Bulls Acquire Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Waive Carmelo Anthony

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Feb 1, 2019 7:27 pm

The Chicago Bulls have waived Carmelo Anthony to open up a roster spot to acquire Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Anthony was never asked to report to the Bulls after they acquired him from the Rockets on January 22nd.

The Thunder will save $7.3 million off their luxury tax bill by trading Luwawu-Cabarrot.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

IAMZOOTED2 · Post #2 » by **IAMZOOTED2** » Fri Feb 1, 2019 9:07 pm

TLC has a lot of upside... doubt their coach will be able to maximize it, tho. Dude is a great off-ball cutter and has upside finishing at the rim. His 3ball isn't great, up it could be...

Maf · Post #3 » by **Maf** » Fri Feb 1, 2019 9:36 pm

I don't like Carmelo Anthony. But even If I tried my best to insult him I could NEVER ever bring anything close to this

The Chicago Bulls have waived Carmelo Anthony to open up a roster spot to acquire Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot

CH Smoot · Post #4 » by **CH Smoot** » Fri Feb 1, 2019 10:15 pm

Maf wrote:I don't like Carmelo Anthony. But even If I tried my best to insult him I could NEVER ever bring anything close to this

The Chicago Bulls have waived Carmelo Anthony to open up a roster spot to acquire Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot

Yeah.

Unreal.

Pickled Prunes · Post #5 » by **Pickled Prunes** » Fri Feb 1, 2019 10:46 pm

CH Smoot wrote:
Maf wrote:I don't like Carmelo Anthony. But even If I tried my best to insult him I could NEVER ever bring anything close to this

The Chicago Bulls have waived Carmelo Anthony to open up a roster spot to acquire Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot

Yeah.

Unreal.

It's not an insult when you consider that the Bulls are trying to lose.

streets talking · Post #6 » by **streets talking** » Fri Feb 1, 2019 11:14 pm

The bulls traded carmelo anthony back to OKC
..and then the thunder got melo waived again ..
They could of give melo another run with Russ & PG13

Kabeza726 · Post #7 » by **Kabeza726** » Sat Feb 2, 2019 12:03 am

I don’t understand why MeLo is being treated like he’s a nobody. Melo is a future Hall of Famer with out a doubt. Thanks to the treatment Phil Jackson gave him towards the end of his tenure in NYC he’s being looked at like he’s a nobody. I’m a KnicKs fan I totally understand him, he wasn’t given a supporting cast to take the Knicks anywhere the one year he had a decent squad they made it to the 2nd round. I really hope he land with the LaKers and they win a Championship he deserves it. STAY POSITIVE MELO, you’ll get your chance...

TKainZero · Post #8 » by **TKainZero** » Sat Feb 2, 2019 4:07 am

The Atlanta Hawks melo Jersey is now joined by the Chicago bulls melo Jersey

IAMZOOTED2 · Post #9 » by **IAMZOOTED2** » Sat Feb 2, 2019 5:40 am

Kabeza726 wrote:I don’t understand why MeLo is being treated like he’s a nobody. Melo is a future Hall of Famer with out a doubt. Thanks to the treatment Phil Jackson gave him towards the end of his tenure in NYC he’s being looked at like he’s a nobody. I’m a KnicKs fan I totally understand him, he wasn’t given a supporting cast to take the Knicks anywhere the one year he had a decent squad they made it to the 2nd round. I really hope he land with the LaKers and they win a Championship he deserves it. STAY POSITIVE MELO, you’ll get your chance...

Dude...WTF has Melo ever done right? OK. Yeah, in his earlier days he got buckets. Lots of 'em. But which of Melo's former coaches wishes he was still on the team getting buckets for them? None. Not only that, he has major character flaws... like that time he sucka punched a dude and then ran and hid like a lil beeotch. He also tied the hands of Knicks FO with the salary he demanded and then did sweet eff all to produce. In OKC he refused to try to help the team by coming off the bench... dude is washed. Yeah, he's headed to the Hall, but he got there on accolades that are over a decade old...

