Melo buyout is a huge possibility, with the Rockets helping the Knicks in other ways. We will see how it goes, but I think Clint will be retained next year once the roster is set.
At least it keeps our collective minds off the impending massacre that's coming on Sunday. Besides, it's FUN!
Are you f'ing kidding me. What do you think the point is of a forum like CF. It is a community of fans getting together and bullsh*ting about their team and yea, some becoming friends. It is not the floor of the New York stock exchange where everyone is out for blood. "I'm not here to make friends" bwhahaha. Unreal.
I don't think it's only that teams go to another direction. I think sometimes some things he hears may be wrong or misleading through his sources. For example the relationship with CP3 and Griffin. What he had said was opposite from national writers. I never blame Cod tho even though I choose not to believe sometimes what he says. In fact if nothing comes true, I thank him for the info all the same. In the same token I dont think people should gang up and attack posters when they doubt some info by Cod , Cyber, potato etc. Doubt the message not the messenger. (in this case of bmd in this thread, I think he was way too hyperbolic and hysteric because truly there was nothing cryptic about what Cod posted at all.)
Explain Melo's incentive for giving up his Bird Rights for his next contract. A buyout not only means Melo agrees to basically wiping away his option year and losing $28m, but it would also mean his new team no longer has Bird Rights to sign the next contract. Both the team and the player have to agree to a buyout. Buyout is not a huge possibility. It hurts Melo vs a trade; it hurts the Knicks vs a trade; and it could hamper the new team, assuming they want to resign him next summer. You'd have to solve all three of those issues "in other ways", as you put it.
I hope Clint can play great and have a career year next to Harden and Paul. But I hope he doesn't expect max contract because of that, I hope he realize he won't be this good elsewhere.
Tell that to the player. Melo would only have one year with us limiting his 2nd yr to an MLE as a max to resign with us. So, you expect Melo to lose $28m or so from the buyout (he's due $54m over next two yrs with the option at NY) AND to sign his second year at a piddly $8m or so? And if we use that full MLE on him, then we are hardcapped again, making it really hard to pay Paul, Harden's raise and Capela. If we don't use the MLE on Melo, then he's basically limited to the vet minimum. Now, all that said, it's indeed a grand slam for us IF we can get him to take a buyout that Knicks would agree to AND resign for the Non Bird Exception or the lower Taxpayer MLE just to stay with CP3 and Harden ... basically pulling a Barkley, with some gentlemen's agreement to get more later. Good luck with that.
