<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>Melo Opts Out</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push((function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","44"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_keywords",["melo","barstool sports","houston","chicago","new york","el pres","big game week","big cat","live event barstool sports picks central || monday","doomsday scenario","kfc","barstool scottsdale | tonight","welcome","knicks","et tune"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv1",["IAB17","IAB17-26","IAB17-12"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv2",["488","547","483"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv3",["547","483","488"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_positive","0.23"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_neutral","0.77"),htlbid.setTargeting("is_testing","no"),htlbid.layout()}))</script><script>var googletag = googletag || {};
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<p><a href="http://nyc.barstoolsports.com/files/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-22-at-2.55.56-PM.png"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-170170" alt="Screen Shot 2014-06-22 at 2.55.56 PM" src="http://nyc.barstoolsports.com/files/2014/06/Screen-Shot-2014-06-22-at-2.55.56-PM-480x353.png" width="480" height="353" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager"></a></p><p> </p><p>There was obviously a 100% chance Melo was opting out so I don’t even consider this news. Just a matter of seeing which direction he goes now. If he wants money, he’s staying put. If he wants to try to win, he’ll probably end up in Chicago. Maybe Houston. Doomsday scenario, Miami. Its as simple as that. Feels like just yesterday the <a title="Knicks" class="aalmanual" target="_blank" href="https://seatgeek.com/new-york-knicks-tickets/?aid=12060">Knicks</a> made their move to acquire him. Didn’t really work out, and to be honest I don’t think it works out for the next team that may potentially sign him. I don’t think he’s brining a title to Chicago or Houston or New York or anywhere.</p><p>I personally don’t see him turning down $130 mil over 5 to play in New York City. Thats just my gut feeling.</p>

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