That's all propoganda from the Knick camp. Woj is allowing himself to be used. Jim Buss is NOT going to make Bynum untouchable.
damnn.. If this trade were ever tO go down.. It'd be something like... Artest/brown/rookie/ (2) 1st rounders Or Odom/artest/1st rounder For melo and fillers Then imagine Kobe v wade Melo v bron Pau v bosh Then the rest of the NBA sucks again... God I miss the Jordan years
didnt carmelo just say he wouldnt sign an extension with anyone apart from the new york knicks? if so I dont get why la wants in on this rental...
FU$@$@$@$@!$!@$, ON SECOND THOUGHTS, this could be REAL... could get fu@#$king crazy.. bynum is actually a legit YOUNG center... if la is willing to move blake/brown for some other young guys with a 3rd team then this deal could get scary... but I really hope denver wouldn't do this...even though it actually makes tremendous sense for both sides.. uh oh... dolan better f@$king step up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! save the NBA!!!!!!!!
Would Denver really be willing to trade Melo to the Lakers and turn the NBA into the National Lakers/Heat Association? I'm surprised that Denver would entertain this notion in that it pretty much negates everyone out the picture in the west (other than SA maybe, as they always find ways to win) and makes the NBA the most top-heavy sports league in the world(though this may be a bit of an exaggeration).
kobe/gasol/anthony vs wade/bosh/james is this the new generation of the nba? houston rockets 2012: paul/howard/martin.scola hmmm..
Why would Denver send Melo to a team that beat the pants off of you in your last 2 playoff appearances. Denver has been very careful in trying to trade Melo, I don't think they will forget the Gasol trade and how it changed the balance of power in the WC.
I can only speak for me. I watch the NBA because I get to live vicariously through the players. I feel the ups and downs, the suspense and the excitement. If that is not there, then why even bother with the game? Why even pay my hard earned money that could be better spent on something that would actually entertain me. Watching superstars beat up on scrubs doesn't do it for me.....I don't care what team the superstars are on. But hey, thats just my opinion. What can I say, I love competition. :grin:
You are aware Artest sucks now, right? Denver trading Melo for Brown, a bad contract, and two late first rounders is laughable. Even New York can put up a better deal than that.
Can't the Lakers just steal Melo for peanuts like they did with Gasol...? Give Denver Walton and convince them LA just saved them from the lottery.
Or perhaps it's a ploy by Denver to get NY to up the ante. It's even being reported in LA that Bynum is not being traded. http://lakers.ocregister.com/2011/02/08/trading-for-carmelo-anthony-is-not-in-lakers-plans/48534/
The Kroenke's could be disgusted with the whole process. Stan has been very vocal in supporting redoing the CBA. And he's got his son and another youngster running the ship over there. This is what I'm talking about when I mentioned in another thread the possibility of owners colluding to bring down the player's association or at least get a favorable CBA. If they did trade Melo to LA and locked all the other owners out of the Finals, that would be the best agitator to getting the owners even more stirred up and determined to bust the player's union down. I wondered a while back if Denver could put together a convoluted 3 or 4 way deal with some lottery team and other teams that would net Denver some young assets, sending melo to a cellar dwellar so he misses making playoff noise for at least one season and then has to fret and stew about getting franchise tagged to that lottery team after the new CBA comes into play.
Adrian Wojnarowski: No substantial talks between LA/DEN. LA a team that has to call or Denver will try to get them involved. Most teams will kick the tires. Dont think these talks went beyond that. Jim Buss drafted Bynum, didnt trade him for Kidd, he doesnt want to let him go. Not a deal that makes sense for LA on any level. Does LA need to make a deal? They could help their bench. Missing Matt Barnes. Among core guys, no deal out there really. You see Boston/SA, they've kept their core together and have added guys around them. Mistake for LA to make a panic change. Why LA a topic for Carmelo? Look at Melo's people. Denver lost leverage with NY when NJ pulled out. Nets pulled rug out and left Denver with no other suitors. Chicago wont give up Noah, talks went nowhere. LA would give NY pause but Knicks in position/thinking of "We dont need to make a deal, we'll get him in FA". ... With what NY is offering now, several GMs said they would be better off letting him walk than taking the NY deal. Game of chicken until the deadline. Does Denver want to get something or just let it ride and go into the playoffs and go from there.
Denver has mishandled this from step one. I hope they fire their GM when it eventually goes where it is headed. I feel that one is gonna be real ugly and Nuggets and their GM will look real bad kinda like Cleveland.
