Carmelo Anthony still set on Rockets trade after Irving request.

It's pretty obvious that's our very own Daryl Morey.

 

Are these your possible donations to Clutchfans? As we can see you are not a contributing member so this would be a nice gesture indeed.

 

Agreed, but the more the Knicks drag this out, other opportunities are going to open up. Kyrie wanting out of Cleveland should be a huge smoke signal to Morey. Instead of pouring our hearts out for a double sac fly, why not a homer instead?

 

Why would Lebron agree to go to Lakers, that team is not contending this season. The King is only in it to win it.

 

Your just ignoring my point. Its simple. You can't make players great who were already great without you. Lebron didn't make Wade great, Wade was already a champion. Bosh was already a perennial allstar (playing for bad team) and arguably the best player at his position before Lebron. Lebron seeks out other players who who he wants to team with, instead of sticking it out with his current team. Magic, Bird nor Jordan had to do that. They had great teams but the majority of their supporting cast weren't stars from other teams.

 

You need to redefine great. Bosh, Love or Kyrie are NOT all time greats. Lebron is, Wade will be. But Wade was past his prime already when teamed with Lebron and Bosh.

Magic didn't need Worthy or Jabar? MJ didn't lobby for Rodman?? Kobe couldn't win without Shaquille until Lakers brought in another all star in Pau. There are no one man teams, even NBA, still need talent to win. And Lebron is a winner. Every team he's been on has contended for championship in last SEVEN consecutive seasons.

Magic can't say that, neither can Bird, MJ or Kobe.

 

Any team with Lebron contends. Cavs morphing back into Caxdavers Cadavers? LBJ may want off that stinking, sinking ship.

 

Not in the west....

The Lakers would probably make the playoffs if they added Lebron, but they'd be a prime candidate to make a first round exit.

 

Normally I'd agree, but not a Lakers team with current personnel, not in the West. Even Lebron can't make edible chicken salad out of chicken ****.

 

Man, Chris Bosh is criminally underated

 

There were all considered franchise players and cornerstones of their respective teams. They all single handedly carried their teams before Lebron. Love, Bosh & Kyrie were all great players playing for bad teams & organizations

Yea but that's my point lol. He's been in the finals the last 7 seasons, but on how many different teams? Is this a result of him personally or the fact he's teaming up with other superstars & playing in a conference with zero competition. Did Magic need Worthy & Kareem? Yes. But they organically had to learn how to play with each other. When Boston beat the Lakers, did Magic leave LA to team up with Isiah? No. He made himself better in the offseason and eventually won another ring with the SAME team. Being in the finals every year means nothing if you keep switching teams

 

These twitter accounts just rehash rehash rehash.

 

I'm not seeing how this benefits the Cavs. As things usually go, the media seems intent on giving LeBron his super team so they can drum up the Cavs- GSW narrative as "rivals". I don't think Carmelo would waive his NTC in this scenario. Besides, what kind of lineup would Cleveland be sporting with Love, LeBron, AND Melo? They would either have to play love at the 5, or screw themselves defensively seeing as Love or Melo would have to guard the 3 position. That lineup makes no basketball sense at all.

 

Exactly, it just doesn't make sense when you think about it. It was sort of like the talk about how Dwight Howard would never leave LA despite the fact that it was pretty obvious he was going to.

The Cavs are a terrible spot for Melo unless they move Love.....and that would be a lateral move at best for the Cavs. If Kyrie is gone, and it looks like that will be the case, it makes even less sense so I don't think Melo would even waive his NTC for them at this point.

 

I feel like we'll get a report that Melo won't waive his NTC for Cavs either tonight or tomorrow. Besides, who knows what that Cleveland team is going to look like in 2 years. Does Melo want to spend a year on a team thats a complete dumpster fire?

 

In addition, something called DefPen is not "the media." Even the "report" is littered with all sorts of weird qualifiers and inaccuracies:

So is it something you're hearing, or speculation? Because "wouldn't come off as a surprise" sounds like the latter.

Actually, the last report from Woj we had on the subject said Anthony was prioritizing a trade to Houston ahead of Cleveland. The NYDN's Isola further confirmed that Friday night, in the aftermath of the Irving leak.

No, he would not. He has the option to waive it, and he essentially has to to make the finances work -- otherwise the $34M cap figure would be laughably disproportionate. This has also been reported by credible reporters.

 

Let's see Lebron perennially contend on a Western conference team. There was far more parity during Magic, MJ, Bird etc.

In the modern NBA, Lebron had the good fortune coupled with his own all world talent to playing in the EAST all these years.

 

We've already basically had that report from Woj and Isola.

I honestly don't think we'll hear that much more going forward. Carmelo doesn't want a Dwightmare-type messy divorce, and taking the specifics of this stuff to the public eye only risks negative PR for him (from Cavs/LeBron fans feeling disrespected, and Knicks fans angry because they have no leverage). And from the Knicks side, if it becomes public knowledge that teams like CLE and POR are complete non-starters, it only further boxes them in.

Could be wrong, but my hunch is that we won't hear much from credible outlets about the sides "re-engaging" or whatnot. My guess is whenever the Knicks are ready to get serious, they'll quietly give Morey a call, and the entire thing will come together behind closed doors rather quickly.

 

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