2) Sign a free agent who has a potential to be an all-star or near all-star level help to Melo.

3) Get Melo healthy.

4) Sign some FAs who play defense and make sense as a team with the three core pieces of Melo, draft pick and FA guy.

There are a bunch of different ways to do it right.

Worst case would be trading the lotto pick for a high cost FA who eats the cap space like Kevin Love. Worst type of move that would be the wrong kind of two for one.

Knicks are in a position to have three very good players and room to add complementry pieces around them (with a few already here in Galloway, Amundson, Lance, Shved)

I'd also try to trade Timmy Hardaway this summer.

BRIGGS wrote:1 view

Draft Karl Towns #1 C 6-11 250

Trade a 2018 restricted(top 15)pick to Philidelphia for picks 35 and 37

#35 Rashaud Vaughn SG 215

#37 Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 235

Trade Cleanthony early for pick 42(Dakari Johnson)

Sign Enes Kanter PF 6-11 260 to a max contract offer sheet with a no trade clause and a max trade kicker.(I think we will have better than 50% chance to execute this)

Sign Demarre Carrol to a 3 year 22.5mm $ contract

Release and stretch PG Jose Calderon

Sign Alex Shveyd to a 2 year 8mm contract

Resign Cole Aldrich to a 3 year 6mm $ contract
Vet minimum Thomas Admundson

Line up

C-Towns - 6-11 250

PF Kanter 6-11 260

SF Carmelo Anthony SF 6-8 230

SG Demmare Carroll 6-8 225

PG Langston Galloway 6-1 200

C Cole Aldrich 6-11 260

F Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 230

F Lance Thomas F 6-8 220

G Tim Hardaway JR 6-6 200

G Alexy Shveyd 6-6 190

Rashaud Vaughn
Lou Admundson
Thanis 2 year minimum
1 year vet minimum PG
Dakari Johnson

BRIGGS wrote:1 view

Draft Karl Towns #1 C 6-11 250

Trade a 2018 restricted(top 15)pick to Philidelphia for picks 35 and 37

#35 Rashaud Vaughn SG 215

#37 Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 235

Trade Cleanthony early for pick 42(Dakari Johnson)

Sign Enes Kanter PF 6-11 260 to a max contract offer sheet with a no trade clause and a max trade kicker.(I think we will have better than 50% chance to execute this)

Sign Demarre Carrol to a 3 year 22.5mm $ contract

Release and stretch PG Jose Calderon

Sign Alex Shveyd to a 2 year 8mm contract

Resign Cole Aldrich to a 3 year 6mm $ contract
Vet minimum Thomas Admundson

Line up

C-Towns - 6-11 250

PF Kanter 6-11 260

SF Carmelo Anthony SF 6-8 230

SG Demmare Carroll 6-8 225

PG Langston Galloway 6-1 200

C Cole Aldrich 6-11 260

F Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 230

F Lance Thomas F 6-8 220

G Tim Hardaway JR 6-6 200

G Alexy Shveyd 6-6 190

Rashaud Vaughn
Lou Admundson
Thanis 2 year minimum
1 year vet minimum PG
Dakari Johnson

There's no way any team should ever trade a future 1st for two 2nd. That's awful, awful value.

StarksEwing1 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:1 view

Draft Karl Towns #1 C 6-11 250

Trade a 2018 restricted(top 15)pick to Philidelphia for picks 35 and 37

#35 Rashaud Vaughn SG 215

#37 Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 235

Trade Cleanthony early for pick 42(Dakari Johnson)

Sign Enes Kanter PF 6-11 260 to a max contract offer sheet with a no trade clause and a max trade kicker.(I think we will have better than 50% chance to execute this)

