Carmelo Anthony Says It Came Down To New York And Chicago And It Was Never About The Money, Always About Winning. Wait What?

LAS VEGAS — Carmelo Anthony said it was not the money, but instead his confidence in Phil Jackson and his belief that the Knicks “aren’t that far away from contending for an NBA title” why he opted to remain in New York instead of signing with the Chicago Bulls. “I want to win. I don’t care about the money,” Anthony told ESPN.com. “I believe Phil will do what he has to do to take care of that.”

“I don’t think we’re that far away,” he added. “People use ‘rebuilding’ too loosely.”The Knicks’ assurances that the team will win has Carmelo Anthony feeling good about his decision to return to New York. In what were believed to be Anthony’s first public comments since agreeing to a five-year deal worth $124 million earlier this month, he told ESPN.com that the decision was so agonizing in the final days that he could not watch TV or go onto the Internet.

“It was overwhelming,” Anthony said. “It was stressful in the final days, one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make.” Anthony said, though, it ultimately came down to New York and Chicago. “I was flip-flopping,” he admitted. “It was hard. It was Chicago, but then after I met with L.A., it was L.A. But it came back to Chicago — and was pretty much always Chicago or New York. That’s a situation where I could have walked in now to an opportunity to compete for the next however many years.” But the 30-year-old Anthony said he is invigorated to work with a new team president in Phil Jackson and a new coach in Derek Fisher. “It’s a matter of me believing in the organization, believing in Phil,” Anthony said. “I wanted to go somewhere where I can end my career.”

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So I guess we can now just say words out loud that are completely contradictory to our actions/real life and pass them off as fact? Is that how it works? I’m in awesome shape and I have a 12 inch dick and a million dollars. Oh wait, none of those things are true? Whoops, not in Carmelo Anthony’s world of logic.
Look, I said it when it happened, I don’t begrudge Melo for taking the money. If I were him I would have done the exact same thing. You don’t walk away from 50 million dollars, you just don’t. But with that said, don’t then come back and tell us it was never about the money and it was always about winning. We may be dumb Melo but we’re not stupid. If you cared about winning you would be wearing red right this second. Period.

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Oh and that word, “rebuilding”, that is the correct word to use. You know why? Because Phil Jackson, Carmelo Anthony and whoever you bring in next can’t save you from the one guy who steers the ship. As long as James Dolan owns that team the Knicks aren’t winning shit.