Carmelo Anthony

[NuggetsWY]

950 AM Julie & Mose announced today the Lala wants a divorce. Mose said he wants Melo back in Denver.

[TunaFish]

Do not want Melo back in Denver at least not at his present salary.

[NuggetsWY]

Do not want Melo back in Denver at least not at his present salary.

Where's the quintuple +1 button?

[The Rebel]

Been thinking about Melo since FilNugsfan brought him up in the offseason thread, and this may shock you but I may have changed my mind. It shocked me that is a fact.

If we could get the Melo that was on the Olympic teams and on the western Conference finals teams, than I would actually go get him if he is willing to come here. He and Porzingis are reportedly very close so he is good with young guys and I think everybody knows about the banana boat crew, so it would draw some attention from other big names.

Reports were that the best offer the Knicks could get for him at the deadline was Rivers and Crawford, so it would not take much to get him.

I mean if a deal was Chandler, Faried, and Nelson for Melo and their 1st it would be a hell of a deal. Draft a young shotblocking PF, and best SF available and you have 2 deep prospects everywhere but center.

It would also still leave about $38 million in cap space, to sign a backup center and starting PF. With Plumlee's $3.4 million cap hold you could sign a max deal with Ibaka if you had to pay that much. Sign a veteran PG and veteran C to minimum deals to be the 3rd PG & C and you have an easy playoff team who if Melo plays team ball and if Murray/Harris/Jokic take a step this offseason it has an outside chance to be a contender in a year without hurting the future.

[skywalker33]

I mean if a deal was Chandler, Faried, and Nelson for Melo and their 1st it would be a hell of a deal. Draft a young shotblocking PF, and best SF available and you have 2 deep prospects everywhere but center.

If that's the deal, I could be in for 1-2 years of Melo, at least his salary would be coming off the cap at the right time. His scoring would replace Gallo's w/o the "attachments". And now that LaLa is out of the picture, I think he'd be more focused here in DEN.

[eathb_au]

I only bring back Melo if Chris Paul comes. We have the cap space to get Paul and the assets to trade for Melo. But those stars would need to align.

Jokic, Melo and Paul would be a lot of fun to watch.

[SoCalNuggsFan]

Been thinking about Melo since SOCal brought him up in the offseason thread, and this may shock you but I may have changed my mind. It shocked me that is a fact.

If we could get the Melo that was on the Olympic teams and on the western Conference finals teams, than I would actually go get him if he is willing to come here. He and Porzingis are reportedly very close so he is good with young guys and I think everybody knows about the banana boat crew, so it would draw some attention from other big names.

Reports were that the best offer the Knicks could get for him at the deadline was Rivers and Crawford, so it would not take much to get him.

I mean if a deal was Chandler, Faried, and Nelson for Melo and their 1st it would be a hell of a deal. Draft a young shotblocking PF, and best SF available and you have 2 deep prospects everywhere but center.

It would also still leave about $38 million in cap space, to sign a backup center and starting PF. With Plumlee's $3.4 million cap hold you could sign a max deal with Ibaka if you had to pay that much. Sign a veteran PG and veteran C to minimum deals to be the 3rd PG & C and you have an easy playoff team who if Melo plays team ball and if Murray/Harris/Jokic take a step this offseason it has an outside chance to be a contender in a year without hurting the future.

Woah, woah, woah, woah. Not me.

[U hova]

If we could get the Melo that was on the Olympic teams and on the western Conference finals teams, than I would actually go get him if he is willing to come here. He and Porzingis are reportedly very close so he is good with young guys and I think everybody knows about the banana boat crew, so it would draw some attention from other big names.

I think the catch here is that Melo had high IQ guards surrounding him to get to that level (Kidd on the 13 Knicks too), and we don't really have one. Under Malone especially, I fear Melo would call off the plays that made our offense so effective (he doesn't have cutting ability at this point either); bringing him in hinges on Melo really internalizing that Jokic is the team's leader and focal point of offense.

At the same time, it's a admittedly a low risk move. I liked the synergy Faried and Chandler were building throughout the season with Jokic, but they are not the core of the team. Really the worst that can happen is that we suck and miss the playoffs again... we're not mortgaging future talent or trapping ourselves in cap.

Melo had his best years on the Knicks as a full-time PF, I'd love to sign on a proper rim protector like Ibaka, but we might not even need a new starting PF with this deal (we still have Arthur for what he's worth). One thing I don't want to see is Barton at back-up SF, so we should sign on a square SF that's old enough for Malone to play.

[tstrick33]

It would be fitting to have Melo end his career in Denver. I think their 1st rd would be off the table in any Melo deal unless we added Mudiay to the deal, which I wouldn't be completely against.

The main reason I would like it is because it would make it very enticing to form a big 3 with Melo, Jokic and another max player. With how much Phil tanked Melo's value I think a Faried/Chandler deal would get it done.

Bring in CP3 or Blake Griffin and our big three becomes Melo, Jokic, CP3 or Griffin w/ Murray, Hernangomez, Harris coming off the bench. Pretty solid lineup.

Melo was pretty torn leaving Denver, so I could see it being possible.

[The Rebel]

Been thinking about Melo since SOCal brought him up in the offseason thread, and this may shock you but I may have changed my mind. It shocked me that is a fact.

