3 team wheelin' n dealin'

1st trade - Knicks, Magic and Nets. Although Nets would do anything to prevent this from happening, Melo might be enticing to them as a plan B for Deron.

Knicks incoming:
DH
Deron
Turk
Q Rich/Duhon

Nets incoming:
Melo
TD

Orl incoming:
Tyson
Stat
Fields.

or a 2nd trade

Knicks incoming:
DH
Rhondo
Turk
Jermaine O'neill

Boston incoming:
STAT
Landry
TD (maybe switch out with Shump for better balance and incentive for Boston)
whatever pick

Orlando incoming:
Tyson
Melo

Lin could be added to whichever trade with ease, since I couldn't see him outplaying Rhondo or Deron.

Uptown wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Melo is a selfish player. If true, the ESPN article proves it as does today NY POST. He has the ability to run the offense the right way, he chooses not to. He does not help Lin, he turns his back on him. This is a team CANCER. Get rid of it before it spreads too far. They do not need Melo and they do not need Davis, trade them both to Phoenix for Nash and Frye or Dudley. It really doesn't matter who comes back. It is addition by subtraction.

MDA has to be pissed. He dealt with all the BS for 2 years then gets STAT and a team that he likes and is winning! Then they give him another Marbury! If I were him, I would be dreading the day, I turned down Chicago. He is not without blame here but really, the man has been given a very difficult player to deal with.

Oh and Gallo wins another one for Denver last night....TEAM BALL in Denver.

Defense and Dirk ball won the 'chip' last year.

Uptown wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Uptown wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Melo is a selfish player. If true, the ESPN article proves it as does today NY POST. He has the ability to run the offense the right way, he chooses not to. He does not help Lin, he turns his back on him. This is a team CANCER. Get rid of it before it spreads too far. They do not need Melo and they do not need Davis, trade them both to Phoenix for Nash and Frye or Dudley. It really doesn't matter who comes back. It is addition by subtraction.

MDA has to be pissed. He dealt with all the BS for 2 years then gets STAT and a team that he likes and is winning! Then they give him another Marbury! If I were him, I would be dreading the day, I turned down Chicago. He is not without blame here but really, the man has been given a very difficult player to deal with.

Oh and Gallo wins another one for Denver last night....TEAM BALL in Denver.

Defense and Dirk ball won the 'chip' last year.

your talking about chips? We are building around a player who's advanced in the playoffs ONCE

Thanks for another surface answer....Thanks for neglecting that pretty much every series the Nugs lost they didn't have homecourt advantage (with the exception of 1, I believe) and lost to the Spurs and Lakers.

I'm not even the biggest Melo fan, just trying to fair in these one-sided arguments. Its not so much that we need Melo, per se to win a chip, but this 'equal opportunity' offense which neglects the hot hand unless your the pg just isn't championship quality IMO.

it's pretty clear the message to dolan from CAA/melo is: fire MDA and Grunwald (read the berman piece, it is calling for BOTH their heads) or trade melo.

trade this cancer. he is undermining his bosses. move on. trade him for a loss. whatever.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/source_anthony_at_odds_with_antoni_YjNqpRkBHjhTuavBXv5IhJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Knicks

Anthony was unavailable for comment Tuesday as the Knicks did not practice. It is against NBA rules to publicly state a desire to be traded.

According to the source, Grunwald has had just one conversation with Anthony since he became GM. And D’Antoni rarely talks to Anthony after games, especially since Anthony’s return from a groin injury. The Knicks have lost 8 of 10 games since then to fall to 18-24 and out of playoff position.

Anthony is not close to owner James Dolan the way Amar’e Stoudemire is. The source said Anthony gets along best with assistant GM Allan Houston, who eventually could succeed Grunwald.

“He knows Glen doesn’t like him,’’ the source said.

It would seem unlikely — and ill-advised — for the Knicks to pull off a trade for Anthony on such short notice before Thursday’s deadline.

Though Stoudemire lobbied for the Knicks to trade for Anthony, the pair’s friendship has not flourished.

ShellTopAdidas wrote:So its not that he can't buy into the system, he just WON'T??? Unfreaking believable!!! This is what we gutted our team for??? LOL!!! WOW!!!

