Ira wrote:I would definitely trade Gallo for Curry and I like Gallo.

To get either LeBron or Curry, I'd definitely trade Gallinari. No question about it. I'm with Ira -- I like Gallo too, but either scenario is a trade you definitely make and not even think twice about. Gallinari's not a guy you let hold up either deal.

Lebron's the best player in the world and we would lock him in 100% with this deal instead of all this 50/50 type speculation (at best) on whether or not he's coming. Then we could breathe easy and focus on planning the rest accordingly. Doubtful anything like this ever goes down but hey, you never know. Danny Ferry will really have his back up against the wall here soon. You'd think that if James ever gave any kind of indication that he wanted to leave, Ferry would have to go out and get something for him, no? And if LeBron ever narrowed down his choice (suppose he told Ferry behind the scenes, I'm going to NY -- either trade me now or I go there as a FA), Gallo would then be in play. He'd have to be..I don't see anything happening as the Cavs are built to win now and have a good chance to go far into the playoffs, possibly all the way (mostly thanks to James mind you) but hey who knows man.. Anything could happen here. Suppose they suffer a big injury here along the way - say Mo Williams or Shaq ever went down. Not wishing that mind you, but I'm just saying...What does Ferry do then? I wonder how Ferry feels about the whole situation. If I were a GM facing this situation, I'd almost have to sit down with my star and pick his brain to try and gauge the situation the best I could, you know? The last thing I'd ever want to see happen to me is losing my star player, the best player in the league, for absolutely nothing. I mean even in baseball, you lose your star in free agency, you get compensated with draft picks, you know? No such luck in the NBA and let's be honest, Ferry and the Cavs are facing the very real possibility of eventually losing this guy for nothing...If we did this, we'd even shed Gallo's $3.3 million dollar salary for next year, giving us even more money to play with - another element to this that should make it easy to swallow.. LeBron would fill Gallo's position too, so no problem there. I like Gallo, he's developing nicely, but to be brutally honest, I don't really see the signs of an eventually all-star or #1 guy here fellas. I don't even know if he'll even be that #2 guy, that 2nd banana to have next to a real star...He's a nice support player. Obvious all-star talent though? I just don't see any evidence to support that. I'd say his ceiling is Turkoglu/Toni Kukoc and like I said many times before, he's not nearly as smooth or as well-rounded as those guys. Great deep shooting stroke but there are many, many other times where the rest of his game just looks so damn awkward to me out there. I like him and I'll continue to support him & be patient with him in the hope that he'll continue to get stronger and his game eventually rounds out and becomes more diverse, but in order to get LeBron James tomorrow? Are you kidding me? I mean WTF are we talkin' about here? You pull the trigger in a heartbeat.

And I do it for Steph Curry as well. We need a PG -- a lead guard -- and this kid's proving right off the bat in his rookie year that he's special. He could definitely fit that bill for us. Plus he and LeBron are good friends. I think LeBron would like having this kid in the trenches with him every night. It would only improve our chances of landing the king...

CHAOS wrote:Would you trade Lee and 2nd rd pick for Curry and Randolph ?? Then you play Curry with Gallo

As much as it would hurt... I would make this trade in a second. It would balance out the roster.
Starters:
Randolph - C
Gallinari or Hill - PF
Lebron (Hopefully)- SF
Chandler - SG
Curry - PG

Chandler & Lebron could alternate at SG & SF

Hopefully we can trade Harrington before the Trade Deadline for some youth and/or picks from a contender to round out our future bench.

EwingsGlass wrote:Holy optimism. Explain to me why GS trades two first round draft picks for David Lee?

It's not completely out of the realm of possibility.
Lee would be a MUCH MUCH better compliment to Biedrins in the middle.
Lee is a top player at his position and I think would excel even further at his natural position of PF with a legit 7 footer at center.

Not a likely trade scenario but definitely possible.

The inside outside game that they can play with Gallinari on the outside and Lebron on the inside with Lee as facilator in the middle would be deadly.

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playa2 wrote:I just don't see it, we have fallen so far the 3 ball has become our passion. Where are my 90's knicks fans ?

I dont get your point. Gallo is actually a decent defender. David Lee is the problem and I feel his consistent poor play on D has been a common denominator in our lack of success the past couple of years. Good talent and a good guy, but his lack of D is too much. Porous D in the paint has been killing us...

We have elevated the 3 ball because of danphoney, this isn't what knicks fans of the 90's got hyped about.

Gallo leads the league in 3 ball and he's untradeable according to knicks fans..