knicks742 wrote:This is simply a horrendous first offer IF it is indeed true. Horrendous. You don't offer Chandler and Fields as your first offer, maybe you eventually have to give both of them up but you just set the floor of your offer at Chandler and Fields. Absolutely horrible move.
We really don't know if it's our first offer. Anyway, even if it's the first, it could be our first and final offer. I doubt Donnie will give up more assets. If you trade Fields, you need a SG and we already need a C. As Randolph, Mozgov, Douglas and Walker have little value right now (and not sure d'Antoni will ever develop them), we could have problems trying to upgrade the roster next summer and in the future (2012 first round pick will be conveyed to Houston and I guess the first round pick is the 2014 first round pick). I think Donnie knows all that. It's also possible Donnie made that offer and leaked it so Melo and the medias know we tried and we can't afford to give more. It's the best offer we could make and that's what we're going to tell Melo and that's probably how he will see things. If you lowball the Nuggets with your offer then Melo could think we're not ready to give up assets for him and he could be more willing to accept to sign an extension with another team. We did set the market and now it's up to the Nuggets to find a better deal and a team where Melo would be willing to sign an extension or they can call Walsh back and accept the trade proposal. Now that we made an offer, the ball is in Denver and Melo's court :
- the Nuggets needs to think hard about that offer because there's a good chance we won't add more assets
- Melo needs to see we tried our best and if the Nuggets don't want to trade him to the Knicks then he should remain with Denver until the end of the season and sign with us as a FA next summer.
The Nuggets and Melo need both to realize we can't afford to give more than Fields, Chandler and pick. And I think they will...Time is probably on our side.
