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Finestrg
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I felt, for us, Justin Williams was the right fit. I wish we could've just went out and added a Marcus Camby the way the Clippers did w/o incident. Problem is we can't - our cap situation's worse than any other team in the league - it just cripples us. Unlike the Clippers, our only option is to move lousy contract(s) for even worse contract(s) and we should all have finally learned by now that that's just not the way to go. Or, if you believe Chad Ford, maybe we have a chance to do equal contract for equal contract - something like this Eddy Curry for Erick Dampier deal Ford came up with - but to me, that doesn't work either because Damp's 7 years older than Curry and on age alone, that would make him even harder to move than Eddy if we're still actively trying to shed salary. Plus, Dampier's not that great anyway - we don't suddenly take the next step by adding this guy, believe me. He's back up center material... So what's left????? Minimum or no-risk guys like this kid Williams, that's what. When you're a doomed team in salary cap hell like the Knicks trying to plug holes, these are the only guys who make sense right now. I equate this kid to a lefty specialist out of the bullpen for a baseball team - he could've been the shot-blocking/interior defensive specialist that we've needed for some time now (it's what he's known for) and all it would've taken to find out: a small 10-day non-guaranteed contract. Other teams take fliers on players like this all the time (the Bobcats just did and they already have Emeka Okafor for that role), why can't we? Ahhhhhh, the Knicks just don't see it like that I suppose for whatever reason (if they did, Williams and Gerald Green would be Knicks right now), so consider the matter closed for now....
Quickly on Rob Kurz - I know for a fact that Don Nelson likes him a lot. Called him his best rookie by far in training camp in a interview I listened to a couple of weeks ago. I think he's gonna want to divise a way to hold onto this kid - he could stick as the 15th guy (G.S. has some options with guys at the end of their deals to buy-out or he could make it as the 15th guy outright, crowded frontcourt and all. He might make the team out there as an understudy with the understanding that he's going to the D-League. But then again, I'm hearing Nellie's leaning toward keeping 3 PGs, so maybe he gets cut in favor of Dan Dickau. I like his perimeter skills - the ending to the Warrior/Buck game was awesome last night with Kurz hitting the game winning 3 as time expired. I'd be interested if I were the Knicks, although he doesn't address the shot-blocking problem...
[Edited by - finestrg on 10-18-2008 4:06 PM]
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10/18/2008 10:32 AM
