Sounds fictional. I can't imagine the Knicks offering Frye for K-Mart and I can't imagine the Nuggets turning down such an offer. The offer obviously doesn't even come close to working anyway under the CBA since the salaries have to match

Vescey probably came over the ultimateknicks.com, saw the Bill Simmons thread about a KMart/Watson for Frye/Penny thread and thought he had a report.

Posted by ultknicks524:

Frye with a combination of other players.

Exactly when did he say this? I watched from 7-7:35 and he didnt say that. He did touch on the Kmart issue but never did he say Knicks offered Frye!

dodged a bullet then... K-mart's knees are shot.

I hope this isn't true.

I wont stand for those rascist comments.

http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/61559.htm

February 8, 2006 -- Change the nickname from Nate "The Great" to Nate "Trade Bait."
Knicks President Isiah Thomas is desperate to shake things up by the Feb. 23 trading deadline — preferably by adding a point guard, with Denver's Earl Watson his top target.

Thomas' edict less than two months ago that he won't trade the young kids is history. A league source said two of the Knicks' three rookie first-rounders — Nate Robinson and David Lee — could be included in deals. Small forward Trevor Ariza could be included, too.

In December, Thomas said of the kids, "I wouldn't part with any of them. We haven't had these kind of young players in a long time. Now that we got 'em, might as well keep them."

Center Eddy Curry and rookie power forward Channing Frye are the untouchables.

"I know he's been trying," coach Larry Brown said.

The league source said Thomas would not have drafted Robinson at 21 had he known Brown would end up his coach.



Brown doesn't believe there's an in-house point guard to develop. He said yesterday he doesn't project Robinson as a PG down the road, though he played at times there last night. Brown also feels Jamal Crawford isn't a floor general.

The Knicks plan to make a run at free-agent point guard Mike James this summer with the mid-level exception. Bobby Jackson is also a free agent.

Thomas and Nugget GM Kiki Vandeweghe continue to talk about a Watson deal, though a league official believes two other teams are stronger candidates. "I don't see a deal with the Knicks there straight up," the official said.

The Nuggets are wary of the contracts and production of Crawford or Quentin Richardson because of luxury-tax implications. They would like a larger package as they shop Kenyon Martin's big contract.

The Post's Peter Vecsey reported Sunday about a 3-to-4 team deal involving Watson to the Knicks and Steve Francis to Denver. But it's unlikely Orlando would be interested in Crawford

No way Denver would've turned down Frye for a gimpy KMart. That's just ludicrous.

There's no way Isiah offered Frye for K-Mart. #1 the salaries arent even close, plus Vecsey seems to have an ax to grind with both Isiah and Brown.

According to Newsday, the Knicks said NO to K-Mart
http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/39060/20060209/knicks_will_pass_on_k_mart/