fishmike wrote:

Marv wrote:no thanks. take the first offer for an expiring. i'd much rather take a chance with more free agent dollars next year than i would with eddy curry.

if he stays healthy and plays well, even in small spurts like he did tonight Eddy has excellent value IMO and should fetch an expiring contract and combo of picks and players.

The one that makes the most sense to me is Curry and Mobely for Tracy McGrady and the Rocket's #1 (around 15-20). I think that makes a lot of sense for both teams.

I think Curry CAN play his way into a trade that nets us at least partial expirings (like maybe cutting him down to two players, 1 5M 2011, 1 5M 2010.).

We won't get picks from anyone looking to take Eddy off our hands and help us cut salary. Curry, Chandler, Nate might get us TMac and the Rockets #1 though....since we'd be giving up some talent in return.

From what I understand: Mobley will not be tradeable shortly....as he will come off our books one year after retirement (december 11th) which is four days before he could be packaged with Lee or Nate (december 15th) in any potential trade.

Cosmic wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Marv wrote:no thanks. take the first offer for an expiring. i'd much rather take a chance with more free agent dollars next year than i would with eddy curry.

if he stays healthy and plays well, even in small spurts like he did tonight Eddy has excellent value IMO and should fetch an expiring contract and combo of picks and players.

The one that makes the most sense to me is Curry and Mobely for Tracy McGrady and the Rocket's #1 (around 15-20). I think that makes a lot of sense for both teams.

I think Curry CAN play his way into a trade that nets us at least partial expirings (like maybe cutting him down to two players, 1 5M 2011, 1 5M 2010.).

We won't get picks from anyone looking to take Eddy off our hands and help us cut salary. Curry, Chandler, Nate might get us TMac and the Rockets #1 though....since we'd be giving up some talent in return.

From what I understand: Mobley will not be tradeable shortly....as he will come off our books one year after retirement (december 11th) which is four days before he could be packaged with Lee or Nate (december 15th) in any potential trade.

fishmike wrote:We are getting fleeced in that trade, I wouldnt do it. Not if Curry is playing well. If Curry is playing well of the bench he's a bigtime commodity. Teams are going to notice him very quickly. 6'11 posst players that score in the paint. Dude.. thats a bigtime chip.

Eddy Curry is, has been, and once again will be a disaster of a player. You're not really feeling a changed man theme here are you? He's had stretches where he's been in shape and played well over his career. No way you risk him going back to being a fatass. No way do you turn down any chance to gain more 2010 cap room.

If we can tell LeBron we can pair him with Bosh or Wade? Then our chances skyrocket of actually cashing in. If we tell LeBron we think Eddy is a changed man and we can maybe add a Stephen Jackson along with him? Our chances aren't that good of landing LeBron.

Don't let Eddy fool you. You jump the moment you can dump him.

You have to remember, Curry has 1 year left after this season. So you have to believe teams would be thinking that they are not only getting the "good" Eddy for this season, but also for next season, when he will be in his contract year and have a stronger incentive than ever to deliver.

Not going to lie, I think we have a decent shot at being able to slide 2 max FA contracts across the table to Wade and LeBron and say "So you guys really want to play together?"

Cosmic wrote:I think Curry CAN play his way into a trade that nets us at least partial expirings (like maybe cutting him down to two players, 1 5M 2011, 1 5M 2010.).

We won't get picks from anyone looking to take Eddy off our hands and help us cut salary. Curry, Chandler, Nate might get us TMac and the Rockets #1 though....since we'd be giving up some talent in return.

From what I understand: Mobley will not be tradeable shortly....as he will come off our books one year after retirement (december 11th) which is four days before he could be packaged with Lee or Nate (december 15th) in any potential trade.

I wouldn't throw CHandler into that mix. He hasn't been great this year, but he's starting to show signs of life. He is a good shot blocker, defender, slasher, shooter. And he doesn't have that first big contract yet. Curry and N8 for Tmac and the 1st rounder. Let's get that done. The Rockets need Curry more than we do.

But he looked darn solid after such a long layoff. It will be hard to let him go in a way. He has big dude skills and has whipped himself into nice shape. If he blocks a few shots I might change my mind about him.

But having a 1st rounder, an expiring, and the $11 mil off the books for next season would go a LONG way toward making Lebron feel like coming to New York. It basically moves up our rebuilding by a season since we won't have to wait until 2011 for the second max FA. And we still have JJ coming off the books in 2011 for another big name second tier guy.

JesseDark wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:

JesseDark wrote:The next thing needs to do is work on high/low game with Gallinari and Curry. This would the game easier for everyone.

Does actually work on stuff like that?

Everything suggest he doesn't. LOL. If I were D'antoni I'd look around the locker room and think back how Pitono gave his "Bird ain't walking throug the door Mchale ain't walking through the door" rant and have an ephinnay. "I've got to coach the team I have, not the team I want".
Then I'd think back in my mind and say "Riley didn't come here and force feed Showtime. He saw the strengths of the players and played them up."

better get that epiphany going pretty quick. he got bailed out by some circus shots on 3-pointers last night, but the key to the 4th quarter was the difference when the team plays energized D and finds the open man under the basket vs when they’re running the idiotic 3-pt hoist offense.

LivingLegend wrote:It was nice when the Pacer's threw the ball down into the post and our center (Eddy) was actually the same size as their post player.

I was so happy that Lee was standing there allowing Roy Hibbert to dance around him like David was standing in cement.

Eddy has a long way to go but he was at least servicable.

THat really was the crazy thing. Curry was a huge upgrade defensively, simply because he takes up more space and is strong enough not to be backed down. It made a big difference in the second half.

franco12 wrote:Anyone who is surprised that Eddy looked motivated should consider how much weight he lost, and how that takes motivation.

I don't want to deal him.

If Eddy is on his game, who is a better center than him that we are going to get?

if we can dump Eddy's contract it means we can realistically sign 2 max FA's this summer... u wouldn't rather have someone like Bosh or Amare over a healthy Eddy Curry?