Jamal Crawford and Austin Rivers (who's having a decent year, mind you) gets it done.
At least Ainge has all those Brooklyn picks and will probably be desperate enough to use them. Thanks to Doc squandering all our assets over the past few years, we can't compete with that.
this has boston's name written all over it tbh. though, I'd be cautious giving any of Brooklyn's picks. melo also has a 15% trade kicker. this should be a fire sale.
I tell you what though, I know the lakers, mainly jim are desperate to get a star player even if its in a form of a huge tumor and with Jackson and Jeanie separated, no one can cite conflict of interest
BOS Trades: BKY Pick + Jerebko + Amir Johnson + Marcus Smart
NY Trades: Melo
bky pick? come on man, that's an overpay imo.
No way man, that's going to be a top 3 pick with a really good chance to be #1. No way they'd move that for a 33 year old Melo. I mean Cleveland got a 26 year old Kevin Love for #1 pick Wiggins. I can see Boston trading the pick since this draft is PG heavy at the top, but they can do a lot better than an aging Anthony.
I feel sorry for any team considering trade for Fatmelo.
Thank god Cuban passed on Fatmelo. I would have put it past him
Griffin for Melo, do it Mit-err...Doc!
boston has tons of picks at their disposal, but bky should be a no go tbh, especially not for 2017 where they have a chance to either draft fultz or ball.
below are boston's picks for the next 2 years
2017 2nd from Cavs
2017 2nd from Clippers
2017 2nd from Minnesota
2018 1st from Brooklyn (right to swap)
2019 1st from Clippers
2019 1st from Memphis
2019 2nd from Detroit
2019 2nd from Miami
there's plenty of 2nd round picks and the clippers and Memphis 2019 1st picks danny ainge can dangle.
Frank Isola (Knicks reporter) just pointed out that the CBA doesn't even allow the Knicks to trade Melo for Blake, since they already traded for one Designated Rookie Max player (Rose) and you can't trade for another one.
With all due respect - I think that is a price BOS should pay. BOS needs talent and overall MELO would still be the most talented player on that team. BOS would not be giving up any players that really hurt them now or long term other than Smart and with IT playing so well and Bradley being solid it's really not much. I'm not that high on smart as a key piece to any team although he's young and has some potential.
The pick is the biggest deal but with CLE struggling, just landing Al Horford adding Melo for a couple years guaranteed for what that pick could be is fair. BOS is solid and trying to go for it now. They have had picks for year and nothing has materialized.
Melo is an asset too so if something didn't work out they could still re-coup some value if they needed to ship Melo out.
But I get it. It's definitley a huge gamble for a guy that may not truly be worth it. I can see the merits of not giving up a top 3 pick for Melo. It's probably the prudent thing to wait. I can just see why someone MIGHT do it.
And TBH, I didn't realize BKY record was that bad. I thought I had seen them win more games than that.
Holy , I forgot they had Brookyln's pick next year too.
yeah man^ danny screwed king so bad hahaha. one of the most lopsided trade in history, possibly top 5 considering the next 2 BKY picks are probably top 3
I mean kind of. Well, it was, but it's not like BOS has done anything with it.yeah man^ danny screwed king so bad hahaha. one of the most lopsided trade in history, possibly top 5 considering the next 2 BKY picks are probably top 3
Why would Boston mortgage its future for a past his prime name who isn't very good any more? That's how they got in this amazing position to begin with, by taking advantage of the Nets being so short-sighted. Plus Boston can easily clear a max salary slot this summer by dumping Jaylen Brown, or even better their Clippers/Memphis picks to someone to take Zeller's expiring contract off their hands. Then they can go out there and make a strong case for Blake Griffin or Gordon Hayward to join this summer. The Celtics are in such an unbelievably good situation and there is no good reason to mortgage that for Carmelo Anthony.
Melo is still good - that is where people have to stop going overboard with the hyperbole. To what degree he can play a different role is one thing, but he's still a really good player.
But I get it. It's a lot to give up for a guy that probably doesn't clearly put you over the top. If that's the case you probably can't give up the #1 pick even in a draft that is weak (not sure about this one).
But if CLE continues to slide, BOS is in the mix and adding Melo would definitely help them.
Smart seems like a bust but Jaylen Brown is still way too early to call.
Just saying that the trade was made in 2013 and it's now 2017 and BOS doesn't truly have much to show for it. I mean, they aren't bad but no real foundation (even though they are solid this year). I mean, they have been a first round team a few times since the trade, but they really haven't capitalized much.
But the trade is still paying off so the entire picture with both Brown and this pick this year will tell the story.
We the trade was for 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018 picks. You can expect those last three to have panned out by now.
This is somehow getting traction. Isola is a hack but he reported none of the big 3 is required to make this deal work. This all boils doen to Austin Rivers whonthe Knicks pursued and Jamal Crawford whose final year is partially guaranteed. We dont have much picks but 2021 is available.
Wow...
Hope the Clips make that trade tbh. It'd make them better against the Dubs but eases the matchup for the Spurs a bit; Auscrub and Crawful always seem to have career nights against them.
it would help the spurs a ton. kawhi has always seemed out of place against the clips, adding melo to the mix would help us
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