[Yahoo!] Carmelo privately expressing more enthusiasm to join Rockets than Knicks

Not for Scola....I think that is for Lowry on matched restricted contracts...I think Scola can be traded much sooner because he was signed without matching etc.

DD

 

Once someone is signed.. its either 3 months after the official signing OR Dec. 15th.. Whichever comes first

 

It's whichever is the later date.

 

i posted this in the other Melo thread too.....

heres what he says.....nothing crazy new but some details behind whats been goin on....if its old news, sorry...its all i got...

Again, if Melo would sign w NJ, he would be a Net....but he wont. They are trying to convince him that this is the closest he and Lala are gonna get to NYC....Knicks will NOT give up Gallo and thats why the Knicks are out of the running for a trade....HOWEVER, Melo still has his (and Lalas ) heart set on NY and is starting to take the stance of "well...ill just play out the year, and Ill sign where ever the heck I want...and Hello NY.

Melo also thinks that once in NY, he can lure CP3 there to play w he and Amare eventually and challenge the Heat and Bulls.

He hasnt said no to Houston....but he also hasnt officially said no to NJ either...but apparently he is about to say no to NJ. Lala doesnt wanna come to Houston and thats our biggest hurdle (well, 2nd biggest next to the fact he wants to be a Knick).

Walsh is actually being smart about not giving up the farm here (for once) bc he knows that he will get Melo for nothing next summer....and he can play with Gallo instead of against him

 

Dude, you're the goods.

Not stunned about LaLa's influence in all this.

Melo gets to jerk his team around through all this. All, well. LaLa wants to sit courtside at Madison Square Garden. And Melo doesn't want to have to utilize the pre-nup (hope you got one, dude).

Denver is in for some hellacious drama this year if they can't make a deal that works.

 

What's the longest thread in the history of ClutchFans?

 

If, in some kind of alternate reality, LaLa does become more than a 'D list' celebrity, she's not going to have very many fans in Houston or NJ.

She's already rapidly ascending my 'least favorite people' list. She's currently sandwiched in between Tim Tebow and Hitler.

 

based on the # of replies

this actually is

based on # of views this has a long way to go

 

Alright folks, games over, 'Melo's not coming:

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/09/24/aldridge-carmelo-anthony/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1


Seems like, come the weekend, he'll be in NJ.

 

Cya in China Melo

 

I think the picture thread is at 175...

 

but will he be in NJ a year from this weekend? let's hold back on the speculation, if things are as imminent as aldridge says they are then we should hear something soon. WILL HE SIGN THE EXTENSION? thats the question now

 

i was thinking GARM only

 

I'd expect so, Lopez/Murphy/Melo is a pretty damn good front court.

 

He'll obviously sign. No one has ever doubted it will either be a sign and trade or wait until next summer. What you're asking is not in question at all.

No team in the league would trade away good players for a one-year lease. That's just stupid.

 

We currently have (let's see!) 40,581 members. That's a rather stunning figure. There are bound to be longer page counts now in GARM threads about hot topics. Obviously, this one was pretty hot.

 

Longest thread I found(by replies) was the Fiba World Cup thread in the hangout.

 

Just read the recent article by David Aldridge and found it quite funny.

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/09/24/aldridge-carmelo-anthony/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1

LMAO at the Nuggets trying to convince Melo to stay by going after washed up Hamilton!

 

Ewwwww....sounds like NOLA attempt to convince CP3 to stay by trading for Ariza.

 

I guess they thought that since Billups and Hamilton would be on the same team, they could revive the 04 Pistons?