How about:

Harrington , Ward, Knight and the Denver second rounder
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Stoudamire and a resigned Boutjme Boutjme

THE WEEK IS UP !!!

The idea is the PG gives the ball, not Ewing. His wrist suck anyway and he'd just be put in for a few minutes. He would just be there for leadership and height in the shot blocking defense side. He can't run th ecourt so he wouldn't be used much. Still I'd rather see his back on the bench in the 12th spot than travis knight or spencer-even if bothcould add more to the game than ewing.

I hear Stoudamire showed Andre Miller up at a USA team scrimmage the other day. I hear he's bigger and stronger and might still be the best point guard in Portland. I think we should offer Harrington or Spoon and fillers plus a first round pick because he seems to be worth it now. I also wouldn't mind signing Ewing for a year just out of respect and also that he gives us very good size and is better than most of the remaining FA centers remaining. I don't want Oakley because we already have a logjam at PF and he would be the worst of them all. I would also consider trading for Olajuwon because he's a step ahead of Ewing still and can put up solid numbers in 20 minutes per. I think we could offer Spoon for him. Thoughts?

right now Damon is a 12.5mm dollar liability for the Blazers. we have three PGs on the roster and a fourth on his way next year. If we even that desperate for a grade up in PG for one year then R strickland could be 1.6mm for 1 and out.

If the Knicks trade with portalnd it has to be in a position of strength and HAS to include Andersen. here is my deal and it includes 0 drfat picks from either side.

We give them Andersen Harrington Ward for Damon and Zach randolph.

Benefits for both. Portland gets rid of 40mm dollars worth ofbench warming material in damon. They get a high caliber consitent back up player in harrington who replaces Shawn kemp. They get their third PG who is of high quality[played in 100 or so playoff games] and the player only has two years left before he comes off the books. they get a slashing forward who is more of a west coast player. he can back up Scottie Pippen[who always gets hurt} we get damon and zach Randolph a good highly skiled young player who has been sitting on the Blazer bench wasting away. At 6-9 270 he can play some center and back up PF and has real nice touch around the basket + damon


Total money considerations Portland has roughly 42mm going out and the Knicks are sending them roughly 57 + ward comes off the books in 2 years.

I like that trade too. The Knicks rotation would be:

PG- Stoudamire, Eisley, Williams
SG- Houston, Postell
SF- Sprewell, Weatherspoon
PF- McDyess, Randolph
C- Thomas, Doleac

I can't see how the Knicks don't benefit from that.