Melo won't be Traded before Camp

but we believe it when its something positive. Honestly if they work on a JR/Kmart trade first I think that could be good. Bringing in a player like Iggy for JR/Kmart may convince Melo to stay, but probably not. We shouldn’t make any moves in an attempt to placate Melo. Thats what the cavs tried to do and it backfired. IMO bringing in Iggy would be beneficial even if Melo left. Many people seem to disagree with that, but I think he’s an underrated talent. JR/Kmart expirings aren’t gonna get anybody who’s good and on a cheap contract, so we might as well fork over the money to get a great player and try and stay relevant despite losing our franchise player.

Forget Ellis or Iggy I say ….. let’s go young with Damion James and T.Will and a bit of a youth movement. Take some risks , but never jeopordise the future. They don’t make very much money and are assets to boot. It’s about what I like to call – team building.

Forecast , but don’t overeach with projects. Get yourslef solid players with some upside at reasonable rates and be patient. Don’t overpay older 3rd tier players that aren’t going to take you anywhere. I’ve got a bunch of great team building rules I came up with that should work wonders for this team. I’ll probably fax them over to the GM or send huim and email about it.

Speculation causes us to get upset…..as Chizza can tell you I was close to jumping off a bridge a couple days ago.

That being said….I’m starting to believe that the Nuggets just plain aren’t going to get anything close to what they want for Melo.

He is a young productive, passionate, active and healthy CENTER. Would love to know which GMs question this.

Melo is gone like the wind. He will go to NY and will not accept a trade unless its to the Big Apple. He holds the cards by not signing any extension offered to him by another team and opt out after next year if traded. He was in Ny last week with Amare at Jay Z’s concert and stated:
Source at oak1: Fat joe…“We need you in NY with amar’e you coming?…melo-”yeah"…crowd goes nuts…#we’llsee.
Hope all you want Nuggets, but you’ll have to settle for for either Gallinari or Randolph and Curry’s expiring contract, Walker, Fields and a future 1st pick 3 years away. If you don’t take it, he leaves you with nothing after the season.
He already turned away NJ.

This is the news I wanted to hear. This is BY FAR the best plan, BUT it’s only going to work if you go through with it! What we definatly can’t do is not trade for another star player because that won’t convince Melo to stay and then we’re screwed. If he sees us making moves, AND we have a great season and make a deep playoff run there’s no way he’s going to bolt for NY. But again, this means do or die for the front office in that they must move K-Mart and JR (or Nene), for a big time player. It seems all or nothing at this point.

Huh. When I lived in L.A. and the nuggets kept getting the first-round bounce, I used to pull a little for the Clippers out of pure Laker-hate. Man, Brand was a beast. Too bad about those Injuries.
I kind of figured as much about Heisley. I think our best bet is to let Chauncey take over any and all “blockbuster” trade negotiations to infuse a little of that finals MVP veteran charm. I think Melo is most afraid of Chauncey in his ear at this point. Haha