TMS wrote:knicks1248 wrote:TMS wrote:anyone who says they thought we'd realistically have to give up our #8 lottery pick & the rights to 2 future 1st rounders to dump Fishlips contract this time last year or even in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline, or says they would be willing to pay such a high price to do so, is a liar... people only started making reason of that trade after it became known the trade was imminent saying it was a price they'd be willing to pay to get the deal done... anyone who proposed such a lopsided deal in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline would have been laughed off these forums.
Again, your jumping the gun by saying it's a lopsided deal not knowing how things are going to turn out next year, at this point it only APPEARS to be a lopsided deal, shouldn't we wait to see how things pan out.
I remeber suns fans ripping management for trading steph without the least bit knowledge that NASH would be signing with them the following season.
dude, the Suns got back 2 1st round draft picks from us in that Stephon trade, including our 1st round pick in this year's draft that we're gonna be pained to watch go to Utah when they land a great looking prospect like DeMarcus Cousins or Derrick Favors this summer... & they also got back expiring contracts & the draft rights to another prospect... they played the Houston Rockets role in that trade & people widely thought we overpaid to get Marbury here, which we obviously did... & even then, at least Marbury was still an Allstar calibre talent who was durable... this year we got back a broken down Tracy McGrady who is just trying to show he can remain healthy for the last few games of the season & Sergio "Steve Nash Lite" Rodriguez... just a tad different from that Phoenix trade.
again, IF we get Lebron & another max FA this summer, no one is gonna have a problem w/this trade, but how can u possibly be confident that that's gonna happen? at least in Nash's case he already had ties to the Phoenix organization... what ties does Lebron have to NY other than being a Yankees fan?
Don't you feel a bit differently about the trade's purpose?
Isiah made the trades to acquire players on long term deals. When those players did not work out we were screwed for YEARS.
Donnie made the trades to acquire cap space. If we can't field a proper team this offseason we're NOT locked into YEARS of a mess. We still have our full flexibility heading forward.
We also don't just have to sign FA's. We can acquire other team's players under contract and just absorb the player's contract in trade.
Isiah: Either this player works out or we're screwed until his contract expires.
Donnie: Either we score this summer, or, we can continue to try to score during the season, during the deadline, during next summer, for eternity.
There IS a difference. A BIG difference!
We bring back most of this same team and land even just ONE very good player we're likely to go to the playoffs and the 2011 pick swap never happens.
Then the following season we land another very good player and we're contending. The 2012 pick will be pointless.
That's the plan. That's where we're going. Time to get on board and stop worrying about what got us here until you see what we do this summer. It's been a month since the trade. Blasting the trade every day all day for over a month....aren't you tired of doing that?
Look forward..................
let it slip that they were targeting a point guard and when Evans, Curry and Flynn were taken they went with "the best player available." 
3/27/2010 7:32 PM