I had always hoped and initially seen possibly Tayshaun Prince out of him but that's just not happening.

Again though what are we to expect from an Isiah pick and a 20th pick in a weak draft anyway?

So it is what it is....and it doesn't help us now and won't help us later.

King1 wrote:being a cornerstone of this franchise. I think Gallinari is going to be a fine player, but Chandler has too many holes in his game. He is a great athlete, and a character kid those are the positives. No feel for the game, below average shooter, very inconsistent, horrible shot selection, and below average defender. If you could somehow trade him with Curry or JJ, or get a draft pick I think you do it.

We couldve had Stephon Curry for him

Paladin55 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

King1 wrote:being a cornerstone of this franchise. I think Gallinari is going to be a fine player, but Chandler has too many holes in his game. He is a great athlete, and a character kid those are the positives. No feel for the game, below average shooter, very inconsistent, horrible shot selection, and below average defender. If you could somehow trade him with Curry or JJ, or get a draft pick I think you do it.

We couldve had Stephon Curry for him

Was that real, or just rumored?

If real, it would have been something I would have been interested in, especially if Washington was not asking for our #8. We could have had Curry, DeRozan (GS would have taken Hill?) and picked up your boy Blair, Derrick Brown, Summers (sp)or any number of PF type players who were still around when the Lakers' pick came up.

who says we could have had Curry for Wilson? all accounts say Curry was Donnie's guy from the start... the asking price was apparently too high, i highly doubt he would have passed on a deal of Wilson for Curry straight up if he was so high on the kid.

TMS wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

King1 wrote:being a cornerstone of this franchise. I think Gallinari is going to be a fine player, but Chandler has too many holes in his game. He is a great athlete, and a character kid those are the positives. No feel for the game, below average shooter, very inconsistent, horrible shot selection, and below average defender. If you could somehow trade him with Curry or JJ, or get a draft pick I think you do it.

We couldve had Stephon Curry for him

Was that real, or just rumored?

If real, it would have been something I would have been interested in, especially if Washington was not asking for our #8. We could have had Curry, DeRozan (GS would have taken Hill?) and picked up your boy Blair, Derrick Brown, Summers (sp)or any number of PF type players who were still around when the Lakers' pick came up.

who says we could have had Curry for Wilson? all accounts say Curry was Donnie's guy from the start... the asking price was apparently too high, i highly doubt he would have passed on a deal of Wilson for Curry straight up if he was so high on the kid.

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:who says we could have had Curry for Wilson? all accounts say Curry was Donnie's guy from the start... the asking price was apparently too high, i highly doubt he would have passed on a deal of Wilson for Curry straight up if he was so high on the kid.

Meaning that Chandler would have been used to secure Washington's pick, and at that point we would have taken Curry.

i dunno what really went down but the way i understood it we were asked for both Wilson & our #8 for the #5 pick, at which point Donnie balked possibly hoping either Curry, Rubio or Evans would fall to us at #8, none of which happened, so he took Hill who was the next BPA left on their board.

You put Chandler on any top 15 team in the league and he'll show you that he's a big time prospect. He didn't just lose it all in an offseason.

He's lost in the mess that is our offensive strategy right now. As the offense gets more organized, he'll start to impact the game more and more.

I think Chandler has above average athleticism and the natural talent to be a very good SF, but he doesn't have the matching basketball IQ. Right now, I picture him as a sort of Trevor Ariza type player. He should use his athletic ability to get to the hoop, score efficiently, draw fouls (he's a much better FT shooter than Ariza) and play defense. I'd much rather see him score 1o-12 efficient points, play defense, and rebound than 15-20 as a result of a lot of extra poor outside shots and way too many 3 pointers. He simply is not a very good outside shooter and he's killing the team.

Perhaps at some point in his career he will improve his shot (as Ariza did). He's still very young and didn't have a good off season being that he had surgery and was on crutches for months. But still, at some point a good player must recognize his own limitations and stay within himself. He does not understand that at all and perhaps never will.

In addition, to me he's a SF PERIOD. He's never going to be a PF or SG. However, Gallo is already the the better SF now and will be WAAAYY better by the end of the season. So for the Knicks, I think it might make sense to trade him for a legit SG, picks, or as part of a deal to move Jeffries/Curry eventually.