Again.. whats the trade? What are we giving up?
Is it Chandler to whoever for a firstrounder, then Gallo, AR, Curry + that first rounder and our next available first rounder to trade for Melo?
That leaves us with
starters:
Mosgov
Amare
Melo
Walker
Felton
Bench:
Douglas, Fields, Turiaf
Thats a solid squad
Hey... who wouldnt sign up for that as a plan B? Especially now that we know Mosgov has a pretty high ceiling as a good center in this league.
Thats not the point. The point is why are you giving up so much when the guy wants to sign here anyway and you can keep all those players sans Chandler? It makes no sense, your bidding against yourself and jacking up the price... why? Because you risk losing him?
So you lose him, then you have AR, Gallo, Amare, Felton, Douglas, Walker, Fields, Rautins and Mosgov and MAX cap space to sign players or make trades.
So once again...
you can make stuff up like what Sergio is doing, or you can actually listen to the arguement that the Knicks are in a position to add Melo (or Parker, or Gasol, or others..) while giving up nothing but money.
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