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Melo Opts Out

Matthias

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Should shake things up a bit.

 

 

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/11119636/carmelo-anthony-new-york-knicks-opt-contract

 

 

Carmelo Anthony has decided to opt out of the final year of his contract with the New York Knicks and become an unrestricted free agent, according to multiple sources.

 

Anthony has until Monday to officially inform the team of his plans.

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If by some chance Jordan used his magic to get Melo here, MKG could be used in trade offers. (Particularly in trying to get Kevin Love)  That would be awesome, but even if we got Carmelo here, we probably wouldn't have enough money to sign Love even if we could offer a good trade for him.  Yet I'm willing to look at those scenarios.  Who wouldn't?

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If by some chance Jordan used his magic to get Melo here, MKG could be used in trade offers. (Particularly in trying to get Kevin Love)  That would be awesome, but even if we got Carmelo here, we probably wouldn't have enough money to sign Love even if we could offer a good trade for him.  Yet I'm willing to look at those scenarios.  Who wouldn't?

Why trade MKG?? He's only 20 years old where Melo is 30. He could sit and learn behind Melo.

 

With that being said.. Highly doubt he's coming to Charlotte 

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is there any reason why anthony would opt out and then sign a new long term deal with the knicks? if he's definitely leaving for pastures new, id be looking to see who has the knicks first round pick next year and maybe looking at trying to acquire it.... i imagine it will be quite a high one!

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Why trade MKG?? He's only 20 years old where Melo is 30. He could sit and learn behind Melo.

 

With that being said.. Highly doubt he's coming to Charlotte 

 

True, true.  Yet if we could get Kevin Love here through trading MKG, some players and picks, we should be set for years to come.  Years expanding throughout MKG's career.  Of course all of it seems farfetched, but if we got Melo, the rest doesn't.

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If by some chance Jordan used his magic to get Melo here, MKG could be used in trade offers. (Particularly in trying to get Kevin Love) That would be awesome, but even if we got Carmelo here, we probably wouldn't have enough money to sign Love even if we could offer a good trade for him. Yet I'm willing to look at those scenarios. Who wouldn't?

Regardless, if your the Wolves would you rather have Klay Thompson or MKG? Melo is a realistic option. I don't see us outbidding other teams in a trade for Love.

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If by some chance Jordan used his magic to get Melo here, MKG could be used in trade offers. (Particularly in trying to get Kevin Love)  That would be awesome, but even if we got Carmelo here, we probably wouldn't have enough money to sign Love even if we could offer a good trade for him.  Yet I'm willing to look at those scenarios.  Who wouldn't?

Carmelo is too old and has accomplished too little to give him a max contract IMO.  I just don't think he's a good fit here right now, and I'm not sure he'd buy into our system.  We're already a good team that has cap space and assets.  If we play our cards right we can be good for a long time....mainly by maintaining assets while we're getting better.  

 

Obviously we'd win a few more games with him, but for how long and at what cost?   Is Carmelo capable of bringing us a championship?  I might be wrong but my gut says no.

 

Now Klay Thompson......sure.

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I think we have a chance to make a good argument to Melo signing here.

 

We have a talented roster with key players like Kemba and Jefferson, and an abundance of young talent like MKG, Taylor, Zeller and potentially three draft picks. We also had one of the best defenses last season, and that should give Melo freedom to play his way, and also support him in the fact that we won't always have to out gun opponents.

 

If we used our three draft picks, and added Melo, we could end up with something like this: 

 

PG: Walker / Spencer Dinwiddie or Vasilje Micic (#45)

SG: Henderson / Hairston (#24) / Taylor

SF: Melo / MKG / Taylor

PF: Gordon (#9) / McRoberts / Zeller

C: Jefferson / Biyombo / McRoberts

 

We certainly would have a strong line up and rotation. Melo brings the fire power, and the rest of the supporting cast brings offense and top level defense. I think Melo could do worse than consider coming to the Hornets, because he would certainly be coming to a team that can help him contend for a championship, and a team he can help contend and hopefully win a championship. 

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I think we have a chance to make a good argument to Melo signing here.

We have a talented roster with key players like Kemba and Jefferson, and an abundance of young talent like MKG, Taylor, Zeller and potentially three draft picks. We also had one of the best defenses last season, and that should give Melo freedom to play his way, and also support him in the fact that we won't always have to out gun opponents.

If we used our three draft picks, and added Melo, we could end up with something like this:

PG: Walker / Spencer Dinwiddie or Vasilje Micic (#45)

SG: Henderson / Hairston (#24) / Taylor

SF: Melo / MKG / Taylor

PF: Gordon (#9) / McRoberts / Zeller

C: Jefferson / Biyombo / McRoberts

We certainly would have a strong line up and rotation. Melo brings the fire power, and the rest of the supporting cast brings offense and top level defense. I think Melo could do worse than consider coming to the Hornets, because he would certainly be coming to a team that can help him contend for a championship, and a team he can help contend and hopefully win a championship.

It's funny that you mentioned Micic, Bonnell sees him as an option at 24.

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