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Should the Blazers puruse Carmelo Anthony?

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honkicracker said:
If you read the cuckfan's forums when it came out Portland wouldn't facilitate a trade for the Rockettes. They think very differently on NO if this is indeed what happened.
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Link?
 
BonesJones said:
What do you mean?
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Jay Allen said



But the full quote was "Because obviously he makes us a better team. So obviously with that being out there and being a real possibility, I don’t see why I wouldn’t reach out to him and let him know the interest is mutual if he is interested in us."

It makes Jay Allen's tweet seem like it's out of context.
 
Portand has been ultra thirsty all off-season. It's a really sloppy look. They've been sliding into the DM's of every high-profile Free agent. gross.

Blazers should show a little self-respect.
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Lol, as if the Rockets haven't tried to recruit free agents before... as if no team has tried to recruit free agents.

Why are they so salty? Did Lillard's shot have a permanent affect on them?
 
From what CJ and Lillard said in the vid, i think they didnt sell Melo on PDX. Melo will continue to push for a trade to Houston, but if one just cannot get done, i see PDX as the alternative to going back to the knicks. The longer this draws out, the higher likelihood he's coming to the Blazers
 
BonesJones said:
Lol, as if the Rockets haven't tried to recruit free agents before... as if no team has tried to recruit free agents.

Why are they so salty? Did Lillard's shot have a permanent affect on them?
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Yes.

They really thought that they were going to win a championship that year. They had just acquired Dwight Howard, and to get knocked out in the first round by a team that they thought was going to be a push over..... they have been bitter ever since.
 
I'm hoping New York hardball's Carmelo. I could see New York and Olshey having agreed to a trade package today. New York needs to give Carmelo two choices, those being go to Portland and contend, or stay in New York and play less while they develop younger players. I think New York would do this because they want Harkless, and this would be a way of pushing him to waive his NTC for Portland.
 
BonesJones said:
I'm hoping New York hardball's Carmelo. I could see New York and Olshey having agreed to a trade package today. New York needs to give Carmelo two choices, those being go to Portland and contend, or stay in New York and play less while they develop younger players. I think New York would do this because they want Harkless, and this would be a way of pushing him to waive his NTC for Portland.
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I think that's what they're trying to do.
 
Anthony Davis is overrated as fuck. Most big guys, with some amount of skill, are. Same with KAT.

Not sure how I feel about Melo'... I do think playing against the Warriors is very interesting with Melo and Nurk. With just NURK we played them better than most other teams. Replacing all those open Harkless/Aminu shots with Melo? Yes please. Melo 'tries' to defend other stars, at least, I'll give him that. I think it could get pretty interesting especially with our size.

I know people hate it but:

Lillard/CJ/Crabbe/Melo/Nurk would be REALLY hard to guard. Nurk is the only poor 3pt shooter and Melo can guard 4s. Could also understand wanting Swanigan/Collins/Vonleh next to Nurk for rebounding and size, but the amount of wide open shots that team would get...astounding. Shooters everywhere. Crabbe isn't the greatest, we know, but he can shoot - and teams respect that. Not gonna let Crabbe bomb away like Harkless or Aminu.
 
BonesJones said:
I was just thinking that Olshey inserted himself into the negotiation by pretending to be willing to help facilitate a Melo deal to Houston, just to see if the Rockets had any chance. I think he was testing to see how much New York would want our assets like Harkless, while seeing how little they wanted Houston's assets (like Anderson). Once he knew that Houston couldn't trade for New York straight up, Olshey knew he could put the better package together. Now, all that's left is to get Carmelo to waive his NTC for us.

If Neil did this, it woulda been a genius move by him. A very shrewd move that I've been waiting to see from him for a long time.
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I think it's funny that Rocket fans think the Knicks are playing us to squeeze them for a better deal, when in fact, it's much more likely Neil was playing them to show their cards so he could make a better offer directly to the Knicks.

I mean think about it for 0.9 seconds. If you're Neil Olshey, why would you willingly help facilitate a trade that made a conference rival better?

BNM
 
To me what makes this exciting is that if this goes down, it opens up the door to some real possibilities. What I mean is yes, Melo would be interesting and entertaining to say the least but we could then very well become that destination that good role playing veterans want to sign at. And that could start a trend that could be very beneficial long term. In addition to that it makes us much more attractive to future free agents. It's like Melo would break that damn and I mean that more in the long term sense.
 
I ain't gonna lie. The people in that thread is hilarious. I like this one.

Man, Melo and us just be laughing at clueless Portland.

To think Lillard thinks he could know Melo's heart like we do. We have a bond that Lillard could never understand.
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But THIS one was great!

Honestly, I don't know why the Raptors don't go after Melo if Melo ever thinks he has to expand his list. Lowry, Derozan, and Melo all played in the Olympics together and Lowry and Derozan are better than Lillard and McCollum.
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theprunetang said:
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:clap::clap::clap::clap:
 
Fez Von Savage said:
This could also be a powerplay to force Houston to give up key pieces.

Capela and/or Gordon.
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I'm fine with it either way. Either they don't get Melo and are stuck with a butt hurt Ryan Anderson, or they overpay to get Melo and are probably still stuck with a butt hurt Ryan Anderson.

BNM
 
Fez Von Savage said:
This could also be a powerplay to force Houston to give up key pieces.

Capela and/or Gordon.
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Why trade for Capela when they have Hernangomez? I think Gordon has 0 value because he's too old, they already have Courtney Lee with 3 year remaining, and just signed Hardaway to be their SGotf.

They need a SF to replace Melo. Harkless is from their and meshes well with their other pieces. I think they'd want Harkless more than Capela or Gordon. HOU can't give up a pick till 2020 either.

They'd also value Napier, as Ntilikina is their only PG right now, and Napier is from the region as well.
 
Destroyer of Worlds said:
Anthony Davis is overrated as fuck. Most big guys, with some amount of skill, are. Same with KAT.

Not sure how I feel about Melo'... I do think playing against the Warriors is very interesting with Melo and Nurk. With just NURK we played them better than most other teams. Replacing all those open Harkless/Aminu shots with Melo? Yes please. Melo 'tries' to defend other stars, at least, I'll give him that. I think it could get pretty interesting especially with our size.

I know people hate it but:

Lillard/CJ/Crabbe/Melo/Nurk would be REALLY hard to guard. Nurk is the only poor 3pt shooter and Melo can guard 4s. Could also understand wanting Swanigan/Collins/Vonleh next to Nurk for rebounding and size, but the amount of wide open shots that team would get...astounding. Shooters everywhere. Crabbe isn't the greatest, we know, but he can shoot - and teams respect that. Not gonna let Crabbe bomb away like Harkless or Aminu.
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Defensively that would be a layup drill though. I would NOT start Crabbe in that lineup.
 
dviss1 said:
Defensively that would be a layup drill though. I would NOT start Crabbe in that lineup.
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Or any lineup...

Crabbe's already way too passive. I can't see him getting many shots with Dame, C.J., Melo and Nurk on the floor. And if Crabbe ain't shooting, he's useless.

I think starting either of Vonleh or Swanigan at the 4 next to Melo at the 3 makes more sense. Vonleh gives us solid defense and rebounding. Swanigan gives us rebounding, good passing and the ability to make an open shot.

BNM
 
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