The super Melo to Portland thread + The Big Blockbuster

Think about all the power forwards that are going to dominate us because Anderson can't play D... I'd rather start Vonleh.

 

It's as far away from his angry wife as you can get in the NBA...I'll give it that

 

No, if we were going to take him then the deal would already be done.

 

This player is the only NBA PF that is softer than LaMarcus Aldridge.

Spoiler

Ryan Anderson

 

That never happened tho. There was never an acceptance of any deal. Here's the thing:

Neil doesn't leak anything. Right? Riiiight..

Not one thing.

Neil FIRES MFs over leaks.... Ask Kim.

When you hear about a NO deal, it's right after it happened not anytime before. So he leaks info about the Okafor "deal" in an effort to squeeze the shit out of Denver. He succeeds at squeezing a first out of Denver.

MFs should just give credit where it's due.

 

When people are entertaining the idea of having Anderson on the team, yeah it's getting pretty fucking desperate...

 

You gotta laugh to keep from crying!

 

Batum and difference maker should never be used in the same sentence...

 

Sorry, gonna call bullshit in this one. It's called negotiating. Neil was playing DEN and PHI against each other to get the best deal he could. If he had valued Okafor over Nurkic, we'd have Okafor on our team right now.

BNM

 

See my post above. Remember to press like. Lol.

 

Mentioned Cleveland though which I thought they were out of it. Personally I hope Cleveland gets back in this bih and we end up with Love instead of Anderson. Hark, Vonleh, Ed and a 2nd to NY in exchange for Love would be a whole lot better than any return NY should get when Anderson is the main piece Hou is sending out.

 

What percentage of the time do you suppose Noah Vonleh outscored the opposing PF?

 

Clearly I gave Neil some credit.

And I didn't know you had a direct line to Neil. You seem to know how everything went down. I'm going off what was reported. It could be wrong.

You're going off what you think may have happened.

According to Windhorst, Portland and Philly had a conference call scheduled with the league to announce a trade involving Jahlil Okafor.

And Denver gave in and included their pick in our Nurkic trade after hearing how close we were to getting Jah.

 

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ut-carmelo-anthony-trade-talks-hold-want-back

The New York Knicks are pausing trade talks centered on Carmelo Anthony and want to pursue a conversation with the 10-time NBA All-Star about possibly reincorporating him into the organization, league sources told ESPN.

After talking with the Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers for nearly a month to help engineer deals for Anthony, the Knicks told both teams that they're stepping back from trade talks for a short time, league sources said.





It is believed the timing of that communication with Houston and Cleveland coincided with the clandestine negotiations that were ongoing with Sacramento and Perry, the Kings VP of Basketball Operations.

The Knicks have reached an agreement in principle on a deal to make Perry the team's new GM, but consummation of the hiring is pending the Knicks and Kings arriving at terms on compensation, league sources said.

The Knicks want Anthony to meet with the new front office and coach Jeff Hornacek in the near future, but it's unlikely that Anthony will respond with eagerness about a plan to reincorporate himself into a franchise that has been pushing him -- publicly and privately -- to accept a trade out of New York, league sources said.

Anthony has been fully focused on getting a deal done, especially with advanced talks that surrounded Houston. The Rockets were working on a four-team trade with the Knicks that had gained traction throughout the week, league sources said.

 

I don't recall Nic ever professing his undying love to the city of Portland or the Trail Blazers organization. If he did, please provide a quote or a link.

What I do recall is that he was perfectly willing to leave us for MN and was much happier playing in CHO than POR:

"MINNEAPOLIS -- Restricted free agent Nicolas Batum has agreed to terms on an offer sheet with the Timberwolves and is hoping the Portland Trail Blazers either do not match the offer or execute a sign-and-trade to get him to Minnesota, Batum's agent told The Associated Press on Thursday night."

"In a season-closing interview with the Charlotte Observer, Batum told writer Rick Bonnell, "It was a pretty cool year. First time I got to play like I want to in eight years in the NBA."

BNM

 

That's a silly question and doesn't use context.

 

I'd be thrilled to have Ryan Anderson on the team...off the bench at $10M per year.

 

What about behind the bench, in a suit, at $20 million a year?

BNM

 

I was speaking about others who weren't giving Neil his credit.

With regard to knowing what NO's going to do, nobody knows.

Why don't they know?

They don't know because NO doesn't leak anything. So when you got information that was leaked, logic dictates that that info is probably faulty.