The super Melo to Portland thread + The Big Blockbuster

I feel you guys on this one. It's fuckin lame

 

spot minutes for evan turner.......? with crabbe gone hes probably the first person off the bench if he doesnt start considering where this roster is right now.

 

Well, we have a lot of company. That is how it happened with me as well. A slow build up and then a sudden change in everything where it just officially owned me. It was really confusing at first, but you find ways to deal. And yeah, I used to love driving, but it can be rough sometimes. One of the reasons I completely understood Royce White's travel problem.

 

I really don't think Neil is stupid enough to take on Anderson so I don't think that's who it is for considering who we drafted on top of guys like Vonleh, Meyers,Nurk,Davis. 6 bigs all together and you know Aminu will play PF minutes. Even if one big went out, I don't see us taking in another. Makes zero sense. Swanigan for sure needs minutes this year. Collins is a project. Nurk obviously, Vonleh. Put Aminu in at PF. Meyers or Davis gotta go. I feel like we will retain a wing out of this. Gotta be

 

What's up with mkg? He's a really good wing defender, but I don't know CHA thinking on him

 

It's a dark hole you can fall into and that shit can suck the life out of you. What's crazy is so many don't understand it. You tell them and they will be like oh yeah I have anxiety....like no this shit is on another level but everybody insists that oh yeah they know whats up to. Like no shit everybody has anxiety to an extent but I am talking generalized, like every day of your life and it fucks with so many things. Definitely frustrating

 

He's been hurt a lot but when he's healthy he is like a bigger Tony Allen, I wouldn't be shocked if Charlotte wants to move on from him.

 

I feel like we've gone through most iterations of this 3 way deal, and how it could look. Or, I know I have. Who can fit into what salary slot, etc. Looking at the depth charts of each team:

Lillard/Napier
McCollum/Connaughton
Harkless/Turner
Vonleh/Aminu/Swanigan
Nurkic/Davis/Collins/Leonard

Knicks:
Ntilikina/Randle
Hardaway/Lee
Anthony/Thomas
Porzingas/
Hermangomez/O'Quinn/Noah

Paul
Harden/Gordon
Ariza/Tucker
Anderson/Mbah A Moute
Capela/Nene/Black

Not gonna really bother with the non guaranteeds.

If Houston lands Carmelo, he likely splits his time, along with Tucker and Mbah A Moute at the 3/4. No real need for Ariza there. Anderson honestly probably more valuable as someone who can stretch floor, catch and shoot when Paul, Harden and Carmelo are on there, and he can slide over to the 5 in small lineups. They are set at C with Capela and Nene theoretically able to split the 48 minutes between them, and also having inexplicably signed Tarik Black,and with Anderson seeing a few a night. They have no back court depth at all. Moving Gordon for Carmelo makes little sense, when they're then looking at minimum signings to add anyone behind Paul and Harden.

For Portland, adding Gordon to fill Crabbe's spot makes some sense in that we get someone who can create for themselves, which Crabbe couldn't do. But I don't see a ton of us using him as a super small ball SF, which means it's a strict 3 guard rotation between them, and Turner and Aminu and Ariza share minutes at the 3? Not enough to go around, even with Aminu(and Ariza) seeing time at the 4, IMO. A Gordon and Ariza package doesn't seem to make tons of sense.

Knicks, if it was just Anthony, have a decent wing rotation of Lee, Hardaway, Harkless. Harkless can move over to the 4 in some small lineups with KP at the 5, Lee and Hardaway at 2/3. No PGs on the roster. If there was a deal to do Anthony for Harkless, we do Harkless for Ariza, TPE for Gordon, and Houston did those 2 and unguaranteeds for Anthony, NYK would open up about 15 or so million in actual cap space to fill out the roster.

 

I was typing my response, but had the last two (Dudley and Green) as my dark horse Crabbe replacements. Either would be an upgrade over Crabbe, but would prefer Green for his defense. Now, we just need to figure out how to get him from SAS...

BNM

Spot minutes at SF is what I wrote.

I think he'll get most of his minutes as a secondary ball handler when Dame or C.J. come out of the game. Not sure if that officially makes him our back up SG or back up PG as it will allow both Dame and C.J. to play off the ball more, but my point was with Crabbe gone, Turner won't see the bulk of his minutes at SF. That position will be covered primarily by Harkless and Aminu.

BNM

 

The Melo deal ain't happening.

Not involving Portland anyway. Dwight Jaynes says so.

 

It is known.

 

I can just picture Melo sitting there thinking "trade me mother fuckers!"

 

Maybe NY is playing the long game.. get him upset enough to waive his NTC for Portland.

 

Is this finally the Death Nail for Melo to Houston? Can somebody call Time of Death?

 

We were back at the 2 yard line, but was whistled for holding, again.

 

What's the holding call for?

 

Clutchfans is really funny today.
This non-trade has them all crazy pants.
There is a thread with a poll with who the best center in the NBA is. Several of them hit the "other" option and wrote in Clint Capella.
It's quite beautiful.