I think so far Walsh is looking very smart by not taking one of those crap trades for Zach. I said before the preseason ever started that I think Zach is going to play huge for us and be a good teammate while doing so. So far, so good.

Robinson Cano? Yeah thats workin out real well.

Any scenario that involves moving Curry and Crawford would push this franchise in the direction we have been hoping for since we acquired those two bums.

It also give Zach the chance to show he is unselfish and possibly move him for an expiring deal. I think Darko for Curry is pretty fair for both parties since Darko isn't a big time player they can work Eddy into their offense with the second unit.

Also very optimistic about a possible allstar combo of Lee and Chandler as far as their production goes. Throw in Nate and you have a nice developing unit for the future. Who knows that Gallo will ever be but if he can be a nice 6th man like Kucoc was I will take it.

As presently constructed if you get rid of curry and crawford and marbury and rose expire, the knicks have a team in place to compete for a title with the addition of Lebron, because they will add talent in the draft. Don't laugh by the time lebron is up for free agency lee will be as effective shooting from the outside as any power foward, chandler is going to be fringe allstar, nate can score with anybody, and they can add role players to do the dirty work.

I'm glad Donnie wasn't able to trade Zach.....he held firm and didn't get fleeced.

I was down to trade Zach simply cuz of the contract. He hasn't given us a reason to hate him since he's been here and we've debated it a lot here. He's done nothing but play ball. Isiah didn't work it right. What we are witnessing is a coach that can take a team and put guys in the right situations to be sucsessfull. Its unbelievably awesome.

I'm suprised no one mentioned that lame idea to "raise a players value" for the sake of trading him later. Bogus. Zach is now playing within a system that fits and the rest of the team is falling right where they always should have.

Go Knicks.

Posted by EnySpree:

I'm glad Donnie wasn't able to trade Zach.....he held firm and didn't get fleeced.

I was down to trade Zach simply cuz of the contract. He hasn't given us a reason to hate him since he's been here and we've debated it a lot here. He's done nothing but play ball. Isiah didn't work it right. What we are witnessing is a coach that can take a team and put guys in the right situations to be sucsessfull. Its unbelievably awesome.

I'm suprised no one mentioned that lame idea to "raise a players value" for the sake of trading him later. Bogus. Zach is now playing within a system that fits and the rest of the team is falling right where they always should have.

Go Knicks.

Zach is still the guy that argued with refs while the play went on without him, still is a bone head, but he at least is trying to fit in and if he is buying in to the system thats massive for him and the team. Even if he does not fit in long term.

Lee and Zach are elite rebounders.....both can handle well enough to get where they wanna go and even bring the rock up court. They both are showing the can pass very well........and shoot. David lee is a whole new monster now. One play last night he got the ball deep on the wing with his back to the basket, immediately turned and shot....all net. I caught a mild hard-on after that play.

Zach and Lee are a dangerous duo. I hope they both can show the league their play during the regular season and beyond.

Posted by EnySpree:

I'm glad Donnie wasn't able to trade Zach.....he held firm and didn't get fleeced.

I was down to trade Zach simply cuz of the contract. He hasn't given us a reason to hate him since he's been here and we've debated it a lot here. He's done nothing but play ball. Isiah didn't work it right. What we are witnessing is a coach that can take a team and put guys in the right situations to be sucsessfull. Its unbelievably awesome.

I'm suprised no one mentioned that lame idea to "raise a players value" for the sake of trading him later. Bogus. Zach is now playing within a system that fits and the rest of the team is falling right where they always should have.

Go Knicks.

I said pretty much the same thing Eny. I'm still down to trade Zach, but not for either of those deals that teams were trying to fleece us. As much of a malcontent Zach CAN be, he's still a very productive player and I think playing under MikeD is going to rebound his image a little bit.

It's a bit early. Between Zach and Curry, I've always felt that Curry was the one who should go. But I'm not sold on Randolph yet. I'd like to see this team play some regular season games, and see how they handle adversity. I do think it's great that Marbs has to come off the bench. If you can't get rid of him, that's the next best thing.

Posted by Paladin55:

I love Lee, and it is great to see that Randolph is buying into the system, but I don't think you can really compete with the big boys with a front court of Lee, Zach, and Q. Substituting Chandler for Q gives you a guy with some off the ball shot blocking ability, but your interior D is still too soft to put fear in the minds of opponents driving to the basket.

that's why i think adding a shotblocker like Darko in exchange for Curry is our best bet at this point... unless we can get a guy like Camby who would be an ideal fit obviously but that's not likely.

At this point in time I'm not even sure that Curry understands that he may be out of the rotation. I think he feels he has some body of work that guarantees that he starts.

Posted by BasketballJones:

It's a bit early. Between Zach and Curry, I've always felt that Curry was the one who should go. But I'm not sold on Randolph yet. I'd like to see this team play some regular season games, and see how they handle adversity. I do think it's great that Marbs has to come off the bench. If you can't get rid of him, that's the next best thing.

i completely agree... i'm not sold on him either... the way this team handles losing will be a big key... i wanna see the makeup of their character playing under their new head coach... still if we can somehow dump Zach's contract for an expiring i'd do it.