Personally i think this is a tuff one.... Walker is not the answer, he is soft... and not the kind of player to be a main piece in a championship run... but at the same time we are givin up almost nothin for him... i say yes only if we cant get anything better... but i think those players might be able to be used in a better deal... who knows.. this is a tuff choice

I voted yes. So long as we dont give up Sweetney or Frank. Having a team with a bunch of ball handlers that can score can be devastating. Walker isnt a good defender. He IS an excellent rebounder... considering how he plays everywhere on the floor he is awesome on the boards. He, Garnett and Odom are the closest players to being able to play 5 positions for any given stretch. He can score anywhere, he can play pg, he can rebound. Knock him all you want, player thats have career averages of 20/8.5/4 assists dont grow on trees. The only thing I dont like about his is his FT shooting, but the guy is big in the clutch.

I want LESS depth. Get rid of Kurt, Deke, Othella, Shandon, Baker, Nazr, Moochie... I dont care. Just give me a couple warm bodies at center.

If Houston cant play, plug Frank in at 2 guard. He's big enough to guard most of them, and we have other shooters...

I would love to see a tighter rotation start of next year

pg Marbury
sg Houston
sf TThomas
pf Walker
c KT
bench: Frank, Penny, Nazr, Sweetney... something like that.

Imagine the value Walker will have come the deadline. He's only 27 (28 this august). This isnt some washed up has been. Ask Paul Pierce if he missed Walker or if he misses going to the ECF.

I think #'s are overrated myself, but if you want to look past 20/8.5/4 and you dont see the tremendous skills this guy has your nuts.

I dont know how guys like Briggs can go on all day about draft picks that are "highly skilled" then turn around and bash "fat-toine Walker."

*IF* we keep our young guys (namely Sweetney, if the deal is right I can live with Frank going, so long as we get a #2 or *something*) I cant see ANY downside to getting him, if for no other reason than his value come Feb will be off the charts.

Do you hate him because you dont respect his game, or do you hate him because he beats you with big 4th qtr shots and does that stupid dance?

I also voted yes, I'm praying that we can get Walker for the reasons that fishmike stated. Walker easily makes this a better team and he is a huge upgrade at the PF position. No he isn't good at defense, but he does everthing else well. He is a good all-around offensive player who will give you points, rebounds, and assists when needed. Honestly, I just think that this is a no-brainer. No, he doesn't make us a contender for the championship but for us to be a championship team we have to improve and by getting Walker we will. Of course if it doesn't work out we can always trade him for a very good player because of his expiring contract. He would be a very nice asset to this team and I just don't see how some of you guys don't want this deal to happen. I'll take Antonine Walker any day of the week for our expiring contracts and Kurt Thomas.

my problem with Walker is, how can u have a power forward who doesent play D? if thats the case u have to have a ben wallace type of center... the front court must have defense/shot blocking to win

Posted by Elite:

Personally i think this is a tuff one.... Walker is not the answer, he is soft... and not the kind of player to be a main piece in a championship run... but at the same time we are givin up almost nothin for him... i say yes only if we cant get anything better... but i think those players might be able to be used in a better deal... who knows.. this is a tuff choice

It's not so tough for me cuz I'm not thinking of him as a main piece. I think of it as the Knicks picking up a really good ball player to go with Marbs, TT and Houston.

Contracts aside and ego's aside....that team would be very dangerous. The Knicks will be a very versitile team. Marbs is the point guard but the demention that Walker brings is the fact that he is not a black hole. If Walker can't get a shot he give someone else one.

To me that will give the Knicks an identity. You will have to play defense on us or the Knicks will beat you. I tell you what.....if it's gonna happen it needs to happen now. If not the expantion draft it has to be before August.

This will allow Isiah to clean up the roster and maybe get insurance for Houston.

I can see Walker, Timmy, Dampier?, Marbs, Houston winning some big games in NY.

walker for president!

one thing you can be sure of, there'll be a whole lotta shakin goin on!

o man, u just reminded me of another reason of why i really hate walker and his ****y attitude.

i'd give up KT, or any of the excess filler this team has, for Walker.

i would NOT want to trade Marbury, Sweetney, Frank or Tim Thomas for him though.

funny how he cant play in the playoffs but but took the Celtics to the ECF and drove Jermaine Oneil crazy and made him look like just bad when Bos dumped Indy out of round 1. As for poor shot selection your nit picking. He's a streaky shooter who clearly will take a suspect shot when he's hot... He reminds me a lot of Van Ex that way. And he's not a good defender but he