Knicks Get Melo: Did they give up too much?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The guy actually hit the nail right on the head. The point is that they don't have enough to win and CA just scores and doesn't contribute enough elsewhere to be worth what they gave up for him including giving up cap flexibility. He is a great scorer and a good rebounder but when the other team doubles you and triple you like they did the other night and there isnt a single other guy who can score despite being wide open...you know....

and yeah I know that AS and CB were out but do you really think he has that game if he isnt forced to be the entire offense? Plus is it really a shocker that a 35 year old PG or a brittle guy with uninsured knees are hurt?

I don't think the knicks expected to contend for anything this year when they made the trade. I think they wanted a guy to potentially build around and pair up with Amare. I don't think there was a single player in what they traded that will end up being anything special.

In game 2, Carmello looked like a player that was worth trading what they did to get him. He was clearly the best player on the floor for either team. You do whatever you have to do to get a guy like this because there are less than a dozen of them out there.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I don't think the knicks expected to contend for anything this year when they made the trade. I think they wanted a guy to potentially build around and pair up with Amare. I don't think there was a single player in what they traded that will end up being anything special.

In game 2, Carmello looked like a player that was worth trading what they did to get him. He was clearly the best player on the floor for either team. You do whatever you have to do to get a guy like this because there are less than a dozen of them out there.

Contend? Winning a game might be nice. Again, I am a Knicks fan and I hope I am wrong but they need actual NBA players to fill out roster spots 4-12.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Contend? Winning a game might be nice. Again, I am a Knicks fan and I hope I am wrong but they need actual NBA players to fill out roster spots 4-12.

They played down to the wire two games, on the road, against a rugged veteran team...without their starting point guard for all of one and part of another and without their all world power forward for most of the second game.

I think its fair to say that without some bad luck this series might have gone six. Heck, it might go 6 anyway.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

They played down to the wire two games, on the road, against a rugged veteran team...without their starting point guard for all of one and part of another and without their all world power forward for most of the second game.

I think its fair to say that without some bad luck this series might have gone six. Heck, it might go 6 anyway.

If Boston had bothered showing up for the first 2 games we would have had more games like tonight's.