No. Unless of course they knew with good standing that they were definitely going to be able to get two marquee max FA's. But that would be tampering.

not now i wouldn't... we are finally in reach of the cap space to sign at least 1 max FA in 2010... now we need to play Curry next year to see if he can gain some kind of trade value by next year's deadline... if he can't, then we can look into other trade options for him, but we shouldn't give up our lottery pick this year to dump him before we at least see if he can play next season... now that Zach & Jamal's contracts are off the books the Knicks are no longer under as much pressure to dump contracts as they were before.

i think trading Curry now with the 2009 pick (or any for that matter) is like trying to trade Zbo with the 2008 and moving down slots. Didn't make sense then, doesn't make sense now.

At this point, no. I'll gamble on next year. If he's still the same fat loser, just trade an unprotected future pick with him to some team.

Posted by martin:

i think trading Curry now with the 2009 pick (or any for that matter) is like trying to trade Zbo with the 2008 and moving down slots. Didn't make sense then, doesn't make sense now.

i think it's a different situation... we have cap space now... we didn't have it before... we can afford to wait & see if Curry can play before trying to dump him w/our lottery pick... plus trying to trade a $10 million dollar contract is a lot different than trying to dump a $31 million dollar one.

Posted by martin:

And, why do you trade a player when his value is at an all time low? Wait til he plays next year, his value can't go down at all.

I agree in general, but it is a risk - this is Eddy Curry we're talking about. He's shown that his value can always go down further.

You can't trade picks in consecutive years, I believe Utah or Phoenix has our 2010 pick so the point is moot

I don't think we can make a decision right now to include the pick anywhere because it has a contingency behind it. Let's hold off on anything to do with picks unless some serious talent ws offered back. I think we need to improve the team first--move Curry second. Let fat Curry take the next 8 months to lose weight. I would have to think that money could motivate him as he seems to be awful with it--prime time to go broke after making 60-70MM before the age of 27. He could probably swing another 30-50mm if he really trained hard and kept his cards right--remember Big game James got 38mm for one playoff series. Curry at 270 and in shape able to play--we could trade him straight up. We pay a lot of money to trainers--let them do their work with him--go hire him a personal nutritionist

for amare or bosh, yes, but for anyone else, no.

I think you would have to consider trading it the way the Knicks draft. I keep trying to figure out how they came out of the 08 draft without a franchise player and I still have not come up with an answer.

like i said months ago we shoulda brought Patrick Ewing in here this season to work Eddy into shape & teach him a little bit about work ethic.