RonRon wrote:dk7th wrote:holfresh wrote:dk7th wrote:misterearl wrote:Bootleg Alertdk7th. - carmelo is frightened of doing hard work on the defensive end. it's unimaginable that he will not balk having to work under thibs.
Interesting
So you think the NBA leader in minutes played, responsibility accepted and most pressure for winning to be a recalcitrant issue for a former Knicks assistant coach?
Why?
he has a penchant of conserving his energy on the uphill side of the court so he can slalom on the downhill side. if that were not the case he would demand the privilege of guarding the opposing teams best wing player. but most of the time he doesn't, won't or probably just can't. he is overpowered by legit pfs and too slow to stay in front of sfs and fight over the picks. these are facts.
thibs will not kowtow to anthony. anthony knows that. chicago front office knows that and you better believe paxson has thibs back over there in spite of shedding deng. no way in hell melo goes to chicago. bad fit, especially with rose. in fact melo at this point is a bad fit no matter where he goes. the league has figured this out.
that is a fact. good news: even if he demands a trade from here there will be no takers, which means the knick front office can dictate terms to him. 12-13 million a year will be fair.
I guarantee one thing, Melo plays a lot harder than the guy you are all broken up about being traded..
yeah i don't see it that way. one thing i liked about gallinari is that he asked his coaches that he be allowed to guard the hardest assignments. admirable and he was effective.
melo? nope. narcissism means you want to hide your deficiencies so people can't figure out how close to a zero-sum player you really are. that's why melo shirks the tough assignments-- he doesn't like being exposed. he is not worth more than 12-13 million a year.
for the record it is not about who was traded for melo at this point, it's about what kind of maneuverability the knicks have as they continue along this ludicrous win-now with melo track. hint: they have none.
you happy about that?
I don't think it is impossible to build a contending team with Melo but he would have to NOT opt out this summer at least
Hopefully even take less for 1 year with a player option in 2015 summer do some wise recruiting and find a core to build WITH
And if Dolan and Melo can do an under table deal for him to retire a Knick, I really don't care at this point
Melo is flawed but if this happens, I would be all for it
Question is would willing be willing to waste next year and take a shot at Dolan screwing him of a guaranteed deal
If he straight up signs with either Sun's or Detroit which both have a decent amount of money (with Detroit, he might have to make slightly less than what he is getting now though)
Suns or Detroit, I think he can compete, the same year, and still be able to build in the near future
Sun's have much salary cap space, draft picks, and
Detroit
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Jennings
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Melo
Josh Smith
Drummond
Billups/Bynum
sign and trade Greg Monroe
Dragic
Bledsoe *if they move him or Dragic*
Melo/Green
Frye *player option*/Melo
Plumlee/Frye/Len
Archie Goodwin
They would also have to give up on the Morris brothers
MANY 1st round picks, some of which can be packaged for talented players
you have a keen basketball mind, ron so i will ask you to construct, step by step, how you build a contender WITH not AROUND him.
before you do so, i for one am not at all convinced that a two-way point guard with a forceful personality and who can dictate the action can succeed with this guy. who is this player anyway? remember a couple of years ago when mark jackson or some other tv guy said that with rondo it was about being able to say "no" to his teammates?
that said, billups was able to impose his will and say "no" and the nuggets had their best season with melo. i believe the plan was that nash would have a similar effect with the lakers and bryant but i don't think that worked out too well.
by the way, anthiny's salary that year with billups was 14.4 million and billups's was merely 11 million. squint your eyes a bit and you can easily see how a 12-13 million dollar salary for melo is not only more than fair-- it is absolutely necessary. dollars to donuts this nuance will go over the heads of most but there you go.
i like the idea of backloading. it has precedents. i think shaq did it, maybe duncan as well. but alas melo is not very bright-- in fact he comes across as stupid... as does his partner in crime dolan. can't ever leave dolan out, ron. what a scumbag.
melo has had success when he has been put in his place by nba finals mvp billups and while on the olympic team. everything else it has been failure because he thinks he is all that. ****ing primadonna!
p.s. that detroit lineup is untenable.
knicks win 38-43 games in 16-17. rose MUST shoot no more than 14 shots per game, defer to kp6 + melo, and have a usage rate of less than 25%