Report: Clippers Looking to Add Carmelo to Big 3

[cd021]

LOL at acting like Austin Rivers and Jamal Crawford are the reasons why the Spurs struggle against the Clips, not Cp3, D-Jordan and Blake Griffin. Kawhi'so struggles have absolutely nothing to do with those two. Now, Paddy on the other hand . And Red will not be part of any deal for Carmelo, you can bet your ass on that.

Yeah, it wouldn't make since for the Knicks to aquire a player in his 30's that will either walk or command a big pay raise. Name of the game is to clear cap space, while also being bad in the process.

[PopTheGOAT]

Doesn't matter. Clippers will get the 4 seed and be eliminated in round 2 by GS, regardless tbqh fwiw imo fyi

[james evans]

Yeah, it's a problem if it happens. There is already an all-star team in San Francisco, a Melo, Griffin, Paul, Jordan, JJ core is going to make getting out of the West even tougher. Right now the Spurs biggest threat is GSW.

nope, it would make them easier for us. Crawford really kills us off the bench. If they add melo(a defensive impaired player) and get rid of him, I'm all for it. We know Leonard can guard melo and he's not the type to move without the ball, he wants iso all the time so I hope this happens.

[look_at_g_shred]

No way the Knicks are doing the deal if the trade isn't based around jj and Crawford

[Mr. Body]

Melo is a ball stopper who adds nothing good to a team on or off the court. The NYK would do just as well to waive him.

[Hoops Czar]

Probably
Crawford
Brice Johnson
Wesley Johnson

for
Carmello Anthony, Ndour and Baker (Knicks have 15 players and would either need to waive two players to add the two addition players in the trade or trade two of their cheapest contracts to make it work


PG-Paul-Rivers/Felton
SG-Re -Crawford
SF-Anthony-Mbah Moute
PF-Girffin-Anthony (small ball 4)
C-Jordan-Speights

If it's Jamal Crawford, he'll be waived and the nano second he clears waivers, he'll be signing with Cleveland.

[peacemaker885]

As long as they get JJ we be all good.

[cutewizard]

Right, add that the Clippers locker room, makes them mentally weaker.....

what a some of the teams in this league

[DeRozan m8]

Why is Paul Pierces name coming up? LMAO

He can barely walk anymore

[cd021]

As long as they get JJ we be all good.

Makes no since for the knicks to take Re back in a trade. He's in his 30's and will either walk or command a big deal. Resigning him makes no since when Kristaps is only 21. The trade I posted above includes Wesley Johnson, Brice Johnson, and Jamal Crawford. It would save the knicks a boatload in cash and could allow for them to be a player in free agency.

[cd021]

If it's Jamal Crawford, he'll be waived and the nano second he clears waivers, he'll be signing with Cleveland.

I don't think he's a good player anymore, probably hasn't been for several years now. Cleveland is very crowded on the wing (Lebron, Shumpert, Korver, Smith, RJ) wouldn't make since but, then again, GM Lebron

[mingus]

Almost certainly means that if they trade for melo without giving up their big three it will include JJ, crawford, and rivers who always on us

Add another ball dominant iso chucker and get rid of some of 3pt shooters...hope the clips trade for this cancer tbh

+1

I can't remember Melo ever not being a positive for the us when we play against him. Sure, he's had a few big games & I know I haven't watched every time he plays us, but if my recollection serves correct, IMO it's a "great" thing for us (quotations bec. the Clips talent-wise, assuming they CAN put it together--talking at least this season, which will be tough to do considering he's a big piece (literally & figuratively LOL) & it will be an adjustment...maybe in the future things somehow work out & he's a stud for them--they'll still have the three guys that can go for 40 on any given night). It tips the balance more in our favor for this year at least IMO. Personally, I think he is who he is as a player though, & even next year or however long he stays (should he even go there), IMO it's a mistake winning-wise (he will bring in even more revenue though for sure) compared to if they went another route.

This move screams desperation. They'd be better off waiting for the right opportunity FA &/or trade-wise, adding other guys. Carmelo is just as you said, really: a cancer. He's a ball-stopper & a liability defensively. & the big problem is he's not really skilled at the things a good 3rd option needs to be skilled at at his position (eg. Klay Thompson, Kawhi a couple years ago), namely defense, spot-up shooting (esp. the 3, or at least can't recall him ever being), & ball movement. He doesn't bring any of the intangibles a 3rd wheel needs to have. & he's a one-dimensional, quack 1st option.

& as a 2nd option he doesn't work for the Clips bec. Paul & Griffin are better than him.

So yeah, I'd bet against the odds of it working out in their favor. It'll make the team more money (at least short term), because it's Carmelo, & he sells jerseys & fills seats (& I'm curious as to why the that is, he seems to have no personality). It's like people somehow still think he's the Bird to Lebron's Magic LOL. He's made a uva lot of money based on publicity & promotions that he never really had to "work" for, just pretty much right place right time sorta thing...anyway went off on a tangent.

But back to what you said: it's reason to be happy as a Spurs' fan IMO.

[Fireball]

Clippers starting five when healthy is a well oiled machine ... probably better than anything the Spurs ever had ... putting someone like Melo in there ... I do not know if thats a good idea.

[Chillen]

Melo has Phil by the balls with that no trade clause. If the Clippers trade them crap it don't matter as long as they get some picks. If I was Phil I would be looking for picks in any Melo trade.

[cutewizard]

[dbestpro]

Clippers starting five when healthy is a well oiled machine ... probably better than anything the Spurs ever had ... putting someone like Melo in there ... I do not know if thats a good idea.

[NameLess Scrub]

Have y'all watched FatMelo lately? Or seen how Red /Baby Rivers/Crawford have destroyed the Spurs since 2015? You add a player that Kawhi has destroyed on numerous occasions to a team that he struggles against unlike any other in the league, while they lose 2/3 players that play like stars against the Spurs. Completely changes that matchup between the two teams.

Hopefully this.

But as Spurs9 said, Doc will hardly give up his son. Can Austin and Melo chuck enough to beat the Spurs??

[CGD]

Terrible take....

Awesome analysis dude

[mywastedlife900]

This would actually benefit the Spurs. Kawhi has never had that 1 main guy to guard against the clippers. He usually gets stuck on Red and they just run him around off screens all game in a bid to tire Kawhi out. Carmelo is a ball stopper, his game would limit the output of others plus Kawhi owns him. Hope this happens.

[$pursDynasty]

Knicks have to get something back if only for perception reasons, if the Clipper won't give up one of the big 3 they would have to demand Crawford and JJ, otherwise it looks like the Atlanta deal with Cleveland.

[urunobili]

They'd lose Auscrub and Crawful to get FatMelo. Makes them somewhat easier for the Spurs to handle imo.

So JJ wouldn't be part of the transaction?

[will_spurs]

Carmelo is like Dwight: any team they join immediately becomes a lot weaker. I'm all for it.

[Robz4000]

So JJ wouldn't be part of the transaction?

I'd think he would be, but he doesn't have to be. You'd figure NY would want a useful piece in return, though.

[GSH]

If it goes through, it moves both the Spurs and GS that much closer to a match-up in the WCF. Because it becomes less likely that one or the other is going out in the second round.

[Chinook]

Wonder if Phil is trying to sucker LAC into making a Billy King--like trade. A team as injured, old and unstable as the Clippers could be a goldmine for picks in three years.