Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by kam77:

If RILEY can coach Antoine Walker, he can coach Z-bo. No?

I'd say so. I mean Ricky Davis has done fine there, Walker worked out for awhile, the only reason he failed there was becuase of his weight and Zach doesn't have weight-problems.

Posted by joec32033:

Posted by TMS:

the point is no team wants his contract, they want our young players & our draft pick... so in order to get him outta here you're gonna have to toss in some incentive.

The only young player I want to hang onto is Lee. Nae to me isn't a starter. He is an above average undersized 6th man. Balkman and Chandler seem to be similar, we only need one(unless you want to talk about Chandler at the 2 spot).

I personally like Jamal at the 1, Lee at the 4, and Curry(God help me) at the 5. The 2-3 spots are up for grabs.

I really feel that if Jamal is not going to play the point(as in be the full time 2) I would just as well trade him because he is only average there to me. I think he is an above average PG.

Posted by TMS:

u want a trade that maybe has a shot of happening involving Zach? who in the NBA has a worse contract? T Murph... T Murph for Zach is a trade that can happen... why we would do it i have no idea, but it's a doable deal.

otherwise, we gotta face facts, Zach is not tradeable for another couple seasons unless we're gonna be willing to throw in an attractive piece to the deal like D Lee or our pick.

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Posted by TMS:

u want a trade that maybe has a shot of happening involving Zach? who in the NBA has a worse contract? T Murph... T Murph for Zach is a trade that can happen... why we would do it i have no idea, but it's a doable deal.

otherwise, we gotta face facts, Zach is not tradeable for another couple seasons unless we're gonna be willing to throw in an attractive piece to the deal like D Lee or our pick.

This is exactly what I do not want to do. Troy Murphy is the definition of trash. Zach is a good player that why I find it hard to believe that NO OTHER TEAM wants him. I just think at this point in Isiah regime everybody in the league thinks its cool to bluff the Knicks. This is not like before where everyone was signing up to play on the Knicks. New York is one of the last places players want to play now.

Posted by Masterplan:

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Posted by TMS:

u want a trade that maybe has a shot of happening involving Zach? who in the NBA has a worse contract? T Murph... T Murph for Zach is a trade that can happen... why we would do it i have no idea, but it's a doable deal.

otherwise, we gotta face facts, Zach is not tradeable for another couple seasons unless we're gonna be willing to throw in an attractive piece to the deal like D Lee or our pick.

This is exactly what I do not want to do. Troy Murphy is the definition of trash. Zach is a good player that why I find it hard to believe that NO OTHER TEAM wants him. I just think at this point in Isiah regime everybody in the league thinks its cool to bluff the Knicks. This is not like before where everyone was signing up to play on the Knicks. New York is one of the last places players want to play now.

if zach is a good player, then why has he been on one of the worst two teams each of the last two years (at least)? why were both teams' records better without him?

clearly, there's more to the story in portland and here than ZR, but that's the perception we're going to have to deal with putting him on the trade market.