Melo #14- Can Melo Come Out and Play?

[pylb]

Can someone put the text? Can't see tweet tags on mobile.

Nothing important. Teams want a verbal commitment from Melo and he may or may not make his decision this weekend.

[thedarkstark]

I still don't think he's going back to NY, but if he is...

Rose/DJ
Butler/Hinrich
McDermott/Snell
Taj/Mirotic
Noah/Bairstow

??

That lineup is probably still good enough to make the ECF (if healthy) but man... what a disappointment.

I'm sure the Bulls won't want to leave FA 'empty handed' they'll probably overpay some scrub like Trevor Ariza just so that they can say that they can put some BS P.R. spin on it "he was the guy we were looking at all along"

And Thibs can go back to his favorite line "we have enough"

[WindyCityBorn]

rose kirk(vet min)
Butler snell
Melo McDermott
Taj Bairstow
Noah sMITH

VS

ROSE KIRK
Stphenson MDJ
Butler McDermott
Taj Mirotic
Noah Smith

Which is the better roster?

Seems clear the top but how much better is "ROSE KIRK" than "rose kirk"?

That second lineup could be better by the 2015-16 season.

[r1terrell23]

Bulls let Melo know they can make the money work if he commits. So I assume they can get a trade done to give him the 20 million a year he way require.

[mcwu11]

Raptor fan here.

Melo to the Bulls seems like the only logical destination, in my opinion. You guys have a good group that you can build around Melo and Rose. Now, I don't know what you guys need to do in terms of player movement to get the money to bring Melo in, but I sure hope you guys can pull it off! Easily one of my favourite teams in the East next to the Raptors.

[pduh01]

Do it on the Bulls!

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This can't be good.

I think maybe that is why the Bulls are going to LA to meet with Gasol with potential getting both Melo & Gasol to team up with the Bulls. Even though reports say "with the Knicks." but also it say the last few days thought about pairing up with Gasol and maybe just maybe there discussion involving Gasol in the meeting with Melo but haven't been leaked. Who knows.

[MalikJoakim24]

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**** just got real

Can someone put the text? Can't see tweet tags on mobile.

New York Knicks Carmelo Anthony verbally committing is unlikely to happen this quickly according to a source. (Source: Frank Isola)

oh god oh god oh god RT @HerringWSJ: Hearing Carmelo will almost certainly have his decision made before the weekend is finished

Chicago Bulls didn't talk financials much on Tuesday. Bulls said they'll make it work if he gives verbal commitment. (Source: K.C. Johnson)

New York Knicks hoping they can get a verbal commitment from Carmelo Anthony tonight in LA. (Source: Marc Stein)

New York Knicks reported all along he wouldn't belabor decision. He'll meet with Knicks today in LA after Lakers. (Source: K.C. Johnson)

[TheSuzerain]

GarPax mishandled this.

Taj should never have been in on the meeting.

[Benedict Miller]

I don't trust anything that's been reported about the Heat.

[inescape]

I thought about making a separate thread on this but what the hell. Let it die on page 80 something of thread 14:

If the Bulls don't get Melo, that's disappointing but not the end of the world. I didn't expect it. For the love of all that is good and holy though, can we drop the whole "flexibility" thing? Please? Can we just try to put the best team possible on the court now? No maneuvering for capspace that will amount to nothing. No dumping players for assets that won't be used. I don't want the Bulls to trade future firsts for bad players or take on awful contracts. They don't have to be Brooklyn stupid.

Just: Let's try to put the best team we can on the court.

I just don't ever want to see another Bulls team where most of the money on the roster is going to people who are there for the sake of "future flexibility".

Yeah I am with you here, and I think the best option as I and others have said is to get Crazy Lance and Mirotic. The whole Pau as a plan B thing makes me sick I can't lie I will rage if that is what we do (Give him 10+ million over multiple years).

[ingvald]

Raptor fan here.

Melo to the Bulls seems like the only logical destination, in my opinion. You guys have a good group that you can build around Melo and Rose. Now, I don't know what you guys need to do in terms of player movement to get the money to bring Melo in, but I sure hope you guys can pull it off! Easily one of my favourite teams in the East next to the Raptors.

Sorry, we have no need for logic here. Only rapidly swinging emotional extremes.

[WindyCityBorn]

I still don't think he's going back to NY, but if he is...

Rose/DJ
Butler/Hinrich
McDermott/Snell
Taj/Mirotic
Noah/Bairstow

??

That lineup is probably still good enough to make the ECF (if healthy) but man... what a disappointment.

I'm sure the Bulls won't want to leave FA 'empty handed' they'll probably overpay some scrub like Trevor Ariza just so that they can say that they can put some BS P.R. spin on it "he was the guy we were looking at all along"

And Thibs can go back to his favorite line "we have enough"

Ariza isn't a scrub. If he can keep shooting 40 percent on 3s he would be a great addition for a reasonable price. I mean if he is a scrub then what is Butler?

[kuly1990]

does anyone thinks that he will sign here anymore? the only problem is, i dont see many ways to improve without him!

[HoopsterJones]

This board is going to go nuclear if Melo stays in NY.

Everybody expects that to happen...Should be no big deal...If he goes to LA I can see this board exploding.

Don't know why Melo would choose LA, NY can offer the most money. They would have to sell him on the potential of building around him. The West is too loaded, the first round of the playoffs had 1 game 6, and 3 game 7's.

[MalikJoakim24]

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http://www.csnchicago.com/bulls/bulls-s ... winds-down

If the Bulls do not land Anthony, who will likely make a decision before the end of the upcoming July 4th holiday weekend, according to a league source, their assumed fallback strategy will center on acquiring more depth in the form of established veterans, as well as at least exploring a potential trade with Minnesota for disgruntled Timberwolves’ All-Star power forward Kevin Love and making a decision on the fate of Carlos Boozer, with the options to either trade him or exercise the amnesty clause on the final year of his contract beginning July 10. The idea of a deeper, well-rounded squad, while not the big splash many Bulls fans are hoping for this summer, is appealing because of the success of the San Antonio Spurs, who used that model to defeat the star-studded Miami Heat in June’s NBA Finals.

But several role players are beginning to come off the board and at the perceived exorbitant agreements being doled out around the league — for example, shooting guard Jodie Meeks’ reported three-year, $19-million deal with Detroit and point guard Darren Collison’s reported three-year, $16-million pact with Sacramento — this offseason, at least early on, is showing that teams will have to pay a premium for even niche contributors, with the players without contracts and teams in need of talent circling each other like pre-teens at a middle-school dance as free agency continues...

[BigPippen]

This Melo and Gasol thing seems too random. Like, do those guys even have any connection to each other other than them both being FAs right now?

[IndianPlaya17]

The only person who knows where Carmelo Anthony is going is Carmelo Anthony. Relax everyone.

[r1terrell23]

We don't need depth we need a star!

[Shill]

GarPax mishandled this.

Taj should never have been in on the meeting.

What difference would that have made?

[NecessaryEvil]

Just know that Melo wants Gasol to go whereever he likely lands...