And my greater point is that you as well as every other NBA writer said prior to Melo being traded to New York that the Knicks didn’t have the pieces to get a trade done. Yet it still happened whether Dolan intervened or not.

Finally, the Knicks didn’t trade Ty Lawson to Denver, he was drafted by the Nuggets. And a trade to N.O. wouldn’t be centered around Shumpert at all and you know that. It would include Billups and his expiring contract. First team all-rookie selection Landry Fields and his unbelievable contract considering he’s only a second round pick. Shumpert and probably DWTDD.

Everyone in Miami took less money and they’re still can’t fill the holes in their roster. Then again…just 2 average Finals performances from LeBron would have put them over the top.

Which brings us to point #2: You sent Gallo, Wilson Chandler, Lawson etc. to Denver. Who are you shipping to NO? Shumpert and…. the roster is not good now.

Soooo where are the posters that suggested more parody? Small market blah, blah, blah…….

CP3 is on a team owned by the league, I doubt he will move this year. But when he does I wonder if the NBA is going to go all “Dan Gilbert” on us….

I think the Fans keep forgetting that this is a JOB. They get paid a lot of money for the JOB. Its a really fun JOB. But it is a JOB. Remember unlike Apple, Microsoft, or many other corporations, the NBA prohibits the players from owning any portion of their teams. They don’t get stock options, they don’t see any of the profit of the team aside from their salary. When they owners sell their franchises for Millions of dollars, the players don’t get a cut. The players don’t get a cut of the “Naming Rights” of the stadium (its not BRI). So their incentive to stay in one place and grow it (as you would a tech start up where your stock becomes more valuable as the value of the company increases) is NIL.

When a great computer programmer decides to become a professional, he can choose where he wants to live, where he wants to work, he can go to a company that will give him stock options or a company that will give him security he has choices. Yes, they’re not as highly compensated out of college as a basketball player (but they also don’t bring in nearly as much revenue). When a basketball player decide to become professionals they’re DRAFTED. They have a choice of either playing in the city that drafted them (and collecting a salary) or finding something else to do for a living. Once that first contract is up and they’ve proven they are a worthwhile commodity WHY WOULDN’T they want to actually decided where they want work and live?

Neither Melo, Amare, CP3 are Mr. October. Last time I checked Reggie had a Y-chromosome.

There is so much estrogen in the NBA ’til it’s not even funny. “If I can’t play with my girls then I quit!”