QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 20, 2014 -> 06:35 PM)
At this point, we need one of Melo or Love to stomp their feet and insist that they want to be a Bull. That is the big thing that always works for LA is that players ask to go there. If one of those guys puts the pressure on their organization, and insists that either send me here, or you will get nothing for me in return, the power of the Knicks/Wolves is dramatically reduced.
That is sometimes the case but there's also the Nash trade, Gasol trade, first Chris Paul trade and even Dwight trade where not much was given back. Dwight wanted to leave but not necessarily to Lakers. Other teams facilitated it.