Nalod wrote:We talking about absorbing Bosh's contract in return for Melo, but Miami has to compensate for that. Would Winslow and the 14th pick do that?
Hypothetically, to market conditions, factoring in the previous Biedrins/Rush/Iggy trade to Utah and when Cleveland essentially bought a pick by absorbing Baron Davis' dead contract and also that these were in the previous CBA, I'd say it would look something like this
Carmelo Anthony
Kyle O'Quinn
One 2nd round pick
for
Chris Bosh
Josh McRoberts
One 1st round pick ( protected up to 8) in a future year
One "phantom" 1st round pick ( protected up to 25, then rolls into two 2nd round picks in X number of future seasons. Basically the NBA version of a phantom NFL contract, where the player is really signing a one year prove it deal, but to appease the agents and media, it "looks" like a monster deal. It's really going to be two 2nds)
Right to pick flip 2nd round picks in a future year
Right to pick flip 1st round picks in a future year ( protected up to 15)
Some smaller pieces would need to move to get the salaries to work out, but the Knicks would not be getting Winslow and they wouldn't be getting this years pick. If the Heat traded for Melo, assuming he'd waive his NTC, the Heat would commit to gun for it for two years. They would need Winslow and that pick to push now as help for now or acquire other assets.
The other quite bizarre scenario would be to move Noah and O'Quinn for Bosh. This would be sort of odd, but the Heat might weigh out getting a 15 minute a night player for what is a dead contract and a 35 million cash hit. For an extra 19 million over what they had to pay anyway in cash, they'd equalize the last three years of Noah's deal. That 19 million across three years might be more palatable than a 35 million cash hit, then paying 26 million a year TWICE for two years for the same cap space hold. For the Knicks, it would be unloading Noah and his bad contract for 35 million in cash. Which is quasi form of amnesty. Not likely to happen, the Heat could likely use their cap space better, but I suppose it's an interesting thought discussion when it's just about saving cash over getting actual help.
