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Should the Blazers puruse Carmelo Anthony?

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Well, when you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose, as Bob Dylan once put it.

Worst case scenario is really that he's just useful enough for us to make the 8th seed and miss out on the lottery. We weren't going to get a top 3 pick with Dame on our roster anyway, so it's not really much of a downside.

I guess there's also the embarrassment. I don't mean somewhere down the road, I mean this very second. It's hard to view this as anything but an admission by the GM that they fucked up in signing Hezonja and Tolliver. They are acknowledging that the decisions were so bad that they might as well have saved some money and brought in Melo for the vet minimum.

They built no real depth behind Zach, and they had no plan for handling all the big wings in the league other than Nassir Little. It's all just so embarrassing.

That said, I think a major reason Melo was available for so long was because of the shame any GM would feel about going with him. Nobody wanted that stink on them, in much the same way desperation kind of forced the Lakers to give Dwight Howard yet another try.

The Lakers were such a shitshow of poor management for so long that losing their reputation wasn't even part of the equation. Like I said, when you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose. What little shame they had has died away, replaced by a weirdly unfamiliar aura of savvy in spite of themselves. Dwight Howard actually did it. Who knew.

Our GM has vaulted his failings to the NBA headlines with this acquisition, and you know, I'm all for that. A much deserved wounded ego is a small price to pay.

Especially given that there is a best case scenario that's pretty attractive. Portland uses him like we used to use Aldridge in pick and pop situations. Melo accepts whatever role is asked of him. Maybe he becomes a super sub off the bench and just lights up other teams second strings.

Here's Anthony's game log for his 10 games with the Rockets. In 3 of those games he put up 20+ points on 55% shooting. (Not brilliant, but a damned site better than anything Tolliver or Hezonja has given us.) When they cut Melo, the team had just won 3 of 4 games, and he played 20+ minutes in all of them while coming off the bench. You could argue he and D'Antoni were kind of finding a groove before he got kicked off the team (by Harden? I don't really know. But given the rumors of how CP got booted it seems likely.) The Rockets lost 5 of their next 10 games following him getting cut. They finished out the year well, but I'm not 100% that their rocky start really deserves to be pinned on Melo.

I'm not wildly optimistic about this. It does give me something else to watch besides the Lillard/Simons/Little triumvirate, which is nice. It exposes our GM for the ridicule he deserves. And who knows, it's actually possible, maybe not likely but at least possible, that it saves our season.

Tolliver and Hezonja were nothin', so let's roll the dice on this loser.
 
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*Terry barging into Neil's office after the Raptors game*

"That does it! Get me Carmelo Anthony! We have to after that SHIT display this Nassir kid just pulled off! That guy CLEARLY doesn't have what it takes."
 
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I never thought it would happen. We NEED bench help and this move can very well give us the edge to win the Western Conference. (lol)
 
BonesJones said:
You guys wanna know the main reason I'm excited about this?

This is really gonna help me channel. My livestream already has almost 6K views, gained 30 subscribers or so. Melo's gonna help engagement and my revenue:biglaugh:
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This is gonna help just about every media avenue out there for the Blazers. You were doing great already now even you might be surprised where this goes!
 
mook said:
Well, when you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose, as Bob Dylan once put it.

Worst case scenario is really that he's just useful enough for us to make the 8th seed and miss out on the lottery. We weren't going to get a top 3 pick with Dame on our roster anyway, so it's not really much of a downside.

I guess there's also the embarrassment. I don't mean somewhere down the road, I mean this very second. It's hard to view this as anything but an admission by the GM that they fucked up in signing Hezonja and Tolliver. They are acknowledging that the decisions were so bad that they might as well have saved some money and brought in Melo for the vet minimum.

They built no real depth behind Zach, and they had no plan for handling all the big wings in the league other than Nassir Little. It's all just so embarrassing.

That said, I think a major reason Melo was available for so long was because of the shame any GM would feel about going with him. Nobody wanted that stink on them, in much the same way desperation kind of forced the Lakers to give Dwight Howard yet another try.

The Lakers were such a shitshow of poor management for so long that losing their reputation wasn't even part of the equation. Like I said, when you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose. What little shame they had has died away, replaced by a weirdly unfamiliar aura of savvy in spite of themselves. Dwight Howard actually did it. Who knew.

Our GM has vaulted his failings to the NBA headlines with this acquisition, and you know, I'm all for that. A much deserved wounded ego is a small price to pay.

