"Death to the Pessimistic State of Mind" - Nas Voice: NYK '23 Pre-Season Thread
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Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
We didn’t give it all. The Melo trade was fair.
Giving up Gallo, Chandler, Felton, Mozgov, two firsts and a second for Melo, Billups, AC, Balkman, Williams is a fair trade. We got the two best players in this deal in Melo and Billups.
Ainge ain’t getting 4-5 players and 5-8 picks
Trading three (or four if you're being generous
) starters and multiple lottery picks including a future all-star is not a fair trade. Billups was not useful after he got injured during the Celtics series.Billups had a $14 million team option that Grunwald picked up, but immediately amnestied him after to sign Chandler. Beyond idiotic
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It was two firsts and one second nowadays teams are asking for 3-5 firsts and pick swaps and shyt.Trading three (or four if you're being generous
Billups had a $14 million team option that Grunwald picked up, but immediately amnestied him after to sign Chandler. Beyond idiotic
Those guys were decent players nothing more, nothing less. Gallo and Chandler went on to become injury prone players missing entire seasons and shyt.
The Billups injury is not something that we foresaw he was an ironman most of his career.
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
It was a bad trade…. By the time they were done they had no cap room, no trade assets, and they ended up wasting Melo's primeIt was two firsts and one second nowadays teams are asking for 3-5 firsts and pick swaps and shyt.
Those guys were decent players nothing more, nothing less. Gallo and Chandler went on to become injury prone players missing entire seasons and shyt.
The Billups injury is not something that we foresaw he was an ironman most of his career.
So the knicks are going to go into the season with Brunson, Mitchell, and Westbrook?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
They'd very likely buy out or stretch WestbrookIt was a bad trade…. By the time they were done they had no cap room, no trade assets, and they ended up wasting Melo's prime
So the knicks are going to go into the season with Brunson, Mitchell, and Westbrook?
Why the hell would the Lakers trade for Julius Randle? 
Marc Stein is buggin
Marc Stein is buggin
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
And Utah owns the Knicks pick that year
It would make more sense if Utah wanted the Knicks to pay the lakers with a protected first to take their longer contracts for a year or Westbrook.
storyteller
Veteran
The problem with the Melo trade was that they promised to pick up Billups' option and then used the amnesty on it for Chandler. The trade itself was fine value-wise and has always been a bit overblown. It's fair to wonder if they had to do the deal in the first place though...they coulda tried waiting and if the Nets got Melo then Deron Williams woulda fallen into their laps likely for less then they gave in the Melo deal.
But the Melo deal itself was never the problem IMO. It's everything else they did after.
But the Melo deal itself was never the problem IMO. It's everything else they did after.
firemanBk
The Manslayer
Why, why, why would the Lakers do this though? Trade an expiring contract for an even worse one?
Like it makes no sense
Doesn't AD want to play the 4? So where does Randle even fit?
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My man how did Grimes suddenly lap Quickley and Toppin as prospects makes no sense.Bookmarking this post
I want Obi to play, but Thibs will bury his ass behind Randle. Let's be real
Those two killed SL last year as well looked a cut above the competition.
