On Carmelo Anthony's final act in New York, and why the Blazers should be his next team

Almost all rosters have at least small changes every single year.

We will not be the exact same team next year, as we are this year.

 

Not current day 15 year olds. Wouldn't touch em. I'm talking about 1989. My uncle's Zephyr just didn't have enough room. Thinking back I was driving so 16 anyway.

I needed a basement just to avoid my mom's accordion and my sister's tuba. I hate the music my Mexican buddies play at work and race has NOTHING to do with it. It sounds like the shit that finished off my sanity.

 

Well I figured you didn't mean girls of today, that would be really sick. But I still meant what I said for the girls of yesterday. haha
Did you mother and sister try to play the same music you wold hear at work on an accordion and a tuba?

 

Couldn't tell you. They didn't play the same song at the same time. I lived in a fucking double wide for crying out loud.

 

The sounds are my fingernails on a chalkboard thing. The horror.

 

And it was always fucking raining. Didn't want to go outside. Thank God I got a cd player and Nirvana to drown it out as much as I could.

 

If Melo comes here, I will actively root against the Blazers until he is gone. Character matters.

 

I said...good article....not that I like Carmelo....the article showed how the Blazers are ready to contend with another piece....I'm convinced Stotts can handle anybody....after the NY media fiasco....I'd think Portland would be good therapy...but I also think he's too old

 

FUCK NO!!!!!!

I wouldn't trade Harkless alone for that chucker.

MyLe yes, no picks.

In short, fuck melo, and.......................wait for it...........














Raymond Felton and Darius Miles.

 

Melo makes some sense. It would be the first time it wasn't "his" team, and I think he would fall in line. He plays Lillardesque defense, so that's a problem, but offensively, teams wouldn't be able to hang.

The biggest issue, of course, is that he went to Syracuse, and that's a no no.

 

yup i love me some harkless. but id trade myle for just about anything. hell id trade him for felton just so i didnt feel bad boo'ing for a blazer because he was such a nice guy.

 

Agree with the sentiment, but for different reasons.

Like us, the Knicks are in a difficult salary situation. The only big $$$ trades that make sense for us are with teams that are well below the salary cap.

 

Not saying the Blazers should, but if you're NY, taking back salary to add multiple picks would be worth it

 

The problem is that they don't have the space to take it.

 

The cap is projected to be 103 million, and with Anthony, they're at 78 million in salary next season.

 

This is incorrect

 

Ha! I should pay closer attention to the ESPN Trade Machine. It said a trade would put them into the luxury tax, and therefore didn't work. Hence, my assumption.

 

So Melo would be 34 and 35, making around 27 mil per. The last year is a player option. Which he would be smart to keep. He plays almost 35 minutes per game in over 70 games per season the last two years.

If I am the Knicks I trade him for sure. I assume Melo would rather stay in NY but he only has 2 good years left and I am guessing its time to chase a ring. I doubt Portland would be his first choice. But a Dame, CJ, Harkless, Nurk and Melo starting unit is not bad on paper. I would trade either ET or Crabbe plus Meyers.....the picks is where it gets difficult.

Edit: The more I think about it the more I think we need to throw another 10 million their way.
We can't break even, we need to give them 36 million of salary and get back Melo's 26. Keep in mind if we got Melo it would because he wants to be here. I doubt he would approve the trade, but if he did then it might work for 2 years.