Clean wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Clean wrote:EnySpree wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Another question how does anyone but Carmelo know what he wants to do? More Stephen smoke?
Screaming A Smith has sources. He was months ahead on some big moves in the past. He has really good sources with the top guys from the Lebron draft.
He leaked Dolan wanted to trade Shump.
wtf is his problem? Dude has and agenda or something? Trying to ruin the knickers si they rebuild
I can't blame him for reporting the news if it is real. I would blame the people creating it.
That's the question. Unless he is in Melos head how does he know? I don't care about what the people around Melo think. What does Melo want?
The same way he knew melo wanted to join the Knicks or the Nets back during his Denver days. The same way he knew melo did not want to leave denver as a free agent(to get max money). The same way he knew Lebron, Wade and Bosh was going to the Heat months before it happened. I don't know how he figures these things out. I just know he has a good record with being correct with the stars of that draft class.
He does have a pretty good track record with these things. I think guys might talk to him and if he keeps them out of it he has the scoop. He certainly has been more reliable then Broussard. The thing about this though is there certainly is a lot of emotion around the Knicks right now and Melo could have been reacting in the moment to one of the many ridiculous things that have happened this season. Here is a question though, for those who say Melo should take less to win with this franchise, doesn't it make more sense for him to take less with a franchise that isn't dysfunctional, has a plan and is a lot closer to winning?
I can only speak for myself, but to answer your question. I don't want him to take less so we can win. I just want us to offer him less because he is not worth the max. This has nothing to do with any other factor besides what is melo actually worth. If melo was Lebron James in the same exact situation we are in now I would not mind offering him the max. Lebron is actually worth the max. Melo is a very flawed All-Star at best.
Like Gunsnewing said, the problem with melo is that he is too dumb to know a lot of things. He is too dumb to know he is not a superstar. He is too dumb to know what his faults are and to fix them. He is too dumb to know that if you really want to win you would not make your new team trade for you when they can sign you in the offseason(yes, I know we would have to cut some players like Wilson Chandler). He is too dumb to notice that ISO melo is inefficient and the hardest way to score points.
Maybe he doesn't recognize his faults, can't fix them or won't. He did say he is who he is at this point. However I disagree about him being a superstar. In regards to his trade and what was going on at that time the owners were locking out the players at the end of the year and their plan was to reign in free agency, and the raptors and cavs had just lost their franchise players for nothing. The fact that Walsh wanted a second star and the Knicks didn't want Melo to end up in NJ were also factors but Melo wasn't staying on the Nuggets and he didn't negotiate the deal.
RonRon wrote:tkf wrote:Dagger wrote:ApophisADL wrote:Lol. Then Melo will change his mind 24 hours later.
Only way I trade Melo is for Griffin.
Chandler and Memo
For
Jordan and Griffin plus trash
That's a bad trade. I don't know what yall see in Jordan he sucks, I want nothing to do with him. Griffin is also a very flawed star if you can even call him that.
NO THANK YOU
Griffin is flawed? lets see, he is a PF who actually plays like one. He patrols the paint, rebounds very, very well, can defend his position, passes pretty darn well, can score and do so efficiently...
And people, including his team mates.. Like him..
It would be a horrible trade for the clippers..
Jordan doesn't suck, again he does what the clippers need him to do.. dunk hard, block shots, rebound and intimidate...
sorry, those guys would instantly make the knicks better. while I can't say the same thing about carmelo or chandler in LA..
Problem is that they are both 50% FT shooters, so in a tight game/play match, they become liabilities especially together
And we have no PnR PG, not even one like Sessions
Actually, there's been research on this. You break even if you're at 47%. So it's not a real concern.
CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Clean wrote:EnySpree wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Another question how does anyone but Carmelo know what he wants to do? More Stephen smoke?
Screaming A Smith has sources. He was months ahead on some big moves in the past. He has really good sources with the top guys from the Lebron draft.
He leaked Dolan wanted to trade Shump.
wtf is his problem? Dude has and agenda or something? Trying to ruin the knickers si they rebuild
I can't blame him for reporting the news if it is real. I would blame the people creating it.
That's the question. Unless he is in Melos head how does he know? I don't care about what the people around Melo think. What does Melo want?
