Trade for Melo?

DET_Athletics · Post #1 » by **DET_Athletics** » Wed May 2, 2018 9:38 pm

What would do? He's on the block, I think he would be good for us. Trade Ish, Leuer and Galloway and a second for melo. Then take the mid-level exception and go after Marcus smart?

Jackson; Smart
Bullock;Kennard
Melo; Johnson
Griffin; Ellenson
Dre; Moreland

That could be a really good team with some money flexibility moving forward.

I am also going to say I have been a Memo fan for a while, and know he isn't the greatest on defense.

Wallace_Wallace · Post #2 » by **Wallace_Wallace** » Wed May 2, 2018 10:09 pm

If that was the roster we had 5 years ago..... :rockon:

But now................ :naaa:

Mr Peanut · Post #3 » by **Mr Peanut** » Wed May 2, 2018 10:55 pm

Melo is essentially a net negative on the court currently. The only advantage of trading for him means we could potentially dump the contracts of Leuer and Galloway. But I think he would make us a worse team.

Spider156 · Post #4 » by **Spider156** » Wed May 2, 2018 10:58 pm

DET_Athletics wrote:What would do? He's on the block, I think he would be good for us. Trade Ish, Leuer and Galloway and a second for melo. Then take the mid-level exception and go after Marcus smart?

Jackson; Smart
Bullock;Kennard
Melo; Johnson
Griffin; Ellenson
Dre; Moreland

That could be a really good team with some money flexibility moving forward.

I am also going to say I have been a Memo fan for a while, and know he isn't the greatest on defense.

[color=#00FF00]That'd be a sick lineup, I'd take that and smile at the league. We'd crush everyone[/color]

Spider156 · Post #5 » by **Spider156** » Wed May 2, 2018 11:01 pm

Honestly I'd go for it if I can get that. Griffin and Melo would be players teams gave up on like Billups and Wallace. It can definitely work out and I'd go for it if it was available.

Arp590 · Post #6 » by **Arp590** » Wed May 2, 2018 11:35 pm

Is this a joke? Melo is an absolutely terrible basketball player.
AND we'd have to give up a 2nd round pick? They should be giving us a 2nd pick just to take him off their hands..

Richard Miller · Post #7 » by **Richard Miller** » Wed May 2, 2018 11:45 pm

Perhaps, if you are trying to make the Pistons home of the worst contracts in the league...? Btw, maybe interested in Wiggins too?

Post #8 » by **Snakebites** » Wed May 2, 2018 11:50 pm

Melo sucks.

He's an expiring though. Would be great if OKC would be dumb enough to deal him for Griffin.

rmfc · Post #9 » by **rmfc** » Wed May 2, 2018 11:51 pm

No to Melo unless it's on a vet min contract.

Post #10 » by **Cowology** » Wed May 2, 2018 11:54 pm

The *only* reason you trade for Melo is if it's to clear long term salary and you intend to buy him out. That's also the only way he potentially waves his no-trade clause.

Post #11 » by **Snakebites** » Wed May 2, 2018 11:56 pm

Cowology wrote:The *only* reason you trade for Melo is if it's to clear long term salary and you intend to buy him out. That's also the only way he potentially waves his no-trade clause.

Yep. I'd love to do that. Doubt they Thunder go for it though, and I doubt our brass is willing to admit defeat on Blake, though.

SamFlow · Post #12 » by **SamFlow** » Tue May 8, 2018 4:19 am

The only reason you get melo is to buy him out and off the cap.

Griffin for Melo.... PG is gone and melo sucks at this point. Good for both teams.

Or galloway and the backup c/f that was injured. Again, only to save cap.

As a player? Melo stopped being a winner in college.

Neptune · Post #13 » by **Neptune** » Tue May 8, 2018 4:22 am

Man hell no! Carmelo will force his way to the Rockets next season, just watch. He's been saying for a while he wants to play with Chris Paul.

DTP · Post #14 » by **DTP** » Tue May 8, 2018 5:28 am

Trade Melo for Ish, Leuer, & Galloway.....really? Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase show me any type of motivation for OKC to do that? Plus I believe Melo still has his NTC. And after all that ridiculousness Marcus Smart is going to accept the MLE? LOL. Get out of 2k land my man.

Crymson · Post #15 » by **Crymson** » Wed May 9, 2018 2:30 am

BigDaddyJungle wrote:The only reason you get melo is to buy him out and off the cap.

Griffin for Melo.... PG is gone and melo sucks at this point. Good for both teams.

Not good for both teams. OKC gets a player who fits horribly with Westbrook, and pays an epic tax bill on top of the $300 million that would be owed to the two over the next four seasons.

Or galloway and the backup c/f that was injured. Again, only to save cap.

So OKC gets two seasons of bad role players. Again, no, and the numbers wouldn't work out anyhow; the Pistons would need to send out Ish as well, and that ain't happening.

As a player? Melo stopped being a winner in college.

Melo has always been hugely overrated.

Manocad · Post #16 » by **Manocad** » Thu May 10, 2018 10:01 pm

NO. If this organization has proved anything TO A TEE in the past ten years it’s that making the “take a chance and hope it works in our favor” moves DO NOT WORK. This would be another one.

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Crymson · Post #17 » by **Crymson** » Thu May 10, 2018 11:04 pm

Manocad wrote:NO. If this organization has proved anything TO A TEE in the past ten years it’s that making the “take a chance and hope it works in our favor” moves DO NOT WORK. This would be another one.

Unless grinding mediocrity is your cup of tea, it'd take conscious effort to worsen the organization's situation. Getting out of Griffin's brutal contract would be an unequivocal plus.

DBC10 · Post #18 » by **DBC10** » Fri May 11, 2018 3:45 am

I doubt Melo would waive his NTC. But it could work if OKC threatens to bench Melo for the rest of his career there since he's wholly against that because of his huge ego.

With us trading for him and his expiring, we could convince him to chuck to his heart's content since next season will likely be a very dark one anyways. That and getting out of Blake's contract is almost a win by itself considering he'll be long out of his athletic prime by the time year 2 rolls around his tenure here. Which sounds disgusting.

BadMofoPimp · Post #19 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Fri May 11, 2018 11:36 am

I would say there is about a snowball chance in hell this deal would ever even be considered, but have fun dreaming.

Laimbeer · Post #20 » by **Laimbeer** » Fri May 11, 2018 12:50 pm

This would be a great deal. Melo is bad, but we'd be getting an expiring for two bad contracts and a marginal player. OKC would never do this.