jj hickson game log,

he didn't do much in april because blazers tanked last month and half,

13 losses in a row,

We need High BB IQ, SOLID DEF *especially players that can defend their own positions* , with good athleticism/speed/size depending on the positions
We need YOUNG players in every position that can contribute and still develop and NOT ALL aged veterans

Positions needed

Young PG

that could PENETRATE, DEFEND THE PG POSITION, Hit a Wide open 3pointer, facilitate, and be able to play on and off the ball

AJ Price for vet min, many PG's in draft, some quality backups as a stoppage like Patty Mills/Gary Neal, would love Jarret Jack but I don't see it happening unless we are trading Tyson CHandler to go under tax threshold, and getting a huge trade exemption *would greatly help if we can get multiple 2nd round picks because I don't see anyone giving a high 1st round pick for him at his salary*

Nate Robinson, JJ Barea or Ridnour for a salary dump for Twolves *might not require a 2nd round pick or asset*, Jannero Pargo, Randy Foye, Livingston

a couple of G/F's, depending on if we can keep JR Smith for the 5m we can offer *which would likely require use to use a guaranteed roster spot for his brother, Chris Wright

G/F, SF, SF/PF

Brandon Rush, I can see him playing the more efficient JR Smith role without some of his abilities *while coming back from his ACL surgery he has a player option for 1 season at 4m*
With Jack being their priority, they would need to find ways to get under the tax threshold as a small market team, however, I am not sure if he will require an asset like a 2nd round pick to do so
If so, We could use all of our unguaranteed 2nd year deals with Brewer's trade exemption to acquire him
In a back up role in a little over 26 minutes, he average nearly 50 FG%, 1.5 3pter's made at 45%, 4.5 REB, .5 steals with 1 block, 1 TO and 1 ASS, to go with good 1v1 DEF and TEAM DEF as well
Yes, he is a risk with his injury to roll a dice on but at the price and a 1 year deal it would be affordable and worthy of risk/reward

Tony Allen
Lance Stephenson *RFA*
Webster
Alan Anderson
Ginobli *know he is injured prone and might not be cheap*

Belineli *not exactly the 2 way player we need but still a shooter*

SF
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Matt Barnes
Dunleavey
Kyle Korver
Chase Budinger *RFA*
Wesley Johnson

SF/PF
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James Johnson *RFA but would not be surprised if The Kings let him go in FA as a 3rd/4th year player in rookie contract*

Hakeem Warrick
Ron Artest aka MWP if he gets amnestied

Dante Cunningham *RFA*
Gelebale from Twolves

PF/C
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McRoberts
Blatche
Ivan Johnson/Tolliver
Chris Johnson *Twolves*
Jared Jeffries returning
Birdman
Blairre

Center
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Jermaine Oneal
Brandon Wright *RFA*
Dalembert
Brand
Ryan Hollins
Hiddadiyi
Jeremy Tyler

This draft is not GREAT in terms of having a "ALL STAR" but there are many solid players and is deep in that area some that can contribute right away and some with high ceilings
We should be looking to retool with players that go undrafted or try to get multiple 2nd round picks to use to develop, including that kid from Farmingdale as a PF/C but will take time to fill out develop, Ryan Kelly, Euro Westbrook, Jack Cooley

Would love to trade Tyson Chandler to Portland, especially if we can get their 1st round pick, but I would happy with multiple 2nd round picks, and the 10m - 14m trade exemption, while we could also gain the 5m MLE, bi annual exemption at 2m, in the process

Keeping Kmart at a low salary, the Bi Annual exemption at the most,
Copeland, would likely cost anywhere from 2-5m for his skillset at PF/C and would not be surprised if he gets a Laundry Fields *slightly less* type contract just to NY seriously reconsider about the 3rd year consequences because of the 2015 FA pool

Last season, there were plenty of vet min players like Nate, Webster, Blatche, Barnes, Copeland, Priggs, Kmart, Birdman, Chris Johnson *Twolves*, Ryan Hollins etc
I think there will again be players that will out produce their vet min deals, it is if we would again be able to find them....

