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Should the Blazers puruse Carmelo Anthony?

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  • Not No but Hell No

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Boob-No-More said:
Yeah, dumping one of the larger contracts would be nice, but I don't think NYK would do it. Maybe something even larger like including Crabbe in place of Leonard and taking back Courtney Lee. That also works:

In - Anthony, Lee, O'Quinn
Out - Harkless, Crabbe, Vonleh, Davis
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Yeah, I'd do that in a heartbeat if New York would.
 
Minstrel said:
Yeah, I actually quite like both O'Quinn and Lee as throw-ins from New York's roster. Both are useful today and neither is really an albatross--Lee's salary is reasonable and isn't locked in for that many years, even if he's getting up in years.
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Lee is basically an older Crabbe with better defense at 2/3 the price.

BNM
 
Let's fly that fucker out here and show him around.

Seriously, everyone and their mother wants to move here except NBA players.
 
It's gonna be fun having another star tell us explicitly that he doesn't want to come here. That will be great publicity as always.

But I'm happy to cope with that as long as it fucks with Houston fans.
 
Minstrel said:
Yeah, I'd do that in a heartbeat if New York would.
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I would too, tho I suspect NY wouldn't. And as much as I'm not a big fan of Anthony (or the defense the team wouldn't play), I'd rather have him than Anderson.

Even if NY would do it, I don't know if Anthony would waive his no trade clause.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I think we have to pick our poison. If he plays center we can count on him at least rebounding as opposed to playing away from the basket where he is not in position as often. Also I think not being able to cover a forward at the 3 pt line would result in more points by the opposition, than him taking up space in the key. Teams will quickly scout the Blazers and Caleb, and make him pay by sticking an extra shooter out there. And it's not like we will benefit on the offense because they will just switch their center on him if he tries to post up on the smaller PF.

But maybe he can cover the perimeter. I don't really know because I have not seen him try yet.
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In this case you either play with just 1 big or make them adjust to having said stretch4 contain Swanigan on defense
 
but if we bring Carmelo, whats gonna happen to Nurk
nah, I dont like that, but its tempting for sure
 
Mr. Robot said:
but if we bring Carmelo, whats gonna happen to Nurk
nah, I dont like that, but its tempting for sure
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Why would something happen to Nurkic? Does Anthony have beef with Nurkic?
 
julius said:
I would too, tho I suspect NY wouldn't. And as much as I'm not a big fan of Anthony (or the defense the team wouldn't play), I'd rather have him than Anderson.

Even if NY would do it, I don't know if Anthony would waive his no trade clause.
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With the right combination of players (Harkless, Vonleh), expiring contracts (Davis) and picks, I think the Knicks would GLADLY do it. They want to move Anthony and really don't give two shits where he goes. They covet Harkless and obviously HOU doesn't have anything they want or this deal would have been done three weeks ago.

The key is getting Melo to waive that no trade clause. Dame and C.J need to start actively recruiting him. With Dame, C.J. and Nurk he'd have the best combination of teammates he's had in his entire career, even better than that 54-win DEN team that went to the WCF. On that team he was the young guy with Iverson, Billups and KMart all 31+ and on the downside of their careers. On this team he'd be the vert surrounded with guys who are 27, or younger, all entering their primes.

BNM
 
julius said:
Why would something happen to Nurkic? Does Anthony have beef with Nurkic?
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I think he means contract extension wise which is a good point, but I still think you pull the trigger on melo hopefully with success and a franchise actually dedicated to the players you can convince him to restructure after next year and keep both on team friendly deals similar to what Dame and CJ have done. It will take a WCF appearance at the very least to do so however.
 
Boob-No-More said:
With the right combination of players (Harkless, Vonleh), expiring contracts (Davis) and picks, I think the Knicks would GLADLY do it. They want to move Anthony and really don't give two shits where he goes. They covet Harkless and obviously HOU doesn't have anything they want or this deal would have been done three weeks ago.

The key is getting Melo to waive that no trade clause. Dame and C.J need to start actively recruiting him. With Dame, C.J. and Nurk he'd have the best combination of teammates he's had in his entire career, even better than that 54-win DEN team that went to the WCF. On that team he was the young guy with Iverson, Billups and KMart all 31+ and on the downside of their careers. On this team he'd be the vert surrounded with guys who are 27, or younger, all entering their primes.

BNM
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I think it boils down to a few things (some are obvious and have been discussed already).

One of those things is how he feels about being a winner. Does he want to be a winner or does he want to gravy train.

Now I'm not saying a team with Nurkic, Damian, CJ and Anthony is going to beat Golden State, but I think they'd have a better chance than Houston would with Paul, Harden and Anthony.

Damian and CJ is about par with Harden and Paul, offensively. Defensively, Paul is better.

The issue would be how he fits in with both. Would he be able to accept having Paul and Harden do most of the offense? Or CJ and Damian? Would the idea of being around 3 other starters of note (CJ, Damian and Nurk) be more appealing than Paul and Harden?

Honestly, I think the Blazers squad (CJ, Dame, Nurkic and Anthony) are much better suited for a title run than the Houston squad would be (Harden, Paul and Anthony). Besides the age factor, I think both CJ and Damian have shown a great willingness to let others be the guys in the spotlight.

But I think that to Anthony, the idea of playing with the popular "superstars" is too much to pass up. Especially if/when they don't win, he won't be pegged as the reason.
 
julius said:
I think it boils down to a few things (some are obvious and have been discussed already).

One of those things is how he feels about being a winner. Does he want to be a winner or does he want to gravy train.

Now I'm not saying a team with Nurkic, Damian, CJ and Anthony is going to beat Golden State, but I think they'd have a better chance than Houston would with Paul, Harden and Anthony.

Damian and CJ is about par with Harden and Paul, offensively. Defensively, Paul is better.

The issue would be how he fits in with both. Would he be able to accept having Paul and Harden do most of the offense? Or CJ and Damian? Would the idea of being around 3 other starters of note (CJ, Damian and Nurk) be more appealing than Paul and Harden?

Honestly, I think the Blazers squad (CJ, Dame, Nurkic and Anthony) are much better suited for a title run than the Houston squad would be (Harden, Paul and Anthony). Besides the age factor, I think both CJ and Damian have shown a great willingness to let others be the guys in the spotlight.

But I think that to Anthony, the idea of playing with the popular "superstars" is too much to pass up. Especially if/when they don't win, he won't be pegged as the reason.
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But is the choice Houston or Portland or is it Portland or New York? I have no doubt he'd rather go play in Houston with his buddies but if it's New York or Portland, do we have a shot?
 
Melo won't get traded here. I 100% guarantee it.
 
Btw, 75% of this board is more intelegant than Chad Doing. Do you see his ramblings on Twitter? Man, he'd do the most for Ryan Anderson.
 
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Blazer4ever said:
In this case you either play with just 1 big or make them adjust to having said stretch4 contain Swanigan on defense
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Who do you prefer we use as the "one" big in that situation for the 2nd unit? Only Zach Collins is a rim protector, but in November will he better at the other things than Caleb (i.e rebounding) I think Collins will be better at PF as he has quicker feet.

I guess we keep Davis as the backup center but I do not consider him much of rim protector either.
 
julius said:
Why would something happen to Nurkic? Does Anthony have beef with Nurkic?
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Nurkic wouldnt be as productive as last season, less shot attempts etc
it would stop Nurkic progress as a player, its really that simple

Nurkic might become 2nd option on this team, and if you bring Carmelo, hed be 4th option on offense
thanks, but no thanks
 
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