The logic is Melo would've caved and signed with the Nets because he's not skipping out on $20-30 million no matter how much he wanted to be a Knick...so they bit the bullet.

 

Originally Posted by Niceguy

You will need role players who want to play for peanuts. Hmmm if I'm making peanuts would I want to go to the knicks, in new york, a state only slightly less taxed than california or the miami heat, no state income tax. Decisions, decisions.

again, this isn't entirely true. the knicks are one of the richest franchises in the NBA. they can (and will) buy up late first round picks. some of them will work out and some won't, but they're going to find cheap talent on rookie scale contracts.

will that push them over the top? no. but they are nowhere near as reliant on cheap FA signings as you're suggesting.

the first thing I thought of after hearing about the trade? The Grizzlies' playoff chances just got a lot better! Weeeeee

 

Originally Posted by SerlinSteak19

I mean, the Knicks still need to play defense...

I don't understand this defense argument at all. Who were Gallo/Chandler stopping? Mozgov is a walking poster boy...

 

Originally Posted by SantanaBandana

I don't understand this defense argument at all. Who were Gallo/Chandler stopping? Mozgov is a walking poster boy...

literally

lol, wtf is NJ doing.

 

Originally Posted by Appst08

lol, wtf is NJ doing.

I was just laughing about this with a buddy... I'm chalking it up to some super secret russian formula thats going to blow everyones minds. LOL

 

Originally Posted by SantanaBandana

I don't understand this defense argument at all. Who were Gallo/Chandler stopping? Mozgov is a walking poster boy...

Did I say they lost defensive players or did I say they probably won't be winning shit anyway because they just added offense to a team that is .500 because they don't play defense.

"You can replicate the pieces that you lost, you can't replicate Carmelo Anthony" - Tim Legler

"There's 450 players in the league...8 are elite scorers." - Colin Cowherd

Good for the knicks, stars attract stars. If CP3 hops on in the offseason you've got a top 3-5 team next year.

 

Originally Posted by donkiman

I havn't heard anything about this... is this a rumor? I was really hoping Chicago would take a shot at Battier. Great lockdown defender could easily replace a Bogans or Gibson.

Yeah, Marc Stein wrote about it, but now people are saying that it's not going to happen. A Celtics fan can dream though

Was that Waco at :51?

lol that has to be him. Also I would trade a limb to get rid of that black and yellow song.

 

Originally Posted by darkpoker12

lol that has to be him. Also I would trade a limb to get rid of that black and yellow song.

Its a st pattys da knicks hat ot a baylor hat tho :(

I liked Karl's comments on the trade in this article.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/s...=ESPNHeadlines

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl echoed a community's anguish Tuesday in seeing its hometown hero, who wanted to stay put, leave for the Big Apple along with the superstar who wanted out.

Karl said he was relieved the Anthony trade saga was finally over but, like several of his players, he lamented the loss of Billups, who led the Nuggets to the Western Conference finals two years ago after he was acquired from the Detroit Pistons.

"I can't deny that when the trade went down last night, I was kind of more sad than happy," Karl said after his team's short-handed shootaround Tuesday. "I think most of that sadness was because of Chauncey -- and A.C. a little bit, too."

"I feel energized and lifted and happy about a change, but as I said I thought when I was driving home last night I'd be a lot happier. When I sat there for a couple of hours, you know, I was more sad," Karl said.

And that had to do with losing Billups and Carter more then Melo.

"I mean, Melo gets what he wants," Karl said, adding that Williams and Balkman probably get more minutes in New York, too.

It's not as though Karl was trying to disrespect Anthony, even though the All-Star forward's desire to leave Denver hung over the team for eight months.
"I have tremendous respect for what he did here, what he gave us, what he gave me," Karl said. "I can't deny his personality and his skill level is a conflictive personality to a coach. And you know I thought we survived this year ... I think we survived it in a positive way. Now, was it an A-plus? Probably not. But I look at the six years that I had with Melo as a blessing for a coach. We won a lot of games, and we won a lot of those games because of Melo."