Marv wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Marv wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Why pay for something youre going to get free--its the most asinine concept I can think of

because you're far from guaranteed to be getting him for free.

why if he wants to come here? Lebron wanted to go to Miami for 2 years it appears--he went to Miami

lebron was not coming to miami till the last second.

denver can trade melo to another team where he has time to gel with his teammates, have a great honeymoon year, be treated like royalty and courted by the entire city, and sign there for the max instead of here. not too far-fetched, is it?

Bs lbj was going to miami for a long time

BRIGGS wrote:

iSergio wrote:Waiting would be fine if there were other options next summer. If another team trades for Carmelo Anthony and he re-signs with them, who are we going after next summer? After Melo, there is nothing out there. I know some of you have this weird fetish for young players but you need Stars to win in this league. You're not beating that team in Miami with a bunch of 22 and 23 year olds with "potential" (I really hate that word). We NEED Stars! And no - Danilo Gallinari, Anthony Randolph and Wilson Chandler are NOT Stars and aren't going to be Stars. Same as David Lee, Trevor Ariza and Channing Frye weren't going to be Stars either.

Carmelo is not as good as Bernard King- and the Knicks had some very decent other pieces with him--a deep team in 84. The Knicks were never a great team with him--good 47-48 wins and some noise int he playoffs but nothing more. If we deplete the team and give up our assets with no cap space--we'l be stuck as a 47 win team. If we are patient--then we have the goods. Whats wrong with being patient--if Melo wants to come to NY let him--in FA next year--why the heck would I give even a penny for him?

Briggs did you watch those knicks? Good pieces around him? WHO? Cartwright? Truck? Rory Sparrow? That team would have been terrible without King. They beat an up and coming great Detroit team and then took the GREAT Celtics (with Bird, Mchale, Parrish) to a 7th game and lost. Don't minimize what King did back then. For that year and half he was as great as anything at SF.

BRIGGS wrote:Why pay for something youre going to get free--its the most asinine concept I can think of

You will not get him for free get that out of your mind. You will lose Curry who we really don't care for and you most likely lose Chandler and Azubike to free agency to create room for Melo. Where is the free part in this.

BRIGGS wrote:

iSergio wrote:Waiting would be fine if there were other options next summer. If another team trades for Carmelo Anthony and he re-signs with them, who are we going after next summer? After Melo, there is nothing out there. I know some of you have this weird fetish for young players but you need Stars to win in this league. You're not beating that team in Miami with a bunch of 22 and 23 year olds with "potential" (I really hate that word). We NEED Stars! And no - Danilo Gallinari, Anthony Randolph and Wilson Chandler are NOT Stars and aren't going to be Stars. Same as David Lee, Trevor Ariza and Channing Frye weren't going to be Stars either.

Carmelo is not as good as Bernard King- and the Knicks had some very decent other pieces with him--a deep team in 84. The Knicks were never a great team with him--good 47-48 wins and some noise int he playoffs but nothing more. If we deplete the team and give up our assets with no cap space--we'l be stuck as a 47 win team. If we are patient--then we have the goods. Whats wrong with being patient--if Melo wants to come to NY let him--in FA next year--why the heck would I give even a penny for him?

Carmelo Anthony is only 26 years old and his career is far from over. And Bernard King never played with a player like Amar'e Stoudemire. What's wrong with being patient? Say Melo is traded and he re-signs with another team, what do you do? Who do we sign? Tell me another 26 year old 28/6 Star that's available next summer.

That being said I would not be upset if they traded Gallo/Curry/Chandler for Carmello.

Azu is a good shooter and good defender at the 2 and an opening day SL of Felton/Azu/Melo/Amare/center is pretty damn good. You bring Douglas/AR off the bench as your 7 main guys.

It would be nice to keep our homegrown guys and see how good they can be for once.

One thing I can dig about Melo is wants to be here, he wants to be the man, he wants to win in NY, he wants it all and you gotta dig that... you just have to

Vmart wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Vmart wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Why pay for something youre going to get free--its the most asinine concept I can think of

You will not get him for free get that out of your mind. You will lose Curry who we really don't care for and you most likely lose Chandler and Azubike to free agency to create room for Melo. Where is the free part in this.

How much did we lose for David Lee?

Briggs, we had cap space that is the only reason DLee trade went down. Had the Knicks made the splash for two Max FAs DLee was walking with out compensation.

Sure--IF the choice was made to move Chandler--if we even wanted to do that--lets see where Chandler is right? IF he blew up--we could S+T him to a teams with cap space for picks like the Cavs and Raptors did.

But you know what--I m not even sure this team needs Carmelo anthony and well haev a whole season to see if Im right