[HYPOTHETICAL] Would you help NY acquire Carmelo if we get Nene?

Since I'm bored at work I've ran some scenarios through my head and through trade machine (I know it's a crazy combination :grin: ) but what if, instead of trying to acquire another scorer, we end up getting what we need...and then some?

Houston trade:
Courtney Lee
Jordan Hill
Jared Jeffries
NY Knicks Pick

To Denver


Denver trade:
Carmelo Anthony

To New York

Nene

To Houston



New York trade:
Wilson Chandler
Eddy Curry
Draft picks

To Denver

Anthony Randolph
Landry Fields

To Houston

Why on Earth would Houston do this?

Rather than see Melo end up in a Knick uniform, thereby making our Knicks pick lower in value, we move the pick to Denver to help the Knicks acquire Anthony. We would end up with the defensive center we badly need (Nene), a PF still with high potential (Randolph), and a promising guard (Fields).

Center: Nene/Miller
Power Forward: Scola/Randolph/Hayes
Small Forward: Battier/Williams
Shooting Guard: Martin/Fields
Point Guard: Lowry/Brooks

Now that might not be a world beater of a team, but it's a step in the right direction Post-Yao Era. We're definitely not hitting a homerun like acquiring a Carmelo Anthony-caliber player but what we do have a front court size and depth.

Why on Earth would Denver do this?

They move Carmelo to the team he always wanted to go to. They get future 1st Rounders, a pretty good small forward (albeit slightly injured) in Chandler, $18 million in expiring contracts in Curry and Jeffries, a starting-material shooting guard in Lee, and if he pans out, a nice power forward to replace Kenyon Martin in Jordan Hill. If anything else, it also gives Denver bargaining chips in Lee and Hill to make future trades if need be. I would think a combination of:

Draft picks (the Knicks pick originally acquired by Houston and other picks the Knicks could offer)
Expiring contracts ($18 million worth)
Young players (Chandler, Lee, Hill)

is better than what the Nets offered (yes, I'm not THAT high on Favors).

Center: Anderson/Curry
Power Forward: Martin/Hill
Small Forward: Chandler
Shooting Guard: Afflalo/Lee
Point Guard: Billups/Lawson

Of course if Melo and Nene gets dealt, I'm sure Denver would blow up the whole team so the make up will change. The bottome line is Denver gets back in return what they've been asking for--assets (draft picks), assets (young quality players), and more assets (expiring contracts).

Why on Earth would New York do this?

Do you even have to ask? But in all seriousness,

1. They only lose Wilson Chandler and Landry Fields out of their regular rotation
2. They move Curry's contract
3. They get the team they've been wanting since they lost out on Wade/LeBron

Center: Turiaf/Mozgov
Power Forward: Amare
Small Forward: Anthony/Gallinari
Shooting Guard: Mason
Point Guard: Felton

All in all, we don't get the big prize but ending up with Nene, Randolph and Fields isn't all that bad considering what we're sending out.

*flame suit on*

 

I forgot to put Budinger on the depth chart.

Randolph has all the tools to be great (like Stromile did) but he plays harder..well I saw the heart and hustle when he was with Golden State. Still, it's not a bad trade considering we're moving none of our starters to acquire a starting center and two solid role players.

 

Being the egomaniac that I am, I rather create a new thread where I can propose a trade with reasoning and thought process than to lump my hypotheticals with trades that makes ZERO sense at all.

Clutch can always move my thread as he sees fit.

 

Well, in defense of my hypothetical trade, we give up

Jeffries
Lee
Hill
Knicks' pick

for

Nene
Randolph
Fields

It's not a superstar in return but we turned an 11th man / expiring contract, a decent shooting guard, and a power forward with potential (though I'm not to sure after watching him this season) into a pretty good starting center, a power forward with potential (still high on the guy) and a shooting guard with upside.

Is it a lateral move? Not exactly considering we would get the center we need post-Yao Era.

Is that Knicks pick worth giving up to do this trade? Why not, since Melo to the Knicks can pretty much seal the Knicks a playoff spot

Do we have too many role players? Of course, but if getting Nene this year gives us a better shot at getting a Deron Williams, Chris Paul, or another big FA in 2012, why wouldn't you do it?

You have Nene at center
You have Scola at Power Forward
You have ______ at Small Forward (blank due to not knowing if Battier stays after this season)
You have Martin at Shooting Guard
You have Lowry at Point Guard

The two places we would need to upgrade would be at SF and PG if the Rockets re-sign Nene in the event he opts out.

There are two players that come to mind for the PG spot: Chris Paul or Deron Williams.

Now with a starting lineup that has Nene, Scola, Martin already in tact, wouldn't that make for an attractive destination for either Williams or Paul?
Adding a PG of either player's talent instantly makes Houston a contender IMO.

THIS IS ALL just forecasting on how trading for Nene, Randolph and Fields without giving up Scola/Martin could be very beneficial in building out a team in a couple of years.

 

Like I said, Clutch is a few clicks away from deleting this thread if he wants. He should know by now that I'm not one to start many threads and the ones that I do start at least have some possibilities rather than "Brooks for Derrick Rose or bust!" bullcrap that's in the massive thread.