Carmelo Anthony "I feel it's a time for change."

[Rush]

Well it's hard to come closer to a public trade demand than this:"They want to sit down and talk, but my thing is it's way beyond this year," Anthony told Yahoo! Sports after scoring a team-high 23 points in the...

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[sicko]

Still don't want to give up Noah but come on Bulls, keep calling them with a Offer of Deng, Gibson, Johnson and Draft Pick, they might eventually the just GIVE IN...I HOPE THEY DO!

some people is so concerned about Melo's defense...well that is what you signed guys like Bogans and Brewer for, so they can defend...we need some SCORING!!! even when Boozer comes back we still need someone else that can create his own shot!!!

with just Boozer and Rose it is no damn we are beating Boston, Orlando or Miami in a Playoff Series, some fans might be putting a little too much on Boozer

 

[DewsSox79]

Still don't want to give up Noah but come on Bulls, keep calling them with a Offer of Deng, Gibson, Johnson and Draft Pick, they might eventually the just GIVE IN...I HOPE THEY DO!

some people is so concerned about Melo's defense...well that is what you signed guys like Bogans and Brewer for, so they can defend...we need some SCORING!!! even when Boozer comes back we still need someone else that can create his own shot!!!

with just Boozer and Rose it is no damn we are beating Boston, Orlando or Miami in a Playoff Series, some fans might be putting a little too much on Boozer

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Why should he want to give up Noah..? :smh:

 

[Lefty]

No, you pud, if the only sticking point is Noah, you do that in a heartbeat because Melo is a great scorer, scoring is the most important thing in the NBA, and rebounding and defense (i.e. replacing Noah) comes cheap in the NBA. How is this concept that fucking hard for you to understand?

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

I can say that I don't agree with you a thousand times but I doubt it will matter.

 

[BullsFanDRose]

Bulls aren't gonna give up Noah. Melo even said he wants to play WITH Noah if he came to the Bulls, so trading him wouldn't make sense. But, I do believe he knows that he has a better chance of getting a championship with the Bulls than with the Knicks or Nets.

 

[NealKleren]

If Taj keeps playing the way he has then maybe the Nuggets will want him more and might give into the trade a bit more. I say keep calling but if not you cant do anything about it.

 

[rolyo]

Maybe it's just a coincidence, but check out Melo's twitter profile pic.

Carmelo Anthony (carmeloanthony) on Twitter

Now, I can be way off here. Maybe it's a tease, OR maybe Carmelo is trying to say something without any words. I see red. A lot of red. No blue, no orange... just red and black. Hmmmm...

Nice shoes Melo. Nice Shoes. Thats all I am willing to say for now.

 

[Lefty]

Well, even if he wants to come here, I don't know how it would work via trade. I mean, the salaries could work if you shipped off Deng-Taj-Johnson-Picks, but are Taj Gibson and James Johnson enough to make Denver ok with taking on Deng's deal? I'm excluding the notion of the picks here because I would assume they would be present in both the Deng-Noah and Deng-et al scenarios.

Like I have said many times, it would be great if the Bulls could keep Noah, but I don't know if Taj and Johnson would be enough. And I know people are fond of saying "well, they might get desperate near the deadline", but when you look at it, the Nuggets have to choose between being tied down financially for a good bit longer (in taking on Deng's deal, attachments regardless) and hoping whomever they receive from the Bulls (in players or low-slotted picks) pans out, or letting Melo go for nothing save for financial freedom. I think that if the best offer out there turns out to be the Bulls with "more salary cap hell with two forwards that may or may not be worthwhile in the long-term and low-slotted draft picks", they would do well just to let Melo play out his deal and take the financial freedom.

 

[Shakes]

I feel like Denver is in a pretty tricky situation. In theory they could let everyone go and have cap space but in practice it doesn't really work. We don't even know whether they'll have cap space with the new CBA, and besides, who wants to go to Denver and play on a team with Nene as the best player?

So if they want anything at all they have to make a trade, only NY are convinced they can get Carmelo for nothing anyway and don't want to give anything up. So the Bulls are their best option, so long as the owner is willing to pay Deng (as mentioned I don't think FA really matters, they're not getting anyone).

Will they do it in the end? I like JJ, Gibson and picks (including the Bobcat's pick) a lot better than nothing. Then again I'm not the one who has to pay Deng the 45 million or so he'll still be owed at the deadline.