I was pumped and wouod do it again. Everything wouod of been gravy if Amara’s knees weren’t brisket.
SpacemanSpiff3
Still should’ve waited until the off season
Nicholas-Kopis
If we hadn’t dumped all star David Lee to make room at the 4 for STAT, we could’ve built a trade around him. THAT was the worst trade ever. 4 month before the Melo trade.
SimbaPenn
True story:
The news came in pretty late at night. In bed with my laptop and shout, “OH MY GOD!” My wife says, “What???” and I pass it to her.
She screams “OH MY GOD!” and I’m surprised she’s so into Knicks news.
She wasn’t. Her water broke out of nowhere. Our daughter was born 3 weeks early. Nearly named her Carmela as a result.
I’m glad we didn’t because I loathed nearly his entire tenure here.
categoryThreesome
I wasnt a fan of the trade when it happened, not bc i didnt like melo, but i didnt like his fit with amare.
The 1st rounder we sent out turned into jamal murray too which didnt help.
Now, that trade didnt cripple the franchise, it was the subsequent moves that followed that killed us. Trading for bargs, using the amnesty on billups and hiring phil jackson was really the downfall of the organization.
Melo was frustrating to watch sometimes with the ball stoppage and his lackluster D, but 1 on 1 he was unguardable and a joy to watch operate.
Struggle2Real
Related, I was just thinking about that STAT healthy half season.
Good times. I don’t think they’d get past the Heatles at any point, but it would’ve been fun to see what the healthy stat and Melo would’ve looked like. It wasn’t the theoretically cleanest fit, but they were both when right top 15ish guys.
cricket9818
I still remember the weeks leading up to it
First it was, a package would feature Chandler or Gallo with Randolph and someone else with a first
Then it was Chandler *and* Gallo, with Randolph and a first
Then it was Chandler *and* Gallo *and* Felton *and* mozgov with Randolph and firsts
We bid against ourselves
yagsitidder69
The trade wasn’t the mistake.
It was allowing Donnie Walsh to extend Billups before the lockout, then allowing Glen Grunwald to use the one-time amnesty clause to cancel that contract immediately after the lockout, instead of waiting and using it on Amar’e in 2012 when it became clear he was toast
NYKEwing
It wasn’t the “worst trade ever” but I still stand by it was a bad trade – not because I dislike Melo, but because we had someone who was 90%+ coming to us in the offseason and we sold off a lot of our great assets to get him. So OP was right
Chao-Z
Imagine if the front office was actually good and they had managed to flip Amare + picks for Melo and kept most of the role players.
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I was pumped and wouod do it again. Everything wouod of been gravy if Amara’s knees weren’t brisket.
Still should’ve waited until the off season
If we hadn’t dumped all star David Lee to make room at the 4 for STAT, we could’ve built a trade around him. THAT was the worst trade ever. 4 month before the Melo trade.
True story:
The news came in pretty late at night. In bed with my laptop and shout, “OH MY GOD!” My wife says, “What???” and I pass it to her.
She screams “OH MY GOD!” and I’m surprised she’s so into Knicks news.
She wasn’t. Her water broke out of nowhere. Our daughter was born 3 weeks early. Nearly named her Carmela as a result.
I’m glad we didn’t because I loathed nearly his entire tenure here.
I wasnt a fan of the trade when it happened, not bc i didnt like melo, but i didnt like his fit with amare.
The 1st rounder we sent out turned into jamal murray too which didnt help.
Now, that trade didnt cripple the franchise, it was the subsequent moves that followed that killed us. Trading for bargs, using the amnesty on billups and hiring phil jackson was really the downfall of the organization.
Melo was frustrating to watch sometimes with the ball stoppage and his lackluster D, but 1 on 1 he was unguardable and a joy to watch operate.
Related, I was just thinking about that STAT healthy half season.
Good times. I don’t think they’d get past the Heatles at any point, but it would’ve been fun to see what the healthy stat and Melo would’ve looked like. It wasn’t the theoretically cleanest fit, but they were both when right top 15ish guys.
I still remember the weeks leading up to it
First it was, a package would feature Chandler or Gallo with Randolph and someone else with a first
Then it was Chandler *and* Gallo, with Randolph and a first
Then it was Chandler *and* Gallo *and* Felton *and* mozgov with Randolph and firsts
We bid against ourselves
The trade wasn’t the mistake.
It was allowing Donnie Walsh to extend Billups before the lockout, then allowing Glen Grunwald to use the one-time amnesty clause to cancel that contract immediately after the lockout, instead of waiting and using it on Amar’e in 2012 when it became clear he was toast
It wasn’t the “worst trade ever” but I still stand by it was a bad trade – not because I dislike Melo, but because we had someone who was 90%+ coming to us in the offseason and we sold off a lot of our great assets to get him. So OP was right
Imagine if the front office was actually good and they had managed to flip Amare + picks for Melo and kept most of the role players.