Which athlete has ever come out and said it is all about the money.

Carmelo has never been on a team that was favored to win a title. When he is on a team favored or even in the discussion then I will change my opinion.

Ray Allen took substantially less to play in Miami. Players do it all the time. We've seen guys like Duncan and Dirk do it for the past 6 years.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I didn't know 2-3 was comparable to 30 Boston offered about 5 million and if I remembered it right he came off the bench at the end. His playing time was being taken by Avery Bradley. That's also a reason that he left. Tim Duncan nor Dirk is considered to be a max player at this stage. How much money are they relinquishing. I'm sure it's not what Carmelo is asked to give up

What?

So the fact that Carmelo's teams have never really mattered is actually an excuse for Carmelo? Who you play with determines your ability to win. No player can win it all by himself. Ironically Lebron James is ready to roll when the big three is no longer the big three. Carmelo Anthony is expected to win a championship win his second player is JR Smith. Bosh and Wade would have been the second and third best player on the Knicks team. The opting out of James validates the point from two yrs ago. Your argument lacks validity which appears to be a recurring theme. You want address the point being made which is that he has never been on a team that was expected to win. Without a top five wade and an all star level Bosh Miami wins nothing that's my point . Carmelo Anthony has never been on a team with a player as good as Wade. There was the one year with Billups when Denver gave the Lakers a run in the Western finals Lakers were still favored to win

This whole thread goes back to the simple concept from Goff that you should "get the ball to Carmelo and get out of the way". Well, that hasn't worked well, and the excuses as to why it hasn't keep on going away.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Bosh just got offered 4 years $96 million and Duncan is probably still a better player than him. Dirk almost definitely is. Obviously he's younger but it's just flat out wrong to say Duncan and Dirk haven't been max players the past six years. Maybe you didn't see the 2011 Finals.

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Id hate to try and follow if long time guy and dolphin ever have a quote function argument.

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I'm doing it from the phone it keeps making me login whenever I want to post. My bad on that

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This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I wouldn't necessarily suggest that you have the mind capacity of a young Butch Cassidy either Galileo

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I'm told Melo will not take the full $129 million from the Knicks. Don't have exact figures but it's north of $122 million

Yes it is.

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

Well now he can say it is not about the money

And it is still over 40 million more than the Bulls were offering. It's interesting that the only people criticizing the guy for passing on the Bulls offer are Bulls fans. Please don't say that the Bulls were offering 4 yrs 96. The most that I've heard is about 4 and 75million. No one but the people on this board have stated the Bulls offer was 4yrs $96 million

And it is still over 40 million more than the Bulls were offering. It's interesting that the only people criticizing the guy for passing on the Bulls offer are Bulls fans. Please don't say that the Bulls were offering 4 yrs 96. The most that I've heard is about 4 and 75million. No one but the people on this board have stated the Bulls offer was 4yrs $96 million

Yes it is.

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

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

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I don't blame Carmelo for taking the money and the years. There is no guarantee he would be worth a max deal in two years. He's not Lebron. He just can't bitch about a bad supporting cast, as many already mentioned.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

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You are a hard man to read, LTG.

Which sight was it on. Once again no one except Bulls fans are criticizing the guy. It's the same group that believed he wasn't a winner anyway. Check the comments from two yrs ago. It's interesting how most believed that you couldn't win with his I so ball style. Now this same appears to view him as some sort of missing piece. I hope the report wasn't bleacher report or STATION or one of Terry's guys. I Haven't seen any sight which says that Taj was offered. Now you are criticizing him for not taking the offer that Lebron James took. Lebron James had his own reasons for returning back to Cleveland.

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Of course he's hard to read, he didn't say anything!

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I agree with that. He forfeits the right to complain about playing for a losing team. Didn't try to quote previously hit the send button by accident. Something tells me he will be complaining in about 2 or 3 years though.

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