Melo Trade Thread "Ice Cube Family movie edition"

[Tron Carter]

Ian Begley @IanBegley
Only Carmelo knows if he's still open to saying in NY at this point. But people around him said earlier this week that he was ready for HOU.

melo just as tight as ya'll

[NYKnicksFTW]

So we were on our own 2-yard line?

[VirginiaKnickFan]

eventually CP3 and Harden will push Morey to make this happen...what does harden or CP3 care about future 1st round picks....if they want CP3 to resign they need Melo.

Morey's disappointed he couldn't screw over the Knicks yet again I bet.

[GONYK]

It's a gamble

They're banking on the fact that CP3 really wants Melo there, and since he isn't committed long term, that puts pressure on them to make win-now moves to convince him to stay

Plus, nobody of Melo's caliber is left on the trade block, or in free agency

Risk is great, but the reward is possibly a good haul for a player we thought we weren't getting anything for

I don't even understand what the risk is. Either we get something we want for him from the Rox, Cleveland steps up and makes a real offer, either team gets desperate in Feb and gives up more, or Melo exercises his ETO and he's off the books next summer.

What is the major risk?

The risk is if we don't trade him, and he starts the season with us, what happens if he has another sub-par year?
Or if he gets injured?
Both those scenarios lead to us either not being able to trade him, or the trade being even worse than what we would get now. Plus, in that case he would not exercise his ETO, as his next contract would not nearly be as lucrative, which caps us out next offseason

I don't think either of those possibilities are worse than having Ryan Anderson on our books

[drekwins]

Anyone else just see Dennis smith's missed dunk? Unreal athleticism

[K_ick_God]

Melo finding out the Knicks also hold a No Trade Clause.

[Polk377]

So we were on our own 2-yard line?

The entire time.....

[EchelonNYK]

So we were on our own 2-yard line?

[dakomish23]

There was never going to be a white knight 3rd team willing to take on Anderson. Melo I think knows this and it circles back to him holding all the cards. He knows his value is **** and he knows the only way the Knicks can move on is by writing him a 60 million dollar check. The NTC is up there with the Eddy Curry trade in terms of pure idiocy.

Your fabrications are getting more desperate every day

The Knicks not wanting Anderson is a fabrication? I doubt it.

The NTC is up there with the Eddy Curry deal? That's one of the worst transactions in NBA history. It cost us two top 10 picks and his cap hit in 2010 when we were swinging for home runs. Not to mention, he was terrible.

The NTC has limited the team we got involved with in trade talks.

How are the two comparable?

[K_ick_God]

They went together pretty damn well. I would love to know their record together with Melo at the 4. Probably at least 25 games over .500.

I'm off tmrw so maybe I'll tally it up.

Were you in Tahiti for the Pacers playoff series?

I'm talking about the regular season

Tyson was awful in every playoff series for us. Everyone knows that

So how is that perfect?