The same way he knew melo wanted to join the Knicks or the Nets back during his Denver days. The same way he knew melo did not want to leave denver as a free agent(to get max money). The same way he knew Lebron, Wade and Bosh was going to the Heat months before it happened. I don't know how he figures these things out. I just know he has a good record with being correct with the stars of that draft class.
He does have a pretty good track record with these things. I think guys might talk to him and if he keeps them out of it he has the scoop. He certainly has been more reliable then Broussard. The thing about this though is there certainly is a lot of emotion around the Knicks right now and Melo could have been reacting in the moment to one of the many ridiculous things that have happened this season. Here is a question though, for those who say Melo should take less to win with this franchise, doesn't it make more sense for him to take less with a franchise that isn't dysfunctional, has a plan and is a lot closer to winning?
I can only speak for myself, but to answer your question. I don't want him to take less so we can win. I just want us to offer him less because he is not worth the max. This has nothing to do with any other factor besides what is melo actually worth. If melo was Lebron James in the same exact situation we are in now I would not mind offering him the max. Lebron is actually worth the max. Melo is a very flawed All-Star at best.
Like Gunsnewing said, the problem with melo is that he is too dumb to know a lot of things. He is too dumb to know he is not a superstar. He is too dumb to know what his faults are and to fix them. He is too dumb to know that if you really want to win you would not make your new team trade for you when they can sign you in the offseason(yes, I know we would have to cut some players like Wilson Chandler). He is too dumb to notice that ISO melo is inefficient and the hardest way to score points.
Maybe he doesn't recognize his faults, can't fix them or won't. He did say he is who he is at this point. However I disagree about him being a superstar. In regards to his trade and what was going on at that time the owners were locking out the players at the end of the year and their plan was to reign in free agency, and the raptors and cavs had just lost their franchise players for nothing. The fact that Walsh wanted a second star and the Knicks didn't want Melo to end up in NJ were also factors but Melo wasn't staying on the Nuggets and he didn't negotiate the deal.
The question you asked deals with the present. So my answers are all about our present situation.
Bonn1997 wrote:RonRon wrote:tkf wrote:Dagger wrote:ApophisADL wrote:Lol. Then Melo will change his mind 24 hours later.Only way I trade Melo is for Griffin.
Chandler and Memo
For
Jordan and Griffin plus trash
That's a bad trade. I don't know what yall see in Jordan he sucks, I want nothing to do with him. Griffin is also a very flawed star if you can even call him that.
NO THANK YOU
Griffin is flawed? lets see, he is a PF who actually plays like one. He patrols the paint, rebounds very, very well, can defend his position, passes pretty darn well, can score and do so efficiently...
And people, including his team mates.. Like him..
It would be a horrible trade for the clippers..
Jordan doesn't suck, again he does what the clippers need him to do.. dunk hard, block shots, rebound and intimidate...
sorry, those guys would instantly make the knicks better. while I can't say the same thing about carmelo or chandler in LA..
Problem is that they are both 50% FT shooters, so in a tight game/play match, they become liabilities especially together
And we have no PnR PG, not even one like Sessions
Actually, there's been research on this. You break even if you're at 47%. So it's not a real concern.
I think we needed Bledsoe for this deal to entice us but there could be takers for Melo
I just don't think it would amount to anything close to half of what we payed to get him under our circumstances and Melo's player option
In the end I get it, Melo should see that he cannot win with this team in NYK and our lack of assets to improve, while he can likely walk and we get NOTHING
RonRon wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:RonRon wrote:tkf wrote:Dagger wrote:ApophisADL wrote:Lol. Then Melo will change his mind 24 hours later.Only way I trade Melo is for Griffin.
Chandler and Memo
For
Jordan and Griffin plus trash
That's a bad trade. I don't know what yall see in Jordan he sucks, I want nothing to do with him. Griffin is also a very flawed star if you can even call him that.
NO THANK YOU
Griffin is flawed? lets see, he is a PF who actually plays like one. He patrols the paint, rebounds very, very well, can defend his position, passes pretty darn well, can score and do so efficiently...
And people, including his team mates.. Like him..
It would be a horrible trade for the clippers..
Jordan doesn't suck, again he does what the clippers need him to do.. dunk hard, block shots, rebound and intimidate...
sorry, those guys would instantly make the knicks better. while I can't say the same thing about carmelo or chandler in LA..
