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[QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 868673, member: 57"]
[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/teammate-thinks-melo-ready-bolt-knick-mess-article-1.1563939[/url]
 
The Knuts are a total mis-managed mess. I do not see why Melo would want to stay there. Even if he wants a supermax deal - he should tell the Knicks he is leaving & give them a list of teams he would find acceptable. Melo is in a position to force a trade & still get supermax $$$ with his new team if he chooses.
 
The Knicks will have 2015 cap room to attract a 2nd superstar, but unless that superstar's initials are LBJ it won't be enough. There would be no extra $$ to add a respectable supporting cast.
 
The Knuts need to stop taking shortcuts - it simply doesn't work. I hear rumors of Melo to the Clips for Griffin & maybe a #1. That deal makes sense to me. Melo gets to play w Paul & he is an upgrade over Griffin. The Knicks get a downgrade, but Griffin is around 5 years younger than Melo & it would be a start to changing the mentality from shortcuts to accumulating solid young players through the draft or otherwise. Hardaway looks like a keeper & Shump has been disappointing, but should be able to fetch them at least a #1 pick. Then they at least have a core of Griffin, Hardaway, & a couple of #1's plus I would keep Chandler if I were them. That would position them not as a good team, but at least as a team on the rise. I think they also still have their 2015 pick, and with a weak team that would get them into the lottery where they could hopefully draft another star.
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