[Dre™]

I never understood the appeal of hypothetical trades that'll never happen.

[Dornado]

Originally Posted by Deke

anthony would be sf. beasely would be pf. haslem could be a center sometimes.

well, considering the immortal ball scientist put this forth as the lineups:

1. Melo/Camby to Heat for Marion/Beasley

Heat lineup: Wade, Melo, Haslem, Camby, Williams

Heat top 3 in the east

Nugs Lineup: Iverson, Beasley, Marion, Nene, Martin

You've got Shooting Guards playing point guard, small forwards playing shooting guard... I can only imagine Carmelo trying to chase Rip Hamilton or stay in front of Ben Gordon.. same with Beasley.

[afobisme]

Originally Posted by Ballscientist

Your team is always perpetually "decent."

You need to be "decent" first, then you trade nothing for a player like Gasol.

perpetually decent means you don't have the room to get any better. if you get to "decent" status and sit around waiting for the lottery to come in (like gasol), then you probably aren't running the franchise very well. that trade for gasol doesn't happen every year... i'd go as far as to say that it doesn't happen every 6 years even.

[Dornado]

Originally Posted by Deke

if you have Wade and Melo you basically got your jordan and pip. its not hard to build around guys like that. it would definately not make them just decent. they'd probably win 50+ games and get playoff experience and then camby would retire and they'd have a ton of cap to add another big piece.

Ummm... yeah... Jordan and Pippen played defense...

Jordan > Wade

Pippen > Anthony...

Other than that, sure.

[Deke]

Originally Posted by Dornado

Ummm... yeah... Jordan and Pippen played defense...

Jordan > Wade

Pippen > Anthony...

Other than that, sure.

they are still superstars and both looking good to be future hofers.

two hofs aint a bad place to start...

instead you get marion who might leave in free agency.
and a hyped up rookie who may or may not be as good as melo.

AND you gut a huge upgrade over blount/barron

[Dornado]

Originally Posted by Deke

they are still superstars and both looking good to be future hofers.

two hofs aint a bad place to start...

instead you get marion who might leave in free agency.
and a hyped up rookie who may or may not be as good as melo.

AND you gut a huge upgrade over blount/barron

'Melo has some work to do before he gets put in the hall. He's like a better handling version of Glenn Robinson right now (who had a silky smooth J), and is going to have to elevate his game if he's going to win the requisite amount of big games to get put in the hall of fame. Tons of potential though, I agree with you there.

[afobisme]

you know what? i'd even say

pippen > wade

and not to mention

phil > whoever they are going to hire

[Sliccat]

Originally Posted by Dornado

'Melo has some work to do before he gets put in the hall. He's like a better handling version of Glenn Robinson right now (who had a silky smooth J), and is going to have to elevate his game if he's going to win the requisite amount of big games to get put in the hall of fame. Tons of potential though, I agree with you there.

Robinson was never as good a scorer as melo is now, Melo's offensive game is much more complete.

[afobisme]

he's better on offense, but i wouldn't say much more complete.

melo jacks up too many jumpers.

[Dornado]

Originally Posted by Sliccat

Robinson was never as good a scorer as melo is now, Melo's offensive game is much more complete.

I guess that's what I meant by "better handling version", as that was really the only glaring deficiency in Big Dog's offensive game.