MeloDrama 6.5: The Prelude

[Lord Commander]

What had carl said to get everybody all excited? im not going back 30 pages in a thread to find it lol

He said a "storm is coming"...Philly/STAT trade a prelude to bigger chit.

ok and the significance of carl is? not being sarcastic or anything i really dunno, why are we to believe him?

Carl is an uber-credible, proven inside source. He broke the Kidd news to a tee two days before it hit the press.

[deadwinged]

If you don't want to scan through all these pages looking through new Carl posts, just go to his profile page and hit the button to view all his posts. Much easier to refresh that every once in awhile.

Link: search.php?author_id=162295&sr=posts

[F N 11]

Carl will either go down as realgm public enemy #1 or a legend on this forum. For all this stay tuned for the next episode of dragon ball z.

[MKCATL]

Theres no reason to wait on Bosh when he is not signed, Miami can just walk away from him and go after Melo. Is Melo really ok with being Bosh's replacement cause he left.

[JohnStarksTheDunk]

You're right, it's possible. I just don't see them agreeing to take on both Lin and STAT, but yes it could happen.

Also, how much room are we left with if we're adding J-Rich's salary to the books?

I don't know. Unsure if we would have any. I assume if we are only clearing Amare (and not Bargs) the plan is to have use of the non taxpaper MLE.

Gotcha, we're on the same page then.

What I was speaking of earlier was the idea of clearing both STAT and Bargs, and getting LeBron. It'd be nearly impossible to pull off, unless HOU can find another taker for Lin, or we can find another taker for Amare, or PHI takes both without us adding any salary. And then we'd still have to trade Bargs too.

[K_ick_God]

July 8, 2014 | 01:04 PM ET Update

The source says the Knicks are also trying to move Andrea Bargnani and his $11.5 million salary in an effort to create cap space to make a run at free agents this summer. ESPN.com
Rumors tagsNew York Knicks, Trade, Andrea Bargnani

- See more at: http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm#sthash.VsHlBRhj.dpuf

See what I'm say'in son?
You don't understand the science!!!
The fundamental principals...

Well if true, the Knicks are going for LeBron.

[stuporman]

The last Carl prophesy took 2 days to fullfill so this one is still in the incubation period.

[Michael Lucky]

At this point im not sure if its a good thing that Melo is taking so long or not. Losing Melo will be devastating.

Devastating how? Getting him means you have to overpay him, so i don't see how not getting him is devastating.

[don't panac]

He said a "storm is coming"...Philly/STAT trade a prelude to bigger chit.

ok and the significance of carl is? not being sarcastic or anything i really dunno, why are we to believe him?

Carl is an uber-credible, proven inside source. He broke the Kidd news to a tee two days before it hit the press.

he is legit, but it doesn't mean that anything really big is going to happen.
he might have been referring just to pau in mare out.
he didn't refer to anything else specifically.
of course i like everyone else hope something big is brewing.

[K_ick_God]

Not sure why people think Bron would value Melo much more highly than Bosh.

Bron knows they're about the same age, and that Melo was on a bad team taking a lot of shots, staying in rhythm all the time. Add in that you have to openly dis a guy you won 2 titles with, and who has sacrificed his game, and pay BOTH Melo and Wade much less than they'd have to take with Bosh/Wade ... all for the Heat to get smaller upfront with less inside game ....

And I'll have to say I don't buy the Heat thing either.

The only thing that would make some sense to me, besides Melo waiting for attention/roster improvement/etc., is the Bulls but not at 15. With a S&T maybe. But it doesn't really make sense that Leon wouldn't already have gotten that going. Time's awasting and yet no media reports on Bulls-Knicks talks for S&T.

Bron has been friends with Melo since highschool and any non bias fan knows Melo>>>>>>>>Bosh.

Bosh also always felt like the odd man out in Miami. Wade and Lebron were always palling around like best friends, and Bosh was just there, but he was never fully embraced IMO

He's friends with Bosh too, and even if he wasn't, I think it's a questionable basketball move. Melo >>>> Bosh on a bad team. Melo means dissing Bosh publicly in a big way. Melo means getting smaller. Melo means pay cuts for Melo and Wade. It makes little sense.

[KNIXFAN_83]

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[F N 11]

At this point im not sure if its a good thing that Melo is taking so long or not. Losing Melo will be devastating.

Devastating how? Getting him means you have to overpay him, so i don't see how not getting him is devastating.

Lets all act like losing a perennial all star is not devastating.

[DE FENSE]

The last Carl prophesy took 2 days to fullfill so this one is still in the incubation period.

[god shammgod]

Marc Berman ‏@NYPost_Berman 1m

Phil Jackson is in gym here at Clark High in Vegas for summer league practice but not speaking.

[Johnny Hoops]

Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS 27s

Knicks not fully eliminated from Pau Gasol chase, source says. But they're far behind Bulls, OKC and Lakers. Spurs on periphery.

Would not be terribly upset with NOT getting Pau but settling for T-Young package in STAT/Shump deal with Philly.

There has got to be so much trade bull-sh*t piled up due to these Max Cats mulling their options for so long.

[JohnStarksTheDunk]

Bron gave Bosh his choice, take less(probably like $12mil starting) in Mia with me or go get yours, nothing has changed so Bosh needs to make his coice already.

Right, but my point is if Bosh chooses HOU, it could lead to Lin being shipped out to PHI, preventing us from moving STAT there, and thus preventing us from getting LeBron. If Bosh chooses the paycut in MIA, LeBron stays, and again it prevents us from getting LeBron.

This is all assuming, of course, that the scenario we are talking about is what is actually happening behind the scenes -- which probably isn't the case, anyway.

Yea, pretty much what I said but I leave open the possibility for Bosh t leave Mia and the Amar'e trade still go down because supposedly Hou has more than one Lin trade on the table.

Ok, I see what you're saying. If HOU has another taker for Lin, then the Mexican standoff I described doesn't really apply.

[don't panac]

At this point im not sure if its a good thing that Melo is taking so long or not. Losing Melo will be devastating.

Devastating how? Getting him means you have to overpay him, so i don't see how not getting him is devastating.

it all depends on what the specific offer was. losing melo could be better then keeping him at terrible conditions.

[Red Vines]

Marc Berman ‏@NYPost_Berman 1m

Phil Jackson is in gym here at Clark High in Vegas for summer league practice but not speaking.

plot thickens

[K_ick_God]

The last Carl prophesy took 2 days to fullfill so this one is still in the incubation period.

True lol.

People should read the BSPN story. If it's not BS, but rather real ESP then the Knicks are -- in fact -- trying to clear cap space for LeBron.

Can it be pulled off, we'll see.

And if the Knicks are going for it, maybe Melo told them Bron would come.

[MKCATL]

Marc Berman ‏@NYPost_Berman 1m

Phil Jackson is in gym here at Clark High in Vegas for summer league practice but not speaking.

Pats going to walk into the meeting with Lebron and Phil will already be sitting at the table with all his rings.