My friend just gave me his thoughts on what the Knicks should do this offseason. I think this is feasbile and would help the Knicks:
1) Trade Frank Williams, Mutumbo, and Cezary to the Hawks for a re-signed Steven Jackson. The Knicks get to save the MLE (this will be important later) and get Jackson. I'm just not confident in Houston, and I think Jackson would help the team on both sides of the ball.
2) Use the MLE on Etan Thomas/Chris Andersen and Mike James. I think James is a really good player, averaged 10 points per game when he was starting with Boston. He's a capable scorer off the bench at PG, and I think Andersen can be had with a bit more than the LLE. I'd try to use it on Thomas first, but I have a feeling he wants the entire thing.
3) Try to trade for Tyson Chandler. Last week I proposed Harrington and KT for Chandler and JYD, and still think they'd do this.

Just looking at the Knicks team I think you need to add depth and youth. All the teams in the playoffs use their benches a ton and the Knicks really didn't go past 7 or 8, so my primary goal would be to get some more players here. Also, I think going in the direction of youth and athleticism is the right move. Chandler, in my opinion, is the equivalent of getting a polished first round pick. If his back's alright I still think he could be a great player, he just needs to get out of Chicago.

PG: Marbury, James
SG: Jackson, Anderson (Houston-IL w/ knee problems by Nov.)
SF: TThomas, Penny
PF: EThomas (if they got him), Mohammed (if no Etan), Sweetney
C: Chandler, Andersen

That team is athletic and young. I'd rather be a .500 team with young athletes as opposed to have a group of overpaid, aging stars from yesteryear. If Thomas took these steps or steps like it, they would be moving in the right direction.

I really like this. I hate giving up Frank Williams but Stephen Jackson is worth it and Mike James is a better fit behind Marbury in my opinion. Frank Williams isn't going to get much time unless he backs up both the 1 and 2 and clearly Stephen Jackson is a better fit at the 2. For the 15 minutes to spell Marbury, Mike James would give us so much. He's got a better shot than Frank Williams and is just an absolute monster on the defensive end. When him and Lindsey Hunter come in for Detroit they pressure opposing guards the entire length of the floor and create so many turnovers. He gives energy and intensity off the bench and would make people forget about losing our hero in FW. We may even be able to get James with our lower level exception.

Although I love both Chris Anderson and Etan Thomas, don't forget about your original thought about bringing back Doleac. Ty Chandler gives us the shotblocking and Doleac would give us the pick and roll with Marbury. We also still have shots at guys like Dampier with our MLE.

Both Frank and Marb are good trading chips. One of them will probably be gone. I think the Knicks could get more for FWill than SJackson.

Talk about fantasy trades....

trying to make a dollar out of 15 cents...

Apologies, I misread and when i reread, i see that its basically frank williams for Steve Jackson with the big stiff ending contracts thrown in for filler. still not sure if they would do this, but it certainly makes more sense.

I'd rather have doleac back than anderson. The pick and dole was a fabulous weapon we missed badly. Dole was a tough working guy, we should go after him again. And trade KT, asap.