Look at the Knicks upcoming schedule and you will see its loaded with winable games. If the Knicks keep this up over the next 20 games or so they will be +.500 around that time. I think thats when you move guys... a little closer to the trading deadline but before the really tough part of the schedule.

I think the goal should be to move JJ+Curry and use Chandler and Hill's deals if needed. Possibly Duhon as well.

fishmike wrote:big... I want to keep Lee. He continues to get better on both ends and I see him as a key piece moving forward. I also think we can sign him much cheaper than Bosh. I would rather have Lee at $9mm and Harrington at $6mm than Bosh for $17mm, especially if we sign Lebron.

If we keep Lee and Harrington at those figures, we can only sign one max fa. I would hope that isn't what we do. I'd be fine keeping one of those guys (or Hughes) at a reasonable figure, but no more than one of them.

markvmc wrote:

fishmike wrote:big... I want to keep Lee. He continues to get better on both ends and I see him as a key piece moving forward. I also think we can sign him much cheaper than Bosh. I would rather have Lee at $9mm and Harrington at $6mm than Bosh for $17mm, especially if we sign Lebron.

If we keep Lee and Harrington at those figures, we can only sign one max fa. I would hope that isn't what we do. I'd be fine keeping one of those guys (or Hughes) at a reasonable figure, but no more than one of them.

Of those three I am interested in Hughes the most. He is playing a complete game this season. Lee will be Lee and Al is too inconsistent.

again, if you're Lebron are you more likely to wanna come play with Lee & Harrington or Chris Bosh? is this even a question? i don't care how well the team is playing right now, if we have a shot at setting up our cap to sign Lebron & Bosh in the offseason we need to take it, case closed... say we used Harrington, Duhon, Hughes or Lee to dump either Curry or Fishlips in a T-Mac trade or something along those lines & traded another for any scrub expirings & future draft pick & let the other guys walk at the end of the season... in 2010 we'd still have Gallo who would complement Lebron & Bosh tremendously well along w/Chandler, Hill & TD along w/either Curry or Fishlips leftover... then u round out the rest of the roster w/veteran's minimum contracts, a 2nd rounder & go from there.

the hardest part is to get those marquee guys here first, then u can worry about building the rest of the pieces as you go... until we get those 2 bigname guys, this team will never be a realistic championship contender... look over most of the championship teams in the past they all have at least 2 big name guys along w/a good supporting cast of role players... u put Lebron & Bosh together w/Gallo, Chandler, Hill & TD & that's a good enough core to contend for the playoffs instantly anyway... then in 2011 u stand to have more cap space available to sign a quality veteran support players to make a realistic run at a title.

TRU wrote:if we do stand pat and put up a nice record, we can sign bron with promise that we move for carmelo in 2011 when jj and curry come off the books.

What's wrong with that?

I wouldn't be against that. It is preferable to making a rushed deal to ship eddy and JJ out. But what of Lee? That might be factor to watch because his expiring might have to be cashed in before the deadline.

TMS wrote:

TRU wrote:if we do stand pat and put up a nice record, we can sign bron with promise that we move for carmelo in 2011 when jj and curry come off the books.

What's wrong with that?

Lebron & Melo won't work IMO... Bron needs a bigman sidekick, someone like Bosh, Dirk, Dwight Howard, etc... someone who won't be dominating the ball on the perimeter... Melo is a high volume scorer, it's much more likely to get Bosh here w/the promise we get Melo in 2011, but how do u exactly guarantee someone that's gonna happen? that's collusion & if we get caught for something like that we can face some very hefty discipline from the league

It's not collusion if we promise to make a move. And the point isn't whether melo and bron will work, but whether it would be wise to wait and offer lebron a promise for 2011.

TMS wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

TMS wrote:

TRU wrote:if we do stand pat and put up a nice record, we can sign bron with promise that we move for carmelo in 2011 when jj and curry come off the books.

What's wrong with that?

Lebron & Melo won't work IMO... Bron needs a bigman sidekick, someone like Bosh, Dirk, Dwight Howard, etc... someone who won't be dominating the ball on the perimeter... Melo is a high volume scorer, it's much more likely to get Bosh here w/the promise we get Melo in 2011, but how do u exactly guarantee someone that's gonna happen? that's collusion & if we get caught for something like that we can face some very hefty discipline from the league

It's not collusion if we promise to make a move. And the point isn't whether melo and bron will work, but whether it would be wise to wait and offer lebron a promise for 2011.

lol... pinky swear that we'll offer Melo a contract, maybe Bosh will come

hahaha...think he'd go for that, the baby that he is? ;)