nuckles2k2
Superstar
I've already acknowledged Melo's power in this. But you refuse to acknowledge Denver's power...at all. Denver doesn't have to trade him. Why is this so difficult for you to understand? I keep asking you this, but you never respond, you keep saying the same thing over and over.
We're either getting him on the extreme cheap, getting him as an FA next year, or not getting him at all.
I don't know if you understand how leverage works...but all I'm saying is this. If Carmelo Anthony is to be traded to the New York Knicks, it will be under the terms of the New York Knicks. They only trade him here as a last ditch effort to get some compensation. If they don't like our offer, they let him walk. If he doesn't have his heart set on the Knicks then he green lights a trade to another team. If they feel that they absolutely have to get compensation and Melo won't sign the extension for any other team...and the Nuggets feel as if they have to give into the Knicks demands to get anything they can for the face of their franchise...we keep Gallo and Randolph and still trade for him.
I agree that Denver doesn't have to trade him. But if they see he's willing to block every trade except to the team he wants to go to, or he walks, and they don't want him to walk, they have two choices: trade him to said team or watch him walk...neither of which they want to do. How that suddenly equals leverage for them when we can still get him as a FA and at the end of the day they still don't have Melo, is crazy.
Being able to not trade him, only to lose him anyway isn't leverage, it's spite. Being able to say "hey, look, he's blocking every trade and it's obvious where he wants to go and it's equally obvious you don't want to lose him for nothing in return, so just take this deal" is leverage. But the only way that happens is obviously if Melo starts blocking trades until it's down to one team, in other words, a lot has to happen for that situation to come about. But they can obviously still be spiteful and not trade him...and watch him walk.
And he hasn't been traded yet because there hasn't been any official offers yet. Nothing is under way. All Denver did is say "we'd like to trade him to one of these three teams because we like what we see on their rosters." None of those teams have said anything yet.
If that situation happens and it allows us to trade for Melo, it will be on our terms or we wait, because at that point he's already shunned other teams and he's pointing his finger at the team he wants to go to. At which point there is no one left to outbid...that equals us either telling Denver who they have to accept or he's going to walk. If one of Denver's three preferred teams are willing to trade for Melo and he's willing to go there, the Knicks will never get an offer in. We only get to submit an offer that Denver pays attention to if Melo says "trade me there or lose me next year" and the trade is only considered and/or happens if Denver says "we can't lose you next year for nothing."
So once again, why would both Gallo and Randolph be involved in a deal?
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