They'd essentially lose a roster spot doing that. Not happening. And the players association will be all on their ass.
That's not true, if you treat your players that way, it's going to make it even harder for you to find players willing to join that joke of an organization. It's not a legitimate option. Also, there's no chance that you got Tim Hardaway Jr to sign an offer sheet with you unless you promised him Melo would be gone, if he's still on the roster at the start of the season, your FO takes yet another hit. It really sounds like you are holding out hope that the Knicks can get in a better position on this, but they really can't. What you are suggesting they do would make them an even bigger joke of an organization than they already were.
Agreed but at the same time this organization has done too much damage towards Melo. They've treated him like utter crap.
Haha. I've been paying too much attention. I just don't believe everything that's said on the internet
Not a big fan of Melo but he is a huge upgrade over Ryno. He can score and create his own shots. Rockets have to take risky moves like this in order to have any chance of beating Golden State. We still need to sign another center (McGee?) and a point guard and hopefully another player that can fill in multiple positions (C.J Miles?). Hope Chinanu can take Harrell's minutes. Qi maybe in the D-League most of the year
LMAO me? Holding out hope? Maybe you fail to understand the simple fact. Getting nothing for Melo is one thing, getting back huge NEGATIVE value in Anderson or Leonard is another. Of course is a legitimate option to send someone to his home. Tell the coach to bench him and tell him he won't play until he changes his mind. Noone is going to join the organisation anyway. THJ was a move by the previous GM not Griffin and he wouldn't sign ? LMAO He would say no to 17 mil a year because of Melo? He wasn't going to find anyone paying him more than 12 per.
They will lose much more than a roster spot by completing a trade that takes back Anderson or Portland's bad contracts. The NBPA can't intervene to a team benching someone. The player still gets paid.
this news just in melo will only waive his no trade clause if the rockets agree to run the triangle offense
Considering they're looking at a rebuild, I think stabilizing the Porzingis situation and improving their rep league-wide (i.e. among players/potential FAs, agents, etc.) are priorities. Your suggestion makes those matters much worse.
a rebuild requires to have as much capspace as possible. They are already in a crap situation, taking back a contract with the established trade value of MINUS two first round picks is exactly what makes a rebuild even worse. What I suggest that Griffin will do has the ultimate goal of Melo opening his options that includes a team that can trade back smth of if not slightly positive value at least neutral. That is what rebuilding teams do. They don't take back even worse contracts than what they have.
after they had their in game disagreement four or three years ago, they even said publicly both of them that they were good. I think Melo even wrote an article or smth about mentorship or smth.
So you want the Knicks FO to essentially blackball Melo in hopes of him eventually agreeing to waive his NTC? Do you realize the potential backlash a move like that would incite?
Why would it expand? Their options are to trade him to one of the two teams or negotiate a buyout....a buyout is probably more preferable so if they are too dumb to trade him and get something back it won't hurt Melo's feelings. The idea that they can just keep him at home for the rest of his contract is a bit naive and divorced from reality. That's not actually an option. It's something you do if you never want to sign another quality FA ever again. If they don't like what is offered, their ONLY other option is to do a buyout which Melo would be fine with.
