The real know...
In their defense...Melo wasn't playing like this in OKC or Houston or Portland...He was clearly declining and still demanded to start. It's rough telling a future HOF to come off the bench so most teams would rather not even bother. The younger 22 Y.O with fresh legs is probably what they want to build on instead.
You don't see this type of bounce back as you age unless you on that
You know he did have this entire offseason to train and work with LeBron