"This is a deal we feel works for both this franchise and Carmelo. We thank him for his seven seasons in a Knicks uniform and all that he accomplished off the court for the City of New York by using his platform to address social issues"

If you remember, last year's summer they touted Carmelo as a great player and perennial All-Star etc etc

On Sept 25, 2017 when they traded him, that trade got us...
Kanter, McDermott, and a 2nd round pick.

Then they realized over the course of the season that McBuckets was going to cost them in FA, so they traded him and a 2nd round pick for Mudiay and a 2nd round pick.

McBuckets signed for 3 yrs and $20 million w/ Pacers.

The Carmelo 2nd round pick became Mitch Robinson

So essentially we flipped Carmelo for...
Kanter...a double double machine with the same abysmal defense, 8 yrs younger and 9 mill less per year on contract.
Mudiay...looking like a stud PG finally under Fiz tutelage and Craig Robinson player development
Mitch...future twin tower lineup next to KP. Critics agree its a steal.

Even if we forget about the Trier signing as an NBA ready player...
Reporters claiming today that Carmelo has seen his last NBA game.
So essentially in 1 year 2 months, we've gone from a 33 yr old has-been to a 26 yr old center, a 22 yr old possibly future PG of the Knicks and a 20 yr old future center of the Knicks.

Now is that a FO masterpiece or what?

NYKBocker wrote:

arkrud wrote:Let see what Kanter will get us in the trade or after his contract expired and we sign some FA...
But in general it prove once again - you do the right thing and you will never regret it at worst.
A little luck and you can get rewarded.

I hope we keep Kanter. That big turk has grown on me.

I understand. I like him also. The unknown is a step of faith into what can be seen vs. what is.
Why its not easy to say "I think knicks will be able to upgrade from hear with....."
The future is Mitch and KP. The rest will sort itself out. Ode to Enes!!! Good teammate!!

Vmart wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:Was anyone saying they didn't? Perry did a great job picking up Phils fumble.

It wasn’t a fumble it was “the holy roller”. Phil knew that the only way to get Melo to shuffle his feet with the no trade clause was to make it a big deal. Melo had a lot of people fooled including Phil. Hence the no trade.

Bull****. Phil did squat. Probably never even spoke to him except through the media. Perry came in and acted like a true GM and worked things out so that both parties can move on. And did so pretty quickly and efficiently. And as the thread states, did it with great return. Dolan did one thing right and fired the fool. That way Perry was able to stop a useless trade, reset and complete the trade that took place?

And Melo fooled people for 16 years. So well that he is guaranteed to be in the Hall of Fame.

Agree he should have not ever received a NTC at that stage in his career. But Phil was also the genius who thought Noah and Rose were the ones needed to surround him with.

HofstraBBall wrote:

Vmart wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:Was anyone saying they didn't? Perry did a great job picking up Phils fumble.

It wasn’t a fumble it was “the holy roller”. Phil knew that the only way to get Melo to shuffle his feet with the no trade clause was to make it a big deal. Melo had a lot of people fooled including Phil. Hence the no trade.

Bull****. Phil did squat. Probably never even spoke to him except through the media. Perry came in and acted like a true GM and worked things out so that both parties can move on. And did so pretty quickly and efficiently. And as the thread states, did it with great return. Dolan did one thing right and fired the fool. That way Perry was able to stop a useless trade, reset and complete the trade that took place?

And Melo fooled people for 16 years. So well that he is guaranteed to be in the Hall of Fame.

Agree he should have not ever received a NTC at that stage in his career. But Phil was also the genius who thought Noah and Rose were the ones needed to surround him with.

Yeah, and I sure hate the fooling Melo did the first three years of his tenure here. I love spending seasons doing the Phil-ly special; tank threads, watching the draft listings, wondering what unknown phenoms we're missing from the Euro leagues now that BRIGGS has been relegated to winning the Gamepicker...