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Just read an article on the possibility of CP3, Dwill, or Dwight Howard joining Amare and Melo in New York.. http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=Knicks-2012-110222

Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211266/Carmelo_To_Wear_No_7_For_Knicks#ixzz1Eiifur9n

I remember how many people (including me) were trashing Ujiri for asking for too much in return for Melo, now he's looking like a genius. Very happy for Nuggets fans, they won't have to go through a long rebuilding process, and have the opportunity to make more moves to further strengthen their core.

Great trade for the Clips, this draft class doesn't have many players that are better than Gallinari. I would've thought the Nuggets would hold onto him for the time being, but I guess they want Wilson Chandler for the future at that 3 spot.

Melo and Amare are making close to how much the Heat trio are making..explain to me how the Knicks manage to sign Paul or Williams.. They gave up virtually every trade asset they have, and will have a much tougher time building a supporting cast around their duo than the Heat.

Nuggets, they're already off to a quick start in their rebuilding process.

Looks like Amare will be playing more and more at the C and Melo will have to get used to defending some PF's throughout the game. They were already weak to begin with at the 5, they have no depth now. I can't describe to you all how stupid this deal is for the Knicks. They couldn't wait 5 months? They got a long way to go before they can even dream of beating the Celtics or Heat.

No idea, nothing is finalized till tomorrow apparently. http://twitter.com/#!/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/39888578427355137

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Knicks gave up too many players IMO, I still stand by what I said earlier, they should have just gotten him over the summer. They are giving up some quality talent right there. Good move for the Nuggets. Knicks are still where they were before Melo, the fifth best team in the East (yes I know the Hawks are technically the fifth best, but I believe NY is better come playoff time).

All of them aside from Reggie Miller were considered superstars at some point in their career... If you say otherwise I have nothing else to say.

6 of them have won MVP's..

This.

Brandon Jennings, terrible passer, terrible shot selection, and doesn't know how to run an offense. He's the second coming of Gilbert Arenas, except not nearly as good of a scorer. I would also say Joe Johnson, but no one talks about him anymore..

I want a sim league as well, but it just never seems to work out in the end. The first few days go great, but after that, people lose interest. I just don't think it's worth all the trouble.

The truth is it's about the same to get in the lane than it always has been, things are just different now. It's tougher to drive because of pseudo-zones, but at the same times because no team is allowed to play a traditional zone the defenses still get stretched a good bit because of the three point shot is such an instrumental part of the most teams offenses. But back in the day it was just as hard to drive because while there wasn't zones, defenses didn't extend themselves as much as they do now, so why teams could isolate there wasn't as much distance for a weakside defender to cover. My biggest concern with Kobe's game is his decision making. Jordan had the higher bball IQ because he knew his limitations, while you often see Kobe jacking up terrible shots instead of trusting his teammates. That's always been a huge knock on Kobe, but he has learned a bit from that ever since Shaq left. Obviously Jordan had it different in his day, but come on, the glaring differences in FG% are just too much for one to just ignore. Jordan had 7 straight seasons with 30PPG or more, Kobe has reached that feat three times in his career. I agree with you that Kobe has the wider arsenal on offense, but as to who's the better player at getting the ball into the hoop, you gotta give it to Jordan.

A prime Paul Pierce was a very solid defender, while Ray was never more than a liability. I also believe he was the better all around offensive threat.

He still posts here lol, just not as much.

I'm guessing you never read Olivers post.. http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/topic/21199-pippen-bosh-is-half-a-player-jvg-a-jackass/page__view__findpost__p__241507 I repped RD's post because he brought up good points, but he's not valuing FG% as much as I think he should. Jordan did actually have to totally shoulder the load before Grant and Pippen got there. There's a poster or two here that seems to think that Pippen was there for Jordan's entire career when Pippen didn't come until Jordan's 4th season, and Pippen didn't even average 8 points per game that season, so the Pippen and Grant arguments that some people are using really can't be used when talking about the first 5 years of Jordan's career. And yes field goal percentage does have a lot to do with it when the players are scoring at the same clip. It shows that the player with the higher field goal percentage, while scoring the same amount of point, is going about it much more efficiently. The three point argument, holds no weight either. Just because a player can shoot the three pointer doesn't mean he always should, there's a thing about a good scorer knowing when to pick his spots. Bryant's a great volume scorer but he's not exactly an efficient scorer, whereas Jordan was probably one of the more efficient scorers of all time. Being a great offensive player isn't necessarily how many points you put up, but how you put up those points. Jordan knew his limitations and went with what worked, Bryant on the other tries to do a little too much most of the time.

Kobe owning the reporter during his press conference was hilarious.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8847 Nick Young But it makes sense, everything he does involves him moving around screens or playing 1 on 1 ball...not to mention he's one of two players (Blatche being the other) that actually has the ability to create his own shot.

I'll choose Williams simply because he's stated his desire to play in a more uptempo offense, and I'm sure he'd excel in it. Not to mention I don't trust Paul's health.

East, Derrick Rose. Should be an exciting game.

Yeah, which is why I would be very hesitant in trading for Melo when you can just get him in the offseason.

I think you must play 2-3 years before you can obtain Bird rights, and I don't see D-Will being that desperate. Suns shot that offer down, they wanted Caron Butler, which we refused to give them... it's probably one of the biggest mistakes of the Ernie Grunfeld era. And I said I want a player to openly state that he wants to come to DC...