I'm not letting Marbury go.

Isiah isn't going to trade Marbury right now. He's going to first see what his current roster can do, plus a player like Brown or Swift. If things clearly aren't working out, then you look to see what you can get for Marbury.

Posted by Knicksfan:

One really has to wonder, because if you think about the roster we have, we could keep our three guards (Marb, Q, Craw) and start it in the backcourt, but if Isiah wanted a more traditional Small Forward, either Marbury or Crawford is the odd man out. Isiah loves Crawford and sees him as a future all star, so who knows. I do think that if we start TT at small forward and Ariza is the backup, it will be a very crowded guard rotation with Nate and Crawford both needing time...

TT is on his way out. And i think Q is as much a SF as he is SG.

Posted by Bonn1997:

A Marbury trade would truly shock me, especially if it were for unproven players like Briggs' trade proposal. We've seen these reports before about Marbury being offered. They're probably just looking for a story.

I disagree. If the Knicks are rebuilding, the plan is probably to cleanse yourself of basically all the losing that has happened the past couple of years, and completely start fresh, and if this is what Isiah is doing, then trading Marbury may very well happened. He has said a number of times now that nobody is untradable, and as we all know, Zeke has a tendency to send out these weird signals in weird ways. If anyone is untradable, it's probably the 4 guys he has drafted in the past 2 years. Zeke said the team is now rebuilding, and it appears that he's doing it completely.

And what do you mean by unproven players? You have to take risks like this, just like the risk the Suns took my trading Marbury. It's part of rebuilding. And it's sometimes nescessary to trade away the star players to create a balance.

Why is TT for Swift reasonable for the Griz? Swift is a free agent THIS SUMMER. He's off their books. TT wont come off their books until NEXT SUMMER, so why should they have to pay all that garbage for an extra year? It's kinda like how the Knicks pointlessly traded Moochie Norris for Mo Taylor.

Posted by Allanfan20:

Why is TT for Swift reasonable for the Griz? Swift is a free agent THIS SUMMER. He's off their books. TT wont come off their books until NEXT SUMMER, so why should they have to pay all that garbage for an extra year? It's kinda like how the Knicks pointlessly traded Moochie Norris for Mo Taylor.

The Grizz don't appear to be going after any major free agents this year. TT could come alive a little in Memphis and fill a need for them. Then his contract will expire and give them the same options they have this year. If we can pick him up for nothing then fine, but if Memphis wants something in return so we can pay Swift more than the mid level, TT is a reasonable offer.

Posted by Allanfan20:

Why is TT for Swift reasonable for the Griz? Swift is a free agent THIS SUMMER. He's off their books. TT wont come off their books until NEXT SUMMER, so why should they have to pay all that garbage for an extra year? It's kinda like how the Knicks pointlessly traded Moochie Norris for Mo Taylor.

The Grizzlies are not getting any of the bigtime free-agents this year so I could see them doing a sign and trade that includes TT becuase they may want the cap room next year instead of having it this year.