If we could get the Melo that was on the Olympic teams and on the western Conference finals teams, than I would actually go get him if he is willing to come here. He and Porzingis are reportedly very close so he is good with young guys and I think everybody knows about the banana boat crew, so it would draw some attention from other big names.

Reports were that the best offer the Knicks could get for him at the deadline was Rivers and Crawford, so it would not take much to get him.

I mean if a deal was Chandler, Faried, and Nelson for Melo and their 1st it would be a hell of a deal. Draft a young shotblocking PF, and best SF available and you have 2 deep prospects everywhere but center.

It would also still leave about $38 million in cap space, to sign a backup center and starting PF. With Plumlee's $3.4 million cap hold you could sign a max deal with Ibaka if you had to pay that much. Sign a veteran PG and veteran C to minimum deals to be the 3rd PG & C and you have an easy playoff team who if Melo plays team ball and if Murray/Harris/Jokic take a step this offseason it has an outside chance to be a contender in a year without hurting the future.

Woah, woah, woah, woah. Not me.

Sorry I guess it was FilNugsfan.

[Coeur]

Cp3
D Wade
Gallinari
Carmelo
Jokic

[Coeur]

Carmelo and PORZINGIS
For
Chandler, Nelson, aurthur, hernangomez, 17,19,&21 1sts, 18&20 pick swaps

[The Rebel]

It would be fitting to have Melo end his career in Denver. I think their 1st rd would be off the table in any Melo deal unless we added Mudiay to the deal, which I wouldn't be completely against.

The main reason I would like it is because it would make it very enticing to form a big 3 with Melo, Jokic and another max player. With how much Phil tanked Melo's value I think a Faried/Chandler deal would get it done.

Bring in CP3 or Blake Griffin and our big three becomes Melo, Jokic, CP3 or Griffin w/ Murray, Hernangomez, Harris coming off the bench. Pretty solid lineup.

Melo was pretty torn leaving Denver, so I could see it being possible.

Reports were that the best offer the Knicks could get was Austin Rivers and Jamal Crawford at the deadline, this deal gives them considerably better players, which maybe enough to get them to give up their 1st, I would consider a pick swap with another small asset coming back to Denver, but with his trade kicker Melo is overpaid and declining not worth giving up a ton for. Also Mudiay is a terrible fit in the triangle, now with the way Jackson builds teams I doubt he would care but I would feel bad for Mudiay putting him in that position.

Griffin is a terrible fit with Jokic alone, and would be horrible with Jokic and Melo, he likes the ball at the same spots that they like the ball, and is not good on defense.

I am also not interested in Paul. If you are going to sign someone to a max deal than they should still be in their prime for the next 3 or 4 years, and Paul is likely well into his decline by then. The thing about getting Melo is that he only has 2 years left, when Jokic's extension kicks in Melo will be expired, but for the next 2 years Melo can lower the pressure on the young guys and draw the defense and media criticism off the young guys to allow them to develop more while making this team a true playoff team. It can make the team better today while not hurting the team long term for 1 run.

[Powder Blue]

TMZ is reporting the relationship has been rocky for awhile, the couple is split and Melo may have knocked up a dancer. The report also says they have no plans of uprooting their child from NY.

I'm not against him coming back here, I'm not sure what's left in the tank and how it would work with our current roster and coaching staff. We can offer the knicks a pretty good package for him, it's all on Melo tho, he's got the no-trade clause.

[RRFB]

I really wonder if Melo would actually waive his no trade clause to come back here. It definitely makes sense as a redemption storyline considering the way his reputation has gone down the toilet recently. I hope the separation from La La leads to a more honest explanation for why he forced his way out of here.

I personally still hate his guts, but who knows how Kroenke feels. I also don't like his fit in our free-flowing, heavy movement offense.

[Powder Blue]

I really wonder if Melo would actually waive his no trade clause to come back here. It definitely makes sense as a redemption storyline considering the way his reputation has gone down the toilet recently. I hope the separation from La La leads to a more honest explanation for why he forced his way out of here.

I personally still hate his guts, but who knows how Kroenke feels. I also don't like his fit in our free-flowing, heavy movement offense.

I agree about questioning his fit in the office but only for the first 40ish minutes...late in the game I'd take Melo over anyone else currently on the roster. He won countless games for Denver at the end, something no one since has been able to replicate. If he was plugged in for Gallo/Chandler/etc we'd need his scoring anyways.

[Mickey8]

If you want to build team around Carmelo and be like a Knicks , than go ahead I think Carmelo is declining right now , he's good fit for some instant contender team but not the team that is building for the future. You rather try to get younger star like Butler than Carmelo, that's just my opinion.

[Powder Blue]

Butler might led the 8th seed bulls over the 1 seed. He isn't going anywhere


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[FilNugsFan]

Melo donning the Nugs jersey anew may be quite a long shot, but nice to see that some of you would still consider having him back. As a Melo fan, I'd like to see him finish his career in Mile High City.

Sure, he won't be the answer to our defensive woes, but in clutch situations as Powder Blue mentioned, I'd still take him over Gallo, Chandler and especially Nelson anyday.

[U hova]

Butler might led the 8th seed bulls over the 1 seed. He isn't going anywhere


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I doubt it changes the fact that he's at odds with the FO. As an outsider there's some pretty serious stuff floating around that they did to him.