Knicks, Rockets working on Carmelo Anthony trade scenarios

It's nice that Carmelo Anthony got 600+ pages, but DMO has 400 of his own.

 

Gerald Green is a black hole on offense but he fits in the role they need him to play. I think Melo could have been useful here in Houston and it’s not like Ryno has been a world beater this year, but the role he’d play would have been the big question.

I see him doing a lot of what Joe Johnson is doing now off the bench with some post ups to give some diversity to their offense. It’s just that we have JJ and Gerald Green on minimum contracts and they are bought into their roles.

It is sad though to see both him and Dirk especially this year get old quick. It seems like it takes one offseason in your 30’s when you randomly lose your legs forever. Melo can still play in the league but he needs to change his game real quick. He would have been forced to do so here in Houston, and we'd be pretty upset about a 30 million dollar bench player NEXT year.

Morey did good by not paying an arm and a leg to trade for him this summer.

 

Melo is still trying to take hero shots like he's the best player on the team. Those bricked 3s down the stretch against the Blazers today were brutal. He still hasn't changed playing with 2 better players. Remember when he was icing Kristaps last year because he always wanted to be the hero. He's delusional.

 

Pulls up for two straight 3's here

 

I still think Westbrook makes his teammates suck outside of Adams.

You can't tell me Paul George is as bad as he's playing in OKC. I think Melo should come off the bench and if he did on this team he and CP3 would wreck teams.

 

The Season began with Burt Steele, various Melo rumors and it ended without Melo, with the team balling. It ended fabulously.

 

I agree with your assessment that Russ makes his teammates worse, but George has been fantastic...

 

You got a good point comparing him with Joe Johnson's role. Melo could be a rich man's JJ IF he is willing to play that role. I doubt that he would. His ego is too big for that. He is still a starter at OKC. But he pretty much is relegated to that kind of role and it is not worth the price the Knicks were asking.

Anderson has regressed and somehow lost his confidence. Losing confidence is a big no no for a shooter. Otherwise, he could have fit pretty well.

 

I think Melo is worse because he trusted a bad leader that enabled his bad character. I am glad he is not on this team although I did support trading Ryno. If it works out this summer we stand to get much better, an impossibility with Melo on the team. I look forward to that tradeoff. Hopefully Ryno contributes just enough to leave a good lasting impression and not a what might have been once he's gone.

 

I would've taken melo as an overpaid upgrade to an overpaid player who disappeared last year. He could still give options but like others have said, he hasn't felt the need to change his game to fit and uplift others

 

Cancerelo is someone else's problem.

DD

 

Not to mention JJ is a much better and more willing passer. He is good at recognizing the double and finding the open shooter. Melo would probably see post ups primarily as an opportunity to take his highly inefficient mid-range jump shot. Empty possessions that would probably be very reminiscent of Dwight Howard post ups.

 

That's not what it was. If it were Ryno for Melo straight up, Morey would have pulled the trigger already. Nobody is claiming that Ryan Anderson is a better player (or better value fro that matter) than Melo. Who is a better fit is up for debate though a lot of people would agree that Melo is an upgrade to Ryno. BUT, that's not what the Knicks asked for. Rumor had it that they wanted Ryno PLUS either Gordon or Capela. Gordon and Capela were what they were really after. Anderson was kind of a throw in contract to match the salaries. I am glad that Morey didn't bite.

 

Wasn't the narrative that the Ryno+filler deal was Morey's final offer?

I'm not sure if NY would've kept Melo at season open but the pressure and leverage (Melo's ntc) seemed real.

 

Yeah. "filler" means nothing significant like Gordon or Capela, even Ariza. So basically Morey was willing to trade Ryno for Melo straight up, nothing more. At that time, I was for the straight up trade, not because I thought Melo was an upgrade but because it would get rid of Ryno's contract. That was probably Morey's thinking too.

 

Yeah, Melo has one less year on Ryno. I thought they both expire next year.

Holy crap...

 

As much as Ryno underperformed he is still a much better fit than Melo.

 

The guy who has put together a team with a franchise record 60 wins (and counting) wanted him so i'm going to trust that Melo would have made us even better.

 

Melo is getting worse by the age and probably would have opted in here. Bullet dodged.