(Woj) Carmelo Anthony and Rockets part ways

They are keeping him on the roster for the foreseeable future while they try to find a way to move him without outright releasing him and eating the cost

 

Makes sense. At 6-7 we don’t need vets at the end of their career. We need talented young players.

 

I have a feeling we'll see ch back around the deadline, he wasn't much active last year too during the season...

 

So if I criticize Melo again, am I still going to get shamed?

 

thanks @J.R. , couldn't exactly recall it off the top of my head

 

Not me

 

Going to be fascinating to see if someone else decides to pick him up.

I don't get this 'releasing him but not' shenanigans.

As a Rockets fan, it sucks that this didn't work out just because our depth is already rough. I really thought the Chris Paul effect would keep Melo near Gordon's level of scoring off of the bench. I was giving Melo the benefit of the doubt of being a sane human - I was wrong.

Not a win for me. Not a good year for Morey.

Good for Clutchfans though, people can stop starting threads every 2 hours that say the exact same thing.

 

Royce White says hello.

 

If he plays, he is worth a 2nd round pick.

If he does not allow to play, he is worth negative two 2nd round picks.

Now you can do Chriss/Melo/1 First for a rotation player like Wesley Johnson.

Wesley Johnson has 7 feet wing span, can play defense at SF.

The only team I think they can take Melo is Pelicans.

 

I hope MDA got what he wanted by holding this unnecessary grudge. The whole team played horrible, including our $160 superstar who couldn't make layups. The Rockets shouldn't even had signed Carmelo if they were gonna behave like this

 

It’s kind of a bummer because we never really got to see him with a completely healthy and focused Houston Rockets. CP3 was basically ass all year long.

 

Well, that didn't last long.

 

not so sure about that. he gave it a shot, it didn't work (for a variety of reasons) . . . nothing ventured, nothing gained. I don't think the Melo experiment hurts us very much in the long run

 

You really think it's MDA's doing? I just think Melo has been exposed as a dinosaur in the league. Why not keep him on the roster, if we can keep Nene? Melo just can't accept the role.

 

WOJ still got it though, even at BSPN.

 

A part of me feels this as well

Rocket River

 

Me too. I genuinely feel bad for melo. I didn't think he played that poorly -- certainly not as bad as some of our other major pieces. But, we sure look better last couple of games.

 

it didnt cost us anything to get him, and it didn't cost us anything to get rid of him.

 

Gonna be a great rest of the year when the team doesn’t have to worry about a washed selfish quitter they gotta think about satisfying