I thought I smelled Honey Nut Cheerios...

Time to separate yourself from New York, Melo.

could live with Melo to the Mavs

Yeah but for what tho?

Melo to the Mavs makes a lot of sense.

Amin Elhassan has been talking about Miami, his argument was sound there also.

It really wouldn't surprise me if Melo got outright released.

Then he can sign wherever he wants, still get paid his current contract, and sign a new one for more delicious money.

Pat Riley would probably own PHIL in a trade.

How does releasing someone work? They don't just come off the books right?

No, they stay on the books. I believe he has 2 years left at 54M total. That stretches over 5 years @ ~11M / year of cap hit. They still pay him right away.

If the Knicks waive Melo and he signs anywhere else, the new contract reduces what the Knicks owe Melo and the cap hit by 1/2 of (New salary - 900k).

yeah Mavs makes sense

what about Bucks as like some vet type for the young guys? I'm sure Melo is type with J Kidd. I'd like to see him go somewhere and be relevant. Maybe it would rejuvenate him?

Not just go to the Mavs and be Knicks West.

paul/boogie/brow is actually kind of a weird team offensively imo. cousins is the odd man out there

The last thing Giannis needs is Melo jab steppin his potential away. He needs to be with one of his old banana boat mates.

Memo knocked up a stripper, according to TMZ

I guess releasing melo doesn't work since ny would be giving up too much but maybe a buyout? If ny bought out melo for say 45% of his contract what stays on the books

I don't see why they would stretch melo

To clog the capspace when Staps rookie contract is over ?

Knicks dont need cam space before 2020

There is zero advantage to the Knicks releasing Melo for the Knicks

They could work a buyout, but they are usually way more than 45%, often upwards of 75%+

I didn't think buyouts fix your cap situation.

I wouldn't trade McBob for Melo. Thats James Johnson and Dion Waiters money he'd be taking up.

Knicks lose coin flip against the TWolves for 6/7th place pick (or w/e) if neither bink the lotto.

Karma accrued by not tanking working out well so far.

does Melo have a prenup?

if they're divorcing maybe LaLa gets a say in whether he can waive his bonus for waiving the no-trade.

so i haven't really followed the thread recently so not sure if its been discussed... wrt the bolded, has anybody speculated what james johnson is gonna get in fa? i believe last week on lebatard they were discussing it and somebody threw out the idea of johnson getting offers of $20m per year?? thats insane... i mean i def want him back but $20m??? he's 30 yo so id prefer not to go 4 yrs but they may have to. id be fine with 4/50 i suppose. cant go more than 4/60 (and thats a stretch imo).

and wtf does waiters fetch on the open market? are the heat really going to build around whiteside and waiters? with some james johnson thrown in there? i miss the good ole days...

Waiters will fetch a lot more than JJ id think

he may get more but i cant imagine its gonna be a lot more