[Poll] Revisiting the Melton trade (I no longer call it the Ryno trade)

What were these off-court issues WRT Ryno? ▼

 

Morey had to give up Melton because nobody is f-cking with the Rockets on trades. No GM out there is trying to help the Rockets do anything.

 

Melton is equal to the first round rookie contract. You are not going to deal Knight for a first round rookie contract. Instead, you need to offer a first round with Knight for a big bum.

 

Still too soon to say with any certainty. As of today, though, it's looking a bit lopsided.

Gotta feel for Morley -- he tried for so long to unload that albatross contract of Ryno's that he probably grew a little too eager.

All of you who think Melton would have made a huge difference in CP3's minutes need to realize that there's no guarantee that MDA would have played him at all.

 

It was a bad trade then and it’s one now!!

 

How good has Melton looked

 

Hate the trade now.

Gave up a quality prospect for …. nothing.

Knight's contract is a liability just like Ryno's was , just as long and only saved tax dollars. The kicker is that Ryno having a larger contract allowed you to go after bigger fish closer to the end of that contract (next deadline ?) ….

Hate the trade now. Was pointless to everyone not named Tilfart.

 

Morley stats said late round pg rookie is likely not to have any impact the first year. Something like that. MCW? Stats said ready on day 1. Something like that.

 

That’s a great question! Why rush?! We all knew he (Anderson) wasn’t staying but to sell him soooooo low is jumping the gun. You tell me Covington/Saric is that much better than Anderson/Melton?? We got nothing of worth out of this transaction.

If Morey has his hands deep in the pot on these past and current moves it may be time to cut ties and clean house. We can’t have a GM everyone feels is trying to screw them in every trade. We are not The Celtics or Lakers for that matter. Nor do we have a name in the front office people know and respect around the league.

 

Smh.

 

Raptors GM is better than Morey, who has the best GM award.

 

I hated moving Melton, @heypartner, but at the time, I hated Anderson's contract more. You make some good points about other options that could have been pursued. We certainly could use him now. It's enough to make me second guess the decision by Morey, which is easy now, looking back at the deal (to be fair to Daryl). I've always been for growing our own talent, and having the Vipers makes it even more attractive, in my opinion. It isn't like Morey is a poor judge of talent. Quite the opposite, imo. He might be a little too willing to move that talent in order to close a deal, though.

 

If Morey didn't trade Ryno, would have he been able to offer anything for Butler? Flexibility is something to consider.

That said, maybe they saw something in summer league and indeed thought MCW would be better. Morey has been high on MCW for awhile right?

 

It was a dumb trade from day 1. I had to tell so many people that were happy to see Ryno go that we lost a legit prospect and got nothing in return. People said Knight and Chriss would be easier to move than Ryno. That hasn’t appeared to be true at all. I would literally rather have Ryno on the team than this. Prove me wrong Brandon...prove me wrong.

 

I know why he was in the trade. But going forward, I don't know what we should do with him. If the options are "trade him with a 1st for a good role player" or "just keep him" then I vote for just keep him.

I'd rather be mediocre and have a 1st than be mediocre and not have a 1st.

 

Anderson with 4 picks = Knight with 4 picks...or Gordon and Nene with 2 picks...just like we tried to do.

 

Hindsight always 20/20 but I loved Melton’s potential was fine letting Ryno rot on the pine and dump later

 

The whole clutchfans was saying they like the deal before. Don't ever listen to dumbass clutchfans. Their hate for Ryno is equivalent to Jeremy Lins.