Sam195 · Post #10 » by **Sam195** » Sat Feb 2, 2019 6:55 am

IAMZOOTED2 wrote:
Kabeza726 wrote:I don’t understand why MeLo is being treated like he’s a nobody. Melo is a future Hall of Famer with out a doubt. Thanks to the treatment Phil Jackson gave him towards the end of his tenure in NYC he’s being looked at like he’s a nobody. I’m a KnicKs fan I totally understand him, he wasn’t given a supporting cast to take the Knicks anywhere the one year he had a decent squad they made it to the 2nd round. I really hope he land with the LaKers and they win a Championship he deserves it. STAY POSITIVE MELO, you’ll get your chance...

Dude...WTF has Melo ever done right? OK. Yeah, in his earlier days he got buckets. Lots of 'em. But which of Melo's former coaches wishes he was still on the team getting buckets for them? None. Not only that, he has major character flaws... like that time he sucka punched a dude and then ran and hid like a lil beeotch. He also tied the hands of Knicks FO with the salary he demanded and then did sweet eff all to produce. In OKC he refused to try to help the team by coming off the bench... dude is washed. Yeah, he's headed to the Hall, but he got there on accolades that are over a decade old...

I think he could improve his image if he goes and resigns with OKC and buys into a bench role. Not sure if Thunder are interested but since Melo has been waived by a second team since OKC traded him this season he would not be violating a cba rule that was created that blocked salary dumped via trade and waived players to resign with their former teams. This was to stop moves like Zydrunas Ilgauskas resigning with cavs after being dumped and waived to wizards aka the "Ilgauskas rule"

https://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/andrew-bogut-eligible-to-rejoin-golden-state-warriors-cleveland-cavaliers-rumors-cba-loophole-dallas-philadelphia-trade-deadline-022317

Sam195 · Post #11 » by **Sam195** » Sat Feb 2, 2019 7:00 am

TKainZero wrote:The Atlanta Hawks melo Jersey is now joined by the Chicago bulls melo Jersey

This dude's final seasons in the nba are worse than T-Mac but at least the latter declined due to injuries - melo on the other hand in the right system might still be able to average 20ppg+ the problem is a team that runs that system is probably not trying to make the playoffs or win a championship lol. I wonder if melo is being treated like Colin Kapernick because of all the stuff he speaks out about with regards to puerto rico and the police. Ironic he got acquired and waived by Chicago without stepping foot there.

Post #12 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Sat Feb 2, 2019 2:23 pm

Sam195 wrote:
TKainZero wrote:The Atlanta Hawks melo Jersey is now joined by the Chicago bulls melo Jersey

This dude's final seasons in the nba are worse than T-Mac but at least the latter declined due to injuries - melo on the other hand in the right system might still be able to average 20ppg+ the problem is a team that runs that system is probably not trying to make the playoffs or win a championship lol. I wonder if melo is being treated like Colin Kapernick because of all the stuff he speaks out about with regards to puerto rico and the police. Ironic he got acquired and waived by Chicago without stepping foot there.

He's just not that good any more. He's an inefficient volume scorer and a horrible defender, and still thinks he's a star. Not worth the hassle for any team trying to accomplish anything of note.

SpreeChokeJob · Post #13 » by **SpreeChokeJob** » Sat Feb 2, 2019 3:06 pm

Kabeza726 wrote:I don’t understand why MeLo is being treated like he’s a nobody. Melo is a future Hall of Famer with out a doubt. Thanks to the treatment Phil Jackson gave him towards the end of his tenure in NYC he’s being looked at like he’s a nobody. I’m a KnicKs fan I totally understand him, he wasn’t given a supporting cast to take the Knicks anywhere the one year he had a decent squad they made it to the 2nd round. I really hope he land with the LaKers and they win a Championship he deserves it. STAY POSITIVE MELO, you’ll get your chance...

He had a chance at a decent supporting cast with the Knicks when he was at Denver, but instead of waiting till the offseason he asked to be traded and caused damage to the Knicks franchise for more money. Then he ran off dantoni who is doing well with the Rockets. Then he didn't join the Bulls for a chance of legacy. Now he's more done than burnt toast and the only thing to remember him by was when he was doing well in an ISO oriented league. In the modern NBA there is no place for an old dog who can't learn new tricks. I hope he enjoys the money, but a lot of people consider him a running joke. The 2003 draft class is one of the best class and many of them have rings except Melo whose accomplishment is getting to the conference finals.