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Message: [QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 1417268, member: 1674"] Not really. It was Melo's decision to take the money and stay. He knew the Knicks were rebuilding and hopefully reloading and decided it was worth the risk. And 99% of rookies are net-negative players their first couple years anyways. If Porzingis gives them 20 below average minutes a night the first two years, he's on par with probably anyone else they could have drafted, and he has a much higher chance to be a star. I'm not sure Chicago is a much better situation. Would have been Chicago without Mirotic and or Butler plus other pieces most likely. You'd be taking far less money to go to a team that's relying on a guy that hasn't played in like 3 years, and if he isn't right in this hypothetical, that team isn't going anywhere either. [/QUOTE]