martin, i can not see houston avg. over 20ppg again. i think his knees will limit him. it might be easier on him since we have marbury now who can penetrate and dish to him so he won't have to create shots. but i can see his knees being a chronic problem. without the lift for his jumpshot, his accuracy will go down. maybe i am wrong but i think that houston is on the downside of his career.

This article is such nonsense, as so many have already said. But no one's pointed out the most absurd part.

"Six of the Knicks' eight keepers are undoubtedly Stephon Marbury, Kurt Thomas, Tim Thomas, Nazr Mohammed, Michael Sweetney and Frank Williams. The last two will probably be Houston and either Penny Hardaway or Dikembe Mutombo."

Penny Hardaway protected? Come on.

this is easy. You leave Shandon, Penny and Houston unprotected. If they need one more its Moochie. Remember you get a trade exception for a player lost, so while it doesnt make us a FA player we could trade someone and take a large salary back. Especially if a team is looking for cap space.

Why do I have a feeling that they take Moochie Norris? That would give us a nice trade exemption.

Teams don't just give away good PGs like that, and Moochie may just be one of the top few available.

Posted by BRIGGS:

The Knicks will not protect Houston because Charlotte will NO WAY 0/100 none nada no chance pick him and no other club wants a 34 year old making 20 MILLION dollars a year for 3 more years with a gimp knee. Just think Rip Hamilton is 8 years younger, a better player makes 12 mm a year less and has no injury problems and try to figure out what H2O is worth to other teams. We could get a deal for Tariq Wahad:>)

i'd take houston over him anyday... i say don't touch houston till about 20 games into the season, the first quarter of the season is his best because he's come off a whole offseason to rest, if presented with a trade of jamal crawford, or dare i say Cwebb which i highly doubt, then we'd have to consider trading him, but he's not horrible, he does shoot extremely well and seems very eager to play, so he does have the heart. we should not abondon him anyway without careful consideration. he's done a lot for this organization, and has showed tremendous leadership even with the coaching staff by suggesting his own plays to get players more involved. if u trade him away, u'll realize u took his shooting skills for granted, and you'll see it. when TT, houston, and marb are all on the floor, its extremely difficult to beat us granted we have chemistry during training camp. all 3 can attract the double team. the finishing touches would come from a low post scorer and defender, if we have that, we'll finish top 4 in the east next year, mark my words.

Posted by martin:

Posted by jazz74:

though you are right about not comparing ewing to houston, i still would not call houston soft. true, his skills have diminished like anybody who are past their prime but he had a solid career with us and hit clutch shots constantly throughout the years.

does everyone really think that Houston is past his prime? This past season Houston has been hurt and has been slow to recover, but am not sure that I would characterize him as past his prime yet. Could be though, we'll see this next year.

Martin...I dont think Houston is close to done. I think he just had a bad year - which everyone is going to have from time to time. People are too quick to cal players finished well before their time is up. Just look at CWebb...people are saying he is done but I bet you 90% of the league would trade for him. H20 will bounce back, his knee will get better and next season will be different. Just wait and see.

I love Allan Houston... BUT this would be the proper move for a team looking to become players in Free Agency.

Provided, Robert Johnson's Bobcats decide to draft our $100 million dollar man; This could potentially be the start of great things in NY. Allan Houston is definitely not getting any younger.. We FINALLY have a superstar point guard in his prime (Steph Starbury), an exciting wing man in Tim Thomas, a legit low post scoring option in Vin Baker(If we resign him for cheap) and a core of young developing players in Nazr, Sweetney and Dermarr (#6 player in the draft, I think he'll be back.. Isiah loves him). I think this would also make us more of a factor in the Rasheed Wallace sweepstakes.

Losing Allan Houston would no doubt create a setback for the 2005 year... but think about this.. At that seasons end we'd be more attractive to the high profile players.

Ray Allen & Tracy McGrady would be two replacements at shooting guard that I deem worth waiting for. And IF we were somehow lucky enough to trade Kurt Thomas, Shandon Anderson and Frank Williams away to Seattle for Ray Allen; (This offseason)??? We'd be major players in the Eastern conference.

Plus we'd be more enticing for the 05/06 free agent big men.. because we'd have more cap flexibility!! Eddy Curry, Kwame Brown or Zydrunas Illgauskas anyone???

Imagine: Mohammed, Wallace, T.Thomas, Ray Allen, Steph

i sense a "Let's trade Allan Houston for Tracy McGrady" post coming up any minute now.