4281 wrote:Watch it will probably be 120-125 million and he will say he took less lolFrank Isola @FisolaNYDN 33m
I'm pretty sure Carmelo will take less than $129 million. Not saying it will be five years $100 but it won't be $129 million
Any amount he takes less would be strategically planned out by Phil and cap experts under him based on what there expectations of the cap will be and expectations on free agents they could target etc.
I doubt Melo is just going to throw out a random number of savings. I am sure plenty of options have been discussed based on the amount of savings and Melo would be choosing which option he likes the most.
StarksEwing1 wrote:Uptown wrote:Here's my problem with everyone complaining about Melo taking a pay cut. PJax is the ultimate champion, the Zen Master, the BB genius, the President of BB Opps, the one who delves out the contracts. Obviously, PJax knows what it takes to be a champion in this league, so why would the Zen Master put a max contract on the table for Melo to sign? Either he's not the genius that everyone thinks he is, or he is a genius and knows a one max contract will not prevent him from still putting together a team that can eventually compete with a 'chip.But why do you get upset at us for wanting him to take less? We simply care about the team and dont wnat to ahve teh salary cap restrictions we have had for 15 years.
knicks will still have the ability to add a max or very close to max salary player next offseason.