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  • mvspree8
    Pro
    • Mar 2007
    • 580

    #1561
    Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

    I think Melo makes the Lakers only marginally better, if even. Roster imbalance would hurt them.

    Trading for him isn't even a great option anyway -- if the Lakers don't take on any additional longterm salary, they can sign DWIGHT HOWARD outright in the summer of 2012. I think it'd be worth the wait for them, especially considering they are back-to-back champs with this roster.

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    • ex carrabba fan
      I'll thank him for you
      • Oct 2004
      • 32744

      #1562
      Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

      MVPspree, they would be much better than marginally. Even though LA would give up size, the injury question marks are too much to deal with at times. Andrew wasn't even close to healthy last playoff run.

      Getting someone the caliber of a Melo is a much better commodity at this point than an injury prone big man.
      Originally posted by TheMatrix31
      lol @ all of this
      If Melo really goes to LA, then yes, LOL at all of this.

      It would be utter bull****. I personally wouldn't want it to go through as a Laker fan.

      Kobe would have been the most pampered superstar in league history. I don't want him to get that distinction if he doesn't already own that title. Shaq comes to mind other than Kobe.

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      • aholbert32
        (aka Alberto)
        • Jul 2002
        • 33106

        #1563
        Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

        Originally posted by ex carrabba fan
        MVPspree, they would be much better than marginally. Even though LA would give up size, the injury question marks are too much to deal with at times. Andrew wasn't even close to healthy last playoff run.

        Getting someone the caliber of a Melo is a much better commodity at this point than an injury prone big man.

        If Melo really goes to LA, then yes, LOL at all of this.

        It would be utter bull****. I personally wouldn't want it to go through as a Laker fan.

        Kobe would have been the most pampered superstar in league history. I don't want him to get that distinction if he doesn't already own that title. Shaq comes to mind other than Kobe.
        I dont know about pampered. Those two yrs post Shaq were brutal.

        I'm thinking long term here. I dont want to go through the Sedale Threatt yrs or the Smush Parker yrs again. If they are able to make that trade, the Lakers now have a rightful successor once Kobe slows down. Also it takes the scoring load off of Kobe.

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        • PrettyT11
          MVP
          • Jul 2008
          • 3220

          #1564
          Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

          Originally posted by mvspree8
          I think Melo makes the Lakers only marginally better, if even. Roster imbalance would hurt them.

          Trading for him isn't even a great option anyway -- if the Lakers don't take on any additional longterm salary, they can sign DWIGHT HOWARD outright in the summer of 2012. I think it'd be worth the wait for them, especially considering they are back-to-back champs with this roster.
          Nobody knows what might happen in 2012 so you can't just say hey let's sit still and hope we can sign Dwight in 2012. With Kobe,Gasol,and Odom all on the books until after the 2013 season and making over 60 million combined that year it will be impossible to just sign Dwight as a free agent. That doesn't even include that they would have to just let Andrew walk before free agency would even begin. With the new CBA and pretty much the guarantee of a lower cap there is no way they will be able to just sign Dwight even if he becomes a free agent.

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          • BlueNGold
            Hall Of Fame
            • Aug 2009
            • 21817

            #1565
            Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

            I don't want this happening for 1 reason and 1 reason only, and that's that I don't want Kobe getting gift-wrapped another ring so the uninformed can start up the "Kobe over Jordan" bull****.

            Other than that, it is what it is. The Lakers are a well-run team, so I'm not going to hate on them for having the assets to make moves like this. Yes, it is annoying as all hell that it's always the Lakers and their fair-weather fans (not all of them, but most) getting things to go their way and never having to deal with the tough times like most teams have to at some point, but really I don't know why anyone would be surprised. I know I'm not. At this point I'm used to the Lakers getting every little thing go their way.

            Also, I'm not going to "boycott the NBA if this happens". Get out of here with that mess. I'm sure a lot of you were saying that during the Donaghy situation, but you're still here, and I'm sure a lot of you also said it when Mr. James took his talents to South Beach, but you're still here.
            Originally posted by bradtxmale
            I like 6 inches. Its not too thin and not too thick. You get the support your body needs.



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            • ex carrabba fan
              I'll thank him for you
              • Oct 2004
              • 32744

              #1566
              Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

              Originally posted by aholbert32
              I dont know about pampered. Those two yrs post Shaq were brutal.

