Go FOR Melo!!!

[thanumba2clippersfan]

Aminu, Jordan, Bledsoe & Minny's 1st round pick.

Good young players to develop w/ rebuilding Nuggets

I like the idea but I don't think the salaries would be anywhere close to matching. They only player I'd really want to give up for Melo is Kaman and we could add Aminu since we'd be getting a SF. I don't know if this will work because I really think Denver would want Gordon or Griffin.

[RiversideClips]

I think Aminu works w/ Kaman to Denver. Aminu stays and develops and the Nuggets could trade Kaman to a number of teams wanting a an All-Star calibre center.
I think 2 (Kaman & Aminu) for Melo is fair for both teams.

[Benzo36]

Read my previous response to this earlier in this forum(page1). Makes sense for all sides.

[The Rebel]

Pacers/Nuggets/Clippers

Pacers get: Griffin and Kaman

Denver gets: 1st roundrs from Pacers and Clippers, Foster, Dunleavy, S.Jones (18M expiring)

Clippers get: Carmelo

Why would Denver want all that crap from the Pacers, they have less then $30 million in contracts guaranteed next year, they would just take Kaman and griffin, although I don't know if that would be enough.

[RiversideClips]

BENZO has a good proposal!!!

[supfoo]

it'd be great if the front office can get anthony without giving up griffin or gordon, but they also need assurance that he'd be willing to sign an extension. a package of aminu/kaman/2 1st rounders is pretty enticing if the nuggets are deadset on trading anthony.

whatever the price is, i'd be willing to pay. anthony is a bonafide superstar that's still growing as a player and he'd help out this team tremendously. with the exception of lebron james, he's better than any forward we could have picked up this off-season.

[mkwest]

To me it is simple, if Melo is not willing to do an extend and trade for the Clippers, then there is no deal. I also wouldn't give up either Griffin or Gordon. The Minnesota pick is hard to let go of, but I'd be willing to. It looks to be very valuable, but I'm sure the Jazz felt the same way about the Knicks pick. I'm sure most would be pissed if they found out that a Gordon Hayward type of player was the difference in getting a top player in the NBA or not.

[mattfish]

Aminu + Caron Butler and 2 #1s to Denver. Kaman to Dallas, and Melo to the Clipz(works on ESPN trade machine). Denver gets a young prospect, salary dump and two #1s. Great trade for all.

Seems the most feasible, Denver replaces Melo with talent and future prospects, while Dallas gets the center they really wanted (albeit before signing Haywood). Someone send this to Olshey!

[mj_shoefanatic]

Pacers/Nuggets/Clippers

Pacers get: Griffin and Kaman

Denver gets: 1st roundrs from Pacers and Clippers, Foster, Dunleavy, S.Jones (18M expiring)

Clippers get: Carmelo

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[SportsFan215]

Whatever deal, we need a stiff center coming back to LAC. DJ isn't ready for primetime.

Any FA's we can sign at C? Etan Thomas? Mark Blount?

We could probably sign Dampier after he gets waived by whichever team he ends up on.

[Recently]

Any trade that has griffin leaving is a no-no imo.

[mkwest]

Wiretap is saying that the Nuggets want to trade Melo to Nets, Kings or Wolves (i.e. 3 worst teams in the league last season). Trading him to the Wolves would totally screw up our future pick. Kings would be a division rival and would not help our chances of making the playoffs. I'd be fine with the Nets, plus they are the only team with a legitimate chance of those 3 imo. The fact of the matter is that these teams are not going to give up any real pieces if he won't sign an extension. Denver is trying to play hard ball, but both sides will end up losing out if they don't cooperate with each other.

This summer, I wanted all the big named free-agents to head east or stay east if they weren't coming here. With Melo, it's the same thing. Having weakened competition in the west when we're fighting for a playoff spot is a good thing for us even if we don't add anybody in the process.

[christianh213]

Melo will not sign an extension to play in Minnesota or Sacramento in my opinion. The Nuggets can talk big and threaten to send Carmelo to those bad small market teams all they want but it's not going to work. He can just refuse to sign the extension and tell those teams that it will be a 1 year rental and scare them off. The Nets are the only team mentioned that has a legit shot. As for the Clippers, and I'm sorry to be pessimistic, but I really don't think they can get Carmelo because of one reason and that's Donald Sterling. At the most, he will throw a low ball offer at Denver so that they will turn it down and then say that he tried but it just didn't work out. Basically the same thing as the half-assed effort the organization put forth with Lebron.

[supfoo]

that's assuming that sterling has anything to do with the basketball side of things. as far as i can tell, he just signs the checks and there's no doubt in my mind that he'd be willing to fork over max money for a top-tier talent like anthony. it still remains to be seen how olshey and the rest of the evaluation staff handles the situation with denver and whether the clippers are realistically in the game. considering the clippers' post-trade roster, it's understandable that denver is a little hesitant to trade anthony to a team in the same conference.

but yeah, it's definitely a long shot. i still think that denver will work something out with anthony later on. he's too much of a talent to just give up on, especially when you consider his age and his mileage.

[hege53190]

As an outside observer this is the trade I would like to see go down.

LA Clippers get: Anthony, Chris Anderson.

Denver gets: Griffin, Aminu, Kamen, T-Wolves #1

This deal is contingent on Anthony signing an extension before the trade.

[jgustav1]

Carmelo Anthony doesn't have anywhere near this kind of value, easy no from the Clippers.

[PETEY PABLO]

Griffin is not going anywhere. The Clippers showed they are a .500 team with out Griffin ( for the first half of the season ) , Adding him should push LA into playoff contention.

Kaman would be a loss ( 18.5 & 8 ) but Anthony would add atleast 24 ppg , and soldify the Clippers in the west. If Melo does not come to LA , I am still fine with the current roster.

Kaman , Aminu and a future 1st round pick would be the most I'd offer .

[mj_shoefanatic]

^ Exactly. Trading away Griffin just to acquire Melo is defeating the purpose.

[mkwest]

From what I understand, the team isn't interested in moving Blake Griffin or Eric Gordon - even for Melo

What it might cost them and what they're willing to give up are two different things. From what I understand and my conversations with the team in general - they aren't moving Eric Gordon.

If that means no Melo, I think the Clipper organization would be fine with that.

Eric Pincus, HoopsWorld