sufandu
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For me it was the opposite. I'm not a Knicks fan, so I couldn't care less about them. I'm a Melo fan, and I wanted him to be a winner as a leader of a team. I thought it was a bad move to go to the Knicks via trade rather than FA back when he left Denver and I thought he should've left during his most recent FA period, if his goal was to win. I said back then that his window wouldn't be open for much longer and I didn't believe Phil would get it done in time for Melo to contend. I thought he should've pulled a Durant.I think it's a combination of the fact that it's New York, the fact that it's Melo, and the fact that he's a really good player rotting away on a team by his choice. People care about the Knicks. People tend to hate Melo as a player. And people that don't hate Melo want to see Melo play on a competitive team. Even without the Noah signing, there was almost zero chance the Knicks are a contender until after Melo has retired.
He's still really good but he seems to be at the age where he is regressing he probably makes too much money for anyone good team to want him.