that is why I wanted livingston--I thought it was a true need.

Douglas is scary at that position he looks even more like a true combo scoring G than a PG.

Remember, he's a really good defender and can shoot. God forbid if felton goes down, we would rely heavily on douglas and any other pg on the knicks team to step it up.

LivingLegend wrote:
I'm kind of hoping that if we go for Rudy -- we can also take a Mills or A. Johnson with him in the package.

There ya go. Now your talkin'..The inclusion of Patty Mills in any Rudy Fernandez trade makes that deal look a lot more attractive, esp. if we were forced to give up on Chandler...I don't think they'd put Armon Johnson on the table in this trade..I don't get the feeling Portland likes Mills too much for whatever reason (maybe it's Nate McMillan???) -- there's been no real effort to incorporate him into the scheme of things out there thus far (both before & after the foot fracture) and who knows if they have plans to do so now, otherwise why draft Johnson? That team seems overloaded with backcourt talent right now. Something's gonna have to give there eventually..

I tell you what though, Mills was impressive in SL...His play goes way beyond the 41+% he shot from the field..First of all, 5 SL games is hardly a big enough sample to judge someone on field goal or FT percentages...His team went 4-1 and had a chance to go a perfect 5-0 -- in the only game they lost against the Clippers, they made a furious comeback from 20 down early on only to fall a little short in the end..If you watched Mills careful in these games, you saw a player that gave good effort on both ends of the floor. The willingness to get after it and really move his feet on defense & keep guys in front of him was very apparent which was nice to see considering that's been a knock on him in the past. From what I saw, his defense was good. REAL GOOD...Showed some quick hands on defense too.. You can tell he's worked hard on improving that aspect of his game..And offensively, I don't think there's any question that Patty Mills is very talented. Despite what you read on draftexpress and the like, I think Mills actually has very decent PG skills..First & foremost, compared to Toney Douglas who looks awkward & uncomfortable trying to run a team, Mills looks right at home orchestrating an offense..He's got all the requisite PG skills: ample quickness, good handle, good passer, finds open men with little trouble, he's unselfish and makes the right plays all while looking comfortable and sure of himself..And as an individual scorer, he's a very effective outside shooter with a pretty stroke along with being a very effective scorer off penetration. Very young too - Mills is about 3 years younger than TD (this dude's Gallo's age). He's the guy I'd go after right now. He is a RFA so either we get him in a trade or if not, I sign him to a sensible offer sheet and see if Portland matches..They may not, having just drafted Johnson along with signing Wes Matthews to a substantial offer sheet that Utah chose not to match. We might have the opportunity to steal this guy away from the Blazers right now..

I'd be OK with a Rudy/Mills trade but would probably prefer we sign Mills outright along with undrafted SG prospect Sylven Landesberg to sensible contracts...That's how I'd look to improve the backcourt depth right now.

I said it a couple of days ago -- with the $3M or so in left over cap room, go get me Patrick Mills, 6'6" Sylven Landesberg and 6'9" 250 lb. Wayne Chism, an undrafted PF out of Tennessee with good skills, and I'm ready to go to war..

franco12 wrote:

fishmike wrote:how many teams have a great 3rd PG? when CP3 went down Collison was great and they still lost games. You can always go get Earl Boykins

Hey- we're also screwed if Amare goes down.

And Gallo. We lose those two, we are so finished - we don't have legit back ups for them!

anthony randolph.