Posted by TMS:

Curry & D Lee for Blount, Magloire & a top 5 protected 1st rounder.

Posted by VDesai:

Why would they give Jeffries a trade kicker? I hate f'n Isiah...

Ideally, Donnie Walsh will find enough money for both and still have plenty left over to make a run at James, Steve Nash, Chris Bosh, etc. He knows he has a delicate line to walk between putting together a quality team that will attract high-end free agents and also having enough money to spend on them.

With that in mind, Walsh can't overlook the fact that Lee and Robinson have serious trade value as affordable role players who bring tireless energy off the bench. Playoff-bound teams covet that, and some GMs might demand one of them in a package deal along with, say, Eddy Curry, who is the last expensive long-term contract ($11.3 million) that goes beyond 2010.

Jared Jeffries has a player option for $6.9 million and the Knicks have team options on Danilo Gallinari ($3.3 million) and Wilson Chandler ($2.1 million) in 2010-11. The projected salary cap for that season is $64.8 million.