Walsh was probably hoping he would go to NJ, so he could get Deron!

The Russian has the last laugh!

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:

ShellTopAdidas wrote:So its not that he can't buy into the system, he just WON'T??? Unfreaking believable!!! This is what we gutted our team for??? LOL!!! WOW!!!

How freaking SAD! At the time, if he really wanted to be a Knick, all he had to do was just play out the season for Denver or whoever they traded him too. Then come to NY as a FA. NY would have had all the pieces still in tact. But no, he wanted his money and was willing to go anywhere (NJ!!!) so long as he got his. WARNING SIGNS!!!! Dolan you are an idiot for not listening to Walsh!

Walsh was probably hoping he would go to NJ, so he could get Deron!

The Russian has the last laugh!

Even with Gallo, Wilson, Moz and no Wilson (dont think we could have gotten both, him and Melo) this would not have worked. Mike and Melo are not compatible. And since Melo has Dolan and 4 more years, while Mike has the rest of the team and only the rest of the year, its clear that one has to go. Guess who it will be

SteveSmith wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:

ShellTopAdidas wrote:So its not that he can't buy into the system, he just WON'T??? Unfreaking believable!!! This is what we gutted our team for??? LOL!!! WOW!!!

How freaking SAD! At the time, if he really wanted to be a Knick, all he had to do was just play out the season for Denver or whoever they traded him too. Then come to NY as a FA. NY would have had all the pieces still in tact. But no, he wanted his money and was willing to go anywhere (NJ!!!) so long as he got his. WARNING SIGNS!!!! Dolan you are an idiot for not listening to Walsh!

Walsh was probably hoping he would go to NJ, so he could get Deron!

The Russian has the last laugh!

Even with Gallo, Wilson, Moz and no Wilson (dont think we could have gotten both, him and Melo) this would not have worked. Mike and Melo are not compatible. And since Melo has Dolan and 4 more years, while Mike has the rest of the team and only the rest of the year, its clear that one has to go. Guess who it will be

It depends on what Dolan wants and where he places blame. If he blames MDA for not making it work then obviously he's gone, but if he realized Melo is the problem maybe (fingers crossed) he gets purged.

How about Luol Deng and Rip Hamilton? Lots of reasonable deals out there... Josh Smith and Marvin Williams might be another

fishmike wrote:

SteveSmith wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:

ShellTopAdidas wrote:So its not that he can't buy into the system, he just WON'T??? Unfreaking believable!!! This is what we gutted our team for??? LOL!!! WOW!!!

How freaking SAD! At the time, if he really wanted to be a Knick, all he had to do was just play out the season for Denver or whoever they traded him too. Then come to NY as a FA. NY would have had all the pieces still in tact. But no, he wanted his money and was willing to go anywhere (NJ!!!) so long as he got his. WARNING SIGNS!!!! Dolan you are an idiot for not listening to Walsh!

Walsh was probably hoping he would go to NJ, so he could get Deron!

The Russian has the last laugh!

Even with Gallo, Wilson, Moz and no Wilson (dont think we could have gotten both, him and Melo) this would not have worked. Mike and Melo are not compatible. And since Melo has Dolan and 4 more years, while Mike has the rest of the team and only the rest of the year, its clear that one has to go. Guess who it will be

I would have agreed with you 100% except I think Lin may have changed that. Lin has sold out more games than Melo. That kid is a cash cow so the business behind getting Melo is a bit moot at this point.

It depends on what Dolan wants and where he places blame. If he blames MDA for not making it work then obviously he's gone, but if he realized Melo is the problem maybe (fingers crossed) he gets purged.

How about Luol Deng and Rip Hamilton? Lots of reasonable deals out there... Josh Smith and Marvin Williams might be another

Thats our hope, isnt it? That Dolan is out for the money, and the money alone.

He had his ticket raise due to Melo, now he has the potential to get sustainable cash flow due to Linsanity. But he probably wont get it when he erases MDA from the equasion, because lets be real: Lin is a nice player, but with another system/coach hes exactly that. A nice player. With MDA he could become a superstar and the global icon all of Asia and probably half of the rest of the world would spend money for.