A couple All-Stars tell Aldridge they want to play with him, Lillard in Portland

Hibbert probably wanted in on some of this action.

 

No, as is the case with half of the east squad.

 

Melo

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Dirk and Parker.

 

If this is the case, Neil should be informed of this asap. But rather I see this Chris Haynes jumping the gun and taking a passing comment and making it a story.

 

But playing along, I really hope it's Noah. I've read he's really loyal to CHI but this would be an amazing fit here for him.

 

God no. DeRozan's only a year away from this. Talk about empty stats. Lowry is the true engine of that team.

 

We can dream. But that's all it is. It kills me that if we hadn't "won" the Oden lottery, we probably would've taken Noah.

 

Isn't that just because they filmed that Adidas commercial together? I can't see two PGs wanting to join forces. (Unless Lillard's ready to admit he's a short SG.)

 

Way to hold it down for the rest of the totally unrealistic Blazer homers.

 

Plus if they said they want to play with LA they hope its not in the all star game cause he is just terrible in those.

 

If Melo was interested, I would do the deal. Is it a risk? Yes, but adding Melo to this team would make us a legitimate championship contender. Wes and Nic for Melo.

Dame
CJ
Melo
LA
Lopez

I'd also look at doing a second deal to bolster our bench. If we could get Hawes, that would be huge, but regardless this would be a deal that you build around next summer. If we're able to make it work this year, great, but we lock up Melo this summer and try to start adding vets for cheap contracts. Melo, LA, and Dame would easily be the best trio in the west and possibly in the NBA as a whole.

 

I was so anti-Melo before, but recently I've completely jumped on his bandwagon after seeing how hard he works for that sorry ass NY team. I sympathize with anyone who has to share the floor with Felton.

Dame/LA/Melo would be one sick 3 headed monster. I would love it even more if we could keep one of Nic/Wes as our defensive stopper at the wing. But I have a hard time believing Melo even talked much to LA.

 

This is an interesting process of elimination

East
Melo
Kyrie
George
LeBron
Wade
Bosh
DeRozan
Hibbert
Joe Johnson
Millsap
Noah
Wall

I think we can cross off George, Wade, Bosh, and LeBron.

Melo
Kyrie
DeRozan
Hibbert
Joe Johnson
Millsap
Noah
Wall

It's probably not Johnson or Millsap. We already know Hibbert wanted to come here, but at this point I doubt it's him.

Melo
Kyrie
DeRozan
Noah
Wall

I've heard a lot of rumors about Kyrie wanting out of Cleveland, but I really don't know how an Irving/Lillard backcourt would work. DeRozan would be interesting, but why would Toronto want to give up their only All-Star? Noah wouldn't be bad. Wall is great. I actually think Wall would work better than Irving, but I really don't see Washington giving him up for anything short of a star.

I think Melo could be had for the right price. I think Noah could be had. Maybe DeRozan.

 

In terms of pure scorers, the only guy who might be better than Melo is Durant. They're comparable. I've never really liked him much either, but he is a legitimate superstar. If you add him, we become a destination. People will want to play here because they will want a ring.

 

Here is the west team.

Love
Durant
Curry
Harden
Griffin
Kobe
LA
Davis
Dame
Howard
Dirk
CP3
Parker

This list is going to be much shorter. You can cross off Paul, Griffin, Parker, and Durant right off the bat.

Love
Kobe
Davis
Harden
Howard
Dirk
Curry

I highly doubt that Harden, Howard, Dirk, and Curry want out. The list just got very short.

Love
Kobe
Davis

We have all speculated that Love is gone from Minnesota, but I don't see him here. I think he's going to LA. His ego and his desire to play on the big stage will take him someplace like Los Angeles or New York. Davis is too quiet and I don't really see him going to LA or Dame about playing in Portland.

Could it be Kobe? He wants rings and that sure as shit isn't happening in LA. He has also been raving about Dame, even during the All-Star game. I just don't know if I see him leaving LA at this point

 

I never wanted Melo before either. Sometimes people mature, especially after a little adversity.

 

Noah is a great fit. Team and hustle player all the way. We would be so good with an Aldridge/Noah/Fropez rotation.

 

Realistically, is there any way for us to clear cap for a big name FA this year?

 

Jesus, how does this hack still have a job...