Sohh How Come Kevin Love hasn't been criticized for Forcing a trade??
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Melo caught shyt long before the Knicks started sucking.....it just wasn't as pronounced til JR Smith was chucking 20 3's a game,Amare and Felton wereand Chandler was playing like shyt.
It wasn't that he wanted a trade, it was that he forced a trade to a specific team.
That forced trade only added weight to the reality that Carmelo is the ultimate selfish player.
I must have missed all that b/c they basically celebrated the move in the media. I am really not seeing a big difference between the reaction to both situations.
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nikka pleaseI mean he has. Somewhat.Not as much as a Carmelo or a Dwight but he has gotten some scruitny.
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I must have missed all that b/c they basically celebrated the move in the media. I am really not seeing a big difference between the reaction to both situations.
ESPN beat their dikks to it, simply because a star player moved to the biggest media market to join with what was Amare to instantly be a contender to win the East.... but plenty of people shyt on Carmelo for forcing a trade to a specific place.
But that forced trade validated everything ever uttered about Carmelo being a selfish cancer.
White skin Breh. Same way Brett Farve can show his meat and get a pat on the back by ESPNand the rest.
It's all-white then it is all right! We need a Chris Rock meme.
Plenty of people are shytting on Love for not getting to the playoffs or playing D including his former owner. ESPN is beating their dikks to him joining Bron. Whats the difference?
MegaTronBomb!
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The difference is how this trade came about
- The T'Wolves owner and FO gave zero fukks about getting to the playoffs...much less fielding a team that would win games.
- This same owner/FO effectively spit in his face when it came to his future with the franchise....and made it clear building around him was not going to be in the works.
- They got rid of Al Jefferson, who's a top 5 center.
- drafted Jonny Flynn,Derrick Williams, and Wesley Johnson
- Ricky Rubio was chosen to be the player the franchise wanted to give fukks about.... a guy who can't shoot and doesn't even average 10 points a game.
if you take LeBron out of the equation, nobody would shyt on Kevin Love for wanting out of a place that doesn't try to build,doesnt win, drafts horribly, and makes fukking awful roster moves.
Now I am confused. Are u saying Love is getting some criticism or not? Are u saying he was justified in manuevering out of Minny or not. My only point has been that Melo nor Dwight or Cp3 really caught shyt like that so really whats the basis here? I willbe the first to call out inconsistency or that privilege but I aint seein it here.
Because everyone wanted KG to leave Minn at around the same point Love's career is at. Love is being celebrated for not wasting away in Minn like KG did...
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Dwight and Carmelo both caught shyt for demanding trades....and caught it for good reason.
One caught it for his indecisiveness and getting a coach and GM fired in the process, the other for valuing stardom over winning.
You really don't remember any of this with Dwight?
http://www.businessinsider.com/dwight-howard-trade-rumors-2012-7?op=1
Don't really recall 'Melo catching too much flack. I was actually surprised. 
However, if there is any reason that Love for not getting scrutinized too harshly, it could be fact that he wasn't demanding to go to a specific team like Melo did. Also, he's going to a team that actually has assets. Minny got the no. 1 overall picks from the last two drafts for Love. Melo was basically like, "Trade me to New York. I want to go to New York," and it was almost a given that he'd sign there.
Is it a given that Love's going to stick around in Cleveland long-term? I think he just wanted out of Minny, everyone understood, and Cleveland had a good deal for them.
However, if there is any reason that Love for not getting scrutinized too harshly, it could be fact that he wasn't demanding to go to a specific team like Melo did. Also, he's going to a team that actually has assets. Minny got the no. 1 overall picks from the last two drafts for Love. Melo was basically like, "Trade me to New York. I want to go to New York," and it was almost a given that he'd sign there.
Is it a given that Love's going to stick around in Cleveland long-term? I think he just wanted out of Minny, everyone understood, and Cleveland had a good deal for them.
He didnt really force his way into a trade though. He actually helped them out by letting them know that he wouldnt resign because it let them stock up on the assets they got. It would have been worse if he played them and told them he may come back and left in free agency anyway without them getting anything in return.