Especially given that there is a best case scenario that's pretty attractive. Portland uses him like we used to use Aldridge in pick and pop situations. Melo accepts whatever role is asked of him. Maybe he becomes a super sub off the bench and just lights up other teams second strings.

Here's Anthony's game log for his 10 games with the Rockets. In 3 of those games he put up 20+ points on 55% shooting. (Not brilliant, but a damned site better than anything Tolliver or Hezonja has given us.) When they cut Melo, the team had just won 3 of 4 games, and he played 20+ minutes in all of them while coming off the bench. You could argue he and D'Antoni were kind of finding a groove before he got kicked off the team (by Harden? I don't really know. But given the rumors of how CP got booted it seems likely.) The Rockets lost 5 of their next 10 games following him getting cut. They finished out the year well, but I'm not 100% that their rocky start really deserves to be pinned on Melo.

I'm not wildly optimistic about this. It does give me something else to watch besides the Lillard/Simons/Little triumvirate, which is nice. It exposes our GM for the ridicule he deserves. And who knows, it's actually possible, maybe not likely but at least possible, that it saves our season.

Tolliver and Hezonja were nothin', so let's roll the dice on this loser.
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You got all that from filling an empty roster spot with a Vet Min non guaranteed contract?
I kind of just figured Pau Gasol isn't healing the way they expected so they decided to go with a cheap scoring PF.
 
I think this will go one of 3 ways.

1. He'll get an injury and take forever to come back
2. He'll play and actually play decently and surprise us, help right the team and somewhat fix his reputation.
3. He'll make no difference and the team will waive him within a month.
 
At least we finally signed a big name free agent... that nobody wanted in his current state of BBall play lol
 
Hoopguru said:
I’ve got a feeling a trade will happen soon!
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When is Whiteside tradeable? I don't think there will be a trade, but if they were going to trade Little (or other wing) and Whiteside, then signing Anthony would fill the wing gap.
 
Reep said:
When is Whiteside tradeable? I don't think there will be a trade, but if they were going to trade Little (or other wing) and Whiteside, then signing Anthony would fill the wing gap.
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Whiteside's been tradeable since the day we got him...except that nobody else wants him.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Whiteside's been tradeable since the day we got him...except that nobody else wants him.
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I don't know if this is sarcasm or not but we don't know if no one wants him or if the Blazers can't afford to lose another center right now.
 
Isolation all day. No passing, no turnovers. Even if we shoot 43% from the field, we get more shots.
 
Initially, I was basically repulsed by this idea last night. I woke up this morning and thought maybe I just had a bad dream. Checked, nope still real. I must now bring myself to cheer for Carmelo Anthony.
I guess the worst that happens is we get a decent lotto pick.
 
RipCityDSCPL said:
So does CJ become more or less of a ball hog with the arrival of his Sith Master being on the team now?
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Better question--when Carmelo retires, and CJ becomes the reigning master, who becomes his apprentice? My money's on Trent.
 
hoopsjock said:
I don't know if this is sarcasm or not but we don't know if no one wants him or if the Blazers can't afford to lose another center right now.
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I don’t think it would have to be Whiteside initially but. I could see a pkg consisting of one of the veteran guards, young asset, & picks for a seasoned good 3/4 - 4/5.
We do have some decent flexibility / assets we can use to beef us up not just for this year but for the next 2-3 years.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Whiteside's been tradeable since the day we got him...except that nobody else wants him.
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Not outright, but in theory a salary dump could be done right now with his salary, picks and some young talent for a vet big man with a large long term contract.
 
hoopsjock said:
I don't know if this is sarcasm or not but we don't know if no one wants him or if the Blazers can't afford to lose another center right now.
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beast crnjo said:
Wouldn't agree with that. Someone would want him.
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Scalma said:
not a bad joke, but his contract is super valuable. But we need to see Nurk back first.
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Reep said:
Not outright, but in theory a salary dump could be done right now with his salary, picks and some young talent for a vet big man with a large long term contract.
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This feels like the forum equivalent of getting "ratioed" on Twitter.

Yes, I was joking. I actually think there are a lot of teams who would gladly take Whiteside's production, especially given his expiring deal.
 
I look at this that he is a Blazer and will pull for him just like I do for ever other on this team. If he has something left that be great and if he doesn't he always can get waive and that will be the end of his career. So I really think he doesn't what to end his career like this and just might surprise some people in here.
 
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