franco12 wrote:Whether you move Stat to the bench or not, I think the thing this group desperately needs is a physical 4 who can be a solid defender & rebounder. That's what we should be looking for in the draft.

And we have to stop with the retread slow as molasses vets. If we sign Antawn Jamison I think I would vomit.

Id bet the Knicks would look seriously at Jamison if he would be willing to play for 1mm. Hes a guy who can score/ rebound and switch 3-4 with a good body. We have Chandler in the middle--he already is the physical defender who can defend and rebound. Jamison Melo and Amare have good bodies strong enough to play well in a scheme d with Chandler and Shumpert in there. Again--Im looking for in house remedies--Im assuming J Lin will absorb the MLE--if he takes less--we have more options.

BRIGGS wrote:

franco12 wrote:Whether you move Stat to the bench or not, I think the thing this group desperately needs is a physical 4 who can be a solid defender & rebounder. That's what we should be looking for in the draft.

And we have to stop with the retread slow as molasses vets. If we sign Antawn Jamison I think I would vomit.

Id bet the Knicks would look seriously at Jamison if he would be willing to play for 1mm. Hes a guy who can score/ rebound and switch 3-4 with a good body. We have Chandler in the middle--he already is the physical defender who can defend and rebound. Jamison Melo and Amare have good bodies strong enough to play well in a scheme d with Chandler and Shumpert in there. Again--Im looking for in house remedies--Im assuming J Lin will absorb the MLE--if he takes less--we have more options.

I think the only in house remedy is the draft. We don't even have a first rounder, do we?

Briggs- Bonn - I disagree- our backcourt with Lin & Shumpert has enough scoring punch, and honestly, question marks.

But while Chandler has been an anchor on defense, there have been a lot of games this year when we couldn't grab a rebound to save our life. Yes, thank you stat.

Lin, Melo & Chandler give you enough scoring punch to win. Stat is a bonus, especially if he were to come off the bench.

But what we need is someone to help Chandler grab boards. Look at our team stats- our point differential was 8th best this year, but rebounding - we were 16th at a -.88.

If Orlando was willing to trade Howard, Glen Davis, and Turkeyglue this summer for those 3 I'd be ecstatic. Neither Woodson or Phil Jackson require a prototypical PG in their offense anyway.

Shump will likely be a shell of his former until the 2013 season. So you cant really depend on him.

Then use the LLE to bring back Baron Davis.

Nalod wrote:Amare is not going to be traded and if he was it would cost us to move him.

If you can't get Melo and Amare to play together then you move melo because he can be traded and we can receive value in return.

Other GM's know the gig with him so its no secret.

You'd trade Melo to a team that wants a star attraction to fill the building and does not have championship aspirations.

Duh, thats us.

LOL.

You keep Melo and go after Howard. Howard + Melo = Modern day Shaq and Kobe

We'd actually have an inside outside game and a low post player. WIN!

BRIGGS wrote:

franco12 wrote:Whether you move Stat to the bench or not, I think the thing this group desperately needs is a physical 4 who can be a solid defender & rebounder. That's what we should be looking for in the draft.

And we have to stop with the retread slow as molasses vets. If we sign Antawn Jamison I think I would vomit.

Id bet the Knicks would look seriously at Jamison if he would be willing to play for 1mm. Hes a guy who can score/ rebound and switch 3-4 with a good body. We have Chandler in the middle--he already is the physical defender who can defend and rebound. Jamison Melo and Amare have good bodies strong enough to play well in a scheme d with Chandler and Shumpert in there. Again--Im looking for in house remedies--Im assuming J Lin will absorb the MLE--if he takes less--we have more options.