Carmelo Anthony Traded to the Knicks.
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Fishsticks
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Yeah who the hell do they play next to Anthony and amare? They traded nearly every talented player they had
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Walsh and D'Antoni are both letting it known through "sources" that this trade was all Dolan, Isiah, and Worldwide Wes.
Dumb, dumb, dumb. New York knew Carmelo wanted to play there. Only reason for giving up so much is perhaps the fear that under a new CBA, all they could have offered next season was the MLE. They gave up WAY too much. Carmelo, Amare and Billlups without much else. Not a team that can advance very far in the playoffs.
Dumb, dumb, dumb. New York knew Carmelo wanted to play there. Only reason for giving up so much is perhaps the fear that under a new CBA, all they could have offered next season was the MLE. They gave up WAY too much. Carmelo, Amare and Billlups without much else. Not a team that can advance very far in the playoffs.
He's the best player that never plays. Everyone marvels at his talent, but he never plays. Just never plays.
Okay, so Amare turns down Phoenix to go to NYC, Lebron and Bosh turn down Cleveland and Toronto to go to Miami, Carmello bolts Denver to go to NYC. How are teams like Denver, Toronto, Phoenix and Cleveland supposed to compete? Even when they get top-shelf lottery talent, they can't hold onto it because the All-Star players only want to be in one of 4 or 5 cities. See what happens with Chris Paul next year....
JJ Rage
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As silly as it sounds to some people, something really has to be done to quell this crap that's going on.
Its not silly at all. Small market teams in the NBA, at least from a competetive standpoint, are about to be a permanent thing of the past unless something is done quickly. I applaud the Miller's for spending what they have just to keep us as relatively competetive as we have been, but even they cannot sustain this. Without action in the next CBA, the NBA will be what MLB is. We will be the Kansas City Royals of the NBA - a once proud and competetive franchise that is relegated to just existing, nevermind competing.
What really sucks is Toronto is not a small market nor a crappy city. And neither is Denver. This isn't even necessarily about big vs. small, this is just getting to the point where something has to be done to try to keep parity. At the same time, guaranteed contracts destroy franchises if they're not careful and implementing a cap with more restrictions and less exceptions could make those errors exponentially more hazardous.
The NFL's CBA is a proven model for creating parity, even if it's not perfect. The closer the NBA gets to their model, the better the league will be. And maybe after a couple of franchises get contracted out (that aren't the Jazz).
The NFL's CBA is a proven model for creating parity, even if it's not perfect. The closer the NBA gets to their model, the better the league will be. And maybe after a couple of franchises get contracted out (that aren't the Jazz).
vegas
Well-Known Member
Signing a contract now he gets to make the max money in the city he wants. NY could not offer melo the max without a sign and trade if I understand correctly.
He also avoids risking the terms of the new CBA which are likely to reduce player salaries in one way or another.
https://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=coon_larry&page=CarmeloFA-110216
unluckyseventeen
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Minnesota is the most pathetic franchise in the NBA, by far. Not only did they get involved in this trade, but they traded away Corey Brewer for Eddy Curry and Anthony Randolph. How many more terrible trades/draft picks is this organization going to make?
Granted Corey Brewer wasn't anything special to begin with, why in the hell would they take on Eddy Curry's ***?
Granted Corey Brewer wasn't anything special to begin with, why in the hell would they take on Eddy Curry's ***?