The super Melo to Portland thread + The Big Blockbuster

he is as close to being un-tradeable as you can be, with out being untradeable. It would take major pieces to get him. He is still young, with lots of upside. Decent defense, and learning off from Hakeem. He comes closest to Hakeem's footwork as I've seen. Still needs time to develop, and build muscle.

Again, Morey has a price for everyone. Everyone is in the discussion, so there is always a chance.

 

agreed.

 

@Chupacabra ... I've never seen someone with such a gap in their Home/Away splits.....especially in favor of the Road. Odd...

 

YEA, THAT! I don't think anyone has. If he would shoot his avg at home, we could have won 3 or 4 more games. Not saying anything about the playoffs.

Running theroy is:
He is colorblind (fact). So members have been looking at his shooting % when the home time is red (bulls, Atl, etc). It seems to be lower at those. I didn't do the investigation, just what they reported. If he stays, we might have to change our colors.

 

I noticed that too. It seems a bit flukey to me though. I can't imagine there would actually be a reason for such a drop in the comfort of a home crowd.

 

Thanks. We'll make sure to wear our red alternates next time we play you.....hehe

 

The problem is that the Knicks want to go young. They want to build around KP. There's no incentive for NY to trade for Anderson just to appease Melo, and the Rockets don't have any young talented players. The worst thing they could do is take on shitty contracts just to make Melo happy. In this case it's much better to just let him walk at the end of the year for nothing, rather than deal him for shitty contracts. That's what a lot of Rocket fans don't seem to understand. In this case, nothing is better than something.

 

Here is a nice article about color theory/ sports psychology. It is well known that red is intimidating, causing fear for opponents and confidence for those wielding it.
https://books.google.com/books?id=y...A#v=onepage&q=red uniforms intimidate&f=false

 

Thanks for your informations!

 

Home run

 

I hated the switch from red to black

 

I get why teams wear red. No arguement.

The theory with RA and his colorblindness. Red is the most common color of colorblindness. He has a hard time with depth perception between the rim and the background. Not a problem at NO because of the colors, and he didn't shoot as many 3's.

 

Interesting. I didn't know that he had color blindness.

 

What exactly would Utah give to New York that New York would want in order to pay Ryan Anderson $19M a year? Utah already has Favors, who's better than Anderson and making less money. Ingles could probably play some small-ball, stretch-4 (and he'll probably have to because they're loaded on the wing with Hood, Mitchell, Burks, Johnson, and Sefelosha).

Toronto is already at the tax line, and the only pieces they could trade to take on Anderson's contract is Derozen (won't happen) or Valancuinas. They wouldn't trade their young, starting C who's better than Anderson and making less than him, for a stretch 4 to backup Ibaka. Plus, New York wouldn't value Valancuinas much because they're very high on Hernangomez.

Any other teams you think would possibly participate in a 3-way trade with Houston and New York?

 

this ...

If Melo opts in/does take his ETO, he gets paid $28M. I don't think there is another team out there that would play him that.

If he is in for the money, he will stay in NY.
If he wants to play with friends, ... why not Houston? CP3, Harden, Ariza, the ever present Bobby Brown.
If he wants to win, have to wait to see where teams are next year.

Side note.
Bobby Brown needs a movie when he retires. Apparently, he is friends with everyone in the leak. He is another player that will not be traded cause he recruited CP3. CP3, Ariza, Ryan, and Brown all played together in NO. It's like the Bubba Shrimp Boat instead of the Banana Boat.

 

I don't see how there's any place that he would want because of money reasons. If he wants money, he could play wherever and opt in to that 2nd year and still make as much money. Money isn't a factor here.

 

Favors is not a Stretch-4. If Utah wanted to adapt the "new" 3&D model, RA would be a better fit scheme wise. Favors is cheaper.

Not saying I'm right. It hasn't happened yet, so I'm sure there is a reason why not.

 

The issue isn't whether he wants to play in Houston. He does. The issue is that the Knicks have veto power just as much as Melo does, and it seems unlikely they'll agree to a Houston trade as things stand.

It might be theoretically possible to rope in a third team with the assets that New York would want if Houston upped what they were willing to trade to Ariza and Gordon. But Ryan Anderson (and his contract) isn't going to fetch the assets that New York wants. Most likely. Nothing's impossible.

 

Clutchfan says:

Yeah, because the ability to finally trade P.J. Tucker, who's 32 years old and on a 4 year, $32M contract, or Luc Mbah a Moute, a 30 year old minimum contract level player, will definitely sway the Knicks.

 

but to do that, he would have to opt in, and NY would have to trade him. His NTC would be the issue.