EnySpree wrote:knicks1248 wrote:So i just read that love is basically pulling a Melo, saying he won't resign with any team other than the Cavs, and if not he'll wait for FA.The stupid part about this thinking, they won't have the cap space to sign him next yr without a S&T so he has Zero leverage.
Zero!
Minnesota doesn't have to trade Love. Minnesota just can't panic. The problem with having max players is if they are unhappy they cause so much problems. As a franchise they need to think about letting him walk and saying to hell with it. They'll have money and they still do have players to build around. It's not like Love made them a playoff team. So no Sweat off their back.
Letting one of the 10 best players in the league walk for nothing is beyond stupid, especially for the T-Wolves who will never interest a superstar type player to sign with them.
knicks1248 wrote:It's ashamed that this is what the league has become, players signing short term deals, demanding trades to play with other stars, handcuffing GM's into one sided trades.Thats why there's no loyalty with the players, fan base, and Owners.
Fans get disinterested because there favorite player leaves, or the core is broken up.
Players leave for greener pastures.
Owners dismantle teams, make stupid trades, offer weak contracts to role players, assemble a unbalance roster, and Fire coaches even when they have had success.
Give melo a little credit for believing in Phil, and helping to build some stability in the organization.
You probably can count on one hand the amount of NBA players that have been on the same team for 5 or more yrs
Would you even be commenting on this thread if Kevin Love wasn't demanding a trade? How can you criticize this culture, when the culture has you interested enough to keep track of it all?
gunsnewing wrote:Yup Bulls were a lot of peoples favorites last year. That needed quickly with Rose re-injury. Media is a joke
I could not agree with you more.
Year after year, the Bulls players are sooo overvalued.
Deng is no superstar the way he used to get treatment from media...
The list goes on of overvalued Bulls players over the years:
Kirk Hinrich
Tyrus Thomas
John Salmons
Thabo Sefolosha
Ben Gordon
Andres Nocioni
Everyone of these guys was super-hyped by the media as something special..
Since the stats did not agree with the overhype they would resort to:
________ player is such an intangibles guy that is crucial to winning a championship...
BLAH BLAH BLAH.... Bulls players are ALWAYS overrated year after year...
I look forward to the day we have players who are perceived overvalued, regardless of what their value proves to be.
As the saying goes//// perception is reality
F500ONE wrote:I look forward to the day we have players who are perceived overvalued, regardless of what their value proves to be.As the saying goes//// perception is reality
Hopefully that'll be Jackson's key contribution to the Knicks. Culture can breed that kind of environment where players overachieve or are perceived to be better than they are.
Bonn1997 wrote:Panos wrote:EnySpree wrote:This report is loose because the numbers don't match up to make that trade work. Cleveland should reconsider this trade thing cut Love is injury prone. So is Irving. Everything might still end up falling in LeBron due to injuries.
Minnesota is going to cash in big time. They win no matter what happens.
This report is loose because it is just plain stupid. No way on earth Minny would even consider this offer. Its laughable.
Yeah, the offer is absurd. We'd have to include about 8 first round picks to make it a fair deal.
I hope Dolan doesn't read this forum.
There is some speculation that offers are being leaked to get the Cavs and Warriors to up their offers.
CrushAlot wrote:There is some speculation that offers are being leaked to get the Cavs and Warriors to up their offers.
Ha, Im sure the THjr, Shump, Amare offer has the CLE and GS general managers tossing and turning in their sleep...
In all seriousness, that makes sense but they better leak some better offers than the Knicks'!
H1AND1 wrote:CrushAlot wrote:There is some speculation that offers are being leaked to get the Cavs and Warriors to up their offers.
Ha, Im sure the THjr, Shump, Amare offer has the CLE and GS general managers tossing and turning in their sleep...
In all seriousness, that makes sense but they better leak some better offers than the Knicks'!
Yeah, I heard that Cleveland is lowering their offer after hearing ours!
Love is an evil man. Forcing his way of minn and dictating ad trades. We already have Melo running fisher and Phil and dolan and mills. Can Melo share those responsibilities with love? Hard to imagine. Could hitler and musilinni share? History shows no
Only the gullible fall for baseless rumors. Love hasnt said he'll only re-sign with the Cavs.
utterly ridiculous.
knickscity wrote:Only the gullible fall for baseless rumors. Love hasnt said he'll only re-sign with the Cavs.utterly ridiculous.
