[Stein] Melo will consider Rockets, Bulls and Mavs

I agree with this but wasn't willing to post it because somebody is going to bring up rebounding stats and try to prove that _ones is the better rebounder. But very clearly..Melo is the better rebounder. Glad you can see that.

Bingo. Pick and pop defense and pick and roll defense, Melo is miles better than either _ones or NoDMo. Rebounding? Check. Turnovers? Check. OH......shooooooooooooooooting? Ch-ch-ch-checkmate.

 

Is it possible to sign and trade a player for another sign and trade player?

Would it be possible to S&T Parsons along with sending Lin and some picks for a sign and traded Melo?

Melo could get his 110 mill, 5 year contract, Knick's get Parsons, Picks and Lin who is expiring, also I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to resigned him to a more reasonable contract next off season too.

We'd loose Parsons, which could pan out to be a good move if he doesn't live up to his new contract. We'd also loose some picks, but we'd offload Lin, we'd keep Asik, Jones, Motiejunas (who we could flip for another key player) and be able to spend our full MLE this off season.

 

It's possible, Nick. But it's a waste of time to talk about it.


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Parsons.

 

If Melo wants a 5 year max contract, and he and the Knick's are willing to do a S&T trade with either the Rockets or the Bulls, I personally wouldn't let Parsons be a deal breaker. Offloading Lin, Asik, Motiejunas and Jones without getting any salary in return to sign Melo would be very difficult as well. If we can simply S&T for Melo, be able to keep assets like Asik, Jones, Motiejunas and be able to spend our full MLE, we would walk away being GOLDEN winners.

Asik, Jones and Motiejunas could easily be flipped for more other key players (possibly a impact player like Milsap).

 

It is indeed my opinion. That's why i put "I personally" in my reply.

 

Yeah I never said that's not true. However right now it seems pretty certain that Melo likes the idea of both Houston or Chicago, but hasn't ruled out either for a few different reasons.

He doesn't need Houston and Chicago to bid each other up & burn all their assets necessarily, but he does need either one of their offers to be good enough to get the Knicks to accept a S&T over losing him for nothing. He has alot of money to lose if neither of their offers appeal enough to the Knicks to agree to a S&T.

 

hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/06/12/morning-shootaround-june-12/#knicks

Says Heat is interested in having a Big Four.

 

^no ****?

 

would the heat even have a big 3 next season? when bron or wade are off bosh doesnt always step up like he did the past 2 seasons. his playoff avgs are lower than his rs avgs. outside if their big 3, no one on the heat is scoring a ton in the playoffs.

wade could be a legit star player next season if he stays healthy. big if on staying healthy.

 

Frankly speaking, are they even consider as a big 3 this year? Bosh is just a spacer, albeit a very good one. And wade plays older than Uncle Drew.

 

All you do is hate.

What makes you think have any proof of how he feels?

It'd not even a matter of opinion. We're factually a better team than the Mavs and Bulls. Neither have a superstar. We have two. Right now, the trend is stars joining stars.

Does that mean we have him in the bag already? Of course not. But, sticking to the facts, HOU is the better destination of the three landing spots. It's a fact. That's all anybody can say. Obviously, only Melo can say what's in his mind.

 

s&t is the same contract length max as a free agent signing, 4 years. If he wants 5 years, his only option is the Knicks.

 

Mavs are ready for a splash move 5-8 Yuki Togashi

Link

 

Chris Mannix:

Buy these Carmelo(/Miami) stories?

To a man, I've yet to encounter a GM that thinks Anthony, Bosh and Wade will leave that much money on the table to make it work. We can talk about LeBron because he makes so much outside the game. These other guys don't have that same value in endorsements. ... No one around the league that I've talked to believes those three will give up that much money to play together.

Do you see 'Melo opting out and re-signing with the Knicks?

At this point, yeah I do. Unless Chicago can find some way to make him a max salary offer, they don't want to do that, they want to see him take less because they saw what the Knicks had to do to get Carmelo. They're not willing to gut their roster just to bring this guy in. If they can get him to take less money, that's maybe an outside possibility. It comes down to the money and I can't see him leaving it on the table.

 

Been saying that forever, No way the Big 3 taking a major paycut for Melo. They made it to the finals four times straight. Why do they need Melo? They need to get a damn center who blocks shots and protects the paint.

 

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterocke...s-way-a-lesson-for-rockets-others/#24055101=0

 

When the smoke clears Melo will be a Rocket. It's the only destination that works financially. I predict a S&T of Melo for Aisk and Lin and maybe D-MO or T.Jones. The Rockets will also sign a lesser(in dollar terms) veteran PG, maybe S. Livingston or someone like that. They will also Draft a big or bring one from over seas to back up or play along side Dwight.

This Miami thing has to many moving parts and individual agendas to over come. Chicago is New York 2.0 with a better Coach. Dallas is not a contender. Only other team that may have a outside chance is the Clipper's but they would have to give up Blake and Deandre, and I don't think Melo would want to go there with the Sterling stuff still up in the air.

Only thing that is really up in the air is Parsons.

 

He doesn't lose that much money. Both Chicago and Houston can clear up nearly enough cap space for his max salary. I doubt Melo will want his new team to burn up assets that would help them be competitive just so his starting salary could be 3 million or so higher.

The Knicks have no leverage over Melo. He will choose his new team and the Knicks will play ball, just like Cleveland did when they gave Lebron his SnT in one of the bitterest of divorces in NBA history. Getting something is better than nothing, especially when you have no leverage.