Ok, I want this to stop before it starts.

Lets talk about our 2010-11 Knicks please. Less stressful.

but none of this type shit:
 “no we can’t do that because then we can’t afford Melo”
“wait, does Melo have a beef with that guy?”
“doesn’t this guy play the same position of Melo?”
“Nah I don’t like that guy cus he wouldn’t mesh well with Melo”

Like avoiding the hottie at the bar because she’s clearly “high maintenance”

It’s a Knicks blog, lets talk about actual Knicks

so would Kobe Bryant.

So would Tim Duncan.

So would Kevin Durant.

Any team’s MARQUEE player would fit nice here. But they aren’t available and won’t be for a long time. So lets just move on please.

When big name players become available, the Knicks will be in position to jump. You can thank Donnie Walsh for that, since the guys we are adding are not long term contracts, aside from Amar’e Stoudemire, and we should get used to having him in orange & blue for a long time.

I was tempted to put one up myself.

Go check out stingy d’s post y’all. It encapsulates all.

but i figured since we’s complainin about conduct and all…

I’d say a starting lineup of Felton-Walker-Melo-Raldolph-Amare should compete for a championship if everybody stays healthy. We’d have a deep bench too.

1st – The owner is trying to sell the team, and is notoriously cheap
2nd – CP3 has said he’d push for a trade if he didn’t think his team would ever compete for a championship
3rd – NO would love to dump Okafor’s contract, and will only be able to by using CP3 as bait
4th – NO #2 PG (Collison) seems to be an above average starter in his own right.
5th – CP3 and Amare are friends and would become the best PnR tandem since Stockton/Malone

These sorts of deals do happen, and the Lakers got Gasol for shiny box of rocks because Memphis was for sale and wanted to shed payroll.

Not saying he would come cheap and easy, but between Gallo, AR, TD, Walker, Chandler, Turiaf (or the Ruskie) and Curry’s expiring contract, we can package a couple of young/cheap/exciting players for AND allow NO to shed ~$20M in payroll. Will it make them a better team? No. But it would probably make them a profitable team that’s easier to sell. This is the type of deal that a team like the Hornets would have to consider…especially if CP3 starts pushing for it on their side.

Melo would be a great addition, but my dream scenario is trading for CP3+Okafor, and then turning Felton+1 into a strong SG+backup PG (assuming we sent TD to NO).

I love our current team, and if they don’t change all year I’m OK with that…but I think the moves above could turn us into a real championship contender, so I’ll keep hope alive until we clearly choose a different path.

It just doesn’t do anyone any good to discuss the hypotheticals ad nauseam like we did with Lebron. Go read hoopys hype or inside hoops for rumors. We don’t need that shit here.

Gallo’s 22, Randolph is 21. Patience.

but if you look at it, that whole “star in NY” thing is legit. Melo may/probably sign that extension, but maybe he has people looking out for him that realize he stands to make 5-10x his contract if he goes to NY and takes this city for his own?

I’m sure the Knicks would love to trade for Melo, and yea…probably that means Randolph as a trade piece if Denver is willing. And I’m pretty sure they manage to acquire him, they can re-sign him under the current deal as well.

Everything depends. I doubt that the roster will chance much before the season. Maybe they do get Rudy Fernandez from Portland (think Hahn himself has said they want Gallo…so fuck Portland) if the price comes down.

Denver’s gonna want to contend, which they can. Melo’s going nowhere. He can sign that deal under the current CBA I’m pretty sure until July 1, 2011. So he’s got time.

Now if Denver for whatever reason is not contending, and Melo’s deal still isn’t signed, then you can look for that as a possibility.

Well..you may have to see what the Knicks are doing as well! Cuz if the current squad is contending and outperforming all expectations…why trade? Melo’s mainly a scorer, and a great one at that.

If the Knicks are doing very well, Donnie would be pretty dumb to trade for him and disrupt chemistry.

Alan Hahn is right. This Knicks team is NOT championship ready, so it should not at all be considered a final product. That doesn’t mean we won’t be good (we will), but yeah, we also have assets. One of those assets may less likely be Anthony Randolph, but like Bradshaw notes… gotta see how things play out this season.

Now, yeah, the CBA is gonna change and the rumor is it will more owner-happy in that max salaries will be lowered, contract lengths could be shorter too, amongst other things. Its very difficult for any player to leave a 3yr $65 extension on the table (that would put Carmelo’s current contract at about $100Mil, fyi. Now, obviously, no one knows the real reason he has yet to sign said extension, but the speculation says he is interested in how NY plays and that he might be unsuire of how Denver’s progress is and is going to be. They now have a lot of questions going into the season.

The question on Melo’s mind is surely “Can Denver still compete for that championship?” They haven’t made any moves this summer aside from Harrington and they spent more $$ than they should on him. They still have holes in their frontline too (Martin/Nene are risks to injury). My personal opinion is Carmelo is mostly waiting to see how George Karl handles his health. I think the Nuggets have gone as far as they can go, and if they play .500 ball and George Karl decides this is his final year coaching…then Carmelo is gonna want to be traded.

IF he signs his extension, Denver will NOT trade him. Now, if he gets moved at the trade deadline to say, NY… well, I am pretty sure the Knicks have until the end of the season to sign him to an extension. I don’t think they would have until July 1st, but sometime in June.