I'd prefer to blow it up and trade Melo but here's my plan based on keeping Melo.
Draft Winslow 4th. He starts at the 3 and Melo at the 4. Target either Koufos or Ajinca in free agency, don't really care which one, should probably cost $9M-ish of our $26M available. Either of them starts at 5. Target Biyombo at about $6M. Worst case scenario he's a very good defensive big on the bench. Best case scenario he turns into Marcus Camby. That leave about $11M in cap space. Tell Jimmy Dolan to go **** himself and try to bring in Lin for around $5M or $6M. Throw the rest of our money at Lou Williams or Mo Williams.
Not really interested in Monroe who seems like a good stats on a bad team kind of guy. Like Shareef Abdur Rahim. Definitely not interested in Rondo who hasn't had a single positive moment on the court in 3 seasons. I like Tobias Harris but not at the money it will take to get him away from Orlando. Don't expect anything from Thanasis.
That gives us a lineup of
PG: Lin
SG: Galloway
SF: Winslow
PF: Melo
C: Ajinca/KoufosBench: Biyombo, THJr, Lou/Mo Williams
That gives us a very diverse lineup that allows us to match up with a lot of different teams. We can go big with Koufos/Ajinca and Biyombo up front, Melo @ 3, and Winslow @ 2. We can go super small with Lin-Williams-Galloway-Winslow-Biyombo. That's a team good enough offensively and defensively to be a top 4 or 5 team in the crappy East.
Now the joy of my world is in Zion
How beautiful if nothing more
Than to wait at Zion's door
I've never been in love like this before
Now let me pray to keep you from
The perils that will surely come