F500ONE wrote:

mreinman wrote:be honest ... were you one of the guys who was for the bargs trade?

there were many of them on this site though they are hiding.

Bargs will not see the light of day 2014-2015

Bargnani hasn't seen the light of day for 16 months now. It has gotten so bad, he is presently on life support with only a Vitamin D I.V. drip keeping him from slipping into a permanent vegetative state. Some will debate whether that would even be considered a transition since it could be reasonably asserted he has been in a coma for years.

NardDogNation wrote:

mreinman wrote:be honest ... were you one of the guys who was for the bargs trade?

there were many of them on this site though they are hiding.

....weren't you one of those guys lauding Bargs?

of course!

I am always for bringing in horribly inefficient players who are making a sh1t load of money in exchange for our depreciated first round picks.

Splat wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

mreinman wrote:be honest ... were you one of the guys who was for the bargs trade?

there were many of them on this site though they are hiding.

Bargs will not see the light of day 2014-2015

Bargnani hasn't seen the light of day for 16 months now. It has gotten so bad, he is presently on life support with only a Vitamin D I.V. drip keeping him from slipping into a permanent vegetative state. Some will debate whether that would even be considered a transition since it could be reasonably asserted he has been in a coma for years.

Well this is what someone came up with upon his arrival

Carmelo Anthony hopes newly acquired Knick Andrea Bargnani comes into the season with a new attitude and renewed fire.

Speaking at his basketball camp at Queens College Saturday, Anthony lamented losing key teammates from last season's 54-28 squad but said getting Bargnani was a "steal." He's convinced the Knicks will be better.
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"I hate to lose [Steve] Novak and [Marcus] Camby,'' he said, "but when you get someone like [Bargnani] in return, it's kind of a win-win situation."

The 7-foot forward, the No. 1 overall pick of the Toronto Raptors in 2006, averaged 12.7 points and 3.7 rebounds last season. It was his lowest point total since he averaged 10.2 points per game in 2007-08. "Hopefully, Bargnani will want to come in and prove something, come in with a chip on his shoulder and be ready to rock," Anthony said.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The Knicks have scrimmaged twice during training camp, so it's too early to make any broad statements about lineups or personnel combinations.

But so far, Mike Woodson likes what he sees from the Andrea Bargnani-Carmelo Anthony pairing."It’s looking good," Woodson said on Sunday. "I don’t know who’s going to start yet. But I like the makeup of Andrea and Melo on the floor at the same time with Tyson [Chandler]. In the scrimmage we worked that combination. It wasn’t bad."

Anthony and Bargnani, the Knicks' biggest offseason acquisition, have spent the past seven practices getting used to one another on the court.

"Me and 'B' had a great week, just playing together, spacing it out on the court, me trying to learn from him, him trying to learn from me, trying to see what spots he likes out there on the basketball court," Anthony said. "For the most part, he's actually a smart player; he can play off people."

F500ONE wrote:

Splat wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

mreinman wrote:be honest ... were you one of the guys who was for the bargs trade?

there were many of them on this site though they are hiding.

Bargs will not see the light of day 2014-2015

Bargnani hasn't seen the light of day for 16 months now. It has gotten so bad, he is presently on life support with only a Vitamin D I.V. drip keeping him from slipping into a permanent vegetative state. Some will debate whether that would even be considered a transition since it could be reasonably asserted he has been in a coma for years.

Well this is what someone came up with upon his arrival

Carmelo Anthony hopes newly acquired Knick Andrea Bargnani comes into the season with a new attitude and renewed fire.

Speaking at his basketball camp at Queens College Saturday, Anthony lamented losing key teammates from last season's 54-28 squad but said getting Bargnani was a "steal." He's convinced the Knicks will be better.
Latest Knicks stories

"I hate to lose [Steve] Novak and [Marcus] Camby,'' he said, "but when you get someone like [Bargnani] in return, it's kind of a win-win situation."

The 7-foot forward, the No. 1 overall pick of the Toronto Raptors in 2006, averaged 12.7 points and 3.7 rebounds last season. It was his lowest point total since he averaged 10.2 points per game in 2007-08. "Hopefully, Bargnani will want to come in and prove something, come in with a chip on his shoulder and be ready to rock," Anthony said.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The Knicks have scrimmaged twice during training camp, so it's too early to make any broad statements about lineups or personnel combinations.

But so far, Mike Woodson likes what he sees from the Andrea Bargnani-Carmelo Anthony pairing."It’s looking good," Woodson said on Sunday. "I don’t know who’s going to start yet. But I like the makeup of Andrea and Melo on the floor at the same time with Tyson [Chandler]. In the scrimmage we worked that combination. It wasn’t bad."

Anthony and Bargnani, the Knicks' biggest offseason acquisition, have spent the past seven practices getting used to one another on the court.

"Me and 'B' had a great week, just playing together, spacing it out on the court, me trying to learn from him, him trying to learn from me, trying to see what spots he likes out there on the basketball court," Anthony said. "For the most part, he's actually a smart player; he can play off people."

So was Melo suppose to be honest and say that Bargnani sucks to the media? Why? So you could spend 3 pages of a thread bitching about how unprofessional he is, like he supposedly was with Jeremy Lin? Alright, TKF.

Also, in reply to the original poster: we can add talent by losing as many games as we can and getting a top pick. No one is going to trade talent to us for fun- it'll either be a bad contract or to unload a difficult chemistry guy (e.g. Lance).

smackeddog wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:Would anyone move our 2015 pick during the offseason for Paul George, Roy Hibbert and a pick swap? lol.

Maybe anyone not employed by the Pacers organisation

If George comes back close to what he was, that would be one hell of a lineup. I don't think he'd ever fulfill his potential but I do think he can be an all-star in the same vein as the Houston Tracy McGrady instead of the Orlando Tracy McGrady.

mreinman wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

mreinman wrote:be honest ... were you one of the guys who was for the bargs trade?

there were many of them on this site though they are hiding.

....weren't you one of those guys lauding Bargs?

were you for the bargs trade?

I had nothing against Bargs but I hated the fact that we gave up picks to get it done though. At the time though, I was routinely criticized for not seeing the light, which involved us dumping Novak's 2015 salary and getting a guy who could be the new Rasheed Wallace. Flash-forward a year and Bargnani is even more injury prone than Rasheed was and Steve Novak was dumped on the Jazz using our own 2nd round pick as a sweetner. And I was criticized again for pointing the latter fact out.