Thomas looks rusty still.

Typing in anger that we should trade these guys when they are down is not a good value proposition but it feels good for some to do so.
Its an emotional reaction when frustrated.

Knicks trade to Portland
J.Noah
C.Lee
L.Thomas

Knicks get from Portland
CJ.McCollum
M.Plumlee

McCollum can play SG or PG so he can slide right in Lee's spot at SG and if we don't re-sign Rose after the season then McCollum becomes our starting PG for the 2017/18 season.

We'd probably have to add to our side of this deal with maybe a couple of 2nd round picks.

newyorker4ever wrote:This is a trade that i would like to happen but wouldn't happen.

Knicks trade to Portland
J.Noah
C.Lee
L.Thomas

Knicks get from Portland
CJ.McCollum
M.Plumlee

McCollum can play SG or PG so he can slide right in Lee's spot at SG and if we don't re-sign Rose after the season then McCollum becomes our starting PG for the 2017/18 season.

We'd probably have to add to our side of this deal with maybe a couple of 2nd round picks.

Never ever would happen. I'd prefer the youth of Plumlee and McCollum, let alone the fact that McCollum is almost an all star level shooting guard.

I'd like it to happen though man haha

TLover wrote:Still think Minnesota would take Noah to be a leader for that young team, especially with Thibs as GM coach. I would actually attach Jennings with him to make the deal more appealing and get a pass first point guard back in Rubio along with a wing defender in Mohammed.

If we traded Noah to them, they would likely insist in us taking Dieng back- they've just given him a whopping contract so he'll be making roughly the same as Noah (though Dieng is on the books for an additional year, so we'd be stuck with him). They already have Towns, & Cole ($7mil per year-yikes), so it would make zero sense to then have Noah at $17mil per year and Dieng at $17mil per year, especially when they'll eventually have to stump up big bucks for Towns, LaVine and Wiggins.

Would you trade Noah for Dieng? Serious question as I've never really watched him play.

Knicks67 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:This is a trade that i would like to happen but wouldn't happen.

Knicks trade to Portland
J.Noah
C.Lee
L.Thomas

Knicks get from Portland
CJ.McCollum
M.Plumlee

McCollum can play SG or PG so he can slide right in Lee's spot at SG and if we don't re-sign Rose after the season then McCollum becomes our starting PG for the 2017/18 season.

We'd probably have to add to our side of this deal with maybe a couple of 2nd round picks.

Never ever would happen. I'd prefer the youth of Plumlee and McCollum, let alone the fact that McCollum is almost an all star level shooting guard.

I'd like it to happen though man haha

Salaries don't match.... Portland would have to add more to make the money work so this is a no go

EnySpree wrote:Knicks just have to maneuver from within. Noah isn't in shape. He might be hurt. His cardio looks horrible and he looks heavy. They list him at 230, he might be 245. You gotta bench him for the good of the team. He can nurse himself back to form getting his limited minutes.

Also we need to play Kuz... Lance is around for defense but he routinely over plays off his man. That causes a ripple in the defense. I would rather have Kuz offense if Lance isn't going to defend. Kuz is the better player.

KOQ is playing like I though he should have played coming in last year. Give him the "5" spot with KP.... Hermangomez is being wasted getting dnps he's got to play. He's got fresh legs.

We have the kid Baker has been playing well enough to make due at back up pg. If another guard gets hurt then we call up Randle.

No panicking yet. Just need to fall back and regroup....

I am concerned Rose's back problems are just the symptom of a larger problem, his knees, and he might be close to done for the season. While I don't think we should trade for a pg, we are going to need to make some room for Randle on the roster. Also, Noah is starting to look like a 17M version of Sasha. Damn straight he needs time off to get right. I don't think you can play through a hamstring, and he could have tried to come back to soon

NYKBocker wrote:Trade with Minny is going to be hard due to multiple contracts not matching 1 to 1. The only trade that work contract wise that would include Noah and Rubio is ....

Noah for Rubio and Rush. - Not sure if Minny does this since they would need a PG in return if losing Rubio and would have a glut at the 4 and 5 spot.

I tried other trade scenarios but matching the contracts would not match.

As I said in another post, Im guessing that Baker is a Thibs kind of player, and including him might make Thibodeau more willing to deal. Not sure I want to use Baker to trade Noah but unloading his contract is important IMO.

martin wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Trade with Minny is going to be hard due to multiple contracts not matching 1 to 1. The only trade that work contract wise that would include Noah and Rubio is ....

Noah for Rubio and Rush. - Not sure if Minny does this since they would need a PG in return if losing Rubio and would have a glut at the 4 and 5 spot.

I tried other trade scenarios but matching the contracts would not match.

I'm late to this but... do they have to? Minny got plenty of cap space.

Nope, they don't have to match salaries as they are under the cap. However why would the Twolves take on a big contract without shedding one of theirs? The have Dieng signed for about 15-17mil per year after this one, so they would want to get rid of that before they took on Noah (as they also have Cole at $7mil per year)- it would be crazy for them to have $34mil a year tied up in Noah & Dieng, especially with Towns!

Knicks67 wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

martin wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Trade with Minny is going to be hard due to multiple contracts not matching 1 to 1. The only trade that work contract wise that would include Noah and Rubio is ....

Noah for Rubio and Rush. - Not sure if Minny does this since they would need a PG in return if losing Rubio and would have a glut at the 4 and 5 spot.

I tried other trade scenarios but matching the contracts would not match.

I'm late to this but... do they have to? Minny got plenty of cap space.

Nope, they don't have to match salaries as they are under the cap. However why would the Twolves take on a big contract without shedding one of theirs? The have Dieng signed for about 15-17mil per year after this one, so they would want to get rid of that before they took on Noah (as they also have Cole at $7mil per year)- it would be crazy for them to have $34mil a year tied up in Noah & Dieng, especially with Towns!

But wouldn't it be better to have Dieng who is younger and has more upside for us moving forward than Noah declining from here? Just a thought

I would much rather have Dieng. He would be easier to move as well. In my opinion Noah isnt making this team much better or worse. Whether this team is able to make the playoffs depends on how many games ROse plays

martin wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Trade with Minny is going to be hard due to multiple contracts not matching 1 to 1. The only trade that work contract wise that would include Noah and Rubio is ....

Noah for Rubio and Rush. - Not sure if Minny does this since they would need a PG in return if losing Rubio and would have a glut at the 4 and 5 spot.

I tried other trade scenarios but matching the contracts would not match.

I'm late to this but... do they have to? Minny got plenty of cap space.

I always go by what realgm trade checker tells me...but...looking at hoopshype contracts I think you are right.

EDIT: OK..I need to pay attention more when playing around with that tool. We can actually trade Noah to Minny for picks so this is a lot easier than I thought.