crzymdups wrote:KBergCBS Ken Berger
If the deal goes through, the Knicks use amnesty on Chauncey Billups and move Ronny Turiaf to make room for Chandler, sources say.
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man, that deal goes through, forget Paul, spend that money and lets win it all.

Chris Paul is no sure thing considering that he could be dealt to a contender. Hell even if he goes to the Celtic whom he said he won't resign with; say if they win it all, does anyone really believe he wouldn't want to defend it? Winning changes a lot of things

If he gets traded to somewhere like the Lakers, he'd more than likely sign with them.

Panos wrote:If this goes down, and 'Antoni doesn't play Chandler (or not much), its time for him to go.
nixluva, can I get a witness?

BTW, know who would be a good coach for this team (with Chandler)?
Wait for it... Riley.

I was thinking the same thing!

Panos wrote:If this goes down, and 'Antoni doesn't play Chandler (or not much), its time for him to go.
nixluva, can I get a witness?

BTW, know who would be a good coach for this team (with Chandler)?
Wait for it... Riley.

Phil Jackson

Rookie wrote:

Nalod wrote:
I really like Amare as he is the most explosive 4 in the league.

But team first.

The team is more balanced with cp3-melo-Chandler than with Amare. I don't see how AMare and Melo get enough ball on the wing where both are effective.

As I said before, the right pt guard in SSOL need not be a star.

BUt, on paper

CP3
Tyson
Melo

Can compete with Miami because we are balanced. The key is who plays the power forward. Shawn williams camped in the corner is pretty good. It takes the opponents 4 away from the basket if he doubles on Melo. Double on Melo and Shawn can pop the 3.

I don't want to lose Amare but team first.

Yeah,I'd feel bad to ditch Amare down in NOLA. Perhaps Nola can swing him to the Lakers. Amare-Pau-Kobe would be pretty intense in its own.

Then trade Melo. CP3, STAT, Chandler. I want to see STAT and Chandler together. Perfect compliments. Beast!

Not that having a solid QB in Kidd on the court hurts........

DurzoBlint wrote:

crzymdups wrote:KBergCBS Ken Berger
If Knicks amnesty Billups and move Turiaf, they could offer Chandler a four-year deal starting at about $14M.
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and who plays point guard. Tony Douglas has never learned to run a team and Imam, though heralded by Knick fans is an unproven commodity. This team is not going to be run by a rook. Bank on that cause Mike D knows his head is on the chopping block. Why do you think he's so interested in Vets that can defend like Josh Howard and stability guys like Hill.

Mike D'Antoni will play point guard.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

MSG3 wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:so the knicks are not putting all their eggs in the CP3 basket like they did with Lebron. Smart I guess

They're putting all their eggs in the Chandler basket. The move kills any cap space for the next 4 years.

It's okay to speak on the shortcomings of Chandler. I get there are some.

But saying that this move kills our cap space for 4 seasons is a lazy argument. We have 2 Super stars and one of the best C's in the game along with a young talented bench. I would say our cap space has been well spent if Chandler comes here and we can get a PG to distribute.

Maybe you overspend when you're a contender but on Chandler? C'mon man. The guy is mediocre. 8 points, 8 rebounds. He's solid. he's never been known to be a workhorse, he has an injury history. $14 million a year is above overpaying. It's insanity. I would like this guy at $8 million a year. Right now we're $6 million a year over what he should really be getting.

I was always in favor of using next year's $14 million in cap space on 2 or 3 solid players, including a center. Camby would be a free agent. Camby and Nash in one offseason would have been solid, despite their age.

Now we're all-in on Chandler and have no cap space for 4 years and only the vets minimum and MLE to offer to anyone.

Oh and we have Toney Douglas as our starting PG.

I am totally fine with Chandlers avg. numbers because he;s not here to score. he's here to defend, rebound and be a presence in the middle. You spend on him now because we are all in now, not 3 or 4 seasons down the road. That's why we gave up so much for Melo. Risking an opportunity like this in the hopes that CP3, Deron or Dwight come here would be foolish. This front court would be crazy good and would allow STAT to be even better than he was last year.

This way, we get to keep Landry, TD (not a good PG, but can shoot), Iman, future picks, $3 Million trade allowance, etc.

This is the right move. A better move than trading for CP3. And I always thought that.

Now I jsut hope it actaully happens.

NYKBocker wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:

crzymdups wrote:KBergCBS Ken Berger
If Knicks amnesty Billups and move Turiaf, they could offer Chandler a four-year deal starting at about $14M.
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and who plays point guard. Tony Douglas has never learned to run a team and Imam, though heralded by Knick fans is an unproven commodity. This team is not going to be run by a rook. Bank on that cause Mike D knows his head is on the chopping block. Why do you think he's so interested in Vets that can defend like Josh Howard and stability guys like Hill.

Mike D'Antoni will play point guard.

JJ Barrea would be a good pick up.

Barrea isn't a good distributor. I'd rather have Tinsley to be honest.