AnubisADL wrote:

Knixkik wrote:If melo agrees to this so be it. Let him rot thru his prime in mediocricy with an overrated lopez and no supporting cast. We can get Parker instead and still retain our young guys and be much better off. I still want him but if he wants to go to nj let him. We have plenty of other chances to get better.

No supporting cast?

- Lopez while overrated but can still put up 20/10. Obviously so can Chris Kaman but you get my point.

- Terrence Williams has pathetic offense but he can play SG next to Melo and provide solid defense and ball handling.

- Morrow is their shooter off the bench

- Farmar = Duhon or Steroids

- Outlaw is a solid scorer and wingman off the bench

- Troy Murphies expiring deal should allow them to get some talent back. Maybe Zach Randolph? Who knows?

- Plus they got Damian Jones in the draft.

uh, yeah. that's pretty pathetic.

he's coming from a team that surrounded him with:

Chauncey Billups / Ty Lawson
JR Smith
Kleiza
Kenyon Martin
Nene / Camby

that's a loaded team. New Jersey will not be loaded for a long time. Melo should think about this one.

crzymdups wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Knixkik wrote:If melo agrees to this so be it. Let him rot thru his prime in mediocricy with an overrated lopez and no supporting cast. We can get Parker instead and still retain our young guys and be much better off. I still want him but if he wants to go to nj let him. We have plenty of other chances to get better.

No supporting cast?

- Lopez while overrated but can still put up 20/10. Obviously so can Chris Kaman but you get my point.

- Terrence Williams has pathetic offense but he can play SG next to Melo and provide solid defense and ball handling.

- Morrow is their shooter off the bench

- Farmar = Duhon or Steroids

- Outlaw is a solid scorer and wingman off the bench

- Troy Murphies expiring deal should allow them to get some talent back. Maybe Zach Randolph? Who knows?

- Plus they got Damian Jones in the draft.

uh, yeah. that's pretty pathetic.

he's coming from a team that surrounded him with:

Chauncey Billups / Ty Lawson
JR Smith
Kleiza
Kenyon Martin
Nene / Camby

that's a loaded team. New Jersey will not be loaded for a long time. Melo should think about this one.

Moving from the Western conference to Eastern conference negates most of that. Point is Denver doesn't have Kleiza or Camby anymore and Billups is getting old.

Lets not act like we have a 50+ win roster. We need Gallo and Randolph to make some serious strides for us to be clearly better than the Nets.

For all we know we could end up at the bottom of our division.

iSergio wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Adrian Wojnarowski WojYahooNBA

'Melo still has heart set on Knicks but case being made to him Nets are compromise he'll have to accept to get his full money and NY market.

Melo turning down money? Not happening.

This is just one more reason for me to hate the Nets.

This is so frustrating to me as a fan. I mean, I know $26M is $26M but Carmelo Anthony can easily make up MOST of that back with endorsements. I mean, look at what Amar'e Stoudemire did this summer. You don't think he made a couple of extra millions doing all those commercials for Nike and ESPN?

Why not make the money AND endorsements? I recall Vince Carter getting plenty commercials while in New Jersey.

Look at it from Carmelo's point of view. He gets to be in NYC and gets his guaranteed money before he steps foot on the court. Kind of a no brainer.

The New Jersey Nets are working feverishly to acquire All-Star Carmelo Anthony(notes) and are in the construction stage of a complicated, multi-team trade, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Anthony is unhappy with the Nuggets' instability.

Nothing is imminent in the next 24 hours, but Denver and New Jersey are having ongoing discussions centered on No. 3 overall pick Derrick Favors(notes) and future first-round picks going back to the Nuggets. The proposed trade also would involve the Utah Jazz and Charlotte Bobcats. Under the proposal, league sources said the Nets would also send point guard Devin Harris to the Bobcats, who would move forward Boris Diaw to the Jazz, who send forward Andrei Kirilenko to the Nuggets to complete what one front-office source described as a “very complicated” deal.

One league executive said the Nets believe they’re “getting there” on a trade for Anthony.

The Nets want to get a deal done before Anthony reports to training camp in Denver next week because league officials think the Nuggets will start working to convince him to stay.

Anthony still has heart set on the New York Knicks, but a case is being made to him the Nets are a compromise he’ll have to accept to get his $65 million extension and get into the metropolitan N.Y. market. The Nets won’t agree to a deal for Anthony without an extension agreed upon.

Anthony also prefers a trade to the Chicago Bulls, but Denver refuses to do a deal with the Bulls that doesn’t include center Joakim Noah(notes), and so far Bulls officials have refused to put him into any deal.

Anthony has refused to sign a three-year, $65 million extension with the Nuggets and has made it clear to team officials he’s not comfortable with the franchise’s stability. There’s unrest within the organization, where George Karl’s top assistant, Tim Grgurich, has left, league sources said. Grgurich has told friends he’s angry about the franchise’s refusal to retain former general manager Mark Warkentien. Karl is now without his two most trusted confidants in the organization, Warkentien and Grgurich.

