GustavBahler wrote:From Ed Begley ESPN:
The Knicks and Rockets touched base recently on a trade involving Carmelo Anthony, per league sources, but they didn't gain much traction. One name that came up in talks was Ryan Anderson, per sources. But the Knicks said at that time that they weren't interested in Anderson, who has been shopped around by the Rockets. Anthony has a no-trade clause but the Rockets would seem to be an attractive destination for him because of the presence of good friend Chris Paul.
IMHO, a "bad contract" can take two distinct forms
A "toxic contract" like Bargnani. Who is both overpaid and useless as any kind of positive on your team. Likely an injury history, off the court problems, discipline problems, lousy team mate, poor work ethic, etc, etc. These are the kind of things that add onto an overpaid player who doesn't offer talent or upside.
Then there is simply an "overpaid" player, like a Joe Johnson on the Hawks making 100 million plus bucks. He's a useful player, a good player, but he simply is not worth as much as his paycheck given actual market forces at work.
Anderson is OVERPAID. He is not useless. He's a good team mate and will and can play actual team basketball.
If my options are some variation of a deal for Austin Rivers, or Tristan Thompson or Ryan Anderson, I'd go with Anderson. He'll at least space the floor and give full effort and won't stop the ball.
It's not a great deal, but it's infinitely better than nothing. If the goal is to build around Porzingis and make him the "franchise player", then you need to feed him the ball, which is not going to happen with Melo on the roster ( Ntilikina's agent is Leon Rose. Who do you think he's going to pass the ball to on the Knicks?)
Personally I think they should dump Zinger in a trade, but if the purpose here is to retain his goodwill (Ugh...f**k Zinger) by the front office, Anderson is simply a much better fit. Overpaid, but a fit.
I don't think folks here really understand what Melo is going to do. Ball stop. Sulk. Attack everyone in the press. Basically make everyone miserable everywhere until the Knicks buy him out at 100 percent and he goes and ring chases somewhere. He's like a married woman who isn't hot anymore, but knows in a divorce, she's going to gut you anyway financially. So why try? Why cook? Why clean? Why give anyone a blowjob? Just sit on the couch, eating Bon Bons and watching reality shows like a stupid whore.
The Knicks married the wrong whore. That whore's name is Melo.
Anderson is the aging fat chick with ****ty credit and too many tattoos and would really settle for anyone with a pulse and a pension. But at least he's the version of the fat chick with lousy credit and horrible unicorn tattoos that would swallow. And sometimes, that's all you can ask for. This is all the Knicks can ask for.
As James Franco said in This Is The End - "He's got to gooo. Hes. Got. Tooooooo. Goooooooo."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07sactDEKU
6/30/2017 8:24 PM