He is the guy. I'm just connecting the dots between KAT's history, the Leon Rose/ Thibs hire, Randle, DLo, and Kats friendship, the wolves getting new owners and a new more exciting face of the franchise in Anthony Edwards.

gradyandrew wrote:If the Knicks hold onto Gibson, Rose, and Bullocks cap holds they can open 39 million in cap space. Bringing back Barrett, Bullock, Randle, Robinson, and Gibson should give the Knicks a good base defense, what I am looking for are playoff performers who can help the Knicks next June.

My best guess is that the Knicks go for Reggie Jackson, Alec Burks, Carmelo Anthony, and DMC. Those guys get signed for two year deals, get the Knicks to the second round next season, and then become trade fodder for the KAT/ DLo trade in January of 2023.

Those players won't get us to the 2nd round without injuries from the teams above us. The Bucks, Nets, and Sixers are still way better and the Hawks have a better roster too.

Philc1 wrote:

TLover wrote:Think we sign Lonzo Ball to offer sheet that Pelicans do not match or do sign & trade.
Re-sign Alec Burks. Trade our 2 1st rounders and move up to draft Bouknight.

I think Pels match whatever we offer Lonzo even if it’s $100 million. Otherwise the owner is admitting Zion is gone in 1-2 years after the nba had just rigged the draft to get him

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knicks1248 wrote:

martin wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

TLover wrote:Think we sign Lonzo Ball to offer sheet that Pelicans do not match or do sign & trade.
Re-sign Alec Burks. Trade our 2 1st rounders and move up to draft Bouknight.

I think Pels match whatever we offer Lonzo even if it’s $100 million. Otherwise the owner is admitting Zion is gone in 1-2 years after the nba had just rigged the draft to get him

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This is another reason to not make BALL a priority.

Yeah, it looks NO is as desperate as the Knicks for a PG and Lonzo, at least on his own, isn't the answer.

wondering if a trade centered around RJ and Fox makes sense. Knicks then turn to a more reliable shooter for SG. RJ's shooting #s improved but a lot of that was him avoiding dumb shorts, which is not doubt an improvement, but it's not like he turned into paul pierce who can knock down shots when the team absolutely needs it.

gradyandrew wrote:

Chandler wrote:
Let me start with the point that i am a huge fan of RJ, so i hope this doesn't happen. But i continue to think our team will be off balance once we get a legit attacking pg, and i think Thibs wants a guy who will attack and touch the paint collapsing things on every possession.

wondering if a trade centered around RJ and Fox makes sense. Knicks then turn to a more reliable shooter for SG. RJ's shooting #s improved but a lot of that was him avoiding dumb shorts, which is not doubt an improvement, but it's not like he turned into paul pierce who can knock down shots when the team absolutely needs it.

I just think any proposal involving Randle or RJ, karmaicly, would devastate the franchise. I'm about 80% of the way there with Rose, Gibson, and Quickly too.

I agree on the karma and would love to see RJ turn into his own version of Butler. That said, this type of a trade would provide more balance to both rosters. Would take some nads to pull it off though