Posted by LivingLegend:

Posted by SupremeCommander:

maybe he did fool us, maybe he didn't... the deal that pisses me off is the deal he passed on, when he could have packaged Nate with Jeffries and sent them to Sac

Just wait it out brother -- it's not like Nate had a bad year and the Kings are still just as desperate as they were back at the deadline. He'll spin something off - wait and watch....if it's not Nate and Jefferies it will be something better.

I kind of feel the same way in regards to there being another deal to be had yet at the same time we could get bit twice by having to pay Nate one way or another and still being stuck with Jeffries.

I really like Nate but he has still proven that he is not mature and is not a starter despite all his abilities. In that I think, if something other than just Kenny Thomas was coming back in the deal, that it was worth it to lose Nate to dump Jeffries.

I still think Donnie will get it done but it may come down to waiting until the summer of 2011 to complete the team which is something that would occur anyway IMO for I don't really believe that we would be able to woo two max FAs and build the team in one fell swoop.

Posted by Panos:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by s3231:

And this is why we are very lucky to have a good basketball executive in charge that also happens to be a lawyer.

Donnie knows the CBA as well as anyone and I'm sure he is looking for ways to make good use of Mobley's contract. Whether that is using the contract to get an additional pick or trying to move up in the draft is anyone's guess.

Amen.. if this were Isiah he would have resigned Mobley to a 3 year 30 million dollar extension by now.

With a player option for an additional 3 years.

Posted by Pharzeone:

Was covered on the Outside the Line story piece on Mobley a couple of weeks ago. The conclusion was that the Knicks knew of Mobley's health issue before the trade and was hinted that the condition didn't change just that the Knicks alerted Mobley that the condition could be more serious than the Rockets and Clippers led him to believe. Once ESPN went back to Walsh with that piece of info, Walsh refused to give any follow up info about Mobley. The NBA denied Mobley's medical exemption based on the belief that the Knicks were fully aware of his condition prior to the trade.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4202527&categoryid=2459788

Posted by martin:

Posted by purple012870:

I think its more like Darko + # 2 for Mobley + # 8.

right, and the Knicks can throw in an additional $3M. that's $10M savings for a team. That's f'ing HUGE.

Posted by orangeblobman:

Hey, I'll take Darko. Have wanted him for years here. He brings shot blocking and as an added bonus, I really feel that this guy can develop into an almost-allstar. He is 24 and has been treated like crap so far by his coaches, namely and mainly by Larry Brown-- a horrible situation to start an NBA career in, even more so if you are internatinoal.

Under MDA, Darko will blossom into a possible 14/9/3 block presence and could displace David Lee in the future, or play along side Lee. Kudos.