Problem is that they are both 50% FT shooters, so in a tight game/play match, they become liabilities especially together
And we have no PnR PG, not even one like Sessions
Actually, there's been research on this. You break even if you're at 47%. So it's not a real concern.
I think we needed Bledsoe for this deal to entice us but there could be takers for Melo
I just don't think it would amount to anything close to half of what we payed to get him under our circumstances and Melo's player option
In the end I get it, Melo should see that he cannot win with this team in NYK and our lack of assets to improve, while he can likely walk and we get NOTHING
I don't care what Melo sees. I want Dolan and Mills to see that he's overrated and we're better off trading him.
Clean wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Clean wrote:EnySpree wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Another question how does anyone but Carmelo know what he wants to do? More Stephen smoke?
Screaming A Smith has sources. He was months ahead on some big moves in the past. He has really good sources with the top guys from the Lebron draft.
He leaked Dolan wanted to trade Shump.
wtf is his problem? Dude has and agenda or something? Trying to ruin the knickers si they rebuild
I can't blame him for reporting the news if it is real. I would blame the people creating it.
That's the question. Unless he is in Melos head how does he know? I don't care about what the people around Melo think. What does Melo want?
The same way he knew melo wanted to join the Knicks or the Nets back during his Denver days. The same way he knew melo did not want to leave denver as a free agent(to get max money). The same way he knew Lebron, Wade and Bosh was going to the Heat months before it happened. I don't know how he figures these things out. I just know he has a good record with being correct with the stars of that draft class.
He does have a pretty good track record with these things. I think guys might talk to him and if he keeps them out of it he has the scoop. He certainly has been more reliable then Broussard. The thing about this though is there certainly is a lot of emotion around the Knicks right now and Melo could have been reacting in the moment to one of the many ridiculous things that have happened this season. Here is a question though, for those who say Melo should take less to win with this franchise, doesn't it make more sense for him to take less with a franchise that isn't dysfunctional, has a plan and is a lot closer to winning?
I can only speak for myself, but to answer your question. I don't want him to take less so we can win. I just want us to offer him less because he is not worth the max. This has nothing to do with any other factor besides what is melo actually worth. If melo was Lebron James in the same exact situation we are in now I would not mind offering him the max. Lebron is actually worth the max. Melo is a very flawed All-Star at best.
Like Gunsnewing said, the problem with melo is that he is too dumb to know a lot of things. He is too dumb to know he is not a superstar. He is too dumb to know what his faults are and to fix them. He is too dumb to know that if you really want to win you would not make your new team trade for you when they can sign you in the offseason(yes, I know we would have to cut some players like Wilson Chandler). He is too dumb to notice that ISO melo is inefficient and the hardest way to score points.
Maybe he doesn't recognize his faults, can't fix them or won't. He did say he is who he is at this point. However I disagree about him being a superstar. In regards to his trade and what was going on at that time the owners were locking out the players at the end of the year and their plan was to reign in free agency, and the raptors and cavs had just lost their franchise players for nothing. The fact that Walsh wanted a second star and the Knicks didn't want Melo to end up in NJ were also factors but Melo wasn't staying on the Nuggets and he didn't negotiate the deal.
The question you asked deals with the present. So my answers are all about our present situation.
I thought when you wrote this
He is too dumb to know that if you really want to win you would not make your new team trade for you when they can sign you in the offseason(yes, I know we would have to cut some players like Wilson Chandler).
you were referring to the trade. You weren't?
Melo for Asik, Lin, Chandler Parsons, and a #1 pick.
CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Clean wrote:EnySpree wrote:Clean wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Another question how does anyone but Carmelo know what he wants to do? More Stephen smoke?
Screaming A Smith has sources. He was months ahead on some big moves in the past. He has really good sources with the top guys from the Lebron draft.
He leaked Dolan wanted to trade Shump.
wtf is his problem? Dude has and agenda or something? Trying to ruin the knickers si they rebuild
I can't blame him for reporting the news if it is real. I would blame the people creating it.
That's the question. Unless he is in Melos head how does he know? I don't care about what the people around Melo think. What does Melo want?
The same way he knew melo wanted to join the Knicks or the Nets back during his Denver days. The same way he knew melo did not want to leave denver as a free agent(to get max money). The same way he knew Lebron, Wade and Bosh was going to the Heat months before it happened. I don't know how he figures these things out. I just know he has a good record with being correct with the stars of that draft class.
