Posted by BRIGGS:
Darius Rice is not worth the 9th pick. He's an intruiging player--but he plays soft and does not poccess the ability to drive the ball to the basket. he is strictly an outside shooting 3 who can also post up. He is a disruptive player on defense because he is just so long that he can cause problems in many facets-yet lacks lateral quickness aginst quick NBA 3s.
Kendrick Perkins is a worthy 9 pick. He has a good head on his shoulders. He is put together at 6-10 or so and 275 pds. He has the frame that will keep him away from the DL--but more importantly
A. his teams have lost only three games in 3 years.
B. EVERY major ABC type camp he has attended with all the other big time high school players--he has ranked 1.
C.the Knicks need a center and even if they have to wait on his development a bit--it's in their best long term interests
I agree 100% that we need a regular size 3-and I believe we can work a deal where we send Kurt Thomas to teams like Golden state Boston orlando for an ending contract and a first round pick and send that pick to Sacremento for Hedo. Hedo is a young very talented tough player who can do a great deal of things. what a perfect fit for the Knicks.
Im just saying if we can pull of the three deals I mentioned
vujonic and ward for Miller sign and trade
draft perkins
Send Thomas+ both second round picks for foyle and their pick which we move on to Sacremento for hedo---our offseason looks like this
we get rid of thomas ward Postell Nailon
we bring in
Perkins 6-10 275 18 years old
Turkgolu SF 6-10 225 23 years old
Andre miller PG 6-2 200 26 years old
Adonal foyle C 6-10 265 27 years old
You have revamped your team--you have taken care of the need for size. You have brought in all young players with skill talent and size/ You take the heat off of Houston and sprewell so they are more effecient. You have increased team defense threefold rebounding threefold and shot blocking threefold. You have added true stability at the point for years. Thats a team that can compete for a championship for several years while each year you draft picks to replace guys like sprewell when his contract runs dry. A deep team like this--there is no need to play houston consitently 40 minutes AND the team can sustain injury like sacremento has and still win.
again, great plan, but i don't know about andre miller. he looked awesome in cleveland, and a complete bust on the clippers. complete bust. was he just a good player on a bad team w/ the clippers? he should be leading the clippers this year, although he can't counteract the contract year issue.
