Posted by HARDCOREKNICKSFAN:
Nwny, chill out, son.
It was asked if a trade would work and I made a suggestion. It ain't about nobody up in here lettin' nothin' slide, we are having a discussion. People toss around ideas.
Instead of jawjackin', why don't you present some workable (in realGM) trades for an impact big man that can help the Knicks.
It's mad easy to bicker about someone else's suggestion, but the man's challenge is to come up with a better one. 
Point taken.
I think the key to getting back on top is figuring out how to ship Allan out. Everyone who likes H20 please don't post a bunch of stuff about him improving his game. The salary structure of the NBA has changed. 5 years ago Indy would have signed B. Miller and had a pretty dominating front line. Now if you are not making a run why pay a dollar for dollar luxury tax? We have to move Allan. Period. I'm thinking New Jersey. The Nets are the worst Shooting team, and we all know the one thing Allan can do is shoot the ball. Also they don't need Dikembe. At this stage of his career Collins and Williams are good enough to back up Zo. NJ gets the outside shooting they desperatley need. They give up a center they don't need. Their payroll goes down. They will have to take on a longer contract but they will be still over the cap long after H2O contract is up. We might have to through in draft pick. We would have to take Dikembe massive contract. Which would increase our payroll. The good news is it's only for 2 more seasons (counting the upcoming season). So at the end of next season.
Allan contract is gone
Dikembe
McDyess
Ward
Thomas
Knight
Othella
and....Doleac
all, all, of them come off our cap!
This puts us under the cap. The lineup may look something like this:
C Varnes
PF Sweetney /Weatherspoon
SF Van Horn/Lampe
SG Anderson
PG Williams/Eisley/Milos
I know the lineup is kind of a pipedream. Varnes, Lampe, Milos could all be a bust, but that's irrelevant. The point is we would be under the cap the same year Kobe (if not in jail) will be a free agent. Other free agents that year will be Marbury, D. Stoudamire, Kenyon Martin, Spree, Desmond Mason, Stromile Swift, Payton, Malone, Camby, Steve Nash, Illgauskas, Darius Miles, Donyell Marshall, Antoine Walker, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Theo Ratliff.
My guest is this will put us 12 mill under the cap. Plus midlevel exception of 5 mill, and veterens exception of 2 million. We will have enough money to sign two of these guys. One big guy one second tier guy. My pick Kobe/ Illgauskas. If Kobe' in jail then it's Shareef/Illgauskas
Real GM trade # 1158253
)for presenting a lineup like this come training camp. We'd be out from under Allan's contract and both Spree and Sheed will be off the books in 2 years. We can still trade KT for Keon if Dyess is still injured and still be pretty solid. 
). It's a good idea, and I don't think anyone would make a big deal about it.