[NYPost] Rockets could make push for Carmelo (UPDATE: Blog post)

maybe their goal is FA 2015? Instead of letting him walk with nothing, they get two serviceable players, one guy who was very popular there. And a draft pick on top of that. So at the very least they can sell "Linsanity" for a year, then go into 2015 with some money.

 

Pure speculation on my part. Morey, in all probability and according to news reports, is always looking for a steal. Isn't that how everyone would characterize his trades? Especially the Harden grand larceny. Is it such a far step to assume that Morey attempted to "steal" Melo for a stale bag of chips and filler? Also one has to consider Morey's philosophy on basketball. Do we have a very good idea by now who is a "Morey" player? Sure. Morey has meticulously scrubbed the Rockets roster of every single player who is not a 3 or at the rim player. There are probably 10 players in the NBA who have taken more mid-ranged shots than the entire Rockets team. Melo is one of them. So why would anyone expect Morey to make a fair offer for Melo? I honestly cannot answer that.

 

Fair enough. We are all just voicing our opinions. Best to you and yours sir!

 

Thiis is very interesting. Make it happen Morey. If you can also get Tim, it will be perfect. Lin, Asik and Tj or Parsons should make it work even without trading any picks.

 

I seriously wonder what must be going through his mind when he talks about the possibility of adding melo. Surely he must know that to do such a thing would require Asik to be traded (no surprise) but Lin as well......and even possibly even himself in order to pull off something like that from a trade/financial perspective. As a professional he's probably just answering the question from a basketball perspective, but I'd imagine it'd be hard not to think about the business/trade implications as it affects him and what I assume to be a good friend on the team too.

 

Can Melo shoot the 3 ball sir? Can he attack the basket sir? Isn't Melo a Superstar Sir?. And have Melo played in a similar offense like this before jtr?...So how isn't Melo a Morey's guy again? LOL You are only focusing on one facet and not the entire package. It is clear to me that you don't want Melo on this team.

 

Why would the Rockets ever trade for Melo. View it as Howard 2.0. Dump salary and sign Melo. He will be, after all, a UFA if he chooses to be.

 

Melo can be a UFA this summer. That is the reason I find the possibility of trading for Melo so befuddling. Why barter assets when a player can just be signed outright for no cost other than salary?

 

I don't think its possible we get Melo if we don't give up Parsons in any deal

 

Why would boston trade Rondo (who would expire the same year as Lin/Asik) just to get out of 1 year of Green's contract?

 

If it did go down they'd trade just to make it easier to move Lin and Asik. If they dump the salary Lin would still be gone which still poses the question of how parsons feels about a hypothetical addition of melo which regardless of how it would happen would mean Lin is gone.

 

Asik can be dumped for assets. Dumping Lin would require a 2014 first round pick. Salary dumps are right up Morey's alley.

 

While you keep babbling nonsense, I posted another winner hours before tipoff for ClutchFans:

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Were you not on every other CF poster's sig a while back for an infamously famous failed prediction? Didn't you dissapear for like a couple of years?I could look it up.

 

I don't see that happening. He'll go to Chicago or stay in New York imo

 

As usual you're wrong. I've never disappeared. Just go look at my amazing run during the playoffs last year in the NBA gambling thread. Did you have the Knicks beating the Pacers like I did tonight? Did you predict the winner of the ECF and WCF during the 2009-10 season like I did? Did you predict the winner of the ECF, WCF, and NBA Finals in 2012 like me? Did you predict the winner of the ECF and NBA Finals in 2013 like me? This is all documented. I keep providing winners and making accurate predictions for ClutchFans nation, while you have over 6 posts per day of nonsense. People who have taken me seriously have made money while you've done nothing for this community.

 

This thing is oddly looking like we're the favourites. It kind of looks like Chicago is the perfect alternative to show the NYK front office to convince them to sign and trade him anywhere else. Do Dolan/Jackson prefer Chicago becoming the best team in the East or Houston in the West? What about the fact that they will get something back from Houston, but nothing back from Chicago?

At the same time, I don't think Melo wants to be an almost-contender anymore which is what he might end up being in Chicago. There's a chance Rose comes back healthy and the Bulls become an amazing team with Thibs as coach.... but there's also a chance Rose is not the player he once was, and Melo is left carrying yet another squad with a routinely injured sidekick making max $$$'s. Is a Melo/Rose/Noah trio better than the Heat, Pacers and OKC?

In Houston you flat out know we will be the best team in the league for a few years barring unpredictable injuries. I would send them a nice package of Asik, Lin, Motiejunas, Parsons and picks for Melo and Shumpert.

Howard/Melo/Shumpert/Harden/Beverley is pure dominance. Bench would need help, but we could pick up FA's easy with the opportunity we're offering. Still have Smith, Jones, Hamilton, Daniels and Canaan.

Then again, I doubt Phil Jackson lets Melo go. He knows that if he lets Melo go and he just can't get another star during his tenure, then his front office aspirations are finished forever.

 

Really, Rockets are relevant again and are not only looking to win a championship, but to build a dynasty. Carmelo is literally my least favorite player in the league (minus a few irrelevant players + JR Smith)... but I love Morey and the Rockets' commitment to building a dynasty in one of the most unconventional paths.