Would love to add an offensive coach like Brian Shaw that could give some input on how to create a philosophy that could allow Melo and the supporting cast to consistently be involved and attack an opponents DEF as a whole vs the Iso plays that Woodson gives too much freedom to both Melo/JR to get the role players in positions to succeed, be involved, and move without the ball

yellowboy90 wrote:josh mcroberts and earl clark

Bingo McRoberts is a UFA.

IronWillGiroud wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4481/gamelog;_ylt=Anfibxd6Y.fcBYoho8H8zLTePaB4

jj hickson game log,

he didn't do much in april because blazers tanked last month and half,

13 losses in a row,

Hickson wouldn't be bad at all to be honest. 13 & 10 is very productive. Better than any "big" we have right now -- Chandler, Martin or STAT. Chandler just flat out sucks and redefines the word 'overrated'; Martin's not a fulltime player anymore and Amar'e's always hurt now--I fear his best days may be behind him. Hickson's gonna look to get paid off the productive season. I think he'll be out of our price range, as will a lot of FAs.

I heard Stephen A Smith whining after the game last night about how we need about 6 bodies for next year but are over the cap and have very limited ways of improving. That's true only on the surface. I actually think there are tons of opportunities to add talent...We can add everything we need going the unproven/cost-effective/bargin-bin route. A center, PFs, SF, SGs, PGs -- you name it -- it's all out there provided we're open-minded to all the possibilities we have available to us.

Hopefully one of these guys are there at 24:

Erick Green
Gorgui Dieng
Glen Rice Jr.
Shane Larkin

Convince Dolan to cough up the cash for a 2nd round pick or 2:

Brandon Davies
Reggie Bullock
Durand Scott
Pierre Jackson
Solomon Hill

And then go secure these 7 for our Vegas Summer League roster:

7' C Marcus Cousin
6'10" PF Jordan Williams
6'10" SF/PF Craig Brackins
6'7" SF/SG Jamelle Horne
6'4" SG Jermaine Taylor
6'1" PG Curtis Jerrells
6'1" PG Michael Loyd Jr.

I'd give anything to sub out virtually everything we currently have surrounding Melo except for Shumpert and maybe Ray Felton, and give Melo 1 player from list 1, 1 from list 2 and those 7 potential summer league invitees, then replay the Indiana series from scratch. Guarantee the results would be different. And if you don't like any of these players, I could give you another 15 players that could help us...The talent's out there, I'm telling you. Good players that could fill specific holes for us -- size/much more skill in the middle; rebounding; scoring big men; 40% 3-pt shooting; quality 2-way wing players; quality uptempo PGs... It's all there. Definitely not as bleak as Stephen A. Smith made it sound if you ask me. Make it happen Glen!

CrushAlot wrote:

Finestrg wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4481/gamelog;_ylt=Anfibxd6Y.fcBYoho8H8zLTePaB4

jj hickson game log,

he didn't do much in april because blazers tanked last month and half,

13 losses in a row,

Hickson wouldn't be bad at all to be honest. 13 & 10 is very productive. Better than any big we have right now -- Chandler, Martin or STAT. Chandler just flat out sucks and redefines the word 'overrated'; Martin's not a fulltime player anymore and Amar'e's always hurt now--I fear his best days may be behind him. Hickson's gonna look to get paid off the productive season. I think he'll be out of our price range, as will a lot of FAs.

I heard Stephen A Smith whining after the game last night about how we need about 6 bodies for next year but are over the cap and have very limited ways of improving. That's true only on the surface. I actually think there are tons of opportunities to add talent...We can add everything we need going the unproven/cost-effective/bargin-bin route. A center, PFs, SF, SGs, PGs -- you name it -- it's all out there provided we're open-minded to all the possibilities we have available to us.