              I'm thinking long term here. I dont want to go through the Sedale Threatt yrs or the Smush Parker yrs again. If they are able to make that trade, the Lakers now have a rightful successor once Kobe slows down. Also it takes the scoring load off of Kobe.
              Other than those two years though.. I mean he's had incredible support

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              • Jeffx
                MVP
                • Jan 2007
                • 3045

                #1567
                Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                Originally posted by mvspree8
                I think Melo makes the Lakers only marginally better, if even. Roster imbalance would hurt them.

                Trading for him isn't even a great option anyway -- if the Lakers don't take on any additional longterm salary, they can sign DWIGHT HOWARD outright in the summer of 2012. I think it'd be worth the wait for them, especially considering they are back-to-back champs with this roster.
                I don't see Kobe and Carmelo complementing each other(like Jordan and Pippen) at all. What happens to Gasol? If you move him to the 5 and Artest(or Odom) to 4, that's not good either.

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                • ex carrabba fan
                  I'll thank him for you
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 32744

                  #1568
                  Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                  Originally posted by Jeffx
                  I don't see Kobe and Carmelo complementing each other(like Jordan and Pippen) at all. What happens to Gasol? If you move him to the 5 and Artest(or Odom) to 4, that's not good either.
                  Umm I can understand what you mean by Gasol playing full time center [which he pretty much did anyway on their two title runs], but why wouldn't Melo and Kobe compliment each other? Why would Jordan/Pippen even come up in this discussion? LOL.

                  Gasol has proved he can get LA a ring or close to it at center. Now having Melo and Kobe as his wings? That would be more than enough to get a title, not saying pencil it in, but LA wouldn't have a lot of excuses.

                  The deepest team in the league with the two of the best players in the league with the 2nd or 1st best coach in the league?

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                  • TheMatrix31
                    RF
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 52927

                    #1569
                    Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                    I've already weened myself off the NBA a good bit.....so I kind of hope it happens.

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                    • JBH3
                      Marvel's Finest
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 13506

                      #1570
                      Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                      A Melo deal to LA scares me. Anyone thinking this wouldn't work is just kidding themselves. . . .
                      Originally posted by Edmund Burke
                      All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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                      • ex carrabba fan
                        I'll thank him for you
                        • Oct 2004
                        • 32744

                        #1571
                        Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                        Originally posted by JBH3
                        A Melo deal to LA scares me. Anyone thinking this wouldn't work is just kidding themselves. . . .
                        I mean really. I could understand people being skeptical about the Heat, they had no depth, an unproven coach, and terrible big men.

                        LA would still have their title team intact, and would also keep their elite depth. They would have talent/defense/offense at every position.

                        Kobe and Melo wouldn't work? How so.

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                        • Jeffx
                          MVP
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 3045

                          #1572
                          Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                          Originally posted by JBH3
                          A Melo deal to LA scares me. Anyone thinking this wouldn't work is just kidding themselves. . . .
                          You don't think they'd get in each other's way?

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                          • Dice
                            Sitting by the door
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 6627

                            #1573
                            Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                            I still say the Bulls can offer a better package than the Lakers. Like someone said, Bynum is an injury risk. And if he's going to be 'The Guy' you build around then I don't see why you would take that chance on someone who has problems getting on the court.

                            Now you look at the Bulls who can offer you Deng and Taj Gibson. Yeah, Deng will never be a franchise player. Neither is Gibson. BUT they are both serviceable players who'll play. And yeah, Deng's contract is not that great BUT Bynum's contract is not that far off from Deng's. Both players are overpaid and if I'm going to overpay for someone, it might as well be someone who's going to play instead of sitting on the sideline due to an injury. And for Bynum to have all these injury problems at 23 years old is a tell-tell sign.

                            I can't see the Nuggets doing this Laker deal. If I was the Nuggets, I'd rather take the proposed Knicks deal.
                            I have more respect for a man who let's me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil. - Malcolm X

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                            • jeebs9
                              Fear is the Unknown
                              • Oct 2008
                              • 47568

                              #1574
                              Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                              The only reason I don't like the trade. Is because they would lose a lot of defense. And then they would have to have Artest come off the bench. No big man to protect the rim.
                              Hands Down....Man Down - 2k9 memories
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IHP_5GUBQo

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                              • JBH3
                                Marvel's Finest
                                • Jan 2007
                                • 13506

                                #1575
                                Re: The Carmelo Anthony (NY or Bust?) Thread

                                Originally posted by Jeffx
                                You don't think they'd get in each other's way?
                                No. For all his primadonna-ness... Kobe is still a competitor and wants to win.

                                I think Bynum is an albatross. His knees are Gregg Oden-esque, and Melo can still be a force in the post in his own right.
                                Originally posted by Edmund Burke
                                All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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