My Carmelo Anthony proposal

[Joe Vancil]

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4cq4q3l

This is the trade I worked up for Carmelo.

Include a #2 pick from the Knicks to Detroit, and a #1 pick from the Knicks to Denver, along with $3 million to Detroit.

[Reality]

Could you write it up?

Because nothing is showing other then instructions on how to use the espn TradeMachine.

[Rolando Blackman]

Hey Joe!
  
IMHO, any trade for Carmelo is fraught with uncertainty, if not sheer peril.  He is a classic example of the me~only superstar that has become predominant in the churlish, cruel post~Jordan SportsCenter highlights era. I'm not going to write any more about this now, because I'm getting really hater~pissed!
  
Shaq #1

[Joe Vancil]

Hey Joe!
  
IMHO, any trade for Carmelo is fraught with uncertainty, if not sheer peril.  He is a classic example of the me~only superstar that has become predominant in the churlish, cruel post~Jordan SportsCenter highlights era. I'm not going to write any more about this now, because I'm getting really hater~pissed!
  
Shaq #1

I don't disagree with you.  But the Knicks want him, and he wants to go there.  I have a proposal that makes it work.

[Joe Vancil]

Reality,

Here it is:

Denver gets:
Prince (1 year, 11.1M)     from Detroit
Fields  (2 years, 473.6K)   from NY
Gallinari (2 years, 3.3M)  from NY
Walker (2 years, 854.3K) from NY
#1 draft pick from NY

Detroit gets:
Curry (1 year, 11.2M) from NY
Chandler (1 year, 2.1M) from NY
Williams (1 year, 854.3K) from NY
Azubuike (1 year, 3.3M) from NY
Randolph (2 years, 1.9M) from NY
#2 draft pick from NY
$3M cash

NY gets:
Anthony (17.1M 2 Years, but extended as a condition of trade) from Denver
Hamilton (12.5M 3 Years) from Detroit

Why they do it:

Denver gets Prince's expiring deal, plus Fields and Gallinari - two young players - plus a draft pick.  This makes J.R. Smith expendable, and they don't lose Billups.  They take on no long term money.

Detroit gets rid of Hamilton's contract, and exchanges Prince's deal for Curry's deal, and takes on only Randolph's deal as anything over a year.  And Randolph is essentially being paid by NY to play for Detroit - if they don't want him, he's essentially pre-bought-out.

NY gets Anthony and Hamilton, but decreases their depth.  However, they now have the star core that they wanted.

I think NY gets the worst of this deal, personally, and I like Detroit's step into rebuild mode best.

[Rolando Blackman]

Hey Joe!
   
I don't know, to me there is no dearth of NBA~level talent available (world~wide, mind you) that justifies any team having to undergo a 'rebuild mode', as you unfortunately have accurately labeled this condition. Check how the front~offices of the LAL and SA have been able to consistentlymaintain their respective clubs as contenders for so long. No other major professional sport is more dependent on front~office machinations than roundball, IMNSHO.  And can Carmelo actually be a championship~achieving tipping point for the Knicks? I have a VERY hard time with that presumption.
   
Shaq #1

[westkoast]

Reality,

Here it is:

Denver gets:
Prince (1 year, 11.1M)     from Detroit
Fields  (2 years, 473.6K)   from NY
Gallinari (2 years, 3.3M)  from NY
Walker (2 years, 854.3K) from NY
#1 draft pick from NY

Detroit gets:
Curry (1 year, 11.2M) from NY
Chandler (1 year, 2.1M) from NY
Williams (1 year, 854.3K) from NY
Azubuike (1 year, 3.3M) from NY
Randolph (2 years, 1.9M) from NY
#2 draft pick from NY
$3M cash

NY gets:
Anthony (17.1M 2 Years, but extended as a condition of trade) from Denver
Hamilton (12.5M 3 Years) from Detroit

Why they do it:

Denver gets Prince's expiring deal, plus Fields and Gallinari - two young players - plus a draft pick.  This makes J.R. Smith expendable, and they don't lose Billups.  They take on no long term money.

Detroit gets rid of Hamilton's contract, and exchanges Prince's deal for Curry's deal, and takes on only Randolph's deal as anything over a year.  And Randolph is essentially being paid by NY to play for Detroit - if they don't want him, he's essentially pre-bought-out.

NY gets Anthony and Hamilton, but decreases their depth.  However, they now have the star core that they wanted.

I think NY gets the worst of this deal, personally, and I like Detroit's step into rebuild mode best.

You sure you are not a GM?  That looks like a solid trade all around.

The reverse being Denver gets nothing after this season and they keep a player who will not give it his all in the playoffs because he won't be there the following year.