re: Very good article about selling CP3 to comeback to New Orleans

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Washburn says that the Heat would be a 5th or 6th seed without LeBron. That means that they would have lost 37 or 38 games, compared to 16 with him. So he's saying LeBron is worth 21 or 22 wins.

He says the Knicks would be a lottery team without Melo. That means that they would have lost at least 48 games, compared to 28 with him. So he's saying Carmelo is worth 20 wins.

It's worth nothing that the Knicks played a significant number of games without Anthony this year, and were 7-8 in those games. Over a full season, that would equate to a 38-44 record and an #8 seed in the playoffs.

LeBron is more valuable than Carmelo based on Washburn's own criteria.

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