22 Jun 2017 17:52:24
Knicks - Celtics

NYK get #3 pick (Josh Jackson)

BOS gets #8 pick, Melo.

1.) 22 Jun 2017
22 Jun 2017 18:06:31
I would like to think that this is viable because Boston would get the scoring help they need with IT and NYK can shed Melo's unhappy self and contract and get Josh Jackson who they have raved about since his workout. Being a Knicks fan, maybe I am too biased to see the downside of this.

2.) 22 Jun 2017
22 Jun 2017 18:12:54
Boston doesn't have enough cap space to absorb Melo's salary like that.

3.) 22 Jun 2017
22 Jun 2017 18:53:17
I am not disputing the CAP space issue but am wondering how they were going to do it during the season when it was discussed at the trade deadline. Sigh, wishful thinking I suppose. I don't want to give up KP. Can we trade Dolan and Jackson for the #4 pick? They do nothing but save us cap space by running off all of our all-star players.

4.) 22 Jun 2017
22 Jun 2017 19:12:52
Boston turns that down. They have a chance at Heyward, Griffin and a few other free agents. I doubt a trade happens unless they strike out in free agency first or they get a big offer for Crowder or Bradley. Even then you have to think Butler and George would be their first option. Melo is at best a worse case scenario move for them.

5.) 22 Jun 2017
22 Jun 2017 19:47:57
No chance of that deal. Anthony's value for any team that wants him and his monster contract is a first-rounder from the late teens to mid-20s.

6.) 23 Jun 2017
22 Jun 2017 23:46:06
I was thinking about this earlier as well. It doesn't seem entirely unrealistic. Hayward is questioning whether to even leave. Butler isn't going to the Celtics. If ainge thinks they can't get either of those 2, which at this point, it seems likely. this isn't an AWFUL trade. Knicks make out better, but at least it gives the celtics a chance to add a second scoring option and potentially get Smith.