He does have a pretty good track record with these things. I think guys might talk to him and if he keeps them out of it he has the scoop. He certainly has been more reliable then Broussard. The thing about this though is there certainly is a lot of emotion around the Knicks right now and Melo could have been reacting in the moment to one of the many ridiculous things that have happened this season. Here is a question though, for those who say Melo should take less to win with this franchise, doesn't it make more sense for him to take less with a franchise that isn't dysfunctional, has a plan and is a lot closer to winning?
I can only speak for myself, but to answer your question. I don't want him to take less so we can win. I just want us to offer him less because he is not worth the max. This has nothing to do with any other factor besides what is melo actually worth. If melo was Lebron James in the same exact situation we are in now I would not mind offering him the max. Lebron is actually worth the max. Melo is a very flawed All-Star at best.
Like Gunsnewing said, the problem with melo is that he is too dumb to know a lot of things. He is too dumb to know he is not a superstar. He is too dumb to know what his faults are and to fix them. He is too dumb to know that if you really want to win you would not make your new team trade for you when they can sign you in the offseason(yes, I know we would have to cut some players like Wilson Chandler). He is too dumb to notice that ISO melo is inefficient and the hardest way to score points.
Maybe he doesn't recognize his faults, can't fix them or won't. He did say he is who he is at this point. However I disagree about him being a superstar. In regards to his trade and what was going on at that time the owners were locking out the players at the end of the year and their plan was to reign in free agency, and the raptors and cavs had just lost their franchise players for nothing. The fact that Walsh wanted a second star and the Knicks didn't want Melo to end up in NJ were also factors but Melo wasn't staying on the Nuggets and he didn't negotiate the deal.
The question you asked deals with the present. So my answers are all about our present situation.
I thought when you wrote this
He is too dumb to know that if you really want to win you would not make your new team trade for you when they can sign you in the offseason(yes, I know we would have to cut some players like Wilson Chandler).
you were referring to the trade. You weren't?
You are correct sir. I forgot I put that part in. Whenever I think about Melo my thought on how we gave up assets for him when we could have gotten him by signing in the off season just tends to seep in.
Stephen A doing his best to project his pal Melo as the victim here.
Whatever.
Won't get as much as you'd like, but, it would be insane not to trade him, at least get something.
Knick gambled big - Dolan, who is villified everywhere - put up serious coin - to overpay Amare (worst single contract in sports history, bar none), and, then acted desperate with Anthony. As to whether front office should have realized they can't play together, got unlucky. Amare breaking down didn't help.
Bottom line - Melo rejected MDA, rejected Lin, and while he's working harder this year than any other, can't build a real team with him. Let him go - recoup what you can. Will take a drubbing in press from the Stephen A's of the world, but, so be it.
Until Melo gone, and Amare contract over, no chance for fixing this team.
If he is indeed leaving then you have to trade him. But that only means that Dolans looking for the next big name to throw money at.
nehemiah wrote:Melo for Asik, Lin, Chandler Parsons, and a #1 pick.
They wouldn't do a Melo-Chandler swap
tkf wrote:I hope SAS is 100% correct...
Papabear Says
What you are hoping for another 13 years of failed dreams again? Or are you putting your faith in Dolan to put together a great team. LOL stop dreaming bro. When Melo goes we will really go in the dumps. No good coach wants to come to New York and you bet top of the line players aint coming either. So whats your plan???
"Melo for Asik, Lin, Chandler Parsons, and a #1 pick."
Houston can get more than Melo for those pieces.
I'd be fine with Melo going for draft picks. What would get, something like two first round picks (maybe one in the top ten) and two second round picks? At this point, however, what's Melo really worth? Maybe a hair less than Monte Ellis? (And, really, I'd take Melo over Ellis any day. Ellis has his flaws but he plays team ball and fair D.)
CrushAlot wrote:RonRon wrote:gunsnewing wrote:I don't trust Stephen and his sources. This doesn't make sense. Why would Melo leave knowing that the the Knicks could trade him to basketball Siberia
I don't either but he was correct about Lin and he seems to make sense about Iman Shumpert as well...
If he is willing to leave as a free agent he already is committed to getting 25 mil less and a year less on his contract. Where he is traded wouldn't matter unless he decided to resign there.
Hell be able to opt out after 3 anyway.
Papabear wrote:tkf wrote:I hope SAS is 100% correct...