Forward Kenyon Martin(notes) and guards J.R. Smith(notes) and Arron Afflalo(notes) will be free agents after this season and center Nene could join them if he opts out of the final year of his contract. Point guard Chauncey Billups(notes) also could hit the market because the Nuggets are obligated to pay only $3.7 million of his $14.2 million salary for 2011-12 if he’s waived at the end of the season.

With so much uncertainty surrounding the Nuggets, Anthony would like to be traded before the season starts.

Larry Brown has been hesitant to trade Boris Diaw; his objections helped kill a proposed trade of Diaw to Toronto for point guard Jose Calderon this summer. However, with Tyrus Thomas re-signed to a $40 million extension, Brown is more inclined to part with Diaw to bring back Harris, an upgrade over D.J. Augustin at point guard.

AnubisADL wrote:

All I know is Carmelo will be feasting on fools in the Eastern Conference. They may not be a top seed but if you got Melo I say your chances are pretty dam good.

Oh and trading Harris(aka Crawford lite) is addition by subtraction.

i don't see Melo feasting anymore than Amare and Gallo and AR and Felton.

or do the Knicks not play in the watered-down East as well?

AnubisADL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Moving from the Western conference to Eastern conference negates most of that. Point is Denver doesn't have Kleiza or Camby anymore and Billups is getting old.

Lets not act like we have a 50+ win roster. We need Gallo and Randolph to make some serious strides for us to be clearly better than the Nets.

For all we know we could end up at the bottom of our division.

that is patently ridiculous.

in case you missed the memo, Boozer, Amare came East and no one went West.

that Nets team will be lucky to be better than Charlotte.

The Knicks have cap flexibility to add to a balanced, solid core. The Knicks are in a much better position than the Nets if the Nets make this trade. It's a dumb move for Melo. He'll be Marbury 2 - all alone.

All I know is Carmelo will be feasting on fools in the Eastern Conference. They may not be a top seed but if you got Melo I say your chances are pretty dam good.

Oh and trading Harris(aka Crawford lite) is addition by subtraction.

you overrate melo so much it's a joke.

gotta admit tho i'm no harris fan either.

AnubisADL wrote:

Marv wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Moving from the Western conference to Eastern conference negates most of that. Point is Denver doesn't have Kleiza or Camby anymore and Billups is getting old.

Lets not act like we have a 50+ win roster. We need Gallo and Randolph to make some serious strides for us to be clearly better than the Nets.

For all we know we could end up at the bottom of our division.

that is patently ridiculous.

in case you missed the memo, Boozer, Amare came East and no one went West.

that Nets team will be lucky to be better than Charlotte.

The Knicks have cap flexibility to add to a balanced, solid core. The Knicks are in a much better position than the Nets if the Nets make this trade. It's a dumb move for Melo. He'll be Marbury 2 - all alone.

All I know is Carmelo will be feasting on fools in the Eastern Conference. They may not be a top seed but if you got Melo I say your chances are pretty dam good.

Oh and trading Harris(aka Crawford lite) is addition by subtraction.

you overrate melo so much it's a joke.

gotta admit tho i'm no harris fan either.

Maybe I do overate Melo but the guy is a beast. I always get a kick out of Melo blowing a defender's face off with a jumper in their face.

I always get a kick out of Melo beasting around the rim and i swear he'd be twice the player he is if he worked the baseline and the paint more instead of being out on the perimeter so much.

Going to the Nets would be a big mistake for Carmello- yeah, he gets his money but ask Marbury if that was any comfort when he was playing for the Nets. It's not a great team and it'll have no starting calibre PG.

Oh well, we'll find out soon enough.

AnubisADL wrote:

iSergio wrote:I can't see Carmelo Anthony agreeing to this.

Vmart wrote:Knicks will get him when he is a free agent.

Sure. Of course NJ will do nothing to improve the team if they get Melo.

Lopez
Murphy
Melo
Terrence Williams
Farmar

Bench:
Outlaw
Morroe

Team isn't likely beating Miami but I dont see that team being much worse than what we got.

Amare
Randolph
Gallo
Chandler
Felton

Bench:
Douglas
Turiaf

I know one thing that Net team has superior shooting.

Not really sure which team is better but going to make it one hell of a fight to get that last playoff spot....

Mray20 wrote:I think the Nets will try to gamble and make this move without Carmelo signing and hoping after playing in Nj and hanging with Jay-z, the russian billionare and seeing their plans for the Brooklyn move he will eventually resign with them. However once Anthony plays in front of an empty arena and the Nets are challenging for the worst record in the east , that plan will be doomed. They're given up Devin Harris in this deal and Jordan Farmar will be their starting point guard lol, Carmelo would have gone from playing with starting point guard Andre Miller to Allen Iverson to Chauncy Billops to Farmar?? ROFL. I still havr faith even if he gets traded he won't sign an extension and will join the Knicks next summer.

It is VERY reassuring to read that Melo prefers a deal to the Knicks. To me, that seems to indicate where his thinking is at presently.