NFT: Knicks info
jtgiants : 6/4/2010 11:52 pm
I figured I'd pass along. Take this for what it's worth. In no way am I trying to start a rumor. I know all Knicks fans, like me, are on pins and needles entering this offseason. Typically I wouldn't post this but it follows Hahn from yesterday who indicated,in his chat, the Knicks may be really pursuing Tony Parker (a move I would like under the right scenario) on draft night. Anyway, here goes. A friend of mine, who works in the sports business lets say, sent me an email stating that a person who works for the knicks told him Walsh feels confident he can swing a 3 way trade for Tony Parker using Eddy Curry's expiring as the feature component. True or not I have no idea but Parker may well be dealt and getting him before July 1 can only help. Any thoughts?

I also heard from someone who is close with someone in the Knicks organization that Walsh was goin after Parker hard... lets see

Tony Parker
McGrady (vets min)
LeBron
Gallo
Bosh

Thats insane lineup

TLover wrote:The trade would prob be Curry, Chandler, & Douglas which I don't like at all for the Knicks.

I'd rather have Douglas than Parker.

Curry doesn't have to be traded right away and his contract becomes more valuable as the season goes on.

Again this may be too much to give up, but it would definitely be something we should look at. Walsh has never veered from the course he set for himself which is to build as good a team as possible for the 2010 season. The guy is consistent. Chandler would be expendable if we had Lebron. TD is good but Parker has the rings at his point.

TLover wrote:Bad trade...if we're giving up that much then I would expect a quality Center instead.

TD is going to be a very good player for the Knicks next season. Perfect player to play with Lebron. TD will guard the other team's point guard and play that combo guard role perfectly with Lebron (assuming we get him).

If we make no trades but are able to sign Lebron & Bosh our staring 5 would very solid.
During the season when Curry's contract becomes more valuable we could trade him for a defensive shot blocking center (assuming we don't get one with our 2nd round picks)

Pg: Lebron
Sg: TD
Sm: Gallo
Pf: Chandler
C: Bosh

6th man: Walker

I think that line-up will work well. This casts Lebron into the Magic Johnson mode, but Gallo-Chandler-Bosh is nowhere close to teh frontline of the showtime Lakers. Between the two line-ups the one with Parker @ PG is better for win now, the other one may be better overall.

TLover wrote:The trade would prob be Curry, Chandler, & Douglas which I don't like at all for the Knicks.

I'd rather have Douglas than Parker.

Curry doesn't have to be traded right away and his contract becomes more valuable as the season goes on.

Not sure what to make of this. Face value, if it is indeed Curry, Chandler & TD, it's a trade we probably have to make. Chandler & TD together is nice value and it'd be ashame to lose them but to move useless Eddy Curry and his contract & to get a premier PG in his prime who's been a winner (and I think he would absolutely make us that much more attractive before FA hits), you probably have to pull the trigger. I could see this from SA's perspective as well -- When Parker came back from his injury, Pop continued to start George Hill, which may have irked Parker a little. Bottomline is they like Hill & I know for a fact they like D-League standout PG Curtis Jerrells a lot too (the Spurs actually payed Jerrells to stay away from other interested teams and continue to develop with their own D-League affiliate). The team played well for a lengthy stretch with Hill running the team - they may consider Parker an expendable asset at this point. Interesting rumor...

If this went down, I'd assume we would most certainly be looking to draft backcourt depth to replace Chandler & TD. I've read on the Knicks web site that they've worked out a lot of wings recently: Jordan Crawford, Sylven Landesberg, Dominique Jones & Greivis Vasquez. They even worked out 6'8" D-League SF Latavious Williams recently as well. Any of these guys could technically replace Chandler (Landesberg would be my choice). As far as PG/Douglas replacements go, we've worked out Willie Warren, Mikhail Torrance, Ben Uzoh & Bobby Maze so far. I like Warren the most of these 4, although they're all capable. I still continue to think Sherron Collins would be a nice guy for us to add at the point. No idea if they plan to work Collins out soon but they should. I like this kid a lot.

Other guys we appear to be interested in are raw Rutgers 7' shot-blocker Hamady N'Diaye, Jarvis Varnado, PF Deon Thompson and 6'10" hybrid forward Craig Brackins. Looks like we definitely plan to address the lack of shot-blocking one way or another (N'Diaye's one hell of a nice kid but he screams project to me. Not sure I'd use a draft pick on him - I'd invite him to summer league though) and we may be looking at Thompson as a NBA-ready replacement for Lee if we don't land Bosh or at least retain Lee. Brackins just feels like a D'Antoni type of big with his big-time scoring ability at that size. I wouldn't mind adding Brackins at all either, I just don't think he'll be there at 38/39. Like a few of these guys, we'll probably have to move up a little to get him...

The guy is 28 years old and still in his prime.

Sure, he's had some injuries that's caused him to miss some time but that was this past season. He did come back and perform in the playoffs. In 08-9 he played in 72 of 82 games. That's pretty damn good for an "injury prone" guy if you ask me.

BTW, Tony Parker's career FG% is 49% and he's shot 50% and over 3 times. Just because he's not a good 3 pointer shooter doesn't mean he "has no jumper". His mid-range game is pretty good and driving ability uncanny.

This guy is the best we can get with Curry's contract and if Donnie can pull it off then he is the man.

That would have to be a healthy Wilson Chandler with Curry--were not getting T Parker straight for Curry. And I don't know if Chandlers trade value is as high as it may have once been. Guy has had a ton of injuries for a young guy.

Childs2Dudley wrote:Everyone here fails.

The guy is 28 years old and still in his prime.

Sure, he's had some injuries that's caused him to miss some time but that was this past season. He did come back and perform in the playoffs. In 08-9 he played in 72 of 82 games. That's pretty damn good for an "injury prone" guy if you ask me.

BTW, Tony Parker's career FG% is 49% and he's shot 50% and over 3 times. Just because he's not a good 3 pointer shooter doesn't mean he "has no jumper". His mid-range game is pretty good and driving ability uncanny.

This guy is the best we can get with Curry's contract and if Donnie can pull it off then he is the man.

Totally agree. I believe two years ago, Parker either led the league or was top three in points in the paint. Are you kidding me?! A PG leading the league in points in the paint! What is there not to like about this trade? Lets not forget, Parker is a 3 time champion and was very instrumental in getting San An those rings. He's not as injury prone as some make him out to be. At least no more than D Wade and most would jizz their pants to see Wade in the orange and blue.

Papabear wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

TLover wrote:The trade would prob be Curry, Chandler, & Douglas which I don't like at all for the Knicks.

I'd rather have Douglas than Parker.

Curry doesn't have to be traded right away and his contract becomes more valuable as the season goes on.

Again this may be too much to give up, but it would definitely be something we should look at. Walsh has never veered from the course he set for himself which is to build as good a team as possible for the 2010 season. The guy is consistent. Chandler would be expendable if we had Lebron. TD is good but Parker has the rings at his point.

Papabear Says

Tony Parkers body has been banged up a lot. He is always getting hurt. When a body starts breaking down it's over.

In 07-08 Parker missed 13 games and this past season he missed about 24 games. Other than that he was relatively healthy never missing more than 7-10 games. In 08-09 he averaged a career best 22 points a game. Hardly a sign of him slowing down.