*UPDATE* Deeks article: How to offer Melo $20M, keep Taj etc

[Rerisen]

Beautiful Mark

I knew the response was going to be sassy soon as I read that post last night.

[Magilla_Gorilla]

Beautiful Mark

I knew the response was going to be sassy soon as I read that post last night.

No one can sass quite like the Deeks.

[MGB8]

It's really bizarre that Phil/Jeanie are working opposite each other....

I mean, there is literally nothing stopping them from working together to sabotage opposite conference rivals. As in, they can work together to hamper the Bulls' recruitment of Melo, or NYK can thwart any LAL rival (Clippers, Mavs, Rockets, Spurs).

Both teams know that Melo would make us title-favorites, whereas honestly, NY/LA would be 4-7 seeds for the next 2 years, making Melo fairly irrelevant other than a player to fill the seats and sell jerseys with. Worst case scenario if these aggressive pitches would be Knicks get Chicago to shed excessive assets.

I'm honestly on board with finding a 3rd team to dump Taj to, keep Jimmy as the 2nd defensive stopper we need, and offering Melo the max while using MLE and S&T for Miro and a stop-gap PF.

We might be able to do more than that, even. Send out Taj, MJD, Randolph and a future pick to Phoenix for the Morris brothers. They have cap room, and it saves the Bulls 5.6 million (12.8 million vs. 6.2). That combined with an Amnesty of Boozer should open up nearly 20 million under the cap, although that would only be via renouncing the MLE and other exceptions/holds (no Niko this year).