IF Melo goes on the trade block, should the Rockets get him?

I haven't even looked up Melo's assist numbers, but do you really expect him to hit Howard off of the double team? Chandler is also automatic down low.

 

you do realize there's only one ball?

 

lol so true. not near enough shots to go round.

 

You could easily stagger minutes throughout he game to have 2 of parsons, melo, harden, dwight on the court at all times if that's the biggest drawback to chasing melo,ps then you have to ask yourself is that really a bad problem to have. And when it comes to crunch time we seem to always go with the hot hand

 

Howard/Harden/Melo would cause havok for teams..You can't double team all 3!

 

True. But exactly whom is backing up Harden? And Howard? Teams have to be deep to handle back to backs and injuries and just sheer exhaustion. Just look at what happened to Portland last season. It seems like an ill constructed team, to put it mildly.

 

Last time I checked, the All-Star teams, and Olympic team only use one ball.. I'm sure people said the same thing about Miami, b4 there big 3 joined.. Wade and Lebron can't play together b/c it's not enough balls to go around... smh player make adjustments when they play with other great players, and Harden has played with KD and Westbrook, and needing more balls wasn't a problem then..

 

I wouldn't worry about filler type of role players, morey has become so crafty at bending the rules at acquiring players (see Arran brooks situation which ultimately could of been stopped by stern) or going overseas in the pat bev situation + having quality euro stashes such as papa in future years, and their is still the question on camby I guess.

Besides that their are the annual buy outs of players this time of year which could be players like brand for example, I wouldn't worry about filling out this roster as players will be flocking to sign 10 day contratcs with us since we would have spots open in the rotation for ready to play nba level players.

 

I don't believe that the ball was a consideration in Miami because Wade, Bosh and LBJ are all plus defenders to varying degrees. But Melo and Harden? If they are not dominating on the offensive end where exactly is their value?

 

Melo is not a bad defender.
Harden isn't either.

They are just guilty of coasting.
Not to mention Melo can actually play a 4 without getting backed down or outmuscled.

 

Howard would be constantly in foul trouble, having to help on penetrating guards and then running back to foul his original man because Melo didn't rotate fast enough. That has never been his strength. So would the huge upgrade on offense as a stretch 4 and the 3rd offensive option on the team be enough to out-weight the drop-off on defense?

 

Some things sound nice in theory. But we see the limits of Morey's prowess in Garcia and Casspi. Take away Lin and Asik and probably Jones and the Rockets become only skin deep. As currently constructed the most irreplaceable player on the roster is probably Parsons. And that is a roster built to handle adversity.

 

Neither one of them is in the same conversation as Bosch, Wade and LBJ.

 

lin,asik, tjones

for

melo, shump, jeremy tyler


rockets starters - bev, harden, chandler, melo, howard
rocets bench - brooks, shump, casspi, dmo, tyler

knicks starters - lin, hardaway jr., (?), tjones, asik
knicks bench - felton, smith, (?), stoudamire, chandler

looks like a win win to me.

I tried it on the trade machine. For some reason jeremy tyler couldn't be traded. Not sure if that can be worked out or what...

I put this here, instead of in the trade threat, cause this thread is specifically about trading for Melo.

Melo and Shump. We get our third superstar. Our wing defender. EVERYTHING! We can be done trading at this point and start working on chemistry.

 

Don't think the Garcia signing was bad at all, at the time he just went on a tear post trade deadline and could of easily got Gary Neal money of over 3 million a year but instead morey was able to keep him on the vets min (plus player option which I don't think he is such a certainty not to back out of And try for one more deal but that's just my opinion).

The cassipi sitautaion is all about backing in the metrics system that the juggernaut front office uses, it delivered on delfino and I guess it kinda failed (I say that loosely since I think he can work still as a wing)

I don't know if I agree or disagree with the irreplaceable part, since I guess he is when you factor in his backups + the contract he is currently on but I'm sorry if james harden doesn't play in the playoffs that's the most damaging storyline that can happen by far IMO.

 

melo says he will take a pay cut if it would help knicks get better.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ay-cut-to-lure-free-agents-to-new-york-knicks

 

Another ball-dominant non-defender? Ummm.......

 

@NBASTATS 2/16/14
"Melo has grabbed 15+rebs 5-times this season after doing so just 6x in 713 career games entering this season"

-I noticed he's been getting big down low in the paint on the boards this year, didn't know he was doing this good, another reason why I'm ok with him coming this summer if moreys finds the cap room

 

We need a bruiser and a plus defender at the 4, not a ball dominant player. David West would be nice but Pacers won't trade him.

 

It would only work if they could stagger the minutes between Harden and Melo. They could play together the first and last 6 minutes of the game but in between, there needs to be a staggering. But that's a nice problem to have no doubt.