Paul has no ties to NY besides a wedding toast and the Knicks have 0 assets to acquire him.

I LOVE Chris Paul as a player, but we have such a thin roster and it could get even thinner after trading for Paul. The one scenario I think would be good for the Knicks is if we got CP3 and Okafor. At least then we'd address 2 areas that need help. People don't like Okafor, but he'd be an upgrade and on this team I think he'd make a huge difference. Okafor is a solid NBA PF/C and we could use a presence like that in the middle. Chris Paul or not the Knicks will be fine IMO. The Knicks have cap space coming in 2012 and they'll be able to use it to fix the team.

The Warriors have too far to go in building a title contending roster. Boston is too near the end of their run. If i'm his Agent I tell Paul to steer clear of Sterling and the LA Clippers. That team is the graveyard for many promising careers. I'd narrow it down to LA or NY. Those cities have the commitment to putting the players around him to win a title. If you think about it, this is what happened with Melo last year. The longer the process went on, it became clear that NY was a viable option despite what the Media said.

What team has a youth but could use Pau to get them over the top to satisfy NOLA rebuilding?

I assume Bynum goes to Orlando.

I was thinking (cap excluding) a combo of Pau to OK for Perk and say James Harden.

OK then has its big 3 in Durant-Pau-Westbrook.

Perk is still pretty young and Harden, while no star is a very good player who might shine without the other two.

Panic over not getting Paul? Can't lose what you never had.

Kudo's to the lakes if they pull this off. What happens when you turn over assets. Bynum has two rings, is only 24 and was a draft pick they took time with.

Knicks need to cultivate its own talent.

Lakers win titles.

Silverfuel wrote:

nixluva wrote:I think the KNicks offer simply lacks overall talent, but could at least allow them to start from scratch with no serious commitments. We can take CP3 and Okafor off their hands and give them 2 expiring contracts in CB and Turiaf. Good young players in Fields and TD. Yes neither is a star, but they are young players that have shown then can play solid roles. Knicks can also give future picks and $3mil in cash. It isn't sexy, but it's not awful either. It all depends on what the other offers are and if Paul will stay with those teams long term.

The Warriors have too far to go in building a title contending roster. Boston is too near the end of their run. If i'm his Agent I tell Paul to steer clear of Sterling and the LA Clippers. That team is the graveyard for many promising careers. I'd narrow it down to LA or NY. Those cities have the commitment to putting the players around him to win a title. If you think about it, this is what happened with Melo last year. The longer the process went on, it became clear that NY was a viable option despite what the Media said.

LA Lakers man! They can offer Pau who would be the best player New Orleans is getting back. It is almost unfair what they will be building in LA.

Or Paul can break down, Kobe can start to show his age,... and then you have a painfully average Lakers team, without Gasol.

CB
Hill
Melo
STAT
Kaman

Fields
Redd
Douglas
Jeffries
Walker
Shump

The biggest glaring problem to this is that we are still without a pure backup point guard. I like Douglas off the ball, so we would need to find someone on the cheap that can run the offense and distribute. Maybe take a flier on a guy like TJ Ford?

fishmike wrote:

Silverfuel wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:This isn't like Anthony situation at all.

Paul has no ties to NY besides a wedding toast and the Knicks have 0 assets to acquire him.

Also, the Knicks don't have enough assests to offer a trade.

Billups, Fields, Jordan, Shumpert, Douglas, big Kentucky kid for CP3

No.

i don't think any team is going to make a big trade for him without an extension and it just doesn't make paul to sign an extension right now. he gets the most money if he opts out of his deal and re-signs with whichever team traded for him ($100M for 5yrs).

BUT with all the rumblings about paul wanting to go to the knicks as his prefered choice, what team is really going to be comfortable giving up a huge package for paul and then having him opt out? sure, they can give him more money than anyone. BUT, if he really wants to go elsewhere, he'll be completely free to.

i can't see any team giving up a real package for a risky bet like that. we'll see, but i think paul could definitely be a knick.

crzymdups wrote:i think the knicks will eventually get Paul, too.

i don't think any team is going to make a big trade for him without an extension and it just doesn't make paul to sign an extension right now. he gets the most money if he opts out of his deal and re-signs with whichever team traded for him ($100M for 5yrs).

BUT with all the rumblings about paul wanting to go to the knicks as his prefered choice, what team is really going to be comfortable giving up a huge package for paul and then having him opt out? sure, they can give him more money than anyone. BUT, if he really wants to go elsewhere, he'll be completely free to.

i can't see any team giving up a real package for a risky bet like that. we'll see, but i think paul could definitely be a knick.