Posted by BRIGGS:

For their 2009 1st round pick and Deandre Jordan. That gives the Clippers the quality third man upfront and hedges them against injury.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by LivingLegend:

Posted by BRIGGS:

For their 2009 1st round pick and Deandre Jordan. That gives the Clippers the quality third man upfront and hedges them against injury.

Not a bad thought. I guess it depends on what the Knicks think of Jordon's potential.

The pick would obviously be nice to have and we certainly need a long, big defensive presense that could block some shots around the hoop. Another upside - depending on your view of things - could be that moving Lee free's up Zach for a bunch of minutes and productivity (assuming he's not moved). I think part of Zach's issue last year was that Lee was the Knicks golden boy and he was always lurking if Zach started slowly or did something wrong. It's never easy to play when you've got someone looking over your shoulder.

I wouldn't be upset if this deal went down. Wonder if the Clippers would feel like doing it though. They move 2 valuable and cheap assets for good young power forward that will be demanding a big contract next year. Plus - Lee would have to come off the bench behind Camby and Kaman. Not sure Clippers would like this deal - we'd probably need to add something nice to the deal and we don't have much nice lying around.


The Clippers have a history of taking players who are a year out of getting paid.
If he is the third wheel there--then the market can set his price. The Clippers are a team that changes over every couple of years so this is a type of move that would be up their alley. I had soured on Jordan but he really played well in the pro set SL and when he plays within himself--he has a LOT of potential. If we can somehow muster up 2-3 picks for next years draft---we can then think about pairing one to get rid of Randolph if need be as well.
Keeping Lee is going to cost us 9mm per

Posted by BasketballJones:

The problem is, with Gallo on the team there is no longer any need for Lee. They are redundant.

Posted by arkrud:

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by LivingLegend:

Posted by BRIGGS:

For their 2009 1st round pick and Deandre Jordan. That gives the Clippers the quality third man upfront and hedges them against injury.

Not a bad thought. I guess it depends on what the Knicks think of Jordon's potential.

The pick would obviously be nice to have and we certainly need a long, big defensive presense that could block some shots around the hoop. Another upside - depending on your view of things - could be that moving Lee free's up Zach for a bunch of minutes and productivity (assuming he's not moved). I think part of Zach's issue last year was that Lee was the Knicks golden boy and he was always lurking if Zach started slowly or did something wrong. It's never easy to play when you've got someone looking over your shoulder.

I wouldn't be upset if this deal went down. Wonder if the Clippers would feel like doing it though. They move 2 valuable and cheap assets for good young power forward that will be demanding a big contract next year. Plus - Lee would have to come off the bench behind Camby and Kaman. Not sure Clippers would like this deal - we'd probably need to add something nice to the deal and we don't have much nice lying around.


The Clippers have a history of taking players who are a year out of getting paid.
If he is the third wheel there--then the market can set his price. The Clippers are a team that changes over every couple of years so this is a type of move that would be up their alley. I had soured on Jordan but he really played well in the pro set SL and when he plays within himself--he has a LOT of potential. If we can somehow muster up 2-3 picks for next years draft---we can then think about pairing one to get rid of Randolph if need be as well.
Keeping Lee is going to cost us 9mm per

It is no doubt Lee is our biggest problem.
He is the main reason why Zack was not playing like superstar and Eddy was confused.
His bad look over the shoulders killed all out team chemistry... This white rich fr...n Golden Boy is so annoying...

Posted by TMS:

Posted by BasketballJones:

The problem is, with Gallo on the team there is no longer any need for Lee. They are redundant.

how are they redundant? they both play a completely different style of game & do different things well... they can easily coexist on the same roster & be effective in their roles.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by BasketballJones:

You guys have no sense of humor.

look who's talking Mr. "I've never went over 100 in a 55 zone" Jones.

Posted by Anji:

Gallinari was drafted to replace Lee. You have to look no further then knowing that Lee was traded for the 5th pick before he complained. Is coach wants guys who can score, dribble and pass........ that ain't Lee.

Posted by franco12:

Posted by BRIGGS:

For their 2009 1st round pick and Deandre Jordan. That gives the Clippers the quality third man upfront and hedges them against injury.

Rather than just 'dumping' Lee like they did with Balkman, I think we should think about packaging him with Curry, if the assumption is we are stuck with Zach & Zach fits better in D'Antoni's system than Curry.

Curry & Lee for a decent first rounder and legit, unflashy vet shouldn't be a bad deal - someone like a Reggie Evans.

Also, Briggs, as far as not wanting to pay Lee, personally, I partly agree, but the problem I have is I'd rather pay Lee than Zach or Curry, so its tough for me to accept trading someone like Lee while we still have Zach & Curry on this squad.