In time, I will all get sorted out. If KP can show some big upside and Melo is at the top of the game and knicks can squeak in playoffs it would go a long way toward not just a star player, but also the "Mark West" kind of guys that got their money but want a chance at a ring.

Until then Phish and Co. have to their Zen on and do it on the court. Who cares what SAS thinks, the dude just wants to create some drama where there is none. Even if Melo was upset, it was a private matter and there was no verification and thus no drama.

holfresh wrote:Why would Durant come here without Melo?

Durant broke off his engagement with WNBA player Monica Wright last year. She's from San Antonio.

Easiest way to get Durant, or just about any pro athlete, into your city is to get them married to a girl who is a lifelong native of City X, and pushes her new husband into a new location.

If he had married Wright and she was from NY, then I could see some traction there.

Doesn't matter how famous you are , how rich you are, how much you've got fans screaming your name - when you go home and when you are married, if she's not happy, you are not going to be happy. What's the saying? "If Momma isn't happy, no one gets to be happy"

The front runners still have to be San Antonio and Washington. To attract a star like Durant, you really need to operate in a 3-4 year plan, to try to assemble a roster built to just need that final star piece and have enough assets left over to meld more roster moves around the player.

At this point in his career, Durant is a power forward. Do the Knicks really need another PF? If the Knicks really wanted Durant or thought they could get him, they would have taken a wing in the last draft, not Zinger.

I believe if Durrants wants to be like Lebron, he's going to DC. But going to NY is just like going to DC, since it's only a 3.5 hr drive. If Durrant is a historian like Kobe, chasing history....what better history is there to be the one star that brought the knicks out of thier championship drought.

Is it a pipe dream? yes.....Isn't that why we have a site title Ultimateknicks.com? yes.....

Knick fans, it's ok to dream......It doesn't hurt. This is why we have this site..... Anywhere else, people look at you like you're crazy. I love defending the knicks future......Thats all I can defend right now.....Is potential. But I'm still going to wear my orange and blue....and still hope each year brings a chip. Next year, hope Durrant comes to NY.

OK....just wanted to get that out, because I listen to the Stephen A. Smith link.....I actually like him and Skip.......They usually say what other people are afraid to say. Especially Stephen A. Smith and Charles Barkley. People hate them because they speak their mind....Whether is right or wrong.....Imagine if I could walk around my job and just say whats really on my mind......I would be fired in seconds. These guys actually get paid for it!

TripleThreat wrote:

holfresh wrote:Why would Durant come here without Melo?

Durant broke off his engagement with WNBA player Monica Wright last year. She's from San Antonio.

Easiest way to get Durant, or just about any pro athlete, into your city is to get them married to a girl who is a lifelong native of City X, and pushes her new husband into a new location.

If he had married Wright and she was from NY, then I could see some traction there.

Doesn't matter how famous you are , how rich you are, how much you've got fans screaming your name - when you go home and when you are married, if she's not happy, you are not going to be happy. What's the saying? "If Momma isn't happy, no one gets to be happy"

The front runners still have to be San Antonio and Washington. To attract a star like Durant, you really need to operate in a 3-4 year plan, to try to assemble a roster built to just need that final star piece and have enough assets left over to meld more roster moves around the player.

At this point in his career, Durant is a power forward. Do the Knicks really need another PF? If the Knicks really wanted Durant or thought they could get him, they would have taken a wing in the last draft, not Zinger.

Well Durrant and Zinger can play multiple positions.....So thats not an issue. The question is can All 3 play together? Melo, Durrant, Zinger.....Either somebody has to play SG or somebody has to play Center.

You can't draft based on free agency, without a signed written agreement from Durrant. Just like Lebron, worst case, Durrant is either staying or going to DC.

martin wrote:

holfresh wrote:

martin wrote:

holfresh wrote:

mreinman wrote:

holfresh wrote:I absolutely believe the Knicks are gunning for Durant..It's the reason we maxed out signing vet role players..

everyone is gunning for durant.

Well yeah, obviously..The the idea that the Knicks are rebuilding has always been nonsense...

I guess your definition of rebuilding doesn't mean trying to sign a top free agent after clearing deck and drafting high potential upside guy and signing role players?

I think the general excepted definition of rebuilding is thru draft picks and building around them as the focus of the team...If the Knicks are going after Durant, I doubt Porzingus is thought of as a piece to build around...

why do you consider the 2 mutually exclusive? I don't. Not every rebuild is the same, so why box it in. The Knicks are rebuilding. They just came off of a 17 win time and have 2 draft picks and a handful of new guys 25 and under. Adding a super star a year after doesn't negate those things, it only accelerates the process.

Durant is only 6 years older than KP- assuming he is injury free and he plays at a high level until at least 32/3, you are talking 6/7 years on the team (I would hope) Their age-match is pretty good- and as Durant slows down Porzingis would, in theory, be moving into his prime.

Have my doubts about this situation actually becoming reality, but it would work perfectly if you are trying to create a successful franchise that will outlast Phil's tenure with the Knicks.

It wouldn't just be another NBA 2K16 pipe dream and the road to a title would be that much closer....

holfresh wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Was there ever any doubt? As long as they don't put all their chips in like they did with Lebron.

How exactly is Durant & Melo going to work anyway? Melo would have to go if that was the case.

Why would Durant come here without Melo?

because melo won't be able to figure out how to play in the triangle and will ask to be traded. a spot will open up for durant who is an ideal fit in the triangle, something melo will never be. by summer of 2017 kristaps will have had two seasons under his belt.

if durant can maintain his health i would look forward to seing a lopez, kristaps, durant front line.

maybe we get a good draft pick at shooting guard that summer too.

CrushAlot wrote:

holfresh wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Was there ever any doubt? As long as they don't put all their chips in like they did with Lebron.

How exactly is Durant & Melo going to work anyway? Melo would have to go if that was the case.

Why would Durant come here without Melo?

Yeah I miss read that when I initially responded. Doesn't make sense.

i guess you are overestimating melo's attractiveness to other marquee players. unless of course you believe the horseshyt smith is spewing in this video.

blkexec wrote:

TripleThreat wrote:

holfresh wrote:Why would Durant come here without Melo?

Durant broke off his engagement with WNBA player Monica Wright last year. She's from San Antonio.

Easiest way to get Durant, or just about any pro athlete, into your city is to get them married to a girl who is a lifelong native of City X, and pushes her new husband into a new location.

If he had married Wright and she was from NY, then I could see some traction there.

Doesn't matter how famous you are , how rich you are, how much you've got fans screaming your name - when you go home and when you are married, if she's not happy, you are not going to be happy. What's the saying? "If Momma isn't happy, no one gets to be happy"

The front runners still have to be San Antonio and Washington. To attract a star like Durant, you really need to operate in a 3-4 year plan, to try to assemble a roster built to just need that final star piece and have enough assets left over to meld more roster moves around the player.

At this point in his career, Durant is a power forward. Do the Knicks really need another PF? If the Knicks really wanted Durant or thought they could get him, they would have taken a wing in the last draft, not Zinger.

Well Durrant and Zinger can play multiple positions.....So thats not an issue. The question is can All 3 play together? Melo, Durrant, Zinger.....Either somebody has to play SG or somebody has to play Center.

You can't draft based on free agency, without a signed written agreement from Durrant. Just like Lebron, worst case, Durrant is either staying or going to DC.

having all three would be subtraction by addition with melo being the odd man out.