yellowboy90 wrote:There is zero reason why the bulls would do that deal and not get back multiple 1st for Butler if they trade him. Butler is playing like a top 10 player so he is not going anywhere unless the Bulls get the deal of a lifetime

agreed but wouldn't it be nice?
wouldn't it though

I could see something along the lines of Melo, Lee, and Plumlee for Matthews, Bogut, and Harris AND the right of NY to swap picks with Dallas in both the first and second rounds of the draft (presumably Dallas will finish lower).

Cuban unloads his dirty laundry, we unload ours, Cuban maintains picks in the draft.

If the groundwork for that type of deal were possible, I'd expand it to include the Nets and Celtics. Personally, I have no interest in Kevin Love the player and would immediately attempt to pawn him off to the Celtics since they desperately need a bonafide scorer next to Isiah Thomas. In exchange for him, I'd demand Terry Rozier be included to send to CLE and Jaylen Brown for the Knicks. I'd also demand pick swaps with the BKN picks for 2017 and 2018 drafts. Doing so will maximize our ability to get a top tier pick during crucial stages of our rebuild. Any auxillary costs (i.e. Tyler Zeller and James Young) would be redirected to the Nets who desperately need talent. In effect, the deal would be

Knicks Trade: Carmelo Anthony
Knicks Recieve: Jaylen Brown, Richard Jefferson, $17 million in savings and the right to swap picks with BKN in 2017 and 2018.

Celtics Trade: Tyler Zeller, Jaylen Brown, James Young, Terry Rozier and pick swaps to NY in 2017 and 2018
Celtics Recieve: Kevin Love

Cavs Trade: Kevin Love and Richard Jefferson
Cavs Recieve: Carmelo Anthony and Terry Rozier

Nets Trade: cap space
Nets Recieve: Tyler Zeller, James Young and $3 million cash incentives (via Knicks)

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=godrco3

dacash wrote:2) Three-Team Trade To Shake Up The Eastern Conference

Bulls Receive: Carmelo Anthony, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart

Celtics Receive: Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson, Knicks 2017 2nd Round Pick

Knicks Receive: Jae Crowder, Amir Johnson, and Brooklyn’s 2017 1st Round Pick (via Boston)
now this i like possible not doable but damn nice;
every team works out well plus next year cp3 can join melo and wade
we get crowder plus two first round picks in a deep deep draft
so what of it? and pls dont say melo has a ntc lol

newyorker4ever wrote:

dacash wrote:2) Three-Team Trade To Shake Up The Eastern Conference

Bulls Receive: Carmelo Anthony, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart

Celtics Receive: Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson, Knicks 2017 2nd Round Pick

Knicks Receive: Jae Crowder, Amir Johnson, and Brooklyn’s 2017 1st Round Pick (via Boston)
now this i like possible not doable but damn nice;
every team works out well plus next year cp3 can join melo and wade
we get crowder plus two first round picks in a deep deep draft
so what of it? and pls dont say melo has a ntc lol

https://t.co/Gnhvt2PL2W

more trades huh lol

ESOMKnicks wrote:Boston will not trade a #1 pick in the draft for Melo. They are smart. Unlike us.

If if we were to do a crazy trade, why not keep Melo and instead trade Rose for CP3? With an understanding that we would resign him to a monster contract and either win a chip with him and his best buddy Melo, or get stuck with an aged PG making $30m per year. The potential long term downside is there, but may be worth a gamble.

As for the Clips, they would be better off by not having to sign an aging PG to a long term max contract, plus have the option of re-signing a younger star PG who will get along with Blake better.

Clippers are a contender. Why would they do that especially for such little value?

NardDogNation wrote:

ESOMKnicks wrote:Boston will not trade a #1 pick in the draft for Melo. They are smart. Unlike us.

If if we were to do a crazy trade, why not keep Melo and instead trade Rose for CP3? With an understanding that we would resign him to a monster contract and either win a chip with him and his best buddy Melo, or get stuck with an aged PG making $30m per year. The potential long term downside is there, but may be worth a gamble.

As for the Clips, they would be better off by not having to sign an aging PG to a long term max contract, plus have the option of re-signing a younger star PG who will get along with Blake better.

Clippers are a contender. Why would they do that especially for such little value?

Paul is out injured until March, and will opt out of his contract at the end of the season and ask for a 6-year mega monster deal. Rose gives them someone who is active, and a younger star PG option to re-sign in the offseason, with whom they could remain a contender for a longer time.

For the Knicks it gives a two year window to win a chip with a Melo-CP-KP superteam, at the price of spending the following 3-4 years in capped out purgatory.