I don't think lobbying or a star is brig a jerk I can just understand choosing to not do so publicly. If he has any relationship with melo as a fan I hope he leveraged it to help get melo here even if it means his current teammates are gone. But expecting him to do something he said he wasn't gonna do years ago is changing the goalposts. I do not recall Kobe recruiting. I recall Kobe (and Phil) lobbying to get rid of guys. In my opinion recruiting is a media driven FA. Driven thing and I don't think it matters. That said, I agree that rose should end this issue by making a statement that he wants to play with melo. And I agree his comments about his health were incredibly stupid. Basically he's not a media savvy individual. How can we say Kobe's never reached out to anyone? I expect most of this to happen without it being public like what the Big Three did. Rose just gets extra scrutiny because he's said multiple times he won't do it and doesn't see a point in reaching out. Well, like it or not, the Big Three DID change things, and the Bulls have a golden opportunity here to make some critical moves that he potentially can help with. Does he have to? No. Is it a lock that it would help if he did? Of course not. But again, that the star of our time seems to only really like actually DOWNPLAYING the idea of them signing other big names is a tad disheartening.