The super Melo to Portland thread + The Big Blockbuster

Carmelo has an early termination option after this season. It's pretty rare when high profile players don't exercise those and become free agents. At that point he'll be 34. So keep in mind, this could very well be a one year rental type of deal.

But we probably could get this deal done by adding the expiring contracts of Davis and Aminu rather than Leonard.


http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/6910874

 

If they are fine with including Leonard in the deal, I am willing to give them a lottery protected 2018 pick and I'd much rather have this than Anderson. Offer Harkless, Davis and Leonard plus the pick for Anthony. Even if he ends up leaving next year, we will still only be Crabbe and Turner trade away from being able to sign decent players in free agency, and able to use full MLE anyway. It'd suck to lose Harkless but on the other hand we'd be getting a better player.

 

I don't know, does Melo get $24M a year in free agency? I highly doubt that he does.

 

Maybe on a one year deal, but then again what contender has that kinda cap space

 

Make it happen. Demand a trade for a job in Portland to your agent. Cost of living is less out you are willing to take less to secure a spot in rip city!!!!!!

Lol right? Lol. Tools. Lol. That's funny.

 

Compensating for their napoleon complex. They know deep down their team ain't shit.

 

Fuck it. I'm sold.

Dame/turner/napier
Cj/crabbe/connaughton
Anthony/aminu/layman
Vonleh/swannigan/Collins
Nurkic/Collins/swannigan

Send hark/Leonard/Davis.
No picks.

Make it happen.
I'd like to keep aminu and his good contract and defense. Melo is not good. We need aminu to come in and stop guys like paul George.
I think vonleh will break out this year nextcto nurk.
I think that's pretty solid.

 

How do we entice him to waive his no trade clause to come here? Maybe by adding a good friend to come here?


http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y7njs468

Chicago moves wade for crabbe and vonleh.
Knicks add harkless, Leonard, Napier and a pick?
We add Carmelo, wade and oquinn.

Lillard, McCollum, Anthony, aminu, nurkic
Wade, Turner, swanigan, Collins, o'quinn off the bench.

 

I think this is def enough to pull off these two trades. The question is, would I be ok with doing it?

The part that would hurt, which is weird for me to say is losing Crabbe. But man, we save 50m! $ if they both leave. Vonleh will be a RFA anyways.

It would def be a needle mover. I'd risk it to see the results.

 

You know I hate those contacts as well but they at least have the advantage of youth on their side. Big contacts for ageing players. .... Have seen way to much of that as a Yankee fan.

If it was something that would put them over the top or at least as a competitive #2 to GS, I'd think about it but I don't believe that would be the case.

 

According to woj, the Blazers FO disagrees

 

Fuck it. Trade everyone for this.

Cp3
Cj
Lbj
Anthony
Nurkic


Yeah I'd trade dame to get this lineup. I think it would best the warriors.

 

I could watch thosecall day long. Lol. Thanks!

 

Damn!!!
I had to read that three times before I got it!!!
I kept trying to figure out which name in the lineup you swapped out. Lol.

 

Love those videos even better than the video of Dame's shoot.