Knicks committed to completing deal with rockets

Dude, I haven't been spamming the GARM. Don't group me in with those guys!!

 

Still bored at work (really slow week)
Latest insanity from Portland: I guess now they are getting Melo and Lebron?

"I don't think it's a risk at all. The only potentially good NBA player we'd lose in those two trades is Collins.

Plus, the savings. Crabbe will be tradeable next season.

There's 3 good scenarios that could play out in the summer of 2018.
From the best possible (and unrealistic) scenario to the least best (assuming Nurk has a cap hold and is waiting to be resigned)

1.) Melo and Wade like playing here together. We trade Crabbe and Aminu so that Lillard, McCollum, Nurkic, Vonleh, and Swanigan are making $60M-ish. After a very competitive season, Melo and Wade are willing to resign for cheap, $7M contracts. That leaves around $30M in cap space. Lebron is a free agent, and looking at a group of Lillard, McCollum, Nurkic, and his buddies in Wade and Carmelo, Lebron decides to sign with Portland, giving us this:

Lillard / McCollum
McCollum / Wade
Lebron / Carmelo
Vonleh / Swanigan
Nurkic / Vet FA.

2.) Melo and Wade resigns for $15M a piece, putting us over the salary cap. We then make a sign-and-trade for a big time free agent (Crabbe, Aminu, and a pick), or trade Crabbe, Aminu, Swanigan, and future 1sts for a legit all-star.

3.) Melo and Wade leave, we resign Nurkic and sign cheap veteran pieces to replace Wade and Melo on 1 year deals. We'd have our sights set the summer of 2019, and using Crabbe's expiring deal along with pieces like Vonleh, Biggie, and future picks to trade (S&T) for an all-star.

Basically, I don't think you can go wrong by adding more talent, especially house-hold names, to a small-market team while also creating future flexibility and more options for building a contender down the road."

There is also another one about how we are crazy for thinking we are on Cavs level after getting Melo, we are just a 2nd tier team. They are also still convinced that reading between the lines shows that Melo isnt interested in Portland RIGHT NOW, but later....

 

No of course not, its just that one would assume that by now he should know better and not mess with @Clutch, this is not a democracy....

 

again, we're talking about the knicks here.

 

Yep, i agree. I like posting here haha

 

I'm not saying the rockets wouldn't trade Gordon but they need more in return. I honestly think the knicks will bite the Ryno, pick, non guaranteed soon. I would love a buyout tbh. Maybe melo likes cp3 more than lebron since he has stated his interest is only Houston.

 

I'm not trying to start something with Clutch since I love this site but it is a valid point.

 

I don't think it's that he likes CP3 more, I think its that Lebron is probably leaving Cleveland so there is no point going there.

 

If it's a buyout it's most likely a one year contract anyway

 

dude for your own good....

 

Okay. Lets roll!!! Melo coming here or Portland?

 

No dude, Melo has only two options. Rot in NYK or open to Portland.. Thats all, zero leverage.

 

I'm trying to mind my own business and miscreants keep taggin me in **** trying to reel me back into that life

 

I want you to put the bong down and back slowly away. That crap will kill you!!

 

Methinks someone doesn't know what leverage means.

 

STAY IN YOUR LANE. Don't c*m at me with this stuff. I have hardly been here all weekend or all day.

 

Methinks it's hard to type in sarcasm font.

 

Dan Gilbert style. Type it in Comic Sans.

I assume he was sarcastic when he said The Cavs would win a ring before Lebron in Miami.