JUST A PART OF HIS OPINION IN THE ARTICLE.
"My job, any time I talk to Melo or talk to his people, is to try to convince him that we won 53 games last year and we're very capable of being a lot better than we were last year," Karl said. "Some of the bombs that hit our team injury-wise and my situation, we kind of need to stay together, in my opinion."

I GUESS IT'S THAT SIMPLE..."WE KIND OF NEED TO STAY TOGETHER!!"