newyorker4ever wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Denver: #4 pick, Calderon, and THjr

Ny: #7, Faried, & 2016 1st

who says no?

That's a very interesting trade there but would love to find a way to get Lawson in that same trade but with the 2016 1st rounder it would be hard to do. Big fan of Manimal though and he'd be perfect next to Melo.

the triangle requires players with old-fashioned basketball skills. i like him very much as a player but only in a more free form up and down offense. same idea holds true for lawson. his game such as it is would be squandered in the triangle too.

H1AND1 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

H1AND1 wrote:Ugh. That would be a disaster. Trade our first high pick in years for a perennially injured PG. Double frigging ugh.

You're already saying Ugh and you don't even know what the trade would be.

Because I don't want Lawson period. He's played over 80 games in exactly one season as a pro and he's not a good 3 point shooter.

I don't want to trade the pick, at all. Period. I don't care what we may get in return because I'm sure we'd get screwed based on our history and phils trading skills and history so far don't inspire confidence. I'd much rather keep the pick and pray Mudiay or whoever becomes a cornerstone.

smackeddog wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

crzymdups wrote:I think trading the 4th pick for a package involving Lawson is bad and dumb. I would like to use the 4th pick to draft the 4th best player in the draft instead.

agreed. Unfortunetly judging by the knicks bad history expect a trade to happen lol

Lawson certainly fits the criteria: Injury prone, on the decline, bad defense, bad attitude issues (and a DUI) and a hefty contract. He is everything the Knicks ask for in return for a draft pick!

When are we going to get real about fixing our defense? We keep saying we want a team that plays defense, but then some of you throw it out the window if a player is flashy on on offense. At some point we have to get serious about it and stop pursuing players who can't play it.