Carmelo Anthony finally came to his senses and allowed the deadline to pass on him optin’ out the remainin’ year of his five-year $120 million deal that he signed back in 2014 with the New York Knicks. So because he didn’t opt out he’ll will make the remainin’ $27.9 million left on that deal this year playin’ with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Bruh, that’s money that he’s already earned! You’ve got to be crazy to take points off of the board.
We all heard the dun in his feelings back when the season was over talkin’ crazy about not really knowin’ what he was goin’ to do next season.
Remember this foolishness: “I think for me, my focus would be on kind of figuring out what I want out of the rest of my career, what I want in my future, what am I willing to accept, if I’m willing to accept that at all. I think everybody knows that I’ve sacrificed kind of damned near everything, family, moving here by myself, sacrificed my game for the sake of the team, and was willing to sacrifice anything and everything in order for this situation to work out. So it’s something I really have to think about, if I really want to be this type of player, finish out my career as this type of player, knowing that I have so much left in the tank and I bring so much to the game of basketball.”
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Everybody and their baby’s momma knew Melo wasn’t about to walk away from all of that bread includin’ the Thunder. C’mon bruh, darn near $28 million at his age? Where was he goin’ to go to pick up that type of money in free agency? Who would have been crazy enough to pay a dun that’s on the back end of his career that type of bread? Boo-Boo the Fool and Willie Lumpp-Lump got fired years ago playa. So that wasn’t goin’ happen and he knew that.
OKC even prepared for this moment when they signed him. They figured it would be a two-year commitment so they planned for it even plannin’ for Paul George to stick around and sign a near max deal. If that were to happen, which PG probably won’t re-sign, there are prepared financially to have this highest payroll in NBA history of $150 million. That’s NUTS and they’re prepared to pay the luxury tax hit of more than $120 million. So they weren’t worried about Melo dippin’.
He’s got good sense. Ole boy may be unhappy with his role but this is business playa. Suck it up, make that bread and then nickel and dime a couple of other teams for an additional 3 or 4 more years sittin’ on their bench bein’ the veteran presence that these young playoff teams need for leadership.
Remember how Juwan Howard milked the Miami Heat for years just chillin’ on their bench drinkin’ all of the Gatorade? James Jones did it too and then there’s Kendrick Perkins now with the Cavs. There’s a legitimate business in bein’ the veteran leader these day bruh.
So it should be fun watchin’ Melo try to co-exist with Young Russ this season knowin’ he doesn’t want to be there but they’ve got his bread in their pockets and he wants an immediate transfer of funds. Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.
2) Put it where the goats can get it: verb phrase – to make it as elementary as possible. To put it at ground level so everyone can understand it.
3) Ole boy: noun – the person that I’m currently talkin’ about.
The G is excluded from the endings of all words because the G is near and dear to my heart because I’m from “The G” which is Gary, Indiana. So I only use the G when I’m talkin’ about “The G!”
The caption under the photo isn’t real but its real talk!