Poll: Who Is Better: Carmelo Anthony or Kevin Love?

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Love. hes as good or better then Melo at the rim, from the line and from 3. hes an elite rebounder, much younger, a better passer making for better floor spacing, a better fit in Stevens offense and more likely to attract another star to play with him.

[vjcsmoke]

I'd much rather have Love.  Love is taller, longer, younger, and a better rebounder.  Both can't play defense worth a lick.  Melo is slightly better as a pure scorer but Love is still better all-around player at the PF position.

The question is what package will it take to pry Love away, and then how rich of an extension do we sign him to, because we're not trading assets away for a 1 year rental.  I'm hoping for at least a 5-6 year pact.

[kg is king]

There's no way to compare the two without factoring in the needs of the team. In respect to the Celtics, Melo is a better fit since we lack a go-to scorer ala Paul Pierce who we can give the ball to and get out of the way. We have a Kevin Love-lite (very lite) in Sullinger and too many PFs to count. My vote is Melo for that reason.

[Mazingerz]

Both are volume shooters. Both can't defend (they'd get mugged even in church). Both are overhyped.

[vjcsmoke]

I would not say Love is an elite scorer.  Hes a PF who over his career has averaged 19 PPG on 45% FG. Thats a very good scorer, not an elite one. 

Really, you're going to throw out the 26.1 ppg, 12.5 rpg he just put up this  past season?  How convenient!

[knuckleballer]

The more I think about it, the more a Carmelo trade makes sense.  We already have a promising power forward in Sully and the Knicks are a disaster.

We trade away the trade exception, Bogans, and Anthony which I think comes to $19 million.  There's a 25% limit on the money of trades, so that would cover Melo.  Plus, we send the #6 and #17 picks, plus one of the Brooklyn picks.  The Knicks do the trade because they add 3 good draft picks while only adding Anthony's salary ($3.8m) and Melo is leaving anyway.

We then trade Brandon Bass, the non guaranteed contracts of Chris Johnson and Babb, and the Clippers pick for Larry Sanders. I think that's just enough to cover his salary. Milwaukee does this trade because Henson gives them 90% of what Sanders gives them for a lot less money.  They add a veteran PF and a first round pick while saving a lot of money.

We then re-sign Bayless and Bradley.

Our roster will be:

1.  Rondo, Bayless, Pressey
2.  Bradley, Green, Bayless
3.  Carmelo, Green, Wallace
4.  Sully, Olynyk
5.  Sanders, Olynyk, Fav

I think that team can contend.  We still have our mid level exception to add depth.  They'll paying the luxury tax, but these owners have been willing to pay in the past.

Carmelo will re-sign because he'll make more than he could as a free agent and this team can compete for several years.  We'll still have the Brooklyn 2018 draft pick and 2017 right to switch picks which could help us reload in the future.