jove9 wrote:My only (and very uninformed) guess is that the team realized that it is getting no where as currently constructed, it is over the cap, and is out of tradable assets. Trading Melo might be a way to add a few quality role players to an Iverson and Camby-led team.
Except Iverson is 33 and Camby is 34 next season, also Martin the MIA is 31. and those 3 guys take up 43 million until Iverson goes off the books after next season, then 23 + Iverson (if resigned) after that for another year. If you're looking to build around those guys, you have some issues, especially considering you'd be looking for someone(s) within 25% of 13 million and likely some draft picks that wouldn't start doing you any good until after Iverson and Camby dropped like rocks or retired. With Nene (who?) taking up another 9 million for 4 years, I can see Melo having complained in the background to get out because he sees his core disintegrating and doesn't want to waste his prime years on a rebuilding effort. He's still basically a fresh draftee though, so that perspective doesn't quite make much sense (i.e. it's what he'd be doing as a lottery pick), and I wouldn't expect him to take care of the whole thing in private (although it wouldn't quite shock me). He's also already an all-star though, and a "very good" scorer (ppg/% numbers-wise at least), so he does have some leeway, as he could really hit Denver hard by pulling a Carter (followed by Iverson and Anthony getting into a 15 man shootout in the parking garage after a 128-72 home loss to the Oklahoma City Sonics where Anthony scored 12 points while letting Durant go for a career high 46).
As far as the trade? No thanks, just don't like 'Melo. I'd almost rather have Josh Howard.
: shudder :
NOT MANY OBVIOUSLY GOOD OPTIONS THIS OFFSEASON ARE THERE?
jove9 wrote:As I said before, if you're Denver, trading Melo makes absolutely no sense and they probably won't get fair value for him in return. T-Mac, Jackson's contract, a pick, and maybe one of our young role players (Brooks? Scola? Landry?!? Shoot me now for mentioning his name!) would come close to fair, though.
Scola + TMac for Melo + whoever? Ouch to us. It'd have to be Camby, and that would still be a bad trade. Landry or Brooks I'd be more open to, Landry almost entirely because of his knee. Would rather the deal involve someone other than all three of them though.
Is this the first time you've actively promote/defend a player trade before? Not that you're doing a bad job of it, just that I can't remember you doing it before.
TMU, how is this pace factor figured, where is it available, and what all does it represent?
