Sadly, I think there's a lot of truth to this thread.
If we are talking about actually winning a championship.
Just being purely logical.....barring Steve Nash signing for a vet min, it would probably make sense to trade both Melo and Amare (assuming Melo helps us unload Amare).
MIA only getting better, same for OKC. Grizzlies and Clippers, too.
We would need
*Melo to, after like a decade in the league, to assume full potential and a Paul Pierce, post-KG transformation.
*Amare to randomly not look like he's on the decline, and also co-exist perfectly with Melo, which has never actually happened.
*Lin to rather quickly become an all-star'ish talent, who also would need to co-exist with Melo.
*Shumpert to recover perfectly, and evolve fairly quickly into an all-nba defender and adequate starter from a scoring perspective.
*and then we would need to get lucky and survive beating better team as the ones listed above.
I've been a fan of Dolan's other franchise for a while.....I won't root or support the Knicks any less, nor hope and believe "yes we can"....but I'm also at a point where occasionally, when a thread like this pops up, I feel the need to vent the cold, hard truth. If actually winning championships are our concern.
edit -- as a fan, what i said disgusts me and i'd feel gutted if it happened; but if i was a gm, i'd pull the trigger in a heartbeat and feel confident about it.
