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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 1180424, member: 874"]
You're right, it is arm chair analysis, as is everything on this message board.  That's the nature of a sports message board.  I didn't at any point question his dedication to his family.  I'm not sure where you got that.  I'd say it's more presumptuous of you to assume half the players in the league have no semblance of a family life.  I said his family was financially taken care of by his second contract, and to suggest he required a max contract this time around to do that is silly, considering he's made much more money in his short career than 90% of the population will in their lifetime.  That's not presumption, it's math and common sense.

If he chose to stay in NY to try to bring them a title out of a sense of dedication or loyalty (an assumption on your part), that's commendable.  However, if that's the case, taking a max contract was contrary to that goal.  He could have taken the home town discount like other players have (I gave Lebron and Duncan as examples in my previous post).

In my previous post I didn't specifically mention Chicago.  I simply said elsewhere, but since you brought up Rose and Chicago, I'll go with it.  Why do so many assume a healthy Rose is necessary to make Chicago a better title contender than NY?  They're a good team without him.  They had a better record last year without Rose than NY did with Melo, tied for third best in the east.  They have a proven coach, not one that is learning on the job.  If he goes to Chicago without a healthy Rose they're one of the favorites to win the Eastern conference.  If Rose is healthy, they're probably THE favorite in the east.  Either way, it's a team better positioned to win now than NY.

Nothing about his decision to stay in NY suggests winning was the primary goal.
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