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Josh Howard & his dealer for Carmelo.
No effin' way!
Josh Howard & his dealer for Carmelo.
Lebron, Z, and Carmelo
Well, Melo's salary is actually less than Diaw+Barbosa's this next season, and then slowly rises above theirs to a peak of 1.9 million more in the final Player Option year (all three contracts are the same length).
So...maybe. Heh.
Alternatively, I wouldn't mind trading Diaw for Camby (whose contract ends in two years when Shaq's and Nash's do also).
Actually not a bad thought.
Carmelo is the Nuggets "franchise" player...and he's pretty young. You think the best the Nuggets could get for him are two bench players?
Pop would never let Melo see the light of day.
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Young, but there are reasonable questions about whether we've already seen everything he's ever going to be . . . which is not a franchise player.
So you aren't going to get an All-Star for Carmelo. Which means you get either get
a) disgruntled star from another team, or a star the team has soured on (none springs to mind immediately with Marion gone)
b) starters from a bad team vs. starters/bench players from a good team
in combination with one or more of
c) draft picks
d) upcoming cap flexibility
The problem is Barbosa's trade value right now is at a low. Diaw may have helped himself some in the playoffs. It obviously wouldn't be Carmelo for just those two. But that's probably about the ballpark Denver would be looking at in terms of quality.
Another option would be Carmelo to Chicago, but some players (Gordon, Deng) would have to be S&T'd. And I guess New York is always in the mix.
Melo was a top 5 pick in the league just a couple years ago. And yea he has issues in the NBA, but he has shown glimpses of being great when he's been on the USA team.
Gorden/Deng seems like better trade options than Diaw/Barbosa. If the Nuggets are dumb enough to trade for Diaw/Barbosa, who the heck are they going to build that team around?...JR Smith? AI is too old, Camby isn't a player you build your team around. Diaw/Barbosa ditto. Gordon and Deng at least you have two capable combined scorers who can give you 40 ppg, who are starter material, and have upside (at least if you discount this past season).
I'm not saying Diaw and Barbosa are great defensively, but how does getting Carmelo help the Suns in this area and rebounding?
If the Suns have to throw in the Atlanta pick I sure as am going to pass.
Luol Deng
Kirk Hinrich
Drew Gooden
swap first round picks
for
Carmelo Anthony
Kenyon Martin
Nuggets get a potential star in Deng to replace Carmelo at the small forward position, a bigger point guard that has the ability to guard 2-guards better than Anthony Carter and Chucky Atkins, a top 10 draft pick, and they dump Kenyon Martin's contract.
Bulls get a franchise player and a slight upgrade in skill at power forward.
With the west looking to be compe ive above Denver for the foreseeable future, probably better to keep Melo and rebuild around him now. Unload everyone over 28 years of age and see what happens in a few years. Melo would still have trade value then. The old guys; not much now, and much less later.
That's a really good trade if it works, and I think the needed sign-n-trade would make it work.
Carmelo is a locker room cancer and me-first player. He still thinks he's a superstar.
I certainly don't want him anywhere near my team.
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