Trade with New York?

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    If Melo and Amare don't work together, what makes you think Melo and LA would work? LA needs the ball in his hands to have an impact. Amare is a far better P&R player, but he can't seem to mesh with Melo.
     
  2. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Ultimately Melo is a very talented scorer, but he's a total ball-stopper on offense. Denver has mostly been better without him.
     
  3. jaspitzer

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    Yeah, Don't get me wrong I love Carmelo Anthony... When he's on my Fantasy basketball Team. The guy isn't a winner though. He doesn't play unselfishly. Looking at denver this season you can easily see what not having a carmelo anthony can do for your team and meanwile NY is 8 and 13. I like your effort on looking for trades that and it did get me thinking a little bit. If you look at what happened with denver. It goes against what most people think, you need a big 3, You gotta have star power and what not. What if we traded Aldridge for something like what denver got? Since mags likes to do trade scenarios, maybe he could find a good one if we gave up star power instead of brought it in?
     
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    Aldridge and Felton for Brooke Lopez and Deron Williams works btw
     
  5. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Melo is a blackhole on offense. This is one of the main reasons Durant is a better scorer.

    Melo is a on ball scorer.

    Durant is an off ball scorer, leads to higher efficiency and less hero ball.
     
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    bigbailes Well-Known Member

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    You don't need star power to win in the regular season, you need it to win in the playoffs though. do you really see this denver team going anywhere in the postseason?
     
  7. jaspitzer

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    We'll find out, but I don't see why not? They're playing well, they have a lot of nice pieces, and they have good coach. The only thing they lack is star power.
     

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