I am in agreement with Army and Cloud here, except that if a deal does not get done, life will go in for all parties. It's not quite the same as the JKidd to Mavericks fiasco that went down, but hey, you never know?

All indications are that Joe is not looking necessarily for a scoring forward with point skills. Just a big time player, regardless of position, and there aren't many out there on the market. Melo being one of the sole exceptions. However, having seen what the Celtics accomplished this season with Rondo manning the point, I agree with Army that having a guy in the front court like Melo, who can make plays, will make it easier for Stuckey to be an effective starter this early on in his career.

Either the articles on Freep and ESPN are complete baloney, or one or both teams are spinning some PR so to not shock the fans when a deal does go down (my hunch). My bet is we will have to take back a big contract back (probably Nene or Camby) along with Melo and give up one of our young guys to get it done (Amir or Maxiel).