Same group next year - assuming Melo doesn't go anywhere.

Can Amar'e stay healthy an entire year, and be consistently productive as he's shown at times this year?

No. I highly doubt it. Amar'e's mid range game has been showing signs, and even without the explosive athleticism, that part of his game could be a real weapon.

Chandler - doubt he can stay healthy, and even if he gave you 82 games, that isn't enough with where his performance is likely to be.

JR Smith - too much of a head case, even when healthy, and too inconsistent

Felton- yea right!

The chance your key vets will stay healthy next year- Zero.

I think the biggest worry I have is we keep Melo and get a new coach who manages to improve our performance just enough to make the play offs and miss out on adding an impact player through the draft.

VCoug wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Same team?
Never underestimate Dolan's ability to take back big contracts in exchange for picks!

Lol, it's hard for me to believe that Rudy Gay won't somehow make his way to this team in the near future.

I actually would welcome a Rudy Gay trade. Melo and Rudy as the 3/4 is a perfect balance.

Still need that point guard no matter what we do

Bonn1997 wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

VCoug wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Same team?
Never underestimate Dolan's ability to take back big contracts in exchange for picks!

Lol, it's hard for me to believe that Rudy Gay won't somehow make his way to this team in the near future.

I actually would welcome a Rudy Gay trade. Melo and Rudy as the 3/4 is a perfect balance.

Still need that point guard no matter what we do

The player tracking data has Rudy Gay as the least efficient player in the league! He's just a flashy but awful player.
http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=46528

Going buy this season that might be true since he had been dogging it in Toronto.

Memphis fans and teammates probably wish they had him back tho

EnySpree wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

VCoug wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Same team?
Never underestimate Dolan's ability to take back big contracts in exchange for picks!

Lol, it's hard for me to believe that Rudy Gay won't somehow make his way to this team in the near future.

I actually would welcome a Rudy Gay trade. Melo and Rudy as the 3/4 is a perfect balance.

Still need that point guard no matter what we do

The player tracking data has Rudy Gay as the least efficient player in the league! He's just a flashy but awful player.
http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=46528

Going buy this season that might be true since he had been dogging it in Toronto.

Memphis fans and teammates probably wish they had him back tho

Well Memphis got much better once he left too. (Obviously it went downhill when Gasol kept getting injured but that's separate.) His advanced stats are bad and he has a bad track record.

yellowboy90 wrote:I'm not a Rudy Gay fan but to be fair to him his numbers in Sac town has been good. COntract play makes me weary and his lack of ability to shoot the ball from three really scares me off.

G MP PER TS% eFG% FTr 3PAr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48

29 1001 20.6 .586 .532 .333 .167 4.6 13.4 8.9 16.9 2.0 1.5 15.1 25.8 110 108 2.0 0.7 2.7 .128

OasisBU wrote:

holfresh wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Have to wonder if the Knicks make a couple of small moves that payoff big. If they get a second rounder for udrih do they try to move it to get Pierre Jackson? Or do they keep the pick and sign bobby brown. One guy scored 74 points in a game in china and the other scored 58 in the d league.

They need to make a move to get the PG that will run alongside Melo the next four years..They needed to do this now...Use Chandler, Chump or whoever to get it done...They also need another big time scorer which can wait until 2015 when Amare rolls off the books....

My issue with that is you generally should never trade bigs for smalls. Tyson may not be playing well but on the right team he is a huge asset. What can he really do for us when we have the worst backcourt in the league?

More importantly - how do we replace him? Amare? Tyler? I don't think that's a long term solution. No doubt we need a PG but I would move Shumpery before I would move Tyson for a PG. It's not like we are going after Chris Paul so it shouldn't take gutting out team and draft picks to get someone decent.

I don't think that premise applies to today's game as much as it did about 10 years ago...They problem is that Chandler's salary occupies a space needed for a better player in today's salary structure...If Melo is staying, we need a legit PG at Chandler's salary to involve the rest of the team...We also need another scorer to take pressure of Melo...We don't have room for Chandler or Amare...