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If, as Knicks gm, you could do a sign and trade for either Luol Deng, Josh Smith or Emeka Okafor
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Ira
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and the price would be David Lee and Malik Rose, which one, if any, would you trade for. Also, assume that you had to either meet or come close to the contract demands of the player who we obtained for the sign and trade to work.
Luol Deng
Emeka Okafor
Josh Smith
I'd stand pat for cap reasons.
I'd stand pat for other reasons.
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nyk4ever
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7/28/2008  2:27 PM
Emeka Okafor all day, every day
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7/28/2008  2:32 PM
Okafor would be the best for their needs.
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7/28/2008  2:35 PM
Posted by nyk4ever:

Emeka Okafor all day, every day

For conversation purposes, Why?

I chose Josh Smith cuz I see him as a power fwd......the things he can do @ that position is very unique imho.
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7/28/2008  2:56 PM
Stone hands Oakfur doesn't fit the needs of our new coach. It's got to be Josh Smith then Luol Deng.
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7/28/2008  2:59 PM
Josh Smith is the best of the three by far. Geat shot blocking and defence. Offence...runs the floor as good as any PF in the league. Deng would be second but I would expect you would need to trade Chandler instead of Lee so Chicago could fill their SF hole if Deng is traded.
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7/28/2008  3:08 PM
I voted for Josh Smith. Smith is the best for the new system and the better overall player.
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7/28/2008  3:29 PM
Posted by EnySpree:
Posted by nyk4ever:

Emeka Okafor all day, every day

For conversation purposes, Why?

I chose Josh Smith cuz I see him as a power fwd......the things he can do @ that position is very unique imho.

My man Eny. Whats good dude?

Okafor would be the perfect Knick. Aside from baskeball ability, he's got a solid reputation around the league, he's a very smart person and he's got a TON of experience of playing at the Garden in high-profile and high-intensity games and he's only 25 years old.

Now basketball ability. Emeka will never ruffle feathers, he is the epitome of a team-player, he is a very good defensive big man, he blocks shots, rebounds, he plays very good man-man defense. His offense is still evolving, but he's at the point where he shoots a very good percentage and he's got some moves with this back to basket that he can goto. He also doesn't need the ball to be effective offensively, which is great news for MikeD's offense.

I would sign him to a reasonable contract, that would be somewhere around 12-13 million a year at the absolute max. I think 10 million a year for Emeka would be best, but his value is set by other players and right now Emeka can ask for more. He's a very effective player and the kind of player as Knick fans we should be targeting.
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7/28/2008  3:32 PM
I went for Deng. I like the fact that they all play d, though I have to admit that Smith and Okafor give us a shot blocking factor which we lack. What I like about Deng over the others is that he's more versatile offensively. Last season, he started hitting the three, which Smith can't do. Okafor takes the same space as Curry and Zach. It's pretty crowded there already.
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7/28/2008  3:39 PM
I voted Smith but its going to take more than Lee to get Smith
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7/28/2008  3:45 PM
Geez Louis!!! Josh Smith is not a good defender he is a good shot blocker. There is a huge difference.
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7/28/2008  3:53 PM
Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Geez Louis!!! Josh Smith is not a good defender he is a good shot blocker. There is a huge difference.

You're right but Smith is a more explosive scorer and perfect for uptempo
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7/28/2008  4:04 PM
Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Geez Louis!!! Josh Smith is not a good defender he is a good shot blocker. There is a huge difference.

I understand the man to man stuff--of course you dont want to let your man in for uncontested layups
but at Uconn they track defensive numbers by blocks steals defelections and alterations. His block/steal number of 4.3 is very high--high enough to categorize him as a disruptive defender.
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7/28/2008  4:30 PM
Josh Smith at the 4 and chandler at the 3.......yummy for my tummy.

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7/28/2008  6:39 PM
any of the above if the pricetag is just D Lee & Malik.
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7/28/2008  7:10 PM
Posted by TMS:

any of the above if the pricetag is just D Lee & Malik.

Maybe I wasn't being realistic in setting Lee and Malik as the price, but I thought if the teams aren't signing them because of the price tag, they aren't going to get full value in a sign and trade. I'm curious to see how that actually pans out.
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7/28/2008  7:20 PM
Emeka first. Smith second. I don't see Smith as a PF. I see him as a SF. We have a lot of them. Chandler could be a Smith-lite. We have no one that comes close to what Emeka would bring us.
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7/28/2008  10:13 PM
Deng all day long. He is the best of the lot. His offense is refined and Josh Smith can only dream about the offensive skills that Deng has. Deng play pretty good defense also with this long arms.

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7/28/2008  11:25 PM
I have a feeling Donnie is gonna get one of these jokers.

That would make me happy. What would make me happier is if he can get all threeaahahahhmmmmwhahahahhaaahahahahhahahahahahahaa!
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7/28/2008  11:38 PM
Okafor for need, Smith for talent. Can't go wrong either way.. No deng tho
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7/29/2008  9:22 AM
1 dream gone, only 2 left
Okefor signed today for 6yrs $72million.
Good move for them.
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