Moonangie wrote:

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.

Exactly--if he wanted to be a Knick--he would be a Nugget this year. he doesnt give a F. He wants his money. LBJ and Bosh have much more credibility--they had a plan to be in Miami and stuck it out--this guy is way worse.

BRIGGS wrote:

Moonangie wrote:

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.

Exactly--if he wanted to be a Knick--he would be a Nugget this year. he doesnt give a F. He wants his money. LBJ and Bosh have much more credibility--they had a plan to be in Miami and stuck it out--this guy is way worse.

Will you eat those words if he refuses to sign an extension with the Nets? (which is akin to saying "Knicks or Bulls or I walk")...

Moonangie wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Moonangie wrote:

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.

Exactly--if he wanted to be a Knick--he would be a Nugget this year. he doesnt give a F. He wants his money. LBJ and Bosh have much more credibility--they had a plan to be in Miami and stuck it out--this guy is way worse.

Will you eat those words if he refuses to sign an extension with the Nets? (which is akin to saying "Knicks or Bulls or I walk")...

If hes a Net he will be there for atleast 5 years--think about it from the Nets perspective. If a deal gets done--he gets his

smackeddog wrote:Last season, i think, the Suns constructed a trade that would send Amar'e to Golden State in return fo AR and Stephen Curry- a great deal for them. What happened? Amar'e said he wouldn't re-sign with them, and so the trade was dead. Denver can spend all their time and effort constructing a great but complex trade for themselves, but if Carmello says no, then it's all for nothing. If he does block this trade, then it should be a wake up call for the Nuggets, and they'll have no choice but to start working on a trade to a team he will sign for and accept that they can't just trade him for the most attractive deal they want.

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.

- Deal didn't happen because Golden State didnt want to include Stephen Curry.

- Amare just wants his money and I doubt he really cares who paid him. You think if Milwaukee was the only one too offer him 100 million he wouldnt have played there? Come on.

Allanfan20 wrote:WTF would Melo be thinking to accept a trade to the Nets if they have Brook Lopez and Terrence Williams at best? No Harris, who's a good PG. No Favors. Sounds like he waaaaaaaaay cares more about the money than the basketball.

That's just assuming he would accept this trade. To me, his best move is to wait the year out and sign with the Knicks as a FA.

there's no way he's gonna want to play in denver this year. 41 home games of denver fans treating him like cleveland fans are gonna treat lebron on his returns there. his wife having to listen to crap. people hassling him everywhere he goes. no one wants that.

In each of these cases the team he ends up on has not given up valuable assets to get him, and if he ends up on the Knicks or Bulls he is almost immediately on a semi-finals+ quality team, without having to wait to be banging heads with the Celts, Magic, and Heat in important games.

There is a reason why Chicago does not seem to be willing to give up Noah in a trade for Melo- taking one step back, and 1 or 1.5 steps forward does not exactly get you anywhere. The Knicks should be thinking the same way as far as not giving up Gallinari + Randolph for Melo, which would seem to be the only way to get him considering our lack of #1s, and Denver's comments about not wanting Gallo.

Hopefully Walsh is thinking the same way, and hopefully Anthony, who has the power to kill any trade by saying he will not sign an extension, shows some patience.

AnubisADL wrote:

Amare would be on the T-Wolves talking foolishness like Beasley. I dont expect someone to leave 40 million in guaranteed dollars on the table.

Amare's favorite writer is the one who writes the dam checks.

Ha! I don't think he would, but then I say that because if I were in his situation, I wouldn't sign with the Twolves just for money. I guess that makes me better than him

AnubisADL wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:WTF would Melo be thinking to accept a trade to the Nets if they have Brook Lopez and Terrence Williams at best? No Harris, who's a good PG. No Favors. Sounds like he waaaaaaaaay cares more about the money than the basketball.

That's just assuming he would accept this trade. To me, his best move is to wait the year out and sign with the Knicks as a FA.

Devin Harris is Jamal Crawford. Only difference is Crawford is a better shooter and Harris is a better finisher. In either case dumping Harris's 10 million is beneficial to their 2011 cap space.

Harris gets to the free throw line a lot more often than Crawford. Harris is a lot better than Crawford if both are being relied upon to be the first option in the offense. Crawford in Atlanta is in the perfect spot for him right now. Harris needs to find a situation where he isn't the first option and his shooting numbers will look better.

Vmart wrote:We better start praying Gallo and Chandler become stars. This is bad news for KNicks if Melo does go to the Nets. This is actually worse than losing out on LeBron, Wade for the simple reason he wanted the Knicks and NY and the Knicks weren't able to pull a deal together.

it's better for the knicks. we'd give up players and chemistry that may well prove more successful than having melo in the mix. if dwade or his wife had come here we'd only be out picks and hill. Plus they’re both MUCH better players.

Paladin55 wrote:

Marv wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:WTF would Melo be thinking to accept a trade to the Nets if they have Brook Lopez and Terrence Williams at best? No Harris, who's a good PG. No Favors. Sounds like he waaaaaaaaay cares more about the money than the basketball.

That's just assuming he would accept this trade. To me, his best move is to wait the year out and sign with the Knicks as a FA.

there's no way he's gonna want to play in denver this year. 41 home games of denver fans treating him like cleveland fans are gonna treat lebron on his returns there. his wife having to listen to crap. people hassling him everywhere he goes. no one wants that.

A different perspective which I had not considered.

wee bit awkward no? trying to think of a real life situation that would be similar...

maybe like..mom n dad staying together for the kids but they hate each other and sleep in seperate beds?

I think we are right where we are supposed to be. Starting a promising year but still with loads of options next offseason