The NBA truly is a special place.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

If I am Phil, I pull the offer.

5%

he goes back to NYC and gives some sappy speech about this being home and he is going to try and win a ring here!

Sign with the Knicks, then immediately demand a trade.

Carmelo Anthony is considering leaving the New York Knicks and heading to the Chicago Bulls, according to a report from ESPN's Stephen A. Smith. On ESPN Chicago 1000 with Carmen and Jurko, Smith laid out new information about Anthony's possible departure.

Yesterday at approximately after 5 p.m., the day after i was on ESPN Chicago, and I got a call. 'Look something has come up. Something is in the mix. Melo is having second thoughts, and this is what it is. CHICAGO. Suddenly Chicago is on his mind.' And this is someone who is incredibly close to Carmelo Anthony who I completely trust as a source. Couldn't explain why. But just said Chicago is not out of the mix. Believe what you want. Melo is chilling at home with his wife, his family and he's talking about the Chicago Bulls.
The report was confirmed by Mike McGraw of the Arlington Daily Herald.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

This is just crazy. Someone pick a team to play with

This is just crazy. Someone pick a team to play with

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Jared Zwerling ‏@JaredZwerling
Hearing stronger indications Melo is heavily weighing CHI. 1 high-ranking source: CHI was favorite after all meetings. Torn over NY & Kobe.

Jared Zwerling ‏@JaredZwerling
Melo can opt out of a CHI deal after 3 yrs to make up NY money he left on table. Can have an option after 3 & get max w/ Bird Rights after.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

Why would you sign Melo to a max contract 3 years from now? He'll be the Soriano of the Bulls.

He won't start declining til year 4.

According to a source, however, as of Friday the Knicks remained unwilling to help the Bulls out in any way with a sign-and-trade, basically telling their star that if he wants to leave for Chicago they won’t lend a hand in making up the $54 million he would be leaving on the table.

Carmelo says Rose recruited him, he almost signed with Bulls

In an upcoming documentary on Carmelo Anthony's hectic, two-week free agency, the seven-time All-Star admits being thisclose to choosing the Bulls over the Knicks.

According to the NY Post, which obtained footage of the documentary, Anthony admits to his decision coming down to the Knicks and Bulls, going so far as to say, "There was one point in time I was like, 'Oh, I'm going [to the Bulls]."

Perhaps more surprising is that Anthony, in a conversation with agent Leon Rose, said that he and Derrick Rose had been talking, calling the former MVP "tough." Rose had faced criticism during the offseason for sticking to his guns and not actively recruiting Anthony, though he did show up for a workout the day Anthony met with Bulls officials at the United Center.

And after that visit - the Bulls were Anthony's first meeting - Anthony also tells Leon Rose that the Bulls knocked their presentation out of the park and that the Bulls wanted Anthony to be the piece that took them "to the next level," according to Anthony.

"You could see the culture they have over there. The seriousness they have, what they're about. It comes down to winning to me, and that's what they're about. That's what I like. They hit everything on the nail," he said. "That's hard to do."
Anthony's manager, Bay Frazier, said Anthony would go to sleep leaning toward Chicago and wake up leaning toward New York. Frazier also said money was a factor; though a sign-and-trade would have been an option between the Knicks and Bulls, Chicago could only offer Anthony a maximum contract of $74 million, and when compared to the $124 million the Knicks could offer Frazier called it a "no-brainer."

Anthony has said in the past that staying in New York, where he has settled in with a family over the last seven years, was a determining factor. And in the documentary, he reportedly states that the Rockets and Mavericks were out of the running for that very reason, that a kid from the East Coast couldn't deal with the "culture change" of living in Texas. He also didn't want to deal with the assumed rebuild that would take place in Los Angeles had he chosen to sign with the Lakers.

“I would advise any [player] who gets a chance to try free agency to do it,’’ Anthony said in the documentary. “But also the flip side of it is the s–t is stressful. The s–t is overwhelming. I would never do it again. I can say now I’ve experienced it. I would never ever do it again.’’

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.