Posted by TrueBlue:
The sooner we EMBRACE this the better we'll be
The 2 players(Lee and Balkman) most here feel are redeemable and the rest of the league does more than likely are pieces for keeps, while we turn our mix of HYDROGEN and OXYGEN players into WINE. ROTFLOL @ us. We call up teams to make trades and say....
"Hey we got a great package to offer but for starters Lee nor Balkman will be included in any deals sorry those are our keepers. We're trying to acquire pieces to put around them."
"Hey Clippers we'll offer you Curry, Crawford, and Jeffries for Brand and Kaman."
"Hey New Jersey this is a no refusal offer Zach and Nate for Carter and Marcus Williams."
"Hey Philly we have some hometown gems to offer up plus Malik, Mardy, James, Chandler for Miller and Reggie Evans."
HOW F'N Ludicrous do we sound? Not to mention Lee and Balkman are role players who are pretty close to redundant players so we have to find a STUD point guard, STUD guard, STUD small forward and STUD center without tanking because these same fans want us to win as many games as possible.
We're
DUMB>>>>>DU DU DUMB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBB!
[Edited by - TrueBlue on 02-09-2008 2:01 PM]
Actually - it has been the other way around-- in truth.
For example- the NY beat writers (who needs enemies) - went out of their way for days and days to let the 'public' know that the Bucks 'turned down' the trade for Zbo. Of course- like Iraq and weapons of mass destruction or the Iranian Nuclear bomb program - no retraction or apology will be forthcoming. Instead - a small blurb was released stating that - in fact it was Milwaukee - who approached the Knicks for a trade WANTING Zbo - but it was the Knicks who turned down the 'deal'. Another example - was Sacramento- again our good enemies the NY beat writers - were in a frenzy about how the knicks approached Sacramento for Ron Artest- it finally cae out -again - that Isah wants nothing to do with Ron ron - having plenty of experience with him while at indiana - so it seems that Indiana, Chicago and Sacremento have something in common - they realize that Rons talents do not out weight his headcase. As time proved and truth sought daylight - it was apparent that Sacramento has been and is still trying to move Ron Artest. If one checks True Hoops on ESPN or HoopsHype - there is a link to a column that has an interview with Ron's agent. Who feels that Ron's "value" is 14 million dollars a years and is being 'grossly underpaid'. This is a guy who is a Michael Vick pit bull clone - has a definite risk profile and can not be a good 'locker room influence' on a bunch of really good rookies- much less the rookies that the Knicks have!!. In short- the knicks said no thanks again.
it was only a short time ago (like two weeks ago) when Crawford -who at the time was shooting 46 percent -had a lot of interest from other teams. Obviously Crawford - not wanting to leave NYC - promptly tanked the next 6 games and shot a miserable 33 percent since then - and all the interest has waned.
But in short - thats at least 4 players -Lee/Balkman/Crawford and Zbo - that there was serious documented interest for in terms of trades from other teams to NY. I would agree- that many teams feel that the Knicks are under extreme pressure - so why not try to see if Isiah would be as dumb or corrupt as Chris Wallace. Hey- instead of two good players and a first round upper echelon draft pick (Chicago) - why not trade Pau for two low round picks and a bench player and a 7 foot Euro guy - who will be the next Darko Milic (if that)-- and you wonder WHY Popovich is saying that there is something very peculiar about this deal?!?!?
Anyway - the point is - most of the stories by Vescey, Isola and Berman - have out and out been false - and one wonders if they are too invested in 'the I hate Isiah and Dolan' after school club - to be actually doing their jobs- like reprting real news and not using their columns for out and out falsehoods as well as useless speculation that has not an once of consideration for our teams needs.