newyorknewyork wrote:

TMS wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

VDesai wrote:Not that big of a fan. If you have the cap space and ability to acquire Carmelo Anthony you cannot possibly pass that up. In terms of team building you take a piece like Carmelo and fit stuff around him.

Id take Melo over Gasol any day of the week, at the same time if you get Melo then Gallo becomes available for a starting caliber center.

i would take CP3, Gasol & Gallo at the 3 over Melo personally... i think that offers you much more balance in the roster over just 1 guy being looked upon to create most of the offense on his own.

If you get Paul you can't get Gasol as we would have to take back Okafor. The only problem with Paul is the amount of assets we would have to give up for him. Melo wouldn't really cost us much but cap space.

MDA could design it though that Felton and Amare work on the pick and roll early with Melo spacing the floor since he can shoot. Then Melo taking over late in the game.

The perfect senario though is for Gallo to have that 20-22pt season at 22yrs old. Then we sign Melo as a free agent and Gallo becomes attractive enough to land Paul in a trade without haveing to give up to much more. It would work out if Paul has one yr left, NO hasn't shown improvement and Paul tells them he won't resign. With Amare and Melo already on the Knicks. NY would be far and wide the top team on his list.

i don't think the Knicks would trade Gallo if he breaks out & puts up a 20-22ppg season... how do you trade a 22 yo kid that puts up those kinds of numbers? i don't see them doing it... i think Melo's a special type of player, but for the type of offense MDA likes to run, i think CP3 & Gallo would be a much better fit.

TMS wrote:
i don't think the Knicks would trade Gallo if he breaks out & puts up a 20-22ppg season... how do you trade a 22 yo kid that puts up those kinds of numbers? i don't see them doing it... i think Melo's a special type of player, but for the type of offense MDA likes to run, i think CP3 & Gallo would be a much better fit.

I don't think our offense will let him score that high, but if he does, then you are talking about the first big step of a potential homegrown star, and if he is putting up those kinds of scoring numbers, he is going to be doing well in other categories too. If he is able to put up those numbers on this team he will become pretty much untouchable, IMO.

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:
i don't think the Knicks would trade Gallo if he breaks out & puts up a 20-22ppg season... how do you trade a 22 yo kid that puts up those kinds of numbers? i don't see them doing it... i think Melo's a special type of player, but for the type of offense MDA likes to run, i think CP3 & Gallo would be a much better fit.

First thing I thought when I saw those numbers thrown out.

I don't think our offense will let him score that high, but if he does, then you are talking about the first big step of a potential homegrown star, and if he is putting up those kinds of scoring numbers, he is going to be doing well in other categories too. If he is able to put up those numbers on this team he will become pretty much untouchable, IMO.

If Gallo puts up those numbers and can land you Paul, do you make that trade? Also knowing that you can land Melo as a free agent?

BRIGGS wrote:

umynot wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Depending what comes out of Gallo Chandler and AR this year--I might be much more interested in Gasol than Carmelo in terms of team building. Thoughts?

Briggs for real?

Gasol over Melo?

Melo would be talking like Webber to Kahn ( Con )
" Don't mention me and Gasol in same sentence "

Briggs love AR too but if he gets us Melo my love will last forever

Well if Gallo becomes a 20-22 6-4 point scorer and we are light up front--does getting Carmelo Anthony fix that or cause chemistry problems. Carmelo is a better talent but lets wait and see what we have and dont have. Right now its team building--I think we have a lot of talent.

If Gallo scores those #''s ( know he can but with Amare here it will be near impossible)
Then Melo plays PF here and Amare shifts to C Gallo at SF that would be impossible to defend!

And on most nights Amare will be anble to handle centers like Perkins and Brook lopez maybe even the Gasol
brothers....... Howard will beast inside but does anyway!!

Bosh will be crying

Lebron will be watching Gallo rain on his head

Felton can try and trip Wade and hope he breaks his knee

Leaving Melo to be help defender and score at will

Ok I'm dreaming but Melo here Makes us almost unstoppable even if AR steps it up like I believe
he will........ Either way I'm happy

Just don't say Marc Gasol over Melo.........

Not even Close!!

knicks1248 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:

mikesknicks wrote:No way Briggs give me Melo every time. Marc Gasol is a very good player but not a super star and foundation player like Melo. I would take to finish a team not start one.

You don't win with pieces like Melo (see Denver pre-Billups).

Marc Gasol is a good piece to win with, though we would still need an alpha male/leader to win a championship with. To me, I'm still not sure Amare is the #1 alpha male leader that will lead the Knicks to a championship. Chris Paul might be that person though. Gallo might turn into that person, this year will be a big test.

I agree. I don't salivate over Melo like most do here. I'm not a fan of his attitude and he seems like a headache.

your crazy, i used to hate melo as well, but he lights us up every single time we play denver.

What will you do with Mosgov, maybe some of forgot about him, if he proves to be a lagit player, you could forget about Marc or any other ccenter for the matter.

Im not holding my breath on what I have seen from Mosgov.

newyorknewyork wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:
i don't think the Knicks would trade Gallo if he breaks out & puts up a 20-22ppg season... how do you trade a 22 yo kid that puts up those kinds of numbers? i don't see them doing it... i think Melo's a special type of player, but for the type of offense MDA likes to run, i think CP3 & Gallo would be a much better fit.

First thing I thought when I saw those numbers thrown out.

I don't think our offense will let him score that high, but if he does, then you are talking about the first big step of a potential homegrown star, and if he is putting up those kinds of scoring numbers, he is going to be doing well in other categories too. If he is able to put up those numbers on this team he will become pretty much untouchable, IMO.

If Gallo puts up those numbers and can land you Paul, do you make that trade? Also knowing that you can land Melo as a free agent?

no, i would trade AR, Wilson & whatever other players to get CP3, but there's no way in hell i'd trade Gallo if he put up those numbers this season.

martin wrote:can someone describe Marc's game for me? Haven't seen him much.

Think a bigger - sturdier Bogut with not quite the athleticism of Bogut.

Very smart player - very sound - does dirty work, passes the ball - can score in the post and play multiple styles. Very underrated.

knicks1248 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:

mikesknicks wrote:No way Briggs give me Melo every time. Marc Gasol is a very good player but not a super star and foundation player like Melo. I would take to finish a team not start one.

You don't win with pieces like Melo (see Denver pre-Billups).

Marc Gasol is a good piece to win with, though we would still need an alpha male/leader to win a championship with. To me, I'm still not sure Amare is the #1 alpha male leader that will lead the Knicks to a championship. Chris Paul might be that person though. Gallo might turn into that person, this year will be a big test.

I agree. I don't salivate over Melo like most do here. I'm not a fan of his attitude and he seems like a headache.

your crazy, i used to hate melo as well, but he lights us up every single time we play denver.

What will you do with Mosgov, maybe some of forgot about him, if he proves to be a lagit player, you could forget about Marc or any other ccenter for the matter.

Im not holding my breath on what I have seen from Mosgov.

Why he was the #1 national prospect that everybody (other then the USA) were raving about.

But again i did say "if"

Mosgov--we will have to see. I think if we get some good banging/toughness some opportunistic points and nice picks--he'll be fine. I dont see anything from the tapes that remotely look like he is in the same class as Mark Gasol