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Re: A New Big Three (Melo, Love, Rondo) while adding Asik
« Reply #45 on: June 04, 2014, 05:14:16 PM »

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With respect to Phil being willing to trade Melo within the division:  that is obviously a drawback to dealing with the Celtics (from PJ's perspective).  But is that negative mitigated at all by the prospect of succeeding off of the failure of a division (and city) rival?

Envision the Knicks turning around their franchise on the backs of multiple lottery picks...lottery picks that originally belonged to the Nets.  So while the "little brother" is suffering, the older brother is turning his lottery picks in to stars.

To me, that would be a huge deal for the Knicks, but would that possibility be worth the certaintly of trading Melo to Boston?  Especially if ours is the best offer anyway, and the only thing holding Phil back is the division rival aspect of it.

Re: A New Big Three (Melo, Love, Rondo) while adding Asik
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On Around the Horn, Jackie MacMullen just ridiculed the idea of Melo and Love ending up in Boston and said her sources are telling her Minnesota is not happy with the Celtics recent offers for Love. She doubted even Love to Boston was going to happen

Re: A New Big Three (Melo, Love, Rondo) while adding Asik
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On Around the Horn, Jackie MacMullen just ridiculed the idea of Melo and Love ending up in Boston and said her sources are telling her Minnesota is not happy with the Celtics recent offers for Love. She doubted even Love to Boston was going to happen

This is good news.

Means that Ainge has made overtures to Minnesota, and they are probably lowball.
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Re: A New Big Three (Melo, Love, Rondo) while adding Asik
« Reply #48 on: June 04, 2014, 06:53:54 PM »

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On Around the Horn, Jackie MacMullen just ridiculed the idea of Melo and Love ending up in Boston and said her sources are telling her Minnesota is not happy with the Celtics recent offers for Love. She doubted even Love to Boston was going to happen

This is good news.

Means that Ainge has made overtures to Minnesota, and they are probably lowball.
This early he's gotta start low as the draft approaches he'll up the offer come on Jackie
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Re: A New Big Three (Melo, Love, Rondo) while adding Asik
« Reply #49 on: June 04, 2014, 06:53:55 PM »

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On Around the Horn, Jackie MacMullen just ridiculed the idea of Melo and Love ending up in Boston and said her sources are telling her Minnesota is not happy with the Celtics recent offers for Love. She doubted even Love to Boston was going to happen

This is good news.

Means that Ainge has made overtures to Minnesota, and they are probably lowball.

And this is where I kind of get annoyed with Ainge. I can definitely see some of his package proposals as lowballing to the point of being insulting. If you want Kevin Love, make a legit offer. Definitely try to protect out assets as much as possible, but be realistic enough to know you're not going to get Kevin Love for a bargain basement deal.
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Re: A New Big Three (Melo, Love, Rondo) while adding Asik
« Reply #50 on: June 04, 2014, 06:58:02 PM »

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On Around the Horn, Jackie MacMullen just ridiculed the idea of Melo and Love ending up in Boston and said her sources are telling her Minnesota is not happy with the Celtics recent offers for Love. She doubted even Love to Boston was going to happen

This is good news.

Means that Ainge has made overtures to Minnesota, and they are probably lowball.
This early he's gotta start low as the draft approaches he'll up the offer come on Jackie
Risky game.  Plenty of other teams positioning to go after Love.  I doubt we get him.

Re: A New Big Three (Melo, Love, Rondo) while adding Asik
« Reply #51 on: June 04, 2014, 07:02:32 PM »

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Keep in mind Love's own leverage here. We need him to indicate he'll sign long-term in Boston, but not other places. No team is going to beat our offer for a 1 year rental. The Lakers have next to nothing to offer Minnesota, and AFAIK that's the only destination that would have a clear upper hand on us. Houston is the one that worries me, because it's a good franchise that can make a good offer.