Knixkik wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:Monroe is ready to become a star in this league. If he is in NY, as smart of a guy as he is, he will bring it every night which in my opinion will propel him to become a star. The media will ensure that he shows up every night. This kid has skills. He will give us what are was never able to provide.

Monroe is a classic example of a player who has the skill set and youth to break out under the right circumstances.

So do Towns, OK4, Russell and Mudiay. Wish I were more sure of Monroe's skills. I think he could (or could not) thrive in this environment. Seems we'll find out.

NYKBocker wrote:OK....My turn...

Looking at our curent roster. Here are our players that are under contract.

Small Forward
Carmelo Anthony
Cleanthony Early

Shooing Guard
THJr

Point Guard
Jose Calderon
Langston Galloway

My first move would be to find a way to move Calderon and THJr.

There are actually a couple of teams that would be a good place for Calderon. i actually dont agree with this. i think teams know that jose is a washed up old PG. Houston and Chicago. Houston because Harden needs another playmaker that can also spot up when he plays ISO and can occasionally give him a blow in handling the ball. Chicago will lose Hinrich I think next year and they need a backup vet PG. I think the best option for us is Houston. 2 Players that have been lost in their rotation is Donatas Montiejunas and Kostas Papanikolau. Both players are triangle friendly. Domo is ABSOLUTELY key to their team. first cuz dwight is always hurt and 2nd he can actually score in the post. a 12 & 6 low post player making only 2.5 mill WONT be moved. lol

Knicks Trade Calderon to Houston and receive DMo and Papanikolau.

I want a 1st round draft pick for THJr. I dont think hes worth a 1st rd. Teams that I would target are Dallas (they need young vets and not youngins to run with Dirk), Boston (they have 4 picks this year and would probably rather have young vet + 2picks) and Washington (they have a hole with their backup SG and backup SF). Since this is my wet dream I am going with Boston.

Knicks trade THJr to Boston for their 28th and 33rd pick in this years draft.

Now the draft. Every indication is pointing to the draft going down like this. Towns, OK4 then Russell. Leaving us with a plethora a very good players. I would love to draft Mudiay but my spidey sense tells me that Big Chief Triangle will not draft a PG this high in the draft. hmmm i think alot depends on his workouts. This leaves us with Porzingis, Winslow, Lyles and Stein. Uncle Phil has experience with Euros so I don't think he will be gun shy. He had Kukoc and Gasol. I think he will get his stretch 4/5 here.

Knicks draft Kristaps Porzingis with pick #4.

I am not a draft expert and I basically just follow whatever BRIGGS (lol. dont just go by what BRIGGS says. he knows basketball but other people here know it too. like yours truly) post here in UK so for the 28th and 33rd pick I will draft the following...

Knicks draft PG Danilo Fuzaro with the 28th pick.
Knicks draft PF Jordan Mickey with the 33rd pick. why? because BRIGGS said so? lol. Is Fuzaro even coming over this yr? please look up jonathon holmes and normal powell

Using salaries from last years draft picks, I am guesstimating that it would cost us $6.5M against the cap per year.

As BRIGGS said..these guys are 2 way players that fills needs.

Now for the Free Agency. I am only targeting UFAs and must be triangle friendly.

We need a center first. Drafting Prozingis means that we need a defensive/rebounding 5 or 4. I would go after Alexis Ajinca. He is making a little under $1M per year right now. I would offer him around $3M per year.

Knicks sign C Alexis Ajinca for 3 years $10M.

I will then need a SG that can shoot. I am going after Wesley Matthews (with only one knee?) or Danny Green. I actually think Green is gettable. They still need to sign Leonard, Manu, Duncan, Belinelli and Bonner. Green is the player that is in the price range where it is wiser for the Spurs to let him go.

Knicks sign SG Danny Green for 3 years $21M. this is the guy ive been wanting for a while now. i agree

Those are my 2 must haves. Now I need to fill up the roster. I have 5 more spots to get to 15. I need a couple more guards and couple more centers.

Knicks sign PG/SG Jeremy Lin 3 years $10M I wouldnt mind this but dolan will ban him from MSG
Knicks sign PG/SG Alexey Shved 2 years $7M
Knicks sign SG Ricky Ledo 2 years $2M
Knicks sign C/PF Greg Smith 1 year $1M
Knicks sign C Andrea Bargnani 1 year $5M

That is around $23M per year for the FAs against the cap per year. So for this year we only used $30M against the cap which still sets us up to be major players again in the 2016 FA market where Kevin Durant and Chandler Parsons are available.

My 2015 Roster would be....

Center
Alexis Ajinca
Andrea Bargnani
Greg Smith

Power Forward
Kristaps Porzingis
Donatas Montiejunas
Jordan Mickey

Small Forward
Carmelo Anthony
Kostas Papanikolau
Cleanthony Early

Shooting Guard
Danny Green
Alexey Shved
Ricky Ledo

Point Guard
Jeremy Lin
Danilo Fuzaro
Langston Galloway

Yup. I am ready to roll with that roster. I have long athletic guards with the exception of Galloway who is 6'2". Enough talent behind Melo at the SF spot. Interchangeable 4s and 5s. 50+ win team? Abso****inglutely!

lol @ 50+ win team dream. i admire your optimism. im a half empty type guy when it comes to knicks making correct management decisions.