The perception that the team isn't interested in winning is actually a symptom of the Knicks' renewed effort at building a winning franchise.

It seems so off, this 'calm before the storm' of sorts that we have right now. It seems off because for the last decade we have been fed one 'big' move after another in the hopeless pursuit of a 'rebuild on the fly'. So now that Donnie is trying to restore normalcy, it seems that he is not doing enough-- but that's exactly what shows us that he is doing WAY MORE than the previous two regimes had.

Remain calm, brethren, the Knicks are on the way back (albeit slowly)

I think it IS tradable, but I don't agree with your reasoning that it + Wil should have been moved for a 2-7 pick.

This draft was weakness, even 2-7, and while we might have been better served coming out with a Rubio or Curry, all is not lost, and neither Curry nor Rubio would have been worth shipping Ill Wil out of town for. Plus, we must remember that maybe, just maybe, Donnie is still in the play for a move to get Rubio.

If anything, it seems wiser to hang on to Mobley and try to ship him out with Eddy Curry or Fishlips.

[Edited by - orangeblobman on 07-11-2009 12:13 PM]

Posted by purple012870:

I like Chandler, but I think players like that are very much available, almost at all times. For example, Sam Young of Pitt dipped way into the 2nd round & I think he's everything Chandler is.

However, Curry/Rubio are not assets easily found.

Interesting.

Maybe players that play Chandler's position are available and players that match his potential are available, but how many players are available at that position that have matured as well as Ill Wil has? A player is a player is a player, and we've got a player on our hands; I say keep.

Rubio might still tumble to us, too.

I think it is alot like the LaFrentz contract was. It is always mentioned as an asset but is never actually coveted by other teams. I don't think teams make a trade to acquire it but it can be used to make a trade more attractive. I believe the Knicks have to pay at least 2 million of his contract themselves so I am not sure with the rookie salary structure set the way that it is that any team would get enough cap relief to give up a first round pick.