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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 1180439, member: 237"]
Couple of things: as opposed to working off of presumption I actually have several friends who work for or have worked for NBA organizations and therefore the family comment  is not out of left field. It is common sense really considering the requirement of these athletes regarding travel and how many young players their are. If melo was 24 and doing this it is a bit different.

The comment was to highlight the fact that melo has not been shy about indicating his family being part of the decision. So it is not quite some wild assumption. In addition, melo has spoken to the media or provided statements to the effect of stating family and winning a title were key in his decision. So if you want to call it bs then you are calling melo a liar vs trying to point to some assumption on my part.

Lebron took a large sum of money and melo didn't take the max. Additionally this was a sum offered to him. If his agent negotiated higher we will never know but once again business is conducted by agents and players and if something is offered I don't care who you are you don't say hey I want less money. Chicago was clearly the biggest contender per many news sources including one very close source I have I am not going to out on a message board. So that is why [U]I [/U] brought chicago into the mix.

So when I say assumption on your part I am not off base. And while yes armchair analysis is part of a message board, your opinion is not congruent with what has been published to this point. It is rampant speculation and not as simple as he was not as humble as others like lebron and just took the money.
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