Def meant in an alternate universe. The celtics are one of the few teams with a mix of assets and room to maneuver that could facilitate a deal.
If a deal is possible, at all.
This is silly. You sound like the posters that used to stan for Isiah Thomas.
On a basic level, obviously KP isn't a star right now. And when Melo has been out it has been PAINFULLY obvious that he's nowhere near being able to carry a team. In the end, you have to examine windows, and Melo's is somewhere between closing and closed (the former being his career, the latter being his possibility of success on the knicks.)
Ultimately, when we get some distance, and we look back on how this all played out, there will be two key moments to blame for the failure of his time with the Knicks.
- Forcing a trade when he could have signed that following offseason. It gutted the roster, and cost him the surrounding talent and help he has needed this whole time.
- Lower-key, the decision to use our exemption to cut Billups. Which ultimately made it impossible to get Chris Paul, who wanted to join Melo here.
The first is something I partly blame melo for, and partly blame the front office. The second is fully the front office's fault. And really, when you look at those two missed opportunities, those two short-sighted decision, they really set the pace for his entire time here. And it is a fukking shame, because I really like Melo. I have rooted for him, and WANT to root for him. I think he represents a bunch of things that I identify with and believe in. And I have always said, and still believe, that you could build a winner around him, you just needed to plan it correctly. With shooters and defenders, and a point guard who knew when to feed him and when to spread it around.
This is not a eulogy, but I feel like today's inauguration has me feeling circumspect.
