Jackson Hates us with a passion. He won't help melo come here to join rondo and love. His wife would kill him if he did. But seriously he won't help melo get to Boston.

Melo is plan b if we don't land Love guaranteed Ainge will go hard at Melo. Rondo hinted to it. He's not going to show his hand or any interest right now because it'd serve him no good. If Saunders plays hardball bet we tell him ok fine we're going after Melo good negotiating tactic too.

If we miss out on both you think Rondo's going to stick around? He'll be gone by the trade deadline too.

Melo just gotta show how much of a joke Phil Jokerson is.

Leave Carmelo, you ain't winning any championships in New York with that kind of roster and FO.

Imo yes. He's underrated but is a better player than people think. He'll be easier to have him than Love. If he exercise his eto we'll sign him or trade for him. Seriously i think we should trade Green, Bass, Anthony, Bogans, CJ, CB & #17 for him. With #17 NY could draft someone like TJ Warren, Capela or Payne. If we can add Greg Monroe then resign Bradley, Bayless, Humph & draft Gordon at #6 our roster will be:
PG: Rondo, Pressey
SG: Bradley, Bayless
SF: Melo, Gordon
PF: Sully, Olynyk, Humph
C: Monroe, Iverson, Fav

I wrote about this a while back and thought I would revisit it.

It's obvious (or maybe posturing by Saunders) that landing Love may not be easy.

Regardless, what complicates things is Love is under contract for one more year and it sounds like Saunders is going to play hardball.

It also wouldn't surprise me if Saunders doesn't trade Love and hangs onto him for one more season because of his wild ego.

  I think Flip would be replaced as GM in a heartbeat if he did that.

I don't know if it'll be easier; I think there's a chance Melo stays with Knicks and there's no way Love stays in Minnesota.  That said, I'd rather go after Melo.  I think he's a better player than Love and gives you more flexibility since he can play either forward spot (I think he's better at the 4).  If we get Melo and Asik I think they and Rondo could be the foundation of a very good team. 

Let's talk some reality here. First off the front offices of the Celtics and the Knicks do not like each other and aren't going to do each other any favors to help the other team out. So in any sign and trade expect to give up a ton of draft picks for Melo. Also remember any sign and trade can not happen until after July first so none of this year's pick would be going to NY.

Next, Carmelo is desperate to add a ring or two after seeing the Miami Three get theirs. He will not be willing to jump into a situation like he did in NY where an incomplete team out of the playoffs was still trying to add pieces just to compete. He's going to want to go to a team already competing for a chip. That rules out Boston.

Melo also has a wife that is rooted in NY and would only move to another huge city and one where their players didn't supposedly insult here. Again rule out Boston.

Lastly, for the Celtics to clear enough cap space just to sign here, if NY wouldn't do a sign and trade, they would have to gut their team giving away players for trade exceptions and maybe even send out some picks just to get a team to do the deal where Boston wouldn't take salary back. That would make rebuilding around Rondo and Melo tougher.

Just the more you realistically think about the whole situation the more its apparent that unless we have Love and maybe someone else that has some star like potential along with Rondo and Boston has already proven they can win, the less likely it is for Anthony to try to force a trade to Boston, force a trade and sign to Boston or would want to sign outright in Boston.