Just talking to a buddy of mine and we both have a funny feeling that's the core Donnie might be trying to assemble here. Now is that good enough to compete for a chip? I'm not sure -- I think it might be. That's a pretty nice core 4 right there..Will we have enough total assets to deal for both Mayo & Melo? We might now, now that Melo has come out through the back channels and said he only wishes to sign an extension with NY and no one else...TMS said it well on another thread the other day -- would Denver really want to lose their star player for nothing the way PHX did with STAT, the way Toronto did with Bosh, the way Cleveland did with LeBron?? No, off course they wouldn't..Whatever little compensation any of those teams did get in terms of draft picks from Miami wasn't nearly enough or anywhere near equal value...You gotta figure Denver has learned a lesson from that..The Nuggets may not be completely enamoured with our assets but if what Melo has leaked is true, they may not have a choice now..Lose him for nothing or at least get a Danilo Gallinari out of it..I like this lastest development -- it should give Walsh a lot better position to deal from with DEN -- their asking price should come down now accordingly. And you would think it might give us the flexibility to balance out assets in order to make both deals..

So how 'bout it fellas -- when the dust settles, if we come out of this with those 4 guys as the core, is that enough to go all the way? Provided the rest of the roster is rounded out & tweaked properly? Just curious what do you guys think??

I am thinking about the teams that Donnie has built in Indy and they are big, strong and defensive minded. Don't think he would take the Knicks in your direction.

Fields is damn good. He does everything well and doesn't demand the ball, he plays within a team concept and his doesn't need three lockers to let everyone know how great he is. Melo is a nice player and a talented scorer but he is a volume scorer who is going to command a ton of shots and his ego is huge.

Chandler and Gallo are getting better every game. Chandler defends three positions and is great on the break. Danillo has a long way to go but even at 21 he is making big plays.

I stay with this team because Melo isn't taking us past Miami or Boston right now.

You hang onto guys like Fields, AR, Douglas, Gallo and Chandler. Every ******* that works at ESPN crapped all over our team this summer and now all of a sudden they respect our talent.

I think we have something built for the long term. Just imagine if the ******* snake didn't sign Jefferies and add additional pick in the Marbury deal. Donnie deserves his do, hopefully he doesn't make a move for Melo

Finestrg wrote:Amar'e, Melo, OJ Mayo, Ray Felton.

Just talking to a buddy of mine and we both have a funny feeling that's the core Donnie might be trying to assemble here. Now is that good enough to compete for a chip? I'm not sure -- I think it might be. That's a pretty nice core 4 right there..Will we have enough total assets to deal for both Mayo & Melo? We might now, now that Melo has come out through the back channels and said he only wishes to sign an extension with NY and no one else...TMS said it well on another thread the other day -- would Denver really want to lose their star player for nothing the way PHX did with STAT, the way Toronto did with Bosh, the way Cleveland did with LeBron?? No, off course they wouldn't..Whatever little compensation any of those teams did get in terms of draft picks from Miami wasn't nearly enough or anywhere near equal value...You gotta figure Denver has learned a lesson from that..The Nuggets may not be completely enamoured with our assets but if what Melo has leaked is true, they may not have a choice now..Lose him for nothing or at least get a Danilo Gallinari out of it..I like this lastest development -- it should give Walsh a lot better position to deal from with DEN -- their asking price should come down now accordingly. And you would think it might give us the flexibility to balance out assets in order to make both deals..

So how 'bout it fellas -- when the dust settles, if we come out of this with those 4 guys as the core, is that enough to go all the way? Provided the rest of the roster is rounded out & tweaked properly? Just curious what do you guys think??

i think all u are missing there is a defensive minded starting calibre C... if we make a trade for Melo now we may be able to use our MLE this summer to sign one... plus depending on what we're giving up for Mayo & Melo, if Wilson is not part of either deal we can hold onto him as well this summer, so that leaves u with a great 6th man scorer off the bench to add to that core of players u have listed... w/other guys like Turiaf, Douglas & either Walker or Williams on the bench, that's enough to be a legitimate championship contender IMO.

martin wrote:Insofar as I know, that's a nice fantasy team but one that hardly plays defense. Pass.

