Report: Carmelo would’ve allowed Knicks to trade him to Blazers if no deal with select 3 teams

[H.C.]

I'm sorry.
But if Melo was on the Blazers. We'd be a better team.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

We'd be a better team.

Better how?

 

[julius]

Well, having Carmelo might've added some wins, but I doubt it would've moved them to top 2. So technically, he's correct?

 

[tester551]

I'd trade for Melo this summer (as long as we send out Turner & Meyers)

 

[HailBlazers]

Bag of Peanuts would be my max offer

 

[Stevenson]

How many bullets has Olshey dodged by trades not happening or offers being matched by other teams? Too many.

At least he can draft.

 

[blue9]

Not really I would still love to have Melo over Harkless. Melo would hit wide open 3s all day that he would have gotten being a starter with us. Harkless is trash

Ur dum.
Go ahead - ban me, mods!

 

[blue9]

How many bullets has Olshey dodged by trades not happening or offers being matched by other teams? Too many.

At least he can draft.

Waaaay too many.

 

[Five Second Violation]

Melo was complete trash this season and at 34, it's likely all downhill from here at this point. He posted a PER of 12.7 and a VORP of -1.1. That's terrible production at $6 million per season let alone $26 million.

I'd rather have Leonard and Turner's contracts at this point. At least they know their roles and aren't primadonnas.

 

[Lanny]

Carmelo Anthony spent most of the offseason saying he’d waive his no-trade clause for only the Rockets.

But as training camp neared and Anthony faced returning to the Knicks, he expanded his list to include the Thunder and Cavaliers.


Just how badly did Anthony want to leave the Knicks?

Marc Berman of the New York Post:

Sources say Anthony would have allowed the Knicks to deal him to Portland if the Knicks struck out with the other three.​

Apparently, the Trail Blazers’ recruitment almost worked. Of course, the Knicks traded Anthony to Oklahoma City. But this report raises a couple questions:

How many teams would have Anthony approved in a trade? He obviously preferred to leave the Knicks, but he also had reasons to stay in New York. We now know Anthony preferred at least four teams to the Knicks, but how long is that list? Twenty-nine teams?

Did the Knicks err by sending Anthony to Oklahoma City? Maybe the Trail Blazers would’ve never beaten the Thunder’s offer (the Bulls’ 2018 second-round pick, Enes Kanter and Doug McDermott). But if New York had played hardball, it could have at least brought Portland into a bidding war.

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/report-carmelo-anthony-ve-allowed-032552927.html

He wanted out of NY that bad?

 

[Lanny]

Melo was complete trash this season and at 34, it's likely all downhill from here at this point. He posted a PER of 12.7 and a VORP of -1.1. That's terrible production at $6 million per season let alone $26 million.

I'd rather have Leonard and Turner's contracts at this point. At least they know their roles and aren't primadonnas.

Actually, Turner is pretty darn good and Leonard has never been better. Of course, that doesn't say much for Leonard.

 

[tester551]

Melo was complete trash this season and at 34, it's likely all downhill from here at this point. He posted a PER of 12.7 and a VORP of -1.1. That's terrible production at $6 million per season let alone $26 million.

I'd rather have Leonard and Turner's contracts at this point. At least they know their roles and aren't primadonnas.

At $26M, Melo is out performing what we are getting out of the $26M we are paying for Turner and Meyers ($16M + $10M).

Besides, I didn't say anything letting him actually PLAY for Portland. I'd try and buy him out immediately after the trade

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Melo was complete trash this season and at 34, it's likely all downhill from here at this point. He posted a PER of 12.7 and a VORP of -1.1. That's terrible production at $6 million per season let alone $26 million.

I'd rather have Leonard and Turner's contracts at this point. At least they know their roles and aren't primadonnas.

Not me, Carmelo is done after one more year.... then we'd get back out of luxury tax that we're going to get into this summer.

If we timed it right, we could tell him in no unequivocal terms that he'd be coming off the bench. Maybe that would be enough
to get him to opt out right away!

 

[Boob-No-More]

Not me, Carmelo is done after one more year.... then we'd get back out of luxury tax that we're going to get into this summer.

If we timed it right, we could tell him in no unequivocal terms that he'd be coming off the bench. Maybe that would be enough
to get him to opt out right away!

I think he has to opt in before OKC could trade him.

BNM

 

[Five Second Violation]

At $26M, Melo is out performing what we are getting out of the $26M we are paying for Turner and Meyers ($16M + $10M).

Besides, I didn't say anything letting him actually PLAY for Portland. I'd try and buy him out immediately after the trade

Is he though? There's pretty good evidence that he made his team worse this season, and with a significantly higher usage rate than Turner or Leonard. A guy like that who is not only going to suck but demand a lot of shots and touches to boot is simply cancerous and sets a team back. At least Turner mostly blended in this season and merely played like an adequate, replacement level bench guy, albeit a grossly overpaid one. Carmelo either cannot or will not accept that type of role and made that clear prior to the season.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Is he though? There's pretty good evidence that he made his team worse this season, and with a significantly higher usage rate than Turner or Leonard. A guy like that who is not only going to suck but demand a lot of shots and touches to boot is simply cancerous and sets a team back. At least Turner mostly blended in this season and merely played like an adequate, replacement level bench guy, albeit a grossly overpaid one. Carmelo either cannot or will not accept that type of role and made that clear prior to the season.

Turner is also an excellent on ball defender, especially situationally, so he provides value and versatility this team needs. Melo would not.

 

[Boise Blazer]

I get that people don't like his contract but to me Turner fills a hole that really no one else on the team can. He's almost like a "Mid & D" player instead of 3 and D. Mid range and Defense. He isn't perfect but he brings more good than bad with the bonus of being an extra ball handler. And if he shot 35% from from 3 very few people would complain at all.

 

[Labinot41]

In the 1st half of the Season the SF Position was our biggest issiue until Moe steped up. I'm sure Melo would be a much better fit in the Stotts System. He would give Dame and CJ more Space than Evan Turner because opponents respect his outside Shooting

 

[BBert]

Melo is a poor fit on the Westbrooks. PG is a wasted talent on that team. So is anyone who is good, except maybe a big man like Adams.

I'm glad we didn't get Melo. I'm still ticked we couldn't get PG.

 

[hoopsjock]

Turner is also an excellent on ball defender, especially situationally, so he provides value and versatility this team needs. Melo would not.

I get that people don't like his contract but to me Turner fills a hole that really no one else on the team can. He's almost like a "Mid & D" player instead of 3 and D. Mid range and Defense. He isn't perfect but he brings more good than bad with the bonus of being an extra ball handler. And if he shot 35% from from 3 very few people would complain at all.

If (I know it's still a big unknown) Baldwin can provide an elevated level of defense that he has shown in a couple of flashes, I think he could provide everything Turner provides offensively at less than 9% of the cost of Turner. If (yes, another big if) Melo was willing to come off the bench at this point in his career he could provide a huge scoring spark in the 2nd unit. I don't know, it might be something to consider.

 

[mook]

Eh, I think on our team I'd prefer a healthy Aminu over Carmello, just for fit and lack of drama. If Chief doesn't get injured he's our starting SF right now, and I think we'd have a significantly better record.

Still think so.

 

[Driew]

Melo is a poor fit on the Westbrooks. PG is a wasted talent on that team. So is anyone who is good, except maybe a big man like Adams.

I'm glad we didn't get Melo. I'm still ticked we couldn't get PG.

Agreed Westbrook is such a good individual player that he doesn't really make his teammates better players. Players seem to have better seasons after leaving okc.