Sign Demarre Carrol to a 3 year 22.5mm $ contract

Release and stretch PG Jose Calderon

Sign Alex Shveyd to a 2 year 8mm contract

Resign Cole Aldrich to a 3 year 6mm $ contract
Vet minimum Thomas Admundson

Line up

C-Towns - 6-11 250

PF Kanter 6-11 260

SF Carmelo Anthony SF 6-8 230

SG Demmare Carroll 6-8 225

PG Langston Galloway 6-1 200

C Cole Aldrich 6-11 260

F Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 230

F Lance Thomas F 6-8 220

G Tim Hardaway JR 6-6 200

G Alexy Shveyd 6-6 190

Rashaud Vaughn
Lou Admundson
Thanis 2 year minimum
1 year vet minimum PG
Dakari Johnson

not sure i would trade a future first for a couple seconds. I like this draft up front but i dont think its that deep

I would say that with pick 1-5 i'd like to see one of my top 5 players taken, Towns, Okafor, Russell, Winslow, Hezonja/Mudiay. Until we know which pick we're getting it's hard to say what will make the most sense in Free Agency. Each pick would change what i'd do in Free Agency so it's a very huge part of the equation.

VCoug wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:1 view

Draft Karl Towns #1 C 6-11 250

Trade a 2018 restricted(top 15)pick to Philidelphia for picks 35 and 37

#35 Rashaud Vaughn SG 215

#37 Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 235

Trade Cleanthony early for pick 42(Dakari Johnson)

Sign Enes Kanter PF 6-11 260 to a max contract offer sheet with a no trade clause and a max trade kicker.(I think we will have better than 50% chance to execute this)

Sign Demarre Carrol to a 3 year 22.5mm $ contract

Release and stretch PG Jose Calderon

Sign Alex Shveyd to a 2 year 8mm contract

Resign Cole Aldrich to a 3 year 6mm $ contract
Vet minimum Thomas Admundson

Line up

C-Towns - 6-11 250

PF Kanter 6-11 260

SF Carmelo Anthony SF 6-8 230

SG Demmare Carroll 6-8 225

PG Langston Galloway 6-1 200

C Cole Aldrich 6-11 260

F Jordan Mickey PF 6-8 230

F Lance Thomas F 6-8 220

G Tim Hardaway JR 6-6 200

G Alexy Shveyd 6-6 190

Rashaud Vaughn
Lou Admundson
Thanis 2 year minimum
1 year vet minimum PG
Dakari Johnson

There's no way any team should ever trade a future 1st for two 2nd. That's awful, awful value.

If I got Vaughn and Mickey for that pick Id be overjoyed and would gladly pay up in 2018 with a 20 pick+. I like Vaughn as a lottery pick today --so the value is relative IF hes there and the prognostications say both players would be around the slots wed have.I think bOTH players will have value higher than 16 in 2018 I think those who know CBB real well--theyd understand this deal. In football Bill Beliichek is a master of trading down for higher asset value.

smackeddog wrote:Just out of interest if we miss out on Towns and OK4, how do we fill two front court spots via free agency? Maybe move Melo to PF, but in that case you'd need A defensive C, which would rule out Monroe (or Kanter). Or do you keep Melo at SF, and just focus on getting one front court player (Milsap or Monroe, or whatever) and then get another one next year? It's got me stumped.

If we miss out on Towns

Let me go a bt further ins cenarios

1 I take Towns
2 I take Okafor
3 Trade down #1 look at Atlanta with Shreoddor pick 19 and Tavaraes
4 Asset trade down for Stein

I like Vaughn and Mickey a lot--I think their value is a complete misinterpretation of where it should stand--so Id like to take advatage of that. I like Vaughn as much as any guard at the top. So why use a darft pick on 1? Use it for goal #1 rebuild froncourt.

smackeddog wrote:Just out of interest if we miss out on Towns and OK4, how do we fill two front court spots via free agency? Maybe move Melo to PF, but in that case you'd need A defensive C, which would rule out Monroe (or Kanter). Or do you keep Melo at SF, and just focus on getting one front court player (Milsap or Monroe, or whatever) and then get another one next year? It's got me stumped.

and

Greg Monroe or Enes Kanter