Would you have been happy with say a Jalen Rose and draft pick or Frye or Nate for Ray Allen type of deal.

Because I don't think I would have liked a deal like that. Yes Allen would help this team very much. But we would be adding ANOTHER huge long term contract. Thats why I don't complain to much about Isiah cutting Rose or Taylor.

And there would be no way we get Gasol for just Rose and Frye & possible Nate. It would have had to be Jalen Rose, Frye, Nate or a draft pick, Mo Taylor Gasol and Brian Cardinal.

Teams would just be looking to dump more ugly salary on us. With no ending deals teams would HAVE to look at Crawford or Q.

Like Steve Francis deal last yr. If we would have cut Hardaway earlier. And had no Hardaway when we started talks with Orlando. They probably would have looked at a Crawford and Taylor deal a little harder. Or the deal would have never been made.

Can't the Knicks get under the cap after the 2008-09 season? If so, Allen's contract extends a year beyond that, so I wouldn't want him.

The test for any trade should be can the Knicks still get under the cap after '09, unless a superstar under 28, who has no injury issues, is involved.

[Edited by - Rich on 02-05-2007 7:38 PM]

Posted by JohnWallace44:

Last year, didn't teams trade the contracts of players that had been bought out? Why can't we do this?

My post is saying that we should stay away from trading the expiring contracts for long term contracts of Ray Allen and only push Crawford's deal or Qs deal.

But to answer you post. I'm not sure but I think it could be possible to sign Taylor back and he would get his original contract with us at 9mil And we could possibley trade him at the deadline. I'm just guessing though.

Posted by newyorknewyork:

[quote]But to answer you post. I'm not sure but I think it could be possible to sign Taylor back and he would get his original contract with us at 9mil And we could possibley trade him at the deadline. I'm just guessing though.

You cant do this. That is ridiculous. So essentially you waive the dude and take him back to trade him. That's collusion, brother. Wanna lose some draft picks a la Joe Smith and Minny? Anyway, once a player is traded or waived, they cant return to the original team, THE KNICKS, for one year...see Gary Payton and Antoine Walker traded to the Hawks and then right back to the Celts. After that happened, they amended the CBA.

WOW, an stupid article in the Daily News comes out that was completely fabricated and filled with conjecture and y'all buy in to it.

expiring deals are like CRACK...once you get hooked, fuggedaboutit. Isiah was the dealer and sold you all on it...now yall are jonesin' for a little fixy-fix.