Post#940 » by RHODEY » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:55 pm
Sheridan chat Snippets:
Edwina (Edwina's Palace)
This Melo trade makes perfect sense from Detroit and NJ's perspectives, but I'm still having a hard time understanding what the Net's are thinking: they get an aging Billups and Hamilton, trade away a wealth of young talent, lose multiple 1st round draft picks, and get a player in Anthony who may not want to be there. Finally, this trade also financially handicaps them. What are they thinking?!?
Chris Sheridan
(2:41 PM)
They want to go into Brooklyn with a superstar, and they have come to realize that Brook Lopez is not that superstar. 'Melo would be their foundation piece, and they'd try to build around him.
Chris Sheridan
(2:44 PM)
Side note on Lopez: There was gentleman's action at the Bulls-Nets game a few nigh ago on who would grab more rebounds: Kurt Thomas or Lopez? Thomas beat him 6-3. A couple nights later, the Bucks started Ersan Ilyasova at center as Bogut sat out. Lopez grabbed one (ONE!) rebound, and he got it on the offensive end off a missed free throw when the Bucks had two 6-foot-5 guys lined up alongside him, each of whom got a hand on the ball before it ended up in Lopez's hands. (To his crdit, Lopez turned it into a three-poin play). Ilyasova grabbed 13 boards.
Peter (Seattle)
If Melo stuck to his guns and said NY or the highway, would DEN eventually have to give in?
Chris Sheridan
(2:46 PM)
No. They could trade him anywhere they pleased, and there is nothing 'Melo could do about it. He would then presumably opt out of his contract an become a free agent, thereby foregoing $83 million -- the $18 he is due to make next year, plus the $65 on the unsigned extension that is sitting on the table. Pretty high-stakes game of chicken, eh?