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Originally Posted by rimrocker
You'd be ok with including Powell and future draft picks for a 31 yo superstar on the back side of his career with an injury history who probably doesn't want to play here anyway? I'm sorry but Melo to Dallas has Odom and disaster written all over it.
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Well considering we currently can't give up a future first-rounder, I would absolutely roll the dice on sending a couple of second-rounders to the Knicks... if it would even take that. And again, any trade like this would involve our training staff signing off on Melo's health. He isn't exactly an athletic freak that allows on speed or explosiveness to score... (again, assuming the knee injury isn't a thing moving forward) his game is going to age well.
And we have absolutely no idea whether or not Melo would want to play for Dallas. Assuming the trade goes through, that means he waves his no-trade clause AND goes from a disaster of a franchise to one that virtually guarantees him a playoff spot for the rest of his career. So if we complete this deal it's with Melo's specific consent to playing in Dallas. I think he'd embrace the stability and quality of a franchise that generally does a really good job year in and year out.
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Originally Posted by rimrocker
Giving up Parsons and/or Matthews wouldn't be the end of the world if he doesn't pan out but getting stuck with that contract and giving up any hope for a future is a definite HELL NO.
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So you'd give up Parsons or Matthews but not Powell?
Listen, I love Powell as a future prospect and feel like he could be a potential building block moving forward, but the reality in today's NBA is that he's probably a specialist: he isn't a full-time starting PF... so we're talking about a guy who's probably strictly a smallball backup center. I trade that kind of player, promise or not, for a sure thing ten times out of ten.