martin wrote:TMS wrote:martin, i'm hearing crickets on this one from you. 
i missed this thread. What am I supposed to respond to? I don't think there was a notion that there weren't players who you could upgrade with. There are.
It's that there are too many positions to fill with just the MLE and LLE. I guess it all depends on what would be going out in a Melo deal and starts there.
Starting C, bench, backup PG.... all for MLE and LLE?
starting 5:
Amare $18,217,705
Chandler $6,300,000 (Bird exception) or Gallo $4,190,182
Melo $18,500,000
Fields $788,872
Felton $7,560,000
bench:
Turiaf $4,360,000
Moz $3,343,896
Rautins $788,872
Williams $788,872
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$60,648,217 w/Chandler / $58,538,399 w/Gallo
that leaves you with the MLE & LLE to sign 2 of the players on the above list... u can put together any # of different combinations here depending on how u wanna go about it... if Wilson goes in a Melo trade, then offer the MLE to a defensive minded utility guy like a Shane Battier, Pietrus, Jerebko, AK47 or split the MLE between 2 guys like Louis Amundson & Fishlips... or if Gallo is being dealt, then you can fill his shooting role by adding someone like Mike Dunleavy Jr., Dante Cunningham, Vlad Radmanovic or Troy Murphy.
or u can shore up your frontcourt depth instead & sign a bigbody like Hawes, Pryzbilla, Davis, Evans, KMart, Landry, Krstic... hell u can even add Shaq's name to the list if u really wanted to (tho not too sure how he'd fit in MDA's system).
with the LLE u have the option of signing a backup PG like Earl Watson, Carlos Arroyo, JJ Barea, or go PG with your MLE like TJ Ford or Shannon Brown & offer the LLE to a defensive player like Fishlips
the point is, u have a ton of options if you make a deal for Melo... it's not the bare cupboad scenario that BRIGGS & yourself keep trying to paint.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.