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If ANYTHING this summer just reaffirms the loyalty Melo should to us, and thus the loyalty I feel back to him as a fan.If y'all don't see the writing on the wall with Melo, I don't know what to tell y'all.
I mean Melo got **** on last summer for taking slightly less than the max when he said he would be willing to take a pay cut. And he did. But of course it wasnt enough. But maybe that pay cut he took was relative? Maybe it was more of a long term pay cut. Just look at this **** going on right now.
Its unbelievable. Melo got **** on last summer for passing up that Chicago offer. He "didnt want to win." It was "all about the money." I mean, I am pretty sure that if Melo took that deal, he would be getting paid as much as Demarre ******* Carroll a year later. Imagine next year? Melo would probably be making less than his back up in no time if he took that offer
And I still wont say this proves it WAS all about the $. Because the opposite effect is really the case. Melo could have easily taken a one or two year contract with Chicago and tried to cash in on all of this ****. Putting himself in a better "win now" position AND also allowing himself the opportunity to get paid in the long term.
But there was more to it than that. I truly believe in that. Because this is Melo to a fault. Always misunderstood. Always loyal. And like actually LOYAL.
"Loyal" as in signing a 5 year contract to the team he ******* committed to. Not "loyal" as in just saying the **** people want to hear about being "loyal" (because we all know that Melo doesnt always say the right thing necessarily) without truly having a loyal bone in his body and proving that time and time again with actions. Like his buddy Lebron.
Melo is the kind of guy you want to root for as a fan. Lebron is the kind of guy you root for only because he is good, and you allow yourself to buy into the bull **** he spoon feeds you.
Melo chose to commit to this team, city, and fan base for 5 years. Maybe he looked around, who doesnt, but he made up his mind and stuck the **** to it. The cap increase was no surprise. People knew this was coming. Lebron sure as **** did with his one year contract and opt out clauses. But Melo isnt Lebron. He is committed to this team in the long term and now that "pay cut" he took is showing its true colors.
Just contributes to my personal belief that people love holding Melo to unreal expectations and using it to hate.
No players get hated on for trades their dumb *** organizations willingly made. Melo does. No player gets hated on for taking $. Melo does. Always black and white with melo haters.
"He doesnt care about winning because he turned down $60 mil from Chicago!" Cmon now. Any ******* player in Melo's position would have turned that **** down
But Melo stuck himself on the line for the long term. No escape route like Baby **** Lebron and his phony *** letter. Call me a homer or whatever you want, but I respect the **** out of that much and I will continue to defend Carmelo because of it.
I believe in Carmelo Anthony. If he is loyal to a fault than so am I. I just hope homie gets the recognition he deserves some day.
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