Imagine Nene and Melo in Portlands lineupBrian Bahr/Getty ImagesPortland is an up and coming team filled with talent, but needs more experience. They also need a guy who will get his points night in and night out. Roy will always be the leader of this team, but he cannot take on the offensive load all by himself. Aldridge is a solid 2nd option, but on a championship team he would be the 3rd option on offense.Denver is looking to go into rebuild mode. Carmelo is not happy with the team and does not feel like he is in the best position to win a Chicago Bears jersey
championship.See where I'm going with this?Carmelo going to the Blazers has been in the rumor mill for quite some time, but imagine a bigger trade than that. Imagine Nene being included in the talks, too.Now, listen, I know this may sound crazy, but numbers wise this trade can be pulled off.Melo is owed $17,149,243 this season, and Nene is owed $11,360,000. This is added up to $28,509,243.On the other side of the deal, Portland can offer some nice young pieces and expiring contracts.Portland can offer Marcus Camby, Rudy Fernandez, Joel Pryzbilla, Andre Miller, and the draft rights to Victor Claver. All of their contracts add up to $27,671,076. Their is a difference of roughly $1,000,000 dollars, which Portland's owner Paul Allen would more than likely be willing to pay due to the billions of dollars he swims in.This makes sense because Miller and Fernandez are better in a fast paced offense, Camby could return to the city he won a Defensive Player of the Year award in, Pryzbilla could back Camby up, and Claver is still in Spain.Portland would love adding Nene's and Melo's skill set to their team.Nene may be no Camby, but he is a solid defender, averaging around 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. Nene can also score with his back to the basket, run the floor, and the shoot the midrange jump shot. Those match Portland's slow pace as they can run their offense through the post with Nene and Aldridge.Now for the main show, Carmelo Anthony.Melo's skill set is perfectly fit for Portland's Cincinnati Bengals jersey
offense. He can be a spot up shooter, can slash, get to the line, create his own shot, and can score in the post because of his strength. He's also a good rebounder for his position.The only thing I can see keeping this trade from happening is a personal problem on Melo's side.His wife doesn't want to live in a small market like Portland. She wants to see the big lights and glamor of New York. If this trade were to be pulled off, Melo might not resign with the team to please his wife. If Melo has the drive to win, he will not go to New York and will stay in Portland, if he is traded.He'll take stress off Roy and let him be more of a playmaker. Roy can move over to point to take over Miller's job, and Batum or Mathews can be plugged in at shooting guard, leaving Melo as the Small Forward, Aldridge as the Power Forward, and either Nene or Oden as the center. Scary lineup, right? I thought so.Doug Pensinger/Getty ImagesMelo can spread the floor for Roy to go to work on the drive, and his own slashing can create opportunities for Portland's many shooters, including Roy, Aldridge, Mathews, Batum, Patrick Mills, and Luke Babbit.If Melo accepts the extension the Nuggets offered, Portland would be assured that he would stay there for a couple more yearsCleveland Browns jersey
.But if he accepts the offer, why would Denver trade him?That question I cannot answer right now, and if someone would like to put in the effort and write an article about that, I would be more than happy to read it as it could make for an interesting debate.For now, us Portland fans can keep this trade in our minds and hope GM Rich Cho can pull this off and show himself as the best GM in the league. LETS GO BLAZERS!
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