I am thinking about the teams that Donnie has built in Indy and they are big, strong and defensive minded. Don't think he would take the Knicks in your direction.

what martin said

Pass. Unless finestrgs' buddy is Donnie Walsh his smallish (mayo is 6'4) core desperately misses the intelligence and energy of Fields, the shrieking girls every time Gallo raises for a three ... and the rebounding and astounding of The Mayor.

No thank you.

Free Mozgov and Anthony Randolph from the pine.

TMS wrote:

umynot wrote:

TMS wrote:

Finestrg wrote:Amar'e, Melo, OJ Mayo, Ray Felton.

Just talking to a buddy of mine and we both have a funny feeling that's the core Donnie might be trying to assemble here. Now is that good enough to compete for a chip? I'm not sure -- I think it might be. That's a pretty nice core 4 right there..Will we have enough total assets to deal for both Mayo & Melo? We might now, now that Melo has come out through the back channels and said he only wishes to sign an extension with NY and no one else...TMS said it well on another thread the other day -- would Denver really want to lose their star player for nothing the way PHX did with STAT, the way Toronto did with Bosh, the way Cleveland did with LeBron?? No, off course they wouldn't..Whatever little compensation any of those teams did get in terms of draft picks from Miami wasn't nearly enough or anywhere near equal value...You gotta figure Denver has learned a lesson from that..The Nuggets may not be completely enamoured with our assets but if what Melo has leaked is true, they may not have a choice now..Lose him for nothing or at least get a Danilo Gallinari out of it..I like this lastest development -- it should give Walsh a lot better position to deal from with DEN -- their asking price should come down now accordingly. And you would think it might give us the flexibility to balance out assets in order to make both deals..

So how 'bout it fellas -- when the dust settles, if we come out of this with those 4 guys as the core, is that enough to go all the way? Provided the rest of the roster is rounded out & tweaked properly? Just curious what do you guys think??

i think all u are missing there is a defensive minded starting calibre C... if we make a trade for Melo now we may be able to use our MLE this summer to sign one... plus depending on what we're giving up for Mayo & Melo, if Wilson is not part of either deal we can hold onto him as well this summer, so that leaves u with a great 6th man scorer off the bench to add to that core of players u have listed... w/other guys like Turiaf, Douglas & either Walker or Williams on the bench, that's enough to be a legitimate championship contender IMO.

I say keep Gallo....... Trade Curry Mozgov Chandler Williams AR and Walker get back Melo and Mayo!!

Start Melo @ PF & STAT @ C.......

if we're gonna make a trade for Mayo too, then i would trade Gallo & keep Wilson C in any Melo trade... if we're gonna keep Fields, then it would probably make for better balance to keep Gallo & trade Wilson in any Melo trade... even so, personally i hope we hold onto Fields & Wilson & trade Gallo, AR & any other filler/picks it would take to get Melo to NY... that allows us to keep Wilson this summer & have a very nice team going forward... basically you'd just be replacing Gallo with Melo in the current rotation, which would be a huge upgrade any way you wanna look at it.

Except on defense. Gallo already plays better defense. My problem with above lie up is also defense. If we trade Gallo for Melo I would say no to Mayo. We don't need to me first ball hogs on the team again.

Many disagree that Melo is worth his huge cost premium over Gallo. Why isn't that one way to look at it in which Melo isn't a huge upgrade over Gallo. Here are some more. Gallo in his second year hasn't yet displayed his full potential. He is going to get significantly better imo. Gallo's points per shot attempted are a little less than 50% higher than Melo's points per shot attempted. Gallo's defense is better and Gallo is also the better passer and also very importantly the more unselfish passer. Finally in sports flexibility to score in different ways, makes intelligent defense far more difficult. Spreading the floor and having 5 real alternatives to take the next shot helps to insure that Amare gets doubled less often. I think adding Chandler instead of Turiaf, has a lot to do with Amare's 8 straight 30+ point games. Who can you afford to leave open in order to double Amare?

I don't get "Which would be a huge upgrade any way you want to look at it?"