i highly doubt they would let him go for a mle without compensation--[although he has played very poorly with a slight injury the last few weeks] basketball is fluid, we have to stand up and reckognize that Mike Sweetney is our PF for the future. the reason why i wanted swift was i believe he can play an effective 4- 5 in the east with the ability to block/alter shots, a guy who could physically/athletically match up with jermaine oneal kmart etc.. but with the emergence of sweetney and the reality we have good players being paid a lot of money in kt and nazr[signing kt was just brutally stupid] i think it may be in our best interest to really get a good look at Arajuo who reminds me of Brad Miller with more power, and a guy who will come in NBA ready to play. It is my opinion that we need to continue to retool with younger players who can stay together for years. Arajuo is 23 going on 24, but at a skilled 6-11 280 pounds, he gives us an anchor in the paint. Not necessarily a shot blocker, but a guy who can take up great space on the D rebound and has a very nice skilled post game that he can move out and hit the 14 foot jumpshot. Hes very powerful, in fact I think he is much stronger physically than Eddie Curry[although not the same type of explosive athletiscm] and would be a load to contend with for any team. We can keep deke and utilize him as a 12-18 minute back up for a few more years IMHO, which gives us the ability to put a shot blocker in there at times.

then we can concentrate on the wings and back up PG--this is also fluid--i mentioned a player from va tech that i liked --he lead the BE in scoring and was 4th in rebounding in 6-7 218 pd bryant matthews-we can look at trying to after flip murray rodney white--and have demarr really focus on getting his body stronger.

If Sweetney developed a sweet realiable money jumper... He would be a GREAT 3.
As long as he could defend... he would make any team hard to handle.
But I don't think that will happen.
He'll probably stay at the 4.

Posted by fishmike:

Sweetney might never be more than a good role/bench player. Maybe he's a star, maybe Swift is, maybe neither are. The point is to get 3-4 core players in place for a long long and surround them with good role players. Only problem is the only two guys I see like that are TT and Marbury.

Time will tell

Demarr and Sweets are core players. Knicks need to develop from within.

if he gets thinner he can. He's already quick.