Childs2Dudley wrote:
Heh. what concept of "WE ARE NOT TAKING ON FUTURE SALARY" don't you understand? NOBODY is trading for marbury unless they're unloading garbage contracts on you. just like how nearly every other expiring deal SAVES the team trading for the expiring deal money. it's not that hard of a concept to understand. team A trades expiring contract to team B to save money. team B takes on extra salary to save team A money on future long-term salary. team A does not trade for a $23 million expiring clown for the hell of it. team B does not trade the $23 million expiring clown if they are getting back long term contracts. in case you didn't realize, team B would be the Knicks.
Did you just notice that the Knicks traded this past years lottery pick, Larry Hughes Expiring contract, swapped next years first-round pick and gave up the next years first round pick? DO you realize that Houston could be collecting Lottery picks from the Knicks from this trade?
A) What some of you guys don't seem to understand is that dumping salary is not a goal in and of itself. The goal is to build a good team. Trading for a really good player is no different from signing a really good player. The actual goal is to build a good team...what part of that do you not understand?
B) Please don't tell me that the only thing you can get back when you trade an expiring contract is a sh!t load of salary. Sometimes you can get good players. Sometimes you can get good picks. Sometimes you get a mix.
C) It's all about options. Sometimes you shoot, sometimes you drive, sometimes you pass. The Knicks only seem to be able to think in one mode.
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1) And please stop telling me that there was no way that the Knicks could get an asset for Marbury except for bad contracts. You don't know that. A 23 million dollar expiring contract is an extremely valuable asset regardless of the player -- as you may now realize. You might be able to get a lottery pick, swap first-rounders, and get a future first rounder...see?
2) Maybe the Knicks could have gotten something for Marury, maybe not. All we know for sure is that after D'Antoni banished him (Without Walsh's blessing) it was nearly impossible to even explore a trade him because there was no way to showcase him.
3) Tracy McGrady is a well-known loser malcontent whose career could very well be finished due to his knee, and an avalanche of picks and good players were just traded for him...see?
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BONUS ++++ ---> And here is what it boils down to: The Knicks just traded this year's lottery pick, swapped next year's first rounder, and traded another first round pick just to dump a 6.5 million dollar contract.
Let me repeat: This past season's lottery pick, a swap of a first round pick, and another first round pick JUST_TO_DUMP_A_6.5_MILLION_DOLLAR_CONTRACT!!!
That is simply insanity. If the Knicks do not get LeBron, and end up with Bosh or Stoudemire, then they may have just as well kept Zach Randolph.
Yes, I am dead freaking on!
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