Paris907 wrote:Last I checked you need to go to the Finals to win a championship. Portland with Melo is a 4,5 out West. Houston more competitive but no cigar. Wanna go to the Finals ? Sign with Cavs. Get a 1st round pick and flip Love out to PORTLAND FOR SOME youth a pick and talent. Plus with Crowder, and LBJ Melo's defensive liabilities will be absorbed.

Melo wont go to Cleveland because LeBron might bail after next season. He wants to go to another team where he can get more money next season, if he stays. Wants to be sure the team he signs with will contend for the next few years. Wont happen in Cleveland without LeBron, and LeBron probably wont decide what to do till next summer.

NYKBocker wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:If Melo doesn't expand his list of teams. .I am afraid a lot of knick Gans will turn on him. I hope it's not the case. He has grown on me.

Gans=fans....stoopid phone

Big deal, I do that on a laptop, and after reading it twice.

He's a distraction. G2G

Paris907 wrote:More Melo nonsense. https://hoopshabit.com/2017/09/09/new-york-knicks-how-carmelo-anthony-impacts-knicks-training-camp/

He's a distraction. G2G

“Knicks players repeatedly said this summer that even as bad as it got last season, Anthony was never a problem with the coaches or the staff and that he was liked by his teammates. Assuming none of that has changed, it’s not like the Knicks would be bringing a toxic element into their locker room with Anthony, but it would create an external circus the entire team would have to manage, at least initially.”
So, the reason the Knicks aren’t rushing to trade Melo before training camp is because they know his character as a teammate.

Knickoftime wrote:

Finestrg wrote:So Jabari Parker's supposedly seeking a max contract offer eventually from the Bucks (5 yrs/max money). Is that something that scares the Bucks into trading him and opens the door up for us?

How would the Knicks acquire him?

Say Bucks take anderson and a pick from Rockets, We get Jabari, Melo to Rockets.
Not saying thats fair or in favor.

Jabari wants max money? SO do I. Dude knees are not exactly max money.
He can ask. Every team should be scared, but Im not a knee specialist.
I love the idea of Jabari all healthy and we take it on, but I remember eddy and Amare also.

SwishAndDish13 wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Knickoftime wrote:

Finestrg wrote:So Jabari Parker's supposedly seeking a max contract offer eventually from the Bucks (5 yrs/max money). Is that something that scares the Bucks into trading him and opens the door up for us?

How would the Knicks acquire him?

Say Bucks take anderson and a pick from Rockets, We get Jabari, Melo to Rockets.
Not saying thats fair or in favor.

Jabari wants max money? SO do I. Dude knees are not exactly max money.
He can ask. Every team should be scared, but Im not a knee specialist.
I love the idea of Jabari all healthy and we take it on, but I remember eddy and Amare also.

This is a Knicks move if I've ever seen one. Alternatively, we could just wait and Amare him. Can't see many besides the Knicks signing up to max a guy who probably will never play.

Thats a fair statement before the "Great Cultural Revolution".
I'd have to say since the McKinsey deal the knicks are more foreward thinking. Melo contract not crazy as the guy can still play. Not saying he is worth the money, nor did Phils vision come to fruition. We know what happend.
The only deal that comes close to being awful is Noah's and we talking 17mil year, not 30!!! Its not that outrageous that Noah's return to some form of good healthy.
So while its not pretty today, its not a franchise killer.
Melo can be traded for Anderson who is not aweful. We just don't want that.

That alone speaks to a change. As for Parker, he has the talent, but will have to prove his durability. Im not going to kill the knicks based what parker wants and what internet chatter says.

HofstraBBall wrote:

Nalod wrote:

SwishAndDish13 wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Knickoftime wrote:

Finestrg wrote:So Jabari Parker's supposedly seeking a max contract offer eventually from the Bucks (5 yrs/max money). Is that something that scares the Bucks into trading him and opens the door up for us?

How would the Knicks acquire him?

Say Bucks take anderson and a pick from Rockets, We get Jabari, Melo to Rockets.
Not saying thats fair or in favor.

Jabari wants max money? SO do I. Dude knees are not exactly max money.
He can ask. Every team should be scared, but Im not a knee specialist.
I love the idea of Jabari all healthy and we take it on, but I remember eddy and Amare also.

This is a Knicks move if I've ever seen one. Alternatively, we could just wait and Amare him. Can't see many besides the Knicks signing up to max a guy who probably will never play.

Thats a fair statement before the "Great Cultural Revolution".
I'd have to say since the McKinsey deal the knicks are more foreward thinking. Melo contract not crazy as the guy can still play. Not saying he is worth the money, nor did Phils vision come to fruition. We know what happend.
The only deal that comes close to being awful is Noah's and we talking 17mil year, not 30!!! Its not that outrageous that Noah's return to some form of good healthy.
So while its not pretty today, its not a franchise killer.
Melo can be traded for Anderson who is not aweful. We just don't want that.

That alone speaks to a change. As for Parker, he has the talent, but will have to prove his durability. Im not going to kill the knicks based what parker wants and what internet chatter says.

My sources say Melo to Houston is going to happen. (Guys that played at Cuse). NY is just trying to squeeze out another piece but will most likely take Anderson, a first and a filler rather than letting Melo come to training camp. They may see Anderson as another 3pt. threat that would allow KP to operate freely. From what has been coming out of the front office, this seems possible.

TLover wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

Nalod wrote:

SwishAndDish13 wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Knickoftime wrote:

Finestrg wrote:So Jabari Parker's supposedly seeking a max contract offer eventually from the Bucks (5 yrs/max money). Is that something that scares the Bucks into trading him and opens the door up for us?

How would the Knicks acquire him?

Say Bucks take anderson and a pick from Rockets, We get Jabari, Melo to Rockets.
Not saying thats fair or in favor.

Jabari wants max money? SO do I. Dude knees are not exactly max money.
He can ask. Every team should be scared, but Im not a knee specialist.
I love the idea of Jabari all healthy and we take it on, but I remember eddy and Amare also.

This is a Knicks move if I've ever seen one. Alternatively, we could just wait and Amare him. Can't see many besides the Knicks signing up to max a guy who probably will never play.

Thats a fair statement before the "Great Cultural Revolution".
I'd have to say since the McKinsey deal the knicks are more foreward thinking. Melo contract not crazy as the guy can still play. Not saying he is worth the money, nor did Phils vision come to fruition. We know what happend.
The only deal that comes close to being awful is Noah's and we talking 17mil year, not 30!!! Its not that outrageous that Noah's return to some form of good healthy.
So while its not pretty today, its not a franchise killer.
Melo can be traded for Anderson who is not aweful. We just don't want that.

That alone speaks to a change. As for Parker, he has the talent, but will have to prove his durability. Im not going to kill the knicks based what parker wants and what internet chatter says.

My sources say Melo to Houston is going to happen. (Guys that played at Cuse). NY is just trying to squeeze out another piece but will most likely take Anderson, a first and a filler rather than letting Melo come to training camp. They may see Anderson as another 3pt. threat that would allow KP to operate freely. From what has been coming out of the front office, this seems possible.

It sounds reasonable. Thanks for posting this.

If that's the deal then I'd rather just keep Melo.