Rahim ($14,625,000), Travis outlaw ($843,000) and all trade fillers they may want for houston ($17,531,250) and KT ($5,884,500).

Why they do it :
- they lack a shooting guard
- they have a bad glut at PF
- they get great outside scoring to balance their powerful game in the paint
- that establish randolph as a starter and they get a great 6th man in KT (I do think that)
- they definitly clean their image and clear the rahim problem

Why we do it :
- we get rid of houston's contract
- we get a young prospect
- we get a better PF than all we currently have, though not the best
- rahim is an expiring contract that can be moved if he doesn't prove to be what we need

I do think, provided houston is healthy, that this trade is balanced, as they get good veterans (say everything you want about Houston and KT, but they're consumate pro). For us, it wouldn't be the only thing to do in the summer, sure, but it would give us a good first step.

I'm pretty sure that with a good team around him, Rahim can be useful yet not tremendous.

It may not be the kobe-eltonB-Tmac trade of your dreams, but this one is, I think, very doable.

What do you guys think about it ?

I for one am hoping that Allan (like many players) just had a bad year health wise and one more round of surgery can last him his last 2 years of the contract, let him retire and knick and let his numbers just fall off the pay roll then parlay into another contract.

A also don't agree that the grass is always greener. We look at many players on other teams and think they are the answer. 22 players have suited up this year, and we about turned over 100%, and we still only played 2 games better.

So Either Isiah is flying by the seat of his pants, or has a plan.

While I think we SHOULD make huge changes to bring in great talent, I just don't think there is a whole lot that can be done en mass.

I hope our players get healthy, make a few tweeks, a block buster if opportunity knocks, but the promise of Sweets and Frank as major contributers outweights the promise of trading.

The Blazers are acutally going to have money to spend with cap space in FA next offseason. They're not taking our garbage contracts.

I think the Blazer finally have a team over there that is developing good chemistry. They are finally healthy and guys are developing roles.

Derek Anderson was playing great when he got back. They don't need Houston. Besides they will have some cap relief soon.

Then again they do have Rahim for no reason....getting Houston would make Derek their super sub. Plus they said they wanna change their image. Could work but do the Knicks want Rahim? I like Rahim....but Brand is better.

Any trade that would have the Knicks rid themselves of Houston would be awesome. But The Blazers would have to trust that Houston is healthy after not playing much this season and missing the playoffs due to injury.

Very interesting, no?