Papabear SaysWhat you are hoping for another 13 years of failed dreams again? Or are you putting your faith in Dolan to put together a great team. LOL stop dreaming bro. When Melo goes we will really go in the dumps. No good coach wants to come to New York and you bet top of the line players aint coming either. So whats your plan???
PapaBear, not trying to argue with you here, we have had enough in the past, let me keep it simple....
You, yourself have admitted in the recent months that if Melo makes 20-30m per year, we simply won't have the ability to build team much less, a contender around him
He needs help and talent around him and we simply cannot provide him with that in addition to all the assets and bad trades we are still paying for him and AFTER acquiring him
Why should he take less to stay in NY when he can sign to another team with more assets, talent, draft picks, and cap space, especially with the NY media on him
We are going downhill and still haven't even payed in full for the trade to acquire him, yet he can walk away from us for NOTHING in return....
He rejected Dantoni, he rejected Lin, he wants the ball in his hands, and he didn't want to play PF, so we got a PF, just admit we cannot build a team around him with the price we paid....
I think I am being generous at giving him a deal at 15m per year while he will likely be in decline in these next couple years.....
Papabear Says
Here we go with the Ewing effect again. Let's face it! New York is a tough town to play in. And any star that comes here numbers will drop. We need to get rid of those orange ugly uniforms. I think they bring bad luck. Everyone is pushing the panic button and we just need to chill. I will blame this on Dolan. Getting rid of our GM and many other things. This is not Melo's fault it's everyones fault in the Knicks organization. We was just afriad of the Nets and the Nets wanted to out do us. Now look at the both of us.
I dont like the drama that comes along with him and how he must put himself in the same category as a Lebron/Durant, when he is clearly far from a franchise caliber player like them
Look at Paul George, does he come down smiling every play he misses a shot or complains about a call?
He might not use his injury to justify his 10/30 to score 29 pts nights but it also didn't try to play another ROLE than trying to score and be a decoy, while focusing on REB/ fighting for POSITION/ LOCKING DOWN HIS MAN whether he it is a scorer or banger
Even with one leg and one finger, he is confident in himself to take 50 shots, rather than looking to LEAD his team in other area's
He always makes himself sound like the victim, whether it is CAA or it his him, it is a sign that he is going to leave, consider it a fair warning, so take it as u want it, pay him max to keep him, or let him walk for NOTHING, or trade him for something
When we traded for him, we all knew this 2014 draft was going to be one of the better draft classes, comparable to Melo's draft class himself with Lebron, Wade, Bosh, and all....
And he gets his player option to leave while he has the ability to screw "OUR TEAM", all for having that "extra year" that he wanted prior to the lock out, so he can opt out
Are you a Knick's fan first or Melo fan first Papa? Be real now....Think about it
How is that not selfish and stupid, if winning is a priority for him?
Dagger wrote:ApophisADL wrote:Lol. Then Melo will change his mind 24 hours later.Only way I trade Melo is for Griffin.
Chandler and Memo
For
Jordan and Griffin plus trash
That's a bad trade. I don't know what yall see in Jordan he sucks, I want nothing to do with him. Griffin is also a very flawed star if you can even call him that.
NO THANK YOU
+1 Dagger.
All this talk about Melo not making players better is true, that's the biggest flaw in his game, but the same crew that has been dreaming about the day Melo leaves also want to bring Griffin here? That's fucking insane. Can't create his own shot like Melo, doesn't make players better either, but after years of Melo this and Melo that, Blake Griffin? Are you kidding me?
If Melo wants to leave, fine, but we need a quality PG first and foremost, and a big with whatever is left.
GustavBahler wrote:Dagger wrote:ApophisADL wrote:Lol. Then Melo will change his mind 24 hours later.Only way I trade Melo is for Griffin.
Chandler and Memo
For
Jordan and Griffin plus trash
That's a bad trade. I don't know what yall see in Jordan he sucks, I want nothing to do with him. Griffin is also a very flawed star if you can even call him that.
NO THANK YOU
+1 Dagger.
All this talk about Melo not making players better is true, that's the biggest flaw in his game, but the same crew that has been dreaming about the day Melo leaves also want to bring Griffin here? That's fucking insane. Can't create his own shot like Melo, doesn't make players better either, but after years of Melo this and Melo that, Blake Griffin? Are you kidding me?
