He murders our cap flexibility over the next couple of seasons and is no longer a good enough player to justify that.
Also, Crowder is still an average starter on a comically cheap contract. Hardly a bit piece, regardless of how p---ed people are about this series. While Melo is a better player than Crowder in a vacuum, I wouldn't trade Crowder for Melo straight-up. Crowder's contract is a big reason why we're speaking of Hayward and Griffin as realistic targets this offseason.