wow, man. that's a whole lotta speculation there. i don't think walsh or d'antoni would be interested in artest - he doesn't fit d'antoni's system and walsh has dealt with artest's idiocy before. i don't think Marion would come here for anything - we have zero to trade miami and if he opts out we cant afford to sign him. not sure what randolph you are refering to.
tj ford may come here, but it won't be for curry or Zbo. it will most likely be lee. remember that Bryan Colangelo is calling the shots in toronto. he will not trade for freaking eddy or Zro.
Bro, 98% of everything that is posted here is speculation, I bolded the speculative portion of your post above.
But you have to look at the way things are developing and what has been talked about in the past, and couple that with the our knowledge of how the Dolan Knicks operate.
We have nothing to trade Miami? This is the Knicks we are talking about! The Knicks have a PG with a huge expiring contract and a draft pick, don't they? Rose has a big expiring doesn't he? Doesn't Miami need a PG/cap flexibility? Don't we trade away our picks and flexibility historically? Maybe they would be interested in one of our front-court scorers since Miami does not have one?
We
know the Knicks want to land stars to put butts in the seats, and we
know that Sacramento has had serious interest in Lee, and we
know that they have been very close to trading Artest recently.
We
know that D'Antoni wants to play a running style, and we
know that Curry and Randolph are not running players, and we
know that Ford and Marion are running players.
Does Walsh want Artest? I don't know, maybe he does or maybe he doesn't, after all, he traded for him in the first place didn't he? More importantly, does Dolan want Artest?
We
know that the Raptors have a PG controversy and we
know they need a low-post presence. Does that mean that Ford is definitely gone? No, but I think he is probably moving on, don't you? Getting Curry or Randolph is low-risk for them, it wouldn't be like they were trading their only PG. Curry would probably be a better fit with them than Randolph and Calderon maybe able to feed him properly. Curry would not be under the pressure of being "the man" either.
I'm not saying they wouldn't want lee, I just think that Walsh won't give him up for Ford. I speculate that Walsh will want more than Ford for Lee.
Hey, you may be right, we may not get any of those guys. I am saying I wouldn't be surprised if we see them or similar-types of moves to give the appearance of progress, even if it is a short-term boost.
Keep your eyes out for Nachbar and Krstic, I bet they are on Walsh's radar. I do like Krstic, and I believe he is a free agent this year.
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