VCoug wrote:No way Boston does that. They just blew up their team and traded two beloved players in Pierce and Garnett so they can do a full rebuild from the ground up; they're not going to blow up that plan because 30-year old Melo is available.

That is the difference smart teams will add Melo after they already have young pieces in place. We never have young pieces in place or we trade them for players like mcdyess Marbury and melo

Celtics haven't even added those young pieces yet

mreinman wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:The deal would make sense for all parties. We could take back their pick that is projected to be 5th overall and the 17th pick in return. Meanwhile, Melo has supposedly been interested in playing with Rondo for sometime. On top of that, Melo still gets his big market notoriety. With a good amount of cap space set to open up for them in 2015, the Celtics could really start making moves around this Rondo-Melo core. Thoughts?

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Celtics would not do that in a million years.

The Celtics have already traded away a 5th pick for a 32 year old Ray Allen. Is it crazy to think that they'd do it for a 30 year old Carmelo?

EnySpree wrote:They traded the farm to get KG and Ray Allen to pair with Rondo......who is to say they wouldn't trade the farm again for Melo and possibly someone else. They have the chips to do so.

Do the Celtics ever deal with the Knicks. I would love to trade Melo to walk out with picks. Dante Exume looks like a player Phil can work with in his system.

NardDogNation wrote:

mreinman wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:The deal would make sense for all parties. We could take back their pick that is projected to be 5th overall and the 17th pick in return. Meanwhile, Melo has supposedly been interested in playing with Rondo for sometime. On top of that, Melo still gets his big market notoriety. With a good amount of cap space set to open up for them in 2015, the Celtics could really start making moves around this Rondo-Melo core. Thoughts?

haha

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Celtics would not do that in a million years.

The Celtics have already traded away a 5th pick for a 32 year old Ray Allen. Is it crazy to think that they'd do it for a 30 year old Carmelo?

They did it because he was a final piece to a starphuck

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:No way Boston does that. They just blew up their team and traded two beloved players in Pierce and Garnett so they can do a full rebuild from the ground up; they're not going to blow up that plan because 30-year old Melo is available.

They blew up their team because KG and Pierce were not capable of being cornerstones of their franchise anymore. They kept Rondo because he still has that ability. Is there any doubt that Melo is also a franchise player and would make for a potent 1-2 punch with him?

When Boston traded picks and youth for Allen and KG, those guys were 33 and 31 years old respectively. Is it a stretch to imagine that they'd do it again, considering that they have an established star already in Rondo and a buttress of cap space in 2015?

It seems like Ainge is using the same formula.

Vmart wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:No way Boston does that. They just blew up their team and traded two beloved players in Pierce and Garnett so they can do a full rebuild from the ground up; they're not going to blow up that plan because 30-year old Melo is available.

They blew up their team because KG and Pierce were not capable of being cornerstones of their franchise anymore. They kept Rondo because he still has that ability. Is there any doubt that Melo is also a franchise player and would make for a potent 1-2 punch with him?

When Boston traded picks and youth for Allen and KG, those guys were 33 and 31 years old respectively. Is it a stretch to imagine that they'd do it again, considering that they have an established star already in Rondo and a buttress of cap space in 2015?

It seems like Ainge is using the same formula.

He should use the same formula and we should look to indulge him. The picks won't be good enough to land the gold standard of the draft (Embiid, Parker and Wiggins) but I'd be more than comfortable with the draft's 2nd tier prospects (Exum, Randle, Smart, Vonleh, etc.)

NardDogNation wrote:The deal would make sense for all parties. We could take back their pick that is projected to be 5th overall and the 17th pick in return. Meanwhile, Melo has supposedly been interested in playing with Rondo for sometime. On top of that, Melo still gets his big market notoriety. With a good amount of cap space set to open up for them in 2015, the Celtics could really start making moves around this Rondo-Melo core. Thoughts?

Is Rondo interested in playing with Melo? Or anyone, at this stage in his IR-strewn career? That would leave Melo playing 50-60 games a season with ...Brandon Bass and Jeff Green.

Yeah, I'm sure Melo would be all excited about that. Rebuilding in Boston while praying for Rondo's knees.

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:No way Boston does that. They just blew up their team and traded two beloved players in Pierce and Garnett so they can do a full rebuild from the ground up; they're not going to blow up that plan because 30-year old Melo is available.

They blew up their team because KG and Pierce were not capable of being cornerstones of their franchise anymore. They kept Rondo because he still has that ability. Is there any doubt that Melo is also a franchise player and would make for a potent 1-2 punch with him?

When Boston traded picks and youth for Allen and KG, those guys were 33 and 31 years old respectively. Is it a stretch to imagine that they'd do it again, considering that they have an established star already in Rondo and a buttress of cap space in 2015?

They traded picks and youth only after they missed out on the Durant/Oden lottery. And they had Rondo AND Pierce already on the team, not just Rondo. And Allen and Garnett were better players than Melo.