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I still really don't understand this idea to try to pair AD with a ball dominant front court guy. It seems idiotic frankly.

yup. but that's NOP. pretty terrible front office.

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Sweet Jesus. How does Sacramento say no to this trade? Do it now, Sacto!!

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crzymdups wrote:

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Sweet Jesus. How does Sacramento say no to this trade? Do it now, Sacto!!

Exactly. but they only got ONE protected first rounder.

Thats the hilarious thing- they didn't even get the protection lifted off the one 1st rounder they got!

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Sweet Jesus. How does Sacramento say no to this trade? Do it now, Sacto!!

That is what the Knicks gave up to get out from under Jeffries deal when Walsh was running things.

Not true. He only gave up Jordan Hill. Hill was a terrible pick, but Walsh didn't include a number one pick.

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crzymdups wrote:

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crzymdups wrote:

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Sweet Jesus. How does Sacramento say no to this trade? Do it now, Sacto!!

That is what the Knicks gave up to get out from under Jeffries deal when Walsh was running things.

Not true. He only gave up Jordan Hill. Hill was a terrible pick, but Walsh didn't include a number one pick.

Yeah he did. The Rockets used it on the kid that ended up leaving the nba because he was afraid to fly. The pick was in the 12-16 range.

Houston also has the right to swap first-round picks with New York in 2011, and the Rockets also get New York's 2012 first-round pick.

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nixluva wrote:Could be a smokescreen but trading Melo was always going to be tough for all the reasons NTC and more. Still could see a smaller move being made.

I'm not quite sure why people don't see the handwriting on the wall. If Phil Jackson was staying past this season, odds are Melo would waive his NTC to go somewhere else. His refusal is basically him playing a game of chicken with Phil Jackson, and if he's not traded by the deadline, then Phil Jackson will either be fired or be asked to retire with full pay.

There's no more loss for Jackson here. He drafted Hernangomez and Zinger, so he can say he did something positive and if blame is to be spread, it will burn out on Melo and Dolan.

I wager Phil Jackson is as good as gone at this point.

Bill Simmons pointed it out clearly, Melo has never lost a power struggle in his entire career. His teams have suffered for it , of course, but he's never NOT gotten his way.

I think this is most likely what Melo is doing but I think he will actually LOSE this time. Phil doesn't have to trade Melo to still achieve part of what he wants to do with the Knicks. Melo would be surrounded by kids and only getting older and with fewer options to play on a team that's ready to challenge for a Title. Kind of dumb on Melo's part. Phil would be in a more solid position with a new 1st rd Draft Pick plus other young new talent and Melo the odd man out on a rebuilding roster.

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crzymdups wrote:

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crzymdups wrote:

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Sweet Jesus. How does Sacramento say no to this trade? Do it now, Sacto!!

That is what the Knicks gave up to get out from under Jeffries deal when Walsh was running things.

Not true. He only gave up Jordan Hill. Hill was a terrible pick, but Walsh didn't include a number one pick.

Yeah he did. The Rockets used it on the kid that ended up leaving the nba because he was afraid to fly. The pick was in the 12-16 range.

It was our 2012 first round pick that they used to select Royce White. And yes, it was a terrible ****ing trade by Donnie Walsh that badly handicapped this team and the Melo era for years.

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crzymdups wrote:

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crzymdups wrote:

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Sweet Jesus. How does Sacramento say no to this trade? Do it now, Sacto!!

That is what the Knicks gave up to get out from under Jeffries deal when Walsh was running things.

Not true. He only gave up Jordan Hill. Hill was a terrible pick, but Walsh didn't include a number one pick.

Yeah he did. The Rockets used it on the kid that ended up leaving the nba because he was afraid to fly. The pick was in the 12-16 range.

It was our 2012 first round pick that they used to select Royce White. And yes, it was a terrible ****ing trade by Donnie Walsh that badly handicapped this team and the Melo era for years.

The Walsh era was really bad. I think it is sugar coated some because Donnie was a good guy and was transparent with the media. I have heard several writers that covered the Knicks from that era rave about Walsh but it always was about how he treated them not about basketball moves made.

EXACTLY. The guy was striking out before he even came to New York with the Pacers being at or below a .400 team leading up to his departure. The only reason he got the hire was because of a league mandate to change up leadership and due to his positive history with Isiah. Beyond that, the guy was wholly out of his depth for the cutting edge stuff other executives had been demonstrating.

The Los Angeles Clippers have intermittently discussed a Blake Griffin trade with the Boston Celtics this season though a deal is unlikely at this point.

Griffin will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. The Celtics would likely seek official permission to talk to Griffin about his future before executing a trade.

The Clippers would seek Jae Crowder, either Avery Bradley or Marcus Smart and multiple picks in exchange for Griffin.

Supposedly Celtics started following Melo on Instagram tonight, too.

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