earthmansurfer wrote:Bet we make the playoffs if he comes. Actually, if Eddy starts playing well, we can make the playoffs without Iverson, though I'd sooner try to do it with him.

I think Douglas off the bench for Hughes and Iverson is a good idea. Duhon should help with Towels and stuff like that...

Since we don't have a pick might as well make the playoffs. It's not like more losses are going to bebefit us.

crzymdups wrote:

Rookie wrote:Can you guys help me out with a list of teams who have signed two max FA's? TIA

orlando: tmac and ghill

also, if it's clear that the Free Agent is set on leaving, sometimes teams wind up arranging sign and trades which help out both teams and allows the under the cap team to not really have to renounce everything. Orlando did this for Grant Hill and Toronto did this for Hedo. it can happen and I have to think it's one of Donnie's options this summer.

if toronto knows for a fact Bosh is leaving, would they take a package of Nate/Chandler/Jeffries or something? that'd create enough space for two max deals.

also, if we don't renounce everyone and officially go under the cap we get to keep our MLE and LLE for summer of 2010, which would be HUGE in building a team. i'm sure donnie is aware of this and will try to work with whatever team we sign guys from.

i don't get this... as far as i know only teams that are over the cap get a MLE to use to sign FA's.

& i don't see TOR taking that package in return for Bosh in a milion years, u'd have to throw in a lot more, probably either Gallo or Hill along w/TD instead of Nate, or D Lee instead of Fishlips.

Rookie wrote:

TMS wrote:if we sign AI forget about any trades for Ellis, cuz it's not gonna happen.

Ellis put up season avg. numbers against Boston last night(18 points, four assists, four rebounds and three steals). Rumor has it Boston has a pretty good defensive team. I would think that kind of consistency is worth looking into when your team is inconsistent at best and a team might be willing to let him go for basically nothing. I'm can't say that GS is trading him, but I am saying that we should be keeping an eye on it. My hunch is that he will be moved. Next year, AI will be gone and we don't have a starting PG. The names of FA's being tossed around don't play the point so i think it's important to have the position solidified this year if you want to attract a guy like LBJ. That's all I'm saying. Granted, you don't like Ellis, but he is a good player and a definite upgrade to anyone else currently on this roster.

who said i don't like Ellis? i already commented in another thread if we could get him in a Curry/Chandler trade i'd do it... but again, i'm talking in logic terms here... Donnie Walsh is not gonna sign AI if he has aims to trade for Monta Ellis, at least not this year... in the offseason that might be a different story.

MS wrote:We should really go hard after Randolph. He seems very unhappy and he isn't getting any minutes. Tony Douglas/Hill is a nice package for them and would be a great deal for us.

From another thread
" Andrew wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:From the Post....

News that signing Allen Iverson may force the Knicks to move another player simultaneously could make this deal take several days to get done.

Hahn also posted something in his twitter about that. I don't know why this would need to coincide with the AI signing."