arkrud wrote:EnySpree wrote:arkrud wrote:smackeddog wrote:We won't get him but that's not because the front office has learnt anything- it's because melo won't agree to it.
For once Melo is really helping Knicks.
How is Melo helping the Knicks? He wants to go to Houston only.... no trade is going to work for the Knicks.
Trading Melo for Kyrie is a no brainer. I don't get the narrative that it's the same old Knicks. If it was the same old Knicks we'd be trying to trade a 25 year old Melo for a 34 year old Kyrie.... but its the opposite..... we're talking about Melo and Courtney Lee for Kyrie, Frye and Shump... is that a bad trade for us? We would have to throw in a 1st round pick.... would that be the same old Knicks? That would be a fantastic trade to make. It would make the Knicks a better ball club by far
Cavs will not trade him for Melo type player without getting good young prospect and 2 1-st rounders with 1 unprotected.
And it may be fine for some team with a lot of assets but deadly for us.
You will get Marbs or Melo deal all over again and suck another 7 years with Irving.
I get that people don't like the melo trade. But in order to not like the melo trade don't have to pretend if they didn't make it the Knicks were on a path to being a good team.
The had a ****ty pg, no real center to speak of, two small forwards (one who was going to be an RFA, one that went on to be oft injured) and no 2012 first round pick, and they were well short of mac cap space.
In 2011-12 they would have been a lottery team without a lottery pick.