Wait I thought the rumor was that Love would sign long term with the Cavs, but never said the Cavs were the only team. Either way, you're right and it is still a rumor.
I think Love agreeing only to sign with Cavs has to be inaccurate or a deal would have been done already.
We already know Cavs were willing to deal Wiggins due to his long wait to sign a contract.
From the articles I have read he is trying to force his way to a team of HIS choosing and that is GoldenState.
Only problem is the Warriors are not willing to part with Klay Thompson which is the only player Minny really wants from that roster.
If he is not signed to a contract next offseason he is either going to LA or NY, as GoldenState doesn't have a max slot to sign him outright.
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nyvector16 wrote:I think Love agreeing only to sign with Cavs has to be inaccurate or a deal would have been done already.
We already know Cavs were willing to deal Wiggins due to his long wait to sign a contract.From the articles I have read he is trying to force his way to a team of HIS choosing and that is GoldenState.
Only problem is the Warriors are not willing to part with Klay Thompson which is the only player Minny really wants from that roster.
If he is not signed to a contract next offseason he is either going to LA or NY, as GoldenState doesn't have a max slot to sign him outright.
klay is not the only player the want, I would say he's the piece that would make the deal satisfying.
Bulls want Love, but they may want to NOT be in Cleveland either. They might help facilitate a 3 way to keep him out of Ohio.
Love has an opt out after this season so the whole extension thing plays weird. Cavs can get him and ask he opt in. That helps them. if not, as a free agent he can leave if he don't like playing for the LeCav's and they are screwed.
Yes, the scenario is very Melo like based on the fundamentals.
The scenario is similar but not exactly like Melo's Denver situation a few years ago.
The difference is he wanted a max extension last year and was denied because Minny was saving their money for maxing out Rubio.
Love is a superstar in this league where Rubio is just a very good role player up to this point in his career.
Love felt disrespected and decided he was done with the TWolves...
This is a problem of Minnesota's own making.
They put all their eggs in the wrong basket... lol
nyvector16 wrote:The scenario is similar but not exactly like Melo's Denver situation a few years ago.
The difference is he wanted a max extension last year and was denied because Minny was saving their money for maxing out Rubio.Love is a superstar in this league where Rubio is just a very good role player up to this point in his career.
Love felt disrespected and decided he was done with the TWolves...
This is a problem of Minnesota's own making.
They put all their eggs in the wrong basket... lol
Is that true? That's absurd
Bonn1997 wrote:nyvector16 wrote:The scenario is similar but not exactly like Melo's Denver situation a few years ago.
The difference is he wanted a max extension last year and was denied because Minny was saving their money for maxing out Rubio.Love is a superstar in this league where Rubio is just a very good role player up to this point in his career.
Love felt disrespected and decided he was done with the TWolves...
This is a problem of Minnesota's own making.
They put all their eggs in the wrong basket... lol
Is that true? That's absurd
May very well be....at that time, which was a few years ago. Doubt Minny feels that way now.
Wasnt last year though, he signed his 4 year deal in 2012
Absurd Bonn???
Here is a quick link and this was just the first one I ran into when I googled it (there are others)...
Your right though knickscity, it wasn't last year it was 2 years ago.
http://ascreamingcomesacrossthecourt.blo...
This particular article wonders whether denying Love the max extension was racist...
I am not going there and don't claim that it was..
I am only posting this link to enlighten the absurdity of what is Reality...
nyvector16 wrote:Absurd Bonn???Here is a quick link and this was just the first one I ran into when I googled it (there are others)...
Your right though knickscity, it wasn't last year it was 2 years ago.
http://ascreamingcomesacrossthecourt.blo...
This particular article wonders whether denying Love the max extension was racist...
I am not going there and don't claim that it was..
I am only posting this link to enlighten the absurdity of what is Reality...
If any team in the NBA was accused of being racist against whites you would expect the T-wolves to be the last name to come up. The wolves have probably led the league in white players on the roster the past couple years. I also think his scalabrine example is off, people make fun of scalabrine because he's a marginal player, just as tons of people made fun of Raymond Felton for being chubby and playing poorly, race isn't at all the biggest factor in the reps of these players.
