Posted by Silverfuel:

But isnt Monster Mash done? I heard his career is basically over.

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Yeah....it would be a salary dump. Who knows Mash might decide to come back since he would be back in NY...where he was NY's Mr. Basketball in High School.

Still the basis on my idea is a salary dump and a roster laxative.

The Knicks still would have plenty of depth at the 4.

Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by Silverfuel:

But isnt Monster Mash done? I heard his career is basically over.

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Yeah....it would be a salary dump. Who knows Mash might decide to come back since he would be back in NY...where he was NY's Mr. Basketball in High School.

Still the basis on my idea is a salary dump and a roster laxative.

The Knicks still would have plenty of depth at the 4.

just curious...how is this a salary dump when Mash has more money left on his contract than Mo Taylor does? or are you trying to say it would be a salary dump for Philly?

[Edited by - TMS on 08/11/2005 09:07:34]

Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by TMS:

i have no interest in Mash...maybe a few years ago he would have been an intriguing option, but at this point he's too much of an injury risk...not worth the trouble unless the Sixers were giving up a draft pick to make it worth our while.

It's about cleaning up the roster. Mash can come back if he wants to....the Knicks would be moving on without him in the plans anyway.

Plan would be to Waive Houston. Then try to use Timmy, Penny, and now Mash as trade bait. If not? they all melt off the cap next year. That's about 40 mil between Timmy, Penny and Mash. Nice....

EDIT: Mash is in the last year of his contract right?

[Edited by - enyspree on 08/11/2005 09:09:32]

Mash has 2 more years left, just like Mo T...if anyone's getting cap relief here, it's Philly.

http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/philadelphia.htm

Why did Isiah get mo T?

This I need to know! We are three deep with Sweets, Rose and MO T! THen JYD and Jackie Blue.

Posted by Nalod:

Why did Isiah get mo T?

yea, that was a strange stange move. It wouldnt have been bad if he was gonna trade one of the PFs but he did nothing with it. Straight up, that was a BAD move.

i would trade them mo for dalembert...maybe iverson but that's it. and if they're not willing to throw in a draft pick - forget it and walk away.


a team that had only the likes of juwan howard and scott padgett at PF basically GAVE AWAY mo to us AND got a #2 in the process.

ugghh, we've hashed and re-hased the idiocy of that trade 100 times over.

[Edited by - djsunyc on 08/11/2005 10:25:22]

Posted by simrud:

Idiots who liked the Mo Taylor trade man up!!!

[Edited by - simrud on 08/11/2005 09:21:08]

I thought it was a good trade. I still think that guy can become something worth talking about. He is an above average scorer. Dude can take you off the dribble and post up. He can hit the jumper too and he also has very sneaky hops. His motor and energy is good and he has shown he has a killer instinct.

All his skills point to him being a good player offensively. At the time I thought it was genius turning Baker and Moochie to Taylor. Rigth now the Knicks just need to chop somebody off this roster. Rose, or Taylor must be in another uniform next season.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by simrud:

Idiots who liked the Mo Taylor trade man up!!!

[Edited by - simrud on 08/11/2005 09:21:08]

i didn't dislike it at the time, i'll tell you that much...but that's cuz i figured Isiah had an actual PLAN he was following that guided the decision to trade for Mo T to begin with...as in trading Sweetney as part of a larger deal to fill other holes in the roster...i was obviously overestimating Isiah's faculty to formulate a real plan & following through on it...so i'll eat whatever crow you want me to eat in that regard...Isiah's disappointed me highly w/some of the nonsensical moves he's made since he's been here...but oh, i can't forget he got Larry Brown...i guess that makes everything else OK.

How do you know Isiah's not planning to trade Sweetney and/or some of the other PFs on the team at some point this summer or season?

Posted by Killa4luv:

Posted by simrud:

Idiots who liked the Mo Taylor trade man up!!!

[Edited by - simrud on 08/11/2005 09:21:08]

I liked it then and now.

I'd rather have Mo Taylor who actually has some use on our team than Vin Baker and Moochie Norris and we pay maybe like 8 million more over the course of the 2 and a half season. The contracts expire at the same time, Mo expires with H20 and is a decent player to have. Thats way more than I can say for Vin and Moochie.

actually, vin baker expires this year and moochie has a team option that won't be picked up. so basically they both end a year earlier. we have a glut at powerforward as well, which is why it doesnt make sense to take on extra salary for a year and lose a 2nd round pick for a guy who isn't necessary. vin and moochie could have been traded as an expiring contract deal this year for something more valuable, and if not, they could've come off the books. i would've been fine with the deal if WE got a pick, which we should have, but we definitely got the short end of the deal on that one. it's not that crucial, maybe Isiah wanted to have an expiring deal in 07 with houston so that each year he could potentially make trades with expirign contracts -- financially digging himself into a deeper hole -- but that's the way he "rolls."