NYKBocker wrote:Nalod wrote:"Team Gallo" vs. "Team Wilson".........The debate continues.
Im just enjoying the games for now and not just root for the team but for the players to succeed.
I am with Team Knicks. I like both Gallo and The Mayor. I want to keep this young group.
Me, too. However, since we will not be able to trade Curry + junk for Melo (i.e., Denver wants something of value back OR 1st rounders) we stand to lose either Gallo or Chandler in any move for Melo. If I were Donnie, I would already have recognized this and would base my offer on which of those guys I prefer to retain.
If it's Chandler, we offer Gallo and Curry & filler. Since we can use Chandler's Bird rights this summer, the trade doesn't matter too much from our perspective.
If it's Gallo, then we center the trade around Curry/AR/Chandler plus filler/$cash/2nd rounders.
Fact: Donnie Walnuts is now definitively driving the bus. He will make a reasonable low-ball offer and tell Ujiri "Take it or leave it." Denver will weight their options and do just that. If they want to make a run this season, they keep Melo and we sign him in the summer. If they want to start rebuilding, they take Chandler and use AR to grab our first rounder from Houston (though I can't figure why they'd want it based on our current record).
No matter what, we are getting Melo if we want him, based on which of the complimentary players we decide to retain. As for Fields, come on: He is SOOOOOO off the table. Cheap, glue, consistent, an EVERYTHING guy. No way we give him up for anything. Lebron maybe, not Melo.
