Melo wants to stay.

[Scalma]

 

[illmatic99]

Terrific. I'm OK with him being token starter who plays 25 mpg. Just need some strong defenders behind him to play the forward spots.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I'm assuming the "this is where I want to retire" statement was followed with an implied "If they pay me enough to stay".

 

[beast blazer]

See, everyone who comes here ends up loving it. Except for fatty Felton

 

[julius]

If he is willing to come off the bench if a younger player surpasses him, sure.

Anthony and Collins isn't a bad PF duo

 

[B-Roy]

I see him as the perfect sixth man. He’s going to give you problems on defense if he’s starting, but as a scorer off the bench, yeah do it. Stotts has always had trouble generating offense with bench units so having Melo as a fallback option on every play would be great.

 

[BBert]

I'm assuming the "this is where I want to retire" statement was followed with an implied "If they pay me enough to stay".

Yep

 

[James lamphear]

I'm assuming the "this is where I want to retire" statement was followed with an implied "If they pay me enough to stay".

I don't think money is real problem with Melo at this time of his career.

 

[wizenheimer]

Kanter wanted to stay too. Aldridge wanted to stay. Lopez wanted to stay. Frye wanted to stay

these are really easy words to say in January, but in July, the temperature is different. Once the discussions turn to money, things often change. What Melo wants from a next contract might not come close to what's best for Portland in a next contract. And of course, some other team can come into this and offer Melo an option Portland won't come close to matching, for various reasons

that said, I'd think the Blazers have a decent chance here. They were the team that gave him a fair shot with Dame & CJ advocating for Melo. That has to count for something. But Portland will likely only have the MLE to offer so it could come down to who else is available and how much the Blazers would be willing to give to somebody who'd be a backup. If Portland isn't worried about being hard-capped, they could offer him the BAE (close to 4M IIRC?) and still have the full MLE

 

[calvin natt]

Kanter wanted to stay too. Aldridge wanted to stay. Lopez wanted to stay. Frye wanted to stay

these are really easy words to say in January, but in July, the temperature is different. Once the discussions turn to money, things often change. What Melo wants from a next contract might not come close to what's best for Portland in a next contract. And of course, some other team can come into this and offer Melo an option Portland won't come close to matching, for various reasons

that said, I'd think the Blazers have a decent chance here. They were the team that gave him a fair shot with Dame & CJ advocating for Melo. That has to count for something. But Portland will likely only have the MLE to offer so it could come down to who else is available and how much the Blazers would be willing to give to somebody who'd be a backup. If Portland isn't worried about being hard-capped, they could offer him the BAE (close to 4M IIRC?) and still have the full MLE

Aldridge did not want to stay. At all.

 

[donkiez]

Aldridge did not want to stay. At all.

He said he wanted to say. Words are cheap, what else are players going to say when asked.

 

[tester551]

that said, I'd think the Blazers have a decent chance here. They were the team that gave him a fair shot with Dame & CJ advocating for Melo. That has to count for something. But Portland will likely only have the MLE to offer so it could come down to who else is available and how much the Blazers would be willing to give to somebody who'd be a backup. If Portland isn't worried about being hard-capped, they could offer him the BAE (close to 4M IIRC?) and still have the full MLE

That's the most I personally would spend towards Melo. Portland needs to be very judicious spending their MLE money.

Aldridge did not want to stay. At all.

Agreed. But LMA publicly stated that he did. As Wiz stated, comments made in January don't mean a whole lot.

 

[James lamphear]

Remember 29 other teams didn't come calling for Melo only the Blazers did so I figured that will be the case this summer.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Remember 29 other teams didn't come calling for Melo only the Blazers did so I figured that will be the case this summer.

Melo's stint in Houston stained him. His time here is washing that clean, and the rest of the league is seeing it.

 

[CupWizier]

That's the most I personally would spend towards Melo. Portland needs to be very judicious spending their MLE money.


Agreed. But LMA publicly stated that he did. As Wiz stated, comments made in January don't mean a whole lot.

One major difference is that Aldridge had been here already for many years where as Melo was sitting out a whole year before we picked him up and gave him a second chance. His career could have been over if not for the Blazers where as it was obvious Aldridge was a very desirable player for teams.

 

[Scalma]

Melo's stint in Houston stained him. His time here is washing that clean, and the rest of the league is seeing it.

They didn’t know he could score before?

 

[GhostOfPGA]

I’m good with giving him a 2 year 7 million deal, that’s about as high as I’d go.

I’d like to retain him, seems he has settled with our locker room nicely (not really a surprise with our leadership).

 

[Boise Blazer]

I'd like to hope that seeing Melo's success here that it may encourage some other potential veterans to consider signing here in the future.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Only if he agrees to go into the HOF as a Blazer.

 

[RipCityDSCPL]

Melo's stint in Houston stained him. His time here is washing that clean, and the rest of the league is seeing it.

So what you are saying is Portland is
the NBA's Rehab house that players go to get clean and rehabilitated before entering the real world again.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I'm assuming the "this is where I want to retire" statement was followed with an implied "If they pay me enough to stay".

or "At the end of this season."

 

[Cugel]

I wonder how much he expects a year? What does the market dictate for an approximately 15-5-3 player? I would consider resigning. Melo is something else with the ball in the midrange: strong to the rim, great shooter, and outstanding at drawing fouls. After all that's what makes him a shoe-in first ballot HOF'er. You know what you are getting with him.

 

[Scalma]

I wonder how much he expects a year? What does the market dictate for an approximately 15-5-3 player? I would consider resigning. Melo is something else with the ball in the midrange: strong to the rim, great shooter, and outstanding at drawing fouls. After all that's what makes him a shoe-in first ballot HOF'er. You know what you are getting with him.

He’s going to be 36 next season. I’d be surprised if he got much more than the minimum. It’s not like teams didn’t know he could score. He only played ten games for Houston, wasn’t a fit, yet still scored 17+ in four of them. I don’t think money will be much of an issue. He learned the hard way happiness/fit is the most important.

 

[lawai'a]

Only if he agrees to go into the HOF as a Blazer.

and wearing clydes blazer game jersey #22

 

[SlyPokerDog]

and wearing clydes blazer game jersey #22

YES!

 

[Scalma]

and wearing clydes blazer game jersey #22

who is Clyde

 

[BBert]

who is Clyde

 

[Wade Garrett]

If Carmelo is sincere, and I believe he is, than other than Nurk eventually coming back, thus is the best thing I've heard all year.
I like Melo..a lot...
He brings serious cache to a team not exactly famous for that.

 

[Tince]

Is he going to be happy coming off the bench and take the minimum? If so, let's do it!

I don't think this will be the case though.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I hope he does stay. He hasn't disrupted the team. He's been a plus not a minus.