What do you mean it won't work? Kobe can 'teach him how to win'. It will be perfect. A humble, selfless guy like Carmelo will fit in fine.
They'd be right to not want him. The dude has been out of the first round only twice in his entire career. Plus he and Kobe would be fighting over shots.
I wouldn't rule out him leaving NY...he is the only top pick of the 2003 Draft class without a ring...
I think Melo will retire with the Knicks, I cannot see him leaving unless it is for LA. Though, why would he go there? LA...LA land, oh. Nevermind. It's silly that people think the Lakers are suddenly going to become the Bobcats is still rather ... premature. Losing Dwight sort of KILLED them, yet HELPED them at the same time. It hurt, because they lost the best center in the league and an heir-apparent to Kobe Bryant. Heaving the future in a slight chaotic direction. Still ... they will be blessed with decent draft pick, if they are bad enough, while they will also have a number of free agents to add to a mediocre team playoff budding team. On the other hand, they would've needed other pieces to go with Dwight, which is about two or three seasons in the making, right there. Also, have we seen the best basketball that he has to offer, as his game has more or less stayed the same for the last few seasons and hasn't diversified, itself in a way comparable to Kobe, LeBron, CP3, or a Tim Duncan. You can also say is he a supreme talent level in comparison to current superstars or even past great centers (Olajuwon, Wilt, or Shaq). I think he's a superstar, but not to same caliber as the players I mentioned. At the age of 27, you are kind of what you are as professional player unless you have some lifestyle change or life-altering event happen. Which is why Houston became the best spot for him? Other young players...another (*cough* possibly better player) superstar...smaller market in comparison to LA (which is one of those "eat their young alive" culture)...and expectations are moderately lower.
I would have dismissed this a couple weeks ago but after the Celtics-Clippers deal (That he broke WAY before anyone), actually sticking to his word about Dwight through this whole thing, and also having connections with New York and that market. I will take him on his word on this.
50-50 chance he leaves? Then a 50-50 chance he goes to LA? Well... this sounds like news to me. I doubt it happens, though. Melo pushed so hard to end up in NYC. Why would he leave after only two full seasons?
I hope this happens. Melo's legacy after retirement can be that he was the player to get the same coach fired off of two different teams.
How would that work? He hated D'Antoni and ran him out of town. Would Buss finally flinch on a coaching change? I know he and Kobe are humongous egos and ball hogs. But there are only 10 players (give or take) in the league that each player would actually treat as a teammate and not a subordinate. And one of them would be each other. Strangely I think it could work......Or Kobe would still do his best to marginalize Melo's contributions to make sure he's still the Batman of that duo. I'm officially reporting 50/50 on that.
ESPNnewyork says that Carmello will stay. ESPNla says that Carmello will come to the Lakers. ESPNdallas - Marc Stein says that the Mavs are the front runners. Thanks!
