Knixkik wrote:NYPost:

Now if team president Donnie Walsh's Knicks are to make any drastic improvements during the season, they must hope the Spurs decide to put point guard Tony Parker on the block in mid-December or the Hornets lose enough for point guard Chris Paul to formally demand a trade.

Even if they can't trade for Parker, he will be a free agent in 2011 and the Knicks will have more than enough cap room to snatch him if Anthony, as expected, is out of the picture. Parker's wife, Eva Longoria, acknowledged at a soccer game this summer New York would be a good option.

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I hate to bring up Parker again, but there is consistent talk that he is our best option. If SA looks like a team by january that can make one more run deep into the playoffs, i think we get him over the summer in a sign-and-trade for felton. But if things aren't going as planned in SA and they are hit with the injury bug, i think they will try to shape things up to give the team a new look. They will be in need of a replacement guard as well as a backup SF they have been looking for, and we should have the pieces for a deal. Maybe we can get him for Felton, Buike, and Walker, but if they want Chandler instead of Walker i am still pulling the trigger.

C Turiaf/Mozgov
PF Stoudemire/Randolph
SF Gallo/Field
SG Mason/Walker
PG Parker/Douglas

That should be a team that can finish in 5th or 6th place then cause a first round upset.

Looking towards the summer there would be a need for a good SG. Would you want to spend remaining cap space on one of the SGs on the market, or continue to preserve space? Jason Richardson, Caron Butler, and dare i say Jamal Crawford will all be on the market. I think out of that group Richardson would be the best option because of his size, shooting, and athletic game. Sign him for 7-8 mil per year, and hopefully Randolph is ready to become a center and we are ready. This is a contender for the next 3 years if Stoudemire and Parker stay healthy, and if Gallo and Randolph develop the way we hope.

C Randolph/Mozgov
PF Stoudemire/Turiaf
SF Gallo/Fields
SF Richardson/Walker or Mason
PG Parker/Douglas

Im sorry but any team that starts Roger Mason and Turriaf in the same lineup is a sht team. We dont need Tony Parker--why cant we be satisfied with what we have? You have to be nuts if you think Parker and Mason is better than Chandler and Felton--we didnt spend 8mm to just dump Felton. Lets see where the chips fall with what we have--I think so many people will be surprised.

David West, Caron Butler, and maybe even Tim Duncan will be options. Like this past off season, plan B shouldn't be bad

I would go after West. We'd have to reshuffle some of the young assets but that would be one hell of a frontcourt and we'd be able to get one hell of a SG

Vmart wrote:

Markji wrote:I don't think Parker is that much better than Felton to get all hot in the pants about him. Felton is also younger and has been healthier the past few years.

My sentiments exactly.

I agree we should probably see what Felton has to offer and i am open to him breaking out, but keep in mind Parker is a 3-time all-star and 3-time champion in his prime. He is vastly underrated here. When healthy he is one of the best PGs in the league who demands a ton of respect on the court. When you want to win, you need winners. If a player like him is available, you go get him.

Knixkik wrote:

Vmart wrote:

Markji wrote:I don't think Parker is that much better than Felton to get all hot in the pants about him. Felton is also younger and has been healthier the past few years.

My sentiments exactly.

I agree we should probably see what Felton has to offer and i am open to him breaking out, but keep in mind Parker is a 3-time all-star and 3-time champion in his prime. He is vastly underrated here. When healthy he is one of the best PGs in the league who demands a ton of respect on the court. When you want to win, you need winners. If a player like him is available, you go get him.

He is a three time champion. But that just means he played on a very talented team. He is an option no doubt.

Vmart wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:If Melo does go to the Nets, we have to see what the Nets have to give up if you really want to make a team by team comparison with the Knicks. I don't think it's all doom and gloom. In fact, if the Nets have to give up Devin Harris, my prediction is that Nets team implodes.

The Nets team isn't as bad as you think. Last year they went cap clearing and tank mode. With Avery there he is going to turn it around pretty quick. And having Melo there opens the door for others to go there. As of right now if CP3 was available he is more likely to sign with Nets than the Knicks. Melo makes them an attractive destination and with Brooklyn right around the corner.

We are rebuilding even with Amare. Dude wanted the big bucks and we do need a box office draw.

We finished 2nd in the Lebron-a-Thon and blew some assets trying.

Two years ago melo was seen as a punk ass 2nd tier me first player. Maybe Walsh really did not want him? Maybe he just played along to make sure the price went up and if Carmelo was real about the deal he would have not compromised by signing his extension.

Avery likley wanted Harris out and the big price was Favors. Nets were be miserable at the box office without a draw. Melo does that for them.

This can't always be about "Who's coming" cuz that savior starphuch don't win games.

Maybe we don't make the playoffs without melo but mortgage the future with what he have as assets would be akin to over borrowing on credit and that all catches up with you.

there is always a sale. there are always opportunities to pick up good players.

Melo is not the generational player that Lebron is. Melo is Glenn Robinson or Glen Rice or at best Bernard King. Players who have brief great windows in their career and put up big numbers but body types that break down. Maybe Melo grows strong and has another 5 years at this level. Bernard King we remember as being great but it took a few years and discipline to get it together.

I liked Melo at the right price. He likley found out the knicks were not going to chase him and wanted him to come to them than them mortgaging the future. Melo in the end wanted his money. Can't blame him, but he could have orchestrated his move here at a low low price and THEN we could have used Gallo or AR for a CP3 type deal to take us over the top. Melo at a big price does not take us over the top.

Gallo might be a 24ppg scorer if you give him the touches. 5 years younger and taller he COULD give us something very similar IN the future. The future is uncertain. Starphuching takes the fear of the future out and makes us feel good about NOW. The problem is the reality is the price you pay for that certainty.

Either way, we don't win a title with just Melo and Amare as the dynamic duo.

Whats right for the Nets is not right for the Knicks.

Fear the russian, but not quite yet. We all knew he was going to make a big splash at some point

smackeddog wrote:Now that we have Felton, and unless he absolutely stinks this year and turns into Duhon, I don't see how trading for Parker particularly improves the team- is he that much better? Can't we give felton a chance?

Really, since Lebron didn't sign with us, people are becoming so desperate to sign a star, any star, they're not even thinking clearly- it's like they've been dumped by their wife, found out their wife is now seeing someone else and they're desperately scrambling around to get a new girlfriend to help ease the pain and avoid looking like they've lost.

Same with Melo. Would he have the same rate of shots? Would Amare be happy not getting fed as much?

MDA made Amare and Nash into what they became. With Gallo you have better efficiency shooter, maybe a better passer and certainly with Gallo you don't have a diva ego to feed.

With Melo off the market whats next?

How about Gallo with the ball, looking into Amare who attracts a double team and here comes AR flying down the lane on the weakside and Gallo threading an ally oop to him.

Thats what's next!!!!

Not Melo holding the ball for an isolation play.

Whats next?

Gallo 6-10
AR 6-10
Moz 7-1
Amare 6-11