As I said lol, the Knicks are trying to get key players for Melo and the only offers they get are teams trying to dump their bad contracts on them.
But that's factoring in waiving his trade kicker. So it's 27.5m in salary if he exercised his trade kicker and only 21.1m if he waived his trade kicker. Thanks @zeeshan2
The game changes with OKC, if he goes to the Blazer or Cavs that's fine, but if he goes to OKC then they're a real threat. So this is no longer just an offensive move, we now have to make this move for defensive purposes.
He can't deliver us Carmelo, and you want him to get a better star? Hinkie's record only looked decent/good because of the high picks in Philly.
Morey needs to wait. No need to rush. Let's see how the team gels. Is adding Melo and subtracting Ryno+Gordon or Capela gonna beat the Warriors? Nope. There's more time to trade for the right player(s). Every angle we're discussing here Morey already has on PowerPoint. Trust the process.
we have no other assets to send out in a trade for a decent player at this point. the only reason we had any chance with melo is because he's bestie's with CP3 and he has a NTC
OKC had two young players Indy wanted, one being a local kid. We didn't have anyone to trade for George that's better than Oladipo, or the desire to risk everything on a guy who will likely leave in a year. I don't see how Morey "let" OKC have him. If OKC gets Melo for a better player on a shorter contract, then I don't see how Morey is a failure for that either. It doesn't make sense to trade more than Anderson. Why is this lost on people? Adding more doesn't make us better.
One thing to remember about OKC is it is a one year deal. Melo improves our ceiling, still makes it unlikely to beat the Warriors. I don't see OKC getting past the warriors, all 3 guys can split, all it takes is one of George or Westbrook to split for Melo to then split. They are risking it all if they trade for Melo and really they should. This next season could be the last season that OKC is relevant in a while.
Maybe, depends. Would the Warriors still spank them? If you are Paul George why stay in OKC to get spanked by the Warriors annually when you can go to L.A, your hometown, and get spanked there? At least the Lakers have young players that you can convince yourself that they are building something special...OKC...not so much I think.
regarding melo, if morey is refusing to part w/ our 2020 pick and loses melo to OKC due to this, that is 100% on him. also on him is signing anderson to that ridiculous contract that's holding this organization back in the first place. regarding paul george, i still think we could have beaten that package but he just didn't want to take the risk of george bolting to LA after a year anyways. either way, i'll just agree with your stance here
Well, once Mr. All-Time-Sellout went to Golden State, that meant Lebron needs another Western Conference All-Star caliber player on his team.
i propose we trade ariza for a pick and add it to our package. otherwise, we are basically stuck with anderson's contract another 2-3yrs with no tangible way to improve and also risk cpt bolting next summer
If that's enough to make it work koo. I know Ariza is boys with CP3 and Harden. If that hurdle can be jumped than you pull the trigger. I'm sure Morey knows now to get off his ass.
We need our 2020 1st. We already gave up a pick for CP3 and we will need to add cheap cost controlled talent since we will be way over the cap if he resigns. As far as Andersons contract, it was necessary to help us go from a bottom feeder playoff team to an attractive contending team again. No Anderson = no top seed last year = no CP3. As far as George, we didn't have anyone to top Oladipo. We spent all last season noting how OKC had talent and how Oladipo was considered better than most on our team prior to Russ dominating the ball. We can't flip the script now.
