What's going on - The return of ballwhore

[ammofan]

Melo isnt only an upgrade skill wise but he is also a merchandise seller. We would sell out probably every game if we had Melo.

[ohara831]

1a) Kobe
1b) Lebron
3) Durant
4) Wade
5) CP3
6a) Melo
6b) Dwight Howard

gentlemen, this is the definitive list. With that being said, I repeat that if we had to give up Gerald to get Melo then its something that we must do.

If we had to give up any player off of our roster to get any player on the above list then that is something that we have to do.

Amen brother! Well said. But I would question Wade being over Melo, if only for the fact that he has had some fairly serious injuries the last couple years and I dont know about his durability.

[LiquidWayno]

Let's not forget we are talking about a Melo Rental while giving up our franchise player and the face of the team. Seems to me like it's a done deal that he would bolt for NY or a serious contender after this season. I'm fine with going for Melo in a trade, but sending Wallace to do so is insane. I know Denver probably wants Wallace, but I can't go for that.

[Toocool]

Let's not forget we are talking about a Melo Rental while giving up our franchise player and the face of the team. Seems to me like it's a done deal that he would bolt for NY or a serious contender after this season. I'm fine with going for Melo in a trade, but sending Wallace to do so is insane. I know Denver probably wants Wallace, but I can't go for that.

Unless we can lure him back with CP3..but that could be just a fool's hope.

[ohara831]

Let's not forget we are talking about a Melo Rental while giving up our franchise player and the face of the team. Seems to me like it's a done deal that he would bolt for NY or a serious contender after this season. I'm fine with going for Melo in a trade, but sending Wallace to do so is insane. I know Denver probably wants Wallace, but I can't go for that.

Understand what you are saying. I would not do any deal of Crash for Melo unless an extension was already a done deal. That makes all the difference in the world. I cannot fathom the Bobcat's FO making the trade if they thought it was only for a 1 yr rental. Then again, this is the Bobcat's FO, so anything is possible.

[Chef]

Melo isnt only an upgrade skill wise but he is also a merchandise seller. We would sell out probably every game if we had Melo.

this is wrong. not the skill or merchandise seller but the sellout thing. there are 3 current players who sell out games and 1 more this year:

kobe
lbj
wade

durant

no other player sells out away games and few sell out home games on their own. look at NO (a similar market) don't sell out with one of the top 2 pg's in the league.

[x2pacalypse]

ranaldo balkman > melo > rondo

[kickazzz2000]

ranaldo balkman > melo > rondo

Dominic McGuire > your list

[LiquidWayno]

I should have gone to see OKC before that ticket got expensive.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

MElo is overhyped and in my opinion is not any better or only neligibly better than Crash.

I would love to have Crash on my other favorite team because he would make the people of Denver and the state of Colorado forget all about MElo. If Carmelo was half as good as his hype the Nuggets would have at least made it to the Finals with him as a member.

The People of Charlotte will be all in love with MElo in the beginning but that love affair will die quickly when MElo does not add any more wins than last season.

MElo fits to a certain extent with the Nuggets but there is no way he fits Larry Brown and the Bobcats. He is selfish and does not like to take defense seriously. If he played defense he would make the Nuggets that much better and they would be a serious threat each year to overtaking the Lakers stranglehold on the West.

The Nuggets may very well be better off with Crash. I actually think they would. I don't however think MElo improves the Bobcats beyond what Crash was able to add to the team. If anything, if other players don't pick up their play to make up for the loss of Crash the Bobcats would likely take a few steps backwards.

If Crash leaves who takes up the rebonding and steals that Crash gives the team? Who guards the best players on the other team? It sure as hell won't be MElo. Unless Larry Brown can work some magic and get MElo to be Melo and take every aspect of his game serious. The one thing people love about Crash is that he is CRASH. The man lays it all on the line every game and Melo does not.

Would MElo be happy in Charlotte? He wants to be in a large market so as to feed his ego with endorseemts and the such. He wants to be more high profile than he currently is. If a bigger market than Charlotte does not make MElo happy he sure as hell is not going to be happy in Charlotte.

All I can say to all of you is be careful what you wish for. You might get it and regret it.