Bonn1997 wrote:You know with his trade Kicker, Melo's salary is almost $30 mil a season? I don't see any team wanting a 43% shooter who doesn't play defense for that price no matter how high the scoring volume is. I don't think we'd be getting assets for him. Pretty sure we'd have to take garbage back in a trade.

Don't the knicks pay the trade kicker? Or at least have the option too

SupremeCommander wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:You know with his trade Kicker, Melo's salary is almost $30 mil a season? I don't see any team wanting a 43% shooter who doesn't play defense for that price no matter how high the scoring volume is. I don't think we'd be getting assets for him. Pretty sure we'd have to take garbage back in a trade.

i agree. His deal with the kicker is almost not moveable. I also don't expect Phil to get much back in trades. Especially when he has expressed his desire to move the player and criticized him in the media.

I don't think he's unmovable. I think some GM and owner combo is going to think that a trade would reinvigorate Melo. That said, I'm not expecting much in terms of assets. If we could get a guy best suited as the fifth-best starter or a sixth man and a pick, that would be tremendous. We're definitely not getting the best player in the deal back, unless the draft pick turns out way better than anticiapted

shinmen wrote:We can't expect much back in terms of asset but it is imperative that we don't get back negative value as well. Crawford has a negative value. I know Melo is not the best player but we can legitimately expect a better package that what Calderon alone would have gotten us.

Yeah that's the problem. The reason we don't want Crawford is why no team will take his contract unless we give up assets to do so. I think we have to just wait for Melo's contract to expire or take on an even worse contract in a trade. Looks like we'll never see the day where Melo's contract is a bargain in the new CBA.

wargames wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:You know with his trade Kicker, Melo's salary is almost $30 mil a season? I don't see any team wanting a 43% shooter who doesn't play defense for that price no matter how high the scoring volume is. I don't think we'd be getting assets for him. Pretty sure we'd have to take garbage back in a trade.

Don't the knicks pay the trade kicker? Or at least have the option too

Bonn1997 wrote:

shinmen wrote:We can't expect much back in terms of asset but it is imperative that we don't get back negative value as well. Crawford has a negative value. I know Melo is not the best player but we can legitimately expect a better package that what Calderon alone would have gotten us.

Yeah that's the problem. The reason we don't want Crawford is why no team will take his contract unless we give up assets to do so. I think we have to just wait for Melo's contract to expire or take on an even worse contract in a trade. Looks like we'll never see the day where Melo's contract is a bargain in the new CBA.