Posted by Paladin55:
Agree with you about watching Chandler and Gallinari, however you also want to see how the returning Knicks respond to a new coach and system. I'm very interested in seeing how Nate, Lee, and Crawford fit in. We might be looking at a season of Survivor, MSG.
Agree with you about Randoph and Curry. Hopefully Randolph is gone before the season begins, but I think it may be hard to get value for Curry. What I want to see is how D'Antoni deals with these guys if they don't attempt to fit in and play the kind of ball he wants. I would not want these two getting time at the expense of Chandler/Gallinari/Lee.
First of all, I dont consider Nate nor Lee good enough to lead us to anything nor make a difference. And anyway, we will have to trade them out of here sooner than later since we are supposedly going through that mystic 2010 plan, and give 8-10 million dollars to Lee is not the best way to achieve that plan. So Im not really expecting much of that.
About the Randolph/Curry thing, that issue is what worries me the most. If supposedly we did not trade Randolph because we felt he was a his lowest trade value right now, then, there are 2 posibles scenarios assuming they are going to be our starting froncout.
-They suck (as expected), so their trade value would be even worse, if that is possible. We would have another soap opera with them complaining about people being "unfair" to them. Also we would have wasted some playing and development time for Gallinari while Lee keeps doing the same.
-D'Antoni is a genius and they (surprisingly) play well, which means we win 40 games in an incredible best case scenario, so Gallinari and Lee get even less playing time. If this happens, which is very unlikely, we would have risen their trade value a bit, but lost the chance to get good pick. And anyway... this is not realistic.
I said before that I understand how difficult is to overcome this mess that is Isiah's legacy, but if we dont get rid of Randolph or Curry, our cap situation will keep being terrible, and Gallinari and Lee wont play as much as we probably would like to see. I dont care about Randolph or Curry being at their lowest trade value at this very moment: I dont care what we get for them as long as they are expiring contracts, 2nd rounds or whatever that does not hurt our cap. This is a critical problem for our future, and there is not anything that leads me to believe there is some chance Curry or Zach wont be here next season. thats why I said I can not find acceptable to "do nothing" at this point. Walsh was hired to "do something" regarding our cap situation. If finally something happens I will eat my words at that very moment.
Posted by Paladin55:
As Walsh has already said- this team needs a shot blocker. Even if Randolph and Curry were to respond offensively, there is still no chance that they will play any D. They are about as effective in stopping players from attacking our rim as the Maginot Line was in keeping the Nazi army and tanks from penetrating into France. What big man can we find who will block shots?
One other thing- how do you know that D'Antoni will not make adjustments to his "system" based on the players the Knicks have?
I just don't know how many deals this team can make given the talent we have to trade and contract issues, but there is still time, and maybe Walsh has some ideas he will throw out to D'Antoni when he gets back from China.
You are right, I dont know. Maybe Im being way too much sceptic... but I dont have reasons to think otherwise from his coaching career so far.
Already explained I dont care what we get in return for our "cap killers", as long as we dont give 1st round picks nor worsen our cap. I just want
something (
well) done regarding it. We are the New York Knicks!
8/24/2008 10:56 PM