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He could leave Portland. If he comes to ny he could be paired with melo and a top draft pick. I think LaMarcus wants the spotlight. He wants people to know who he is. I think the idea of playing under Phil and in the triangle might be attractive to him. I think this is now a 50/50 possibly. Far from the how this idea was a few weeks ago.

I'd rather see us spend our money on players that are just a bit younger.

I don't see him leaving though. Portland is a great city! I would live there before moving back to NY

fishmike wrote:Aldridge is just a really good player. The advanced guys will probably loath him as he takes tons of long 2s, but he's very good. Plays both ends of the floor, a bonafide glass cleaner and will block some shots as well. As max players go he's borderline. Very good player.

He does take alot of turn around jumpers from 20 ft out lol. In the triangle he would fit so seem less imho because of that jumper.

Just sticking LA and Melo On The current team healthy and ready to play and that's a dangerous playoff team.

I can't wait till this draft. I want to get this thing started

EnySpree wrote:I brought this up before but this all star break he opened his own mouth about the Knicks....

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He could leave Portland. If he comes to ny he could be paired with melo and a top draft pick. I think LaMarcus wants the spotlight. He wants people to know who he is. I think the idea of playing under Phil and in the triangle might be attractive to him. I think this is now a 50/50 possibly. Far from the how this idea was a few weeks ago.

newyorker4ever wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:The good thing is guys are saying they want to come to ny. Tobias Harris reportedly has told friends he wants to win a championship as a Knick. It should be an interesting summer.

Besides T.Harris who are the other players that are saying they want to come to NY??

LaMarcus Aldridge may have fallen in love with New York over NBA All-Star Weekend. Aldridge, who becomes a free agent this summer, heavily praised the host city, the fans, Knicks president Phil Jackson and also made some suggestive comments to the media about how he would be a great fit in the type of offense the Knicks run

Thats why Durant, Aladrige and Gasol will never say anything bad about NY, or LA, or anywhere!!!!

As fans, we can read hope into the statements all we want. What does it mean? One never knows.

I'd say one never really knows what moves some of these guys. Money is a big deal, but a guy like Gasol might want be very comfortable in Memphis, and at the same time could enjoy near privacy in NYC if he was not 7 foot tall. I get why Pau did not want to come here given his age but Marc could be drawn to Phil and the cultural benefits of being in NYC. He'll make more in Memphis.

So when LaMarcus talked about the Knicks he spoke as though he gave it some thought. He would be interested. Knicks just have to keep things tight and if the opportunity is right they could tell LaMarcus, if you come this is what we will look like. Simple. It's up to LaMarcus to make that Decision.