The super Melo to Portland thread + The Big Blockbuster

[Natebishop3]

I dont think they're giving up both Gordon and Ariza

I guess it depends on how desperate they are to get Melo.

 

[BonesJones]

Maybe NY will relent and take on Crabbe?

This is what I thought was most likely at the start.

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ycv35xrh

That trade would be absolutely awful.

 

[santeesioux]

I thought we weren't going to help Houston get Carmelo?

 

[Natebishop3]

That trade would be absolutely awful.

If there's a trade, I think we're getting stuck with Anderson. Hopefully not.

 

[riverman]

how desperate they are to get Melo.

pot is not legal in Texas I don't believe.....to get Melo you have to go to Portland, Cali or Colorado in the west

 

[riverman]

I thought we weren't going to help Houston get Carmelo?

the rope a dope trade

 

[Scalma]

I guess it depends on how desperate they are to get Melo.

I think morey would give em up if push came to shove. Ariza is an expiring anyway. He wants stars. Hope Olshey held out long enough to land Gordon instead.

 

[santeesioux]

the rope a dope trade

If you end up with Ryan Anderson you were the one that got rope a doped, much like signing Evan Turner.

 

[Scalma]

If you end up with Ryan Anderson you were the one that got rope a doped, much like signing Evan Turner.

Depends what we sent out. If it's Evan Turner and Meyers, even if it cost us Harkless, I'd take it.

 

[riverman]

I wouldn't mind picking up Nene to back up Nurk and sending Meyers to Houston

 

[riverman]

If you end up with Ryan Anderson you were the one that got rope a doped, much like signing Evan Turner.

I like Turner....have to disagree on that one...we're not getting Anderson in my view or it would have happened already

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

I thought we weren't going to help Houston get Carmelo?

Why do you think its Houston getting Carmelo?

 

[Cippy91]

I would like to think if Neil is going back on his word in a team deal to get melo to houston that the OKC rumors were very true and one could argue that Melo on OKC is way more of a problem than Melo on the houston squad. So if he goes to one of them, make it houston

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Outside:

NY: KP|Willy|Frank
HOU: CP3|Harden|Capela

The rosters are straight aids.

IF this were to happen I'm fully prepared to be severely underwhelmed.

 

[Cippy91]

If you end up with Ryan Anderson you were the one that got rope a doped, much like signing Evan Turner.

We aren't getting Anderson, it makes absolute zero sense

 

[santeesioux]

I like Turner....have to disagree on that one...we're not getting Anderson in my view or it would have happened already

I don't mind Turner that much, just not at the price they paid.

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't think we're getting Melo, so if we can dump Crabbe's contract and get a couple vets, I'm okay with it.

 

[santeesioux]

Why do you think its Houston getting Carmelo?

I don't know, I'm just speculating due to the rumors from before. It could be a completely different trade. Maybe Melo is going to Okie town and we're getting Kantor whom we tried to get last season, who knows.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Rice didn't break news because he wasn't allowed to. Just like Casey isn't. Just like @HCP isn't. Rice is beloved in the organization and might have some inside information.

 

[riverman]

I don't mind Turner that much, just not at the price they paid.

He gets Wes Mathews money and makes less than Batum so to me...he's better than both those guys...his value as a defender is really under appreciated...Chief too....give him a season with Nurk and I think you'll value him more.

 

[riverman]

Rice didn't break news because he wasn't allowed to

hasn't his contract expired by now?

 

[Cippy91]

Rice didn't break news because he wasn't allowed to. Just like Casey isn't. Just like @HCP isn't. Rice is beloved in the organization and might have some inside information.

I believe Mike Rice. He put that shit out like he for sure knew it. Ricewoj up in this bitch, 100 percent with the mikes

 

[SlyPokerDog]

hasn't his contract expired by now?

Yes, and that's why he's saying chit on twitter.

 

[BBert]

Must be drinking. Has Rice ever broke news?

Not while he was employed by the Blazers, that I know of.

 

[illmatic99]

How about this from left field?

Trade 1:
POR gets: Love
CLE gets: Melo
NYK gets: Harkless, Patty, Ed

Trade 2:
POR gets: Shumpert, Tyson Chandler
CLE gets: Bledsoe, Turner, Vonleh, PHX future pick
PHX gets: Kyrie, Meyers

So we get a lineup of :

Dame/CJ/Crabbe/Love/Nurk with Shumpert, Aminu, Chandler, Collins, and Caleb off the bench. We also get out of the Meyers/Turner deals.

CLE gets: Bledsoe/Smith/Lebron/Melo/Thompson with Turner as their 6th man and a future pick

PHX gets Kyrie

NYK gets rid of Melo for some reasonable contracts.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

I don't know, I'm just speculating due to the rumors from before. It could be a completely different trade. Maybe Melo is going to Okie town and we're getting Kantor whom we tried to get last season, who knows.

I think Melo could be headed to the Cavs

 

[Natebishop3]

chit

Dork.

 

[Cippy91]

How about this from left field?

Trade 1:
POR gets: Love
CLE gets: Melo
NYK gets: Harkless, Patty, Ed

Trade 2:
POR gets: Shumpert, Tyson Chandler
CLE gets: Bledsoe, Turner, Vonleh, PHX future pick
PHX gets: Kyrie, Meyers

So we get a lineup of :

Dame/CJ/Crabbe/Love/Nurk with Shumpert, Aminu, Chandler, Collins, and Caleb off the bench. We also get out of the Meyers/Turner deals.

CLE gets: Bledsoe/Smith/Lebron/Melo/Thompson with Turner as their 6th man and a future pick

PHX gets Kyrie

NYK gets rid of Melo for some reasonable contracts.

Pretty sure the three teams are Portland,Knicks, Houston. I think Kyrie starts the season with the Cavs

 

[illmatic99]

The kicking the can on Patty's contract is interesting. His 1.3 mil deal could be a throw in

 

[Pinwheel1]

I think Melo could be headed to the Cavs

If I am the NY I am all over dumping Melo for Kyrie. (and maybe Frye's 1 year deal) That would be stupid for Cleveland in the long run though if Lebron leaves. But I can see Lebron forcing their hand.

Then if I am the Cavs I trade love too