Carmelo Anthony traded to New York Knicks
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THIS RIGHT HERE, is my whole problem with this fiasco. He demanded trade out of town, He demanded exactly where he wanted to go. He turned down the nuggets offer numerous times bascially showing he didnt want to be around, but in front of cameras he acted like oh no I dont know whats going on I want to be here its all on the team.....that was my problem with melo and this whole fiasco
ofcourse its always going to be better to get atleast something instead of nothing, nobody in their right mind would argue that fact.
nuggets either could of gotten zilch for losing melo or they could have got some players and some picks, they ended up with the latter. although none of those players are on melo's level they still got 3 good to very good up and coming players in felton, galo and chandler.
who isn't understanding that? not me. im a knick fan, i wanted the knicks to stand pat and wait til the offseason to see if he wanted to be a knick as bad as he said. didn't happen obviously.
knicks got the better end of this deal because they got a superstar player that rarely comes along and a road tested pg in billups who's been there and done that already. not even mentioning that billups is a trade chip in the future to lure in yet another young superstar for the knicks aswell.
nuggets either could of gotten zilch for losing melo or they could have got some players and some picks, they ended up with the latter. although none of those players are on melo's level they still got 3 good to very good up and coming players in felton, galo and chandler.
who isn't understanding that? not me. im a knick fan, i wanted the knicks to stand pat and wait til the offseason to see if he wanted to be a knick as bad as he said. didn't happen obviously.
knicks got the better end of this deal because they got a superstar player that rarely comes along and a road tested pg in billups who's been there and done that already. not even mentioning that billups is a trade chip in the future to lure in yet another young superstar for the knicks aswell.
so far from what ive been reading and hearing, knickls fans are 50-50 on the trade, nuggets fans are in total agreement they like the trade, and most of the sports writers and radioheads are giving the nuggets a better grade than knicks on the trade.
On surface you guys got name, but it didnt really "Add" to the team. you lost the same amount of points per game you added, and took away from defense end, as well as youth and depth....all for the name of a "superstar".
nuggets on other hand, free'd cap space, got $$$, gained picks, and got something for someone that would have walked...all pluses when starting to rebuild.
Like I said, as a nuggets fan I have no problem with this trade and think it's great! You are in a 50/50 group of knicks fans, half love trade half agree the team gave up too much.
p.s. billups wont get yo umuch, 14 mil contract for a player on his last leg.....dont expect much in return. when yo uguys trade him it will be all for cap space, not of anything in return value. where as nuggets can trade felton and gain actual value all while not needing to pay 14 mil for an upper 30's PG
On surface you guys got name, but it didnt really "Add" to the team. you lost the same amount of points per game you added, and took away from defense end, as well as youth and depth....all for the name of a "superstar".
nuggets on other hand, free'd cap space, got $$$, gained picks, and got something for someone that would have walked...all pluses when starting to rebuild.
Like I said, as a nuggets fan I have no problem with this trade and think it's great! You are in a 50/50 group of knicks fans, half love trade half agree the team gave up too much.
p.s. billups wont get yo umuch, 14 mil contract for a player on his last leg.....dont expect much in return. when yo uguys trade him it will be all for cap space, not of anything in return value. where as nuggets can trade felton and gain actual value all while not needing to pay 14 mil for an upper 30's PG
that 14 million contract of billups is coming off the books in the near future perfectly setup to help us get either cp3, williams or howard in 2012 though.
i can live with that, i can handle another year or two of average basketball out of new york if it means if in two+ years we'll be competing for titles. i mean i've already put up with how shitty they've been for over a decade now whats a year or two more gonna do? lol
i can live with that, i can handle another year or two of average basketball out of new york if it means if in two+ years we'll be competing for titles. i mean i've already put up with how shitty they've been for over a decade now whats a year or two more gonna do? lol
The Nugs did not get screwed in this deal in any way, they tried to get a better deal from Jersey but Melo only wanted to go to the Knicks so they got the best that they could possible work with...I thought the Knicks would have been better off waiting til the offseason, but they got scared when they seen how much of a push Jersey was making. Now what I wanted, but it's better than nothing.
the knicks would have made the playoffs this year without Carmelo anyway....this looks like a move to win now. I never thought Carmelo was that great of a player anyway. He's overrated in my book. He is a natural scorer, but he plays lazy defense. There's a lot of players I would put over him in the NBA right now...Anyway, I don't think they made the offer to beat the Nets to the punch, because he wouldn't have gone to the Nets anyway.
I feel bad for Chauncy....this dude just wants to play and retire there. He doesnt want any drama.
I must say though, I think this is the going to be the best NBA playoffs in some time...
I feel bad for Chauncy....this dude just wants to play and retire there. He doesnt want any drama.
I must say though, I think this is the going to be the best NBA playoffs in some time...
