Well, the trade is finally complete, and all those Melo rumors can be put to rest and shot dead.  Reaction from the interwebs on the trade that we all expected

SCOTT JACOBS

CBSSportsline.com

“This is the ultimate empowerment of the athlete, to the degree of forcing teams into decisions they didn’t necessarily want to make, and doing so on their terms. A dangerous precedent has been set for NBA players, where the way to win? Team up, even if it means forcing your team to walk the plank. That Denver managed to get out of this with a favorable set of assets is their good fortune, especially after the way they bungled this for six months.  But it doesn’t change the fact that Denver’s now rebuilding, because Anthony wanted to leave. That’s it. No complicated set of initiatives, no overwrought ideas of clashing philosophies, the Nuggets weren’t looking to move in a different direction. Melo got what he wanted, when he wanted it, how he wanted it. Welcome to the new NBA landscape of player power plays.”

NBA.com

“‘For sure, this isn’t a day of celebration for small-market teams, and the recent wave of player movement to exotic and glamour cities is a cause for the owners to adopt this summer at the negotiating table. It is, however, a basketball milestone of sorts in New York, a place that hasn’t made the playoffs in six years, nor advanced beyond the first round in 10 years. The Knicks now have an exciting player, someone cut in the Bernard King mold. ‘Melo Madness is upon the city.  Championship fever, though, must wait.”

This is exactly what I was referring to in my last post.  Do we really want star players running the show?  What are your thoughts on how this went down, and the future of the league?

Photo: Reuters

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