Hopefully one of these guys are there at 24:

Erick Green
Gorgui Dieng
Glen Rice Jr.
Shane Larkin

Convince Dolan to cough up the cash for a 2nd round pick or 2:

Brandon Davies
Reggie Bullock
Durand Scott
Pierre Jackson
Solomon Hill

And then go secure these 7 for our Vegas Summer League roster:

7' C Marcus Cousin
6'10" PF Jordan Williams
6'10" SF/PF Craig Brackins
6'7" SF/SG Jamelle Horne
6'4" SG Jermaine Taylor
6'1" PG Curtis Jerrells
6'1" PG Michael Loyd Jr.

I'd give anything to sub out virtually everything we currently have surrounding Melo except for Shumpert and maybe Ray Felton, and give Melo 1 player from list 1, 1 from list 2 and those 7 potential summer league invitees, then replay the Indiana series from scratch. Guarantee the results would be different. And if you don't like any of these players, I could give you another 15 players that could help us...The talent's out there, I'm telling you. Good players that could fill specific holes for us -- size/much more skill in the middle; rebounding; scoring big men; 40% 3-pt shooting; quality 2-way wing players; quality uptempo PGs... It's all there. Definitely not as bleak as Stephen A. Smith made it sound if you ask me. Make it happen Glen!

I believe there is a limit to the amount teams are allowed to spend on bball transactions annually (i.e. buy a pick or add cash to a trade). Does anyone know if the Knicks have used that money or if they have it available for a transaction?

Not sure -- I thought it was $3M max in any trade plus the ability to add any number of vet minimum/league minimum level players to the roster, no?

Finestrg wrote:Let me ask you guys -- what could we get for $3m in the draft? 1 2nd round pick in the 31-45 range? 2 2nd round picks? Possibly a low level 1 in the 25-30 range? What's the going rate for picks these days? Realistically, how far can we stretch that $3M in terms of the draft?

I beleive you can probably get 2nd rounders or 1 late first(OKC). More than likely they will use it to help a trade. IMHO, they can use it to help get Camby off the books since a team can void his contract after next year. I think the Knicks could get someone like DUdley & Beasley or Affalo with Camby, the 3 mill, and White/Barron.

Finestrg wrote:Let me ask you guys -- what could we get for $3m in the draft? 1 2nd round pick in the 31-45 range? 2 2nd round picks? Possibly a low level 1 in the 25-30 range? What's the going rate for picks these days? Realistically, how far can we stretch that $3M in terms of the draft?

I don't think we can buy a pick this year since we used it in the Felton trade http://www.prosportstransactions.com/basketball/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=Felton&Team=Knicks&BeginDate=2012-01-12&EndDate=2012-10-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search.

I don't think we get the ability to send cash considerations again until after the draft though I can't any information online if I'm right or not.

3G4G wrote:He's not...he's slightly better right now but he's gonna cost more money than we have....

We should target.....

Youth

Earl Clark
Terrence Williams
Cole Aldrich
B.J. Mullens
Anthony Murrow
Dominique Jones
Austin Daye
Brandan Wright
Wesley Johnson
Chase Buddinger
DeJuan Blair
Greg Smith
Nolan Smith

Vets

Corey Brewer
Ton Allen
Andray Blatche
Marco Belli
Teen Wolf
Dorrell Wright
J.J. Redick
Nick Young
Jose Calderon
C.J. Watson
Demarre Carroll
Carlos Delfino
Shaun Livingston
Francisco Garcia
Matt Barnes
Ryan Hollins
Martell Webster

Now some of these guys still may have high price tags but money dries up fast too....so you never know but we need to start with the youth free agents first and foremost combing the whole league until we sign at a minimum 2-3 of them. Some of them I feel will come real cheap as they'll be looking for defined roles and playing time possibly more than money.

Who do YOU think we should get? You named mostly scrubs.

Terrence Williams is GARBAGE.