« Reply #35 on: July 18, 2017, 10:58:34 AM »
Can someone tell me what the Rockets are reportedly sending out? Maybe I missed this somewhere, but I can't find it in the articles I've read.
Ryan Anderson and his terrible contract
Yes I know that part. But what assets are they sending out? Presumably the Knicks don't consider Anderson for Melo a fair trade. I mean, Phil Jackson is no longer around after all.
I think they are hoping for salary cap relief in return. So they won't be taking on Anderson, they will hope for someone who can give them cap space next summer.
Also Houston will have to send out more than just Anderson. I imagine they would also send out Ariza as well given he is expiring and they would have Melo and Tucker at that position.
The Nets might be interested in getting in on this if they can extract an asset.
To Houston: Melo
To Knicks: Ariza, Carroll
To Brooklyn: Anderson, picks
Although the Knicks may be looking for more immediate salary relief than that
Houston is hoping to send out Anderson and non-guaranteed contracts they acquired the last week of June. They need to find a team with useful players but a salary crunch looming to move a contract for tax relief or long-term cap relief. Portland has several such players who aren't as bad a contract as Anderson. Milwaukee also might be somewhere to look, along with New Orleans. OKC would be a nice partner too, as they try to lessen their luxury tax bill and make affording George and Westbrook more plausible next year, but they might not like to help Carmelo go to Houston.
For my understanding... The Knicks don't want to take on Anderson so he needs to be routed to a 3rd team. That 3rd team would need to shed salary as they are facing tax implications, so they would need to move a contract(s) larger than Anderson if they are to take him on right? So I'd assume that they might want compensation in the form of picks if they are losing multiple decent players?
Portland makes a lot of sense, but would the Knicks actually want Crabbe and Leonard (for example).
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