We may win this year-we may lose who the hll knows in the east???????

but I would RATHER LOSE just this one more year and acquire a second 1st round pick

Im looking for a big skill player 6-10++ hoping for Okafor but there are many interesting looking players, especialy that new freshmen C from Utah

I want that second first rounder because I want Romain Sato and he isnt going to slip to the 2nd round.

If we can get one of
Okafor
Perovic
Bogut
seng-jin
pavel[if he improves dramticaly]
harrison[he would be a pick if we were a winning team this year a little later in the 1st round
Paul Davis from Mich St who played VERy well in the FIBA juniors

and sato in the first round

and get lucky with a 3 in the second round even if its a euro or high school project.

Lets say for example we end up with
Kosta Perovic 7-3 250
Romain Sato 6-5 210
TJ Cummings 6-8 215
+ Milos

that would leave us with

young players
Vranes 7-6 285 by next year?
Lampe 7-1 265
Perovic 7-3 260
Sweetney 6-8 260
Cummings 6-8 215
Sato 6-5 215
Williams 6-3 200
Milos 6-3 180
Vets assuming both thomas and Harrington are gone
Van horn 6-10 255
Houston 6-6 200
Andersen 6-6 200
doleac 6-11 265 [i would like to retain him]
Eisley 6-2 180
Weatherspoon 6-7 270
and if Mcdyess comes back and plays well 2nd half the year without injury, I would retain him for the same $$ that KT makes 3 years 15mm because thats what Idexpect his new output would be in line with what KT does

We are a team that is in transition. My hope this next team is built around a nice combination of high skilled BIg players sprinkled in with some good athletes and defenders/shooters and two PGs who can shoot and penetarte.

I see this evolving but there can be NO miss next year come draft time.

I'm curious about the upcoming draft too, is anyone here from atlanta? Apparently the Atlanta Celtics are THE team in HS this season, with Dwight Howard, Joshua Smith and Randolph Morris all NBA bound within a year or 2..

Im sure every team's goal[unlike last year] is to make the playoffs, which will make it tougher on every team.

I think this year is a transition year. There are some high quality C in this draft. The ONLY way the Knicks acquire a good C is through the draft. No other way. I think they realize we need an anchor player and a young 2 guard for long term benefit. I see us much different from years past, holding draft picks like they are gold rather than tradeable assets.In fact, I can see us moving someone like Thomas at the trade deadline for another pick if we are dead in the water.

You have to realize this is a cyclical businessand you can not will yourself into an 8 seed. It's better to build a long term contender from every facet. They have paid the price for trying to cheat the system. If they realized they needed a step back in 2000, I think things would be different. You have to sell a winner or hope---hope as in young stud players. the only way to acquire them is through the draft.

I think they know this is in a transition phase. Until proven otherwise I wil stick with the assumption.

... already talking about getting into the Lottery next year, huh?

C'mon tkf, you know I can't resist a straight line.