If Melo wants to leave, fine, but we need a quality PG first and foremost, and a big with whatever is left.
At this point, expirings and draft picks, maybe Denver would even help us in such a deal, that would allow us to lose even more games so they get more ping pong balls as a 3rd team....
How much is a team willing to realistically spend without an extension, as a 1 year rental after seeing what D12 did to the Lakers and Melo's past history?
they deals won't like good
maybe a package of
Stuckey (might get a 2nd round pick but at 8m is overpaid as a 6thman combo guard)
Charlie Villanueva
Jonas Jerebko
Monroe (could be flipped)
2 1st round picks
2 2nd round picks
for
Kmart
Melo
Chris Smith
vet min player
Bonn1997 wrote:RonRon wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:RonRon wrote:tkf wrote:Dagger wrote:ApophisADL wrote:Lol. Then Melo will change his mind 24 hours later.Only way I trade Melo is for Griffin.
Chandler and Memo
For
Jordan and Griffin plus trash
That's a bad trade. I don't know what yall see in Jordan he sucks, I want nothing to do with him. Griffin is also a very flawed star if you can even call him that.
NO THANK YOU
Griffin is flawed? lets see, he is a PF who actually plays like one. He patrols the paint, rebounds very, very well, can defend his position, passes pretty darn well, can score and do so efficiently...
And people, including his team mates.. Like him..
It would be a horrible trade for the clippers..
Jordan doesn't suck, again he does what the clippers need him to do.. dunk hard, block shots, rebound and intimidate...
sorry, those guys would instantly make the knicks better. while I can't say the same thing about carmelo or chandler in LA..
Problem is that they are both 50% FT shooters, so in a tight game/play match, they become liabilities especially together
And we have no PnR PG, not even one like Sessions
Actually, there's been research on this. You break even if you're at 47%. So it's not a real concern.
I think we needed Bledsoe for this deal to entice us but there could be takers for Melo
I just don't think it would amount to anything close to half of what we payed to get him under our circumstances and Melo's player option
In the end I get it, Melo should see that he cannot win with this team in NYK and our lack of assets to improve, while he can likely walk and we get NOTHING
I don't care what Melo sees. I want Dolan and Mills to see that he's overrated and we're better off trading him.
Papabear Says
Yes Bonn Bonn people like you don't think with your brains you think with your bottom part. Do you remember the Ewing deal?? Just because you don't like someone you want them gone. But this is a bad team and the best player is Melo. Now just think about it Top of the line coaches ain't coming to New York and great player are not coming to New York. I believe top players will take less money to go some place else than come to New York. Right now we are toxic. The best thing we can do now is start winning games and get this thing under control. We are toxic right now so don't think players are coming here. We are toxic. Dolan and Woody messed up. From Chriss Smith to firing our GM and Woody not knowing a damn thing about playing offense or defense. Getting rid of the MSG dancers now how sick can that be. Yes we are the laughing stock of the NBA and the only hope is Phil Jackson and giving him full power.
RonRon wrote:GustavBahler wrote:Dagger wrote:ApophisADL wrote:Lol. Then Melo will change his mind 24 hours later.Only way I trade Melo is for Griffin.
Chandler and Memo
For
Jordan and Griffin plus trash
That's a bad trade. I don't know what yall see in Jordan he sucks, I want nothing to do with him. Griffin is also a very flawed star if you can even call him that.
NO THANK YOU
+1 Dagger.
All this talk about Melo not making players better is true, that's the biggest flaw in his game, but the same crew that has been dreaming about the day Melo leaves also want to bring Griffin here? That's fucking insane. Can't create his own shot like Melo, doesn't make players better either, but after years of Melo this and Melo that, Blake Griffin? Are you kidding me?
If Melo wants to leave, fine, but we need a quality PG first and foremost, and a big with whatever is left.
At this point, expirings and draft picks, maybe Denver would even help us in such a deal, that would allow us to lose even more games so they get more ping pong balls as a 3rd team....
How much is a team willing to realistically spend without an extension, as a 1 year rental after seeing what D12 did to the Lakers and Melo's past history?
Its worth making some calls. You make a good point about Howard, some teams might be gun shy. I guess its about sending Melo somewhere he'll be happy or he will pull a Howard. Can't just unload him for the best deal available because he will let them kmow he isn't sticking around if he doesn't like what he sees.
