i dunno but i have a feeling this is gonna be our rotation next season after it's all said & done... i have a feeling we're gonna be trading for Darko using Mobley's contract & Rubio is gonna end up here too, maybe in a trade of Wilson Chandler? i also see Lee & Nate being traded for future picks in 2010 & expirings.

C - Darko / Curry
PF - Hill / Fishlips
SF - Harrington / Gallo
SG - Hughes / Budinger
PG - Rubio / Duhon

if that happens i'd give Donnie Walsh an A++ for this offseason.

of course if we don't pick Budinger here my ass is hung.

Posted by TMS:

hey, at least i got the Darko prediction right.

I think your lineup (minus Buddinger for the love of god) is probably right.

guys stop dreaming! they will be no Rubio in NY unless he's playing against us.

i just don't see MDA being satisfied w/either Duhon or Douglas as our starting PG for next season... i think a trade is brewing for Rubio man... the pieces seem to fit so perfectly... Walsh wants a PG w/size who can defend & play in an uptempo style, MDA saw plenty of Rubio during the Olympics & probably came away impressed... Rubio's buyout situation could be settled in a market like NY where he has a better chance to find private sponsors to pay the fare... Rubio would love a big stage like NYC, who wouldn't over playing in Minnesota?... i seriously don't think we drafted this guy Douglas to be our starting PG of the future.

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i just don't see MDA being satisfied w/either Duhon or Douglas as our starting PG for next season... i think a trade is brewing for Rubio man... the pieces seem to fit so perfectly... Walsh wants a PG w/size who can defend & play in an uptempo style, MDA saw plenty of Rubio during the Olympics & probably came away impressed... Rubio's buyout situation could be settled in a market like NY where he has a better chance to find private sponsors to pay the fare... Rubio would love a big stage like NYC, who wouldn't over playing in Minnesota?... i seriously don't think we drafted this guy Douglas to be our starting PG of the future.

I hope you're right TMS, I really do.

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well, i did get the Budinger pick wrong... i'm wondering if we end up trading Douglas & Chandler for Rubio?

I'd do that.

as much as i love Chandler, so would i dude... even tho he's a great looking young player, i don't think Chandler has franchise changing potential in him, & Rubio quite possibly might.

If we can somehow get Rubio and hold onto Hill it would be really good. Even if its a sign and trade with Lee and Chandler, I don't care.

w/Miller going in the deal to WAS i think Chandler would really appeal to a team like MIN... i doubt they wanna have to deal w/the buyout issues w/Rubio's contract... the Knicks probably don't care about that, they just want the PG to run MDA's system & Rubio seems to fit the bill nicely... i think Douglas was picked as a backup PG to Flynn... Rubio's gonna be a Knick, i have a feeling.

Well with Donnie and Kahn being old buddies, anything is possible.

Posted by TMS:

maybe Mobley's contract comes into the equation here too, who knows... we can take an expiring off their hands like Brian Cardinal & maybe Brewer since he's been sort of a disappointment for MIN & still get Rubio in that deal IMHO.

maybe Donnie & Kahn have 1 of those u scratch my back, i'll scratch yours kinda arrangement here?

Anyone scrating Donnie's back sounds absolutely disgusting

but for real, that is what I'm hoping.

Chandler and Mobley + future draft pick
for
Cardinal, Madsen, Rubio

Just think the absolute excitement Rubio would bring to this town with his passing ability and ability to find the open man. Guys like Gallo would have an absolute field day. I'm just praying dude. We NEED rubio. WE NEED HIM.

Posted by Pharzeone:

I want Blake Griffin. I think Hill and Darko will get me Blake and Camby.

i dunno what the sarcasm is for when everyone knows there's big issues behind Rubio's contract status right now... it's not like Wilson Chandler is chopped liver either for that matter.