posted in the 2011 FA thread but relevant to this one i think.

i have this sinking feeling in my stomach that, this offseason, the Knick will:

a) completely whiff on the big boys
b) whiff on Bron, Wade, Bosh and overpay whoever's left

I think MDA may have to be committed if DW tells him to gut out another crappy season.

Although I think the best plan is what a lot of people on this board have been saying.

Stick to no bad contracts period.

At least if we suck next season we have a draft pick to look forward to. Pray the prize is more a Derrick Rose/John Wall type than an Emeka Okafor/Marvin Williams type..

Nightmare scenario:

Chicago trades Hinrich and clears cap space to land Lebron and Bosh in a package deal. No matter what the Knicks do it's the 90s all over again and we keep losing to a Chicago squad that looks like:

Rose
Deng
Lebron
Bosh
Noah

Dream scenario:

Nate goes bonkers and adds a little more PG to his PG/SG mix (a stretch but I can dream) and we're able to move Nate with Jefferies or Curry to a GM that knows he'll suck next season anyway and will like the $ coming off the books.

We sign lebron/bosh as a package instead of chicago leavin us with

Fill in PG/TD
LeBron
Chandler
Bosh or Lee
whoever..i'm assuming we can't sign lebron AND lee AND bosh.

who do you think Lebron would rather play with D Lee or Bosh?

There are tons and tons of options the Knicks have at this point. Even if we can't move Jefferies and Curry they wer super valuable as expiring contracts next season and we could either let them come off the books and have a blank slate to work with or trade them for legit guys.

When GMs panic or are dumb and make mistakes we can end up paying for those mistakes for years and years. This franchise is a perfect example. Just one of Isiah's moves (Jefferies contract) is the difference between us pitching Lebron with a "hey we're gonna sign you and bosh to play with the Gallo/Chandler/Hill/Douglas core" and pitching

"hey we'll sign you and then you have to waste a season in your prime for Jefferies and Curry to come off the books."
Hope we avoid that at all costs, including just one more season of mediocrity.

We need to have a PG or a player (clearly someone like Lebron or Wade can do that as the de-facto ballhandlers) that can dictate the pace of the game first and foremost. But in the meantime I've always wondered why we haven't tried to acquire more consistent shooters. Guys like Nate and Al can stick a bunch of 3's but can go cold in a hurry. Other than Gallo I don't see there being a consistent shooter on this team.