After his career is over, I think Carmelo Anthony will regret not signing with the Bulls. He would have been a perfect fit and helped them so much especially with Derrick Rose still hobbling.
Even Melo recognized it was the perfect opportunity for him.
“It came down to Chicago and New York,” Anthony said during the program. “Chicago was the one from Day 1 [and] was something I was very impressed with. They were looking for someone like me to come in and take them to the next level. So it was perfect.
“It was a perfect setup and perfect fit for me in Chicago. But also I had to think about just living in Chicago. Do I want to live in Chicago? Do I want to take everything I created in New York and move all of that? It came down to that. But there was one point in time I was like, ‘Oh, I’m going.”’
On their plane ride from Chicago to Houston following the get-together with the Bulls, Anthony tells Rose, his agent: “Great meeting. You could see the culture they have over there. The seriousness they have, what they’re about. It comes down to winning to me, and that’s what they’re about. That’s what I like. They hit everything right on the nail. That’s hard to do.”
In the end the comfort (AKA MONEY) of NYC won Melo over, so he has to suffer with the Knicks until they figure out how to bring in some better talent around him.