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Message: [QUOTE="shandeezy7, post: 5356577, member: 720"] Yeah although the Knicks didn't necessarily have to make the trade. Melo wanted the extra year of guaranteed money that he couldn't get through free agency, so that's why he forced a trade. The Knicks could have also bet that either no one else would trade for him or that he really wanted to be a Knick and they could still sign with them in the offseason even without a trade. In hindsight, the assets they gave up to get Melo really weren't all that great. The biggest piece probably ended up being the pick swap that landed Jamal Murray with the Nuggets, but Melo's time with NY was coming to an end by then anyway. The front office failed spectacularly with surrounding Melo with talent. Some of the lineups they ran out there during his tenure were a complete and utter joke. [/QUOTE]