According to the FAN, there are just insurance issues that have to be worked out

Nothing new on the subject?

Posted by Marv:

ummmm . . . dj . . . .

we're getting just a *little* concerned with how obsessed you've become with Zeke since meeting him and checking how you "measured up."

hahaha - classic.

zeke has a LONG WAY to go...i've just accepted the way he's trying to build it and hope it works out.

if the final deal is kurt for Q and a #1, then this is BY FAR, isiah's best deal to date. there's more moves that need to be made, but this deal, isolated, is a good one. i mean, there's always what ifs - like what if we waited and someone like green, granger, or wright dropped to us in the draft? BUT it's obvious that isiah is drafting frye hence why he made this deal. and i also think that boozer deal is in the works also.

If it had to come down to Graham, Frye, Bynum as the best players avaliable, who would you pick? I highly doubt Granger slips at 8...

the way i look at the trade is this. anyone who thought the marbury-crawford-houston guard combo was a good idea should be thrilled. Q is younger and more athletic than H2O and would do a better job sliding over to the SF. not as good at creating his own shot, but makes up for it with his post up ability, and will be at least as good spotting up outside. how many people wished allan would do something beside score? Q rebounds too. KT is worth that. and it means we won't be trading him for szczerbiak.

waiting for that announcement...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/sports/basketball/24knicks.html?oref=login&oref=login

Okay, here is the latest from the times. Looks like the Knicks will get the conditional first rounder.

Interesting to note, Kurt first heard about the trade from RealGM.com, just like us!

Posted by VDesai:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/sports/basketball/24knicks.html?oref=login&oref=login

Okay, here is the latest from the times. Looks like the Knicks will get the conditional first rounder.

Interesting to note, Kurt first heard about the trade from RealGM.com, just like us!

Nothing about the Knicks sending a 1st round pick. Wow..

Holy sh!t! I acutally loved this trade when I thought the Knicks were sending out a pick. The NYK actually gets one?! NICE!

Posted by diderotn:

B.S. Briggs, you know exactly what I mean. I don't want to hear the argument of drafting BPA....That is an insane way to go through with this draft. This league is hungry for success, if it was true that teams have to draft BPA, than why is it that teams like Portland and others with much earlier picks than us are looking to sell their picks?

That logic is B.S in my opinion. MJ was not known as a great player during his college days. If he was, than I am very sure that he would have been selected by Portland...If he had the publicities that Lebron had, he would have definitely been picked #1. There is no guaranty that a player will do well once selected. Take your chance and if it doesn't work out, thank God for free agency.

Both Jordan and Bowie were known as good players in college, but I think Jordan had the better career. He averaged 17.7 points to Bowie's 13.4. Bowie already had a nasty injury history. I think Portland had Drexler and Paxson, so in drafting Bowie over Jordan they were going for position.

To those who say we completely fleeced the Suns:

As Herb Brooks would brilliantly say "Sometimes it doesn't take the best players to make the best team. Just the right ones." Believe me everyone, I know Q is a much more talented player, but realistically, Kurt Thomas is probably a better fit for that team, run and gun or not. Why? B/c if he doesn't create space for Amare, JJ and Nash and even Marion, then his defender is gonna get burned for that ever so consistent mid range J, which he can now hit in peoples faces and even shoot off the dribble. By next December, tell me that Amare and Nash aren't gonna love playing with the guy on offense. He's as fundamental as you can get with that pick and roll style that Nash will LOVE and he's a hard ars worker on the boards and on defense. Isn't this what Phoenix needs? Another body to crash the boards consistently and to play some defense? KT is healthy and in great shape, has his head screwed on. He greatly improves their halfcourt offense.

If I must say so myself, I think the Suns chances of winning a championship next year just improved EXTREMEMLY significantly. Of course instead people are gonna call me a KT lover for this, but when we see that Phoenix takes either Detroit, Indisna or Miami to game 7 of the finals next year and KT is a important part of that, I'll still be called a KT lover.

Look, he's not a superstar, but like I said, he's still a perfect fit for that team, whether they run (And he runs) or not.

Despite the article i still think IT's plan is to move TT and start Q at the SF. Hopefully we see a Thomas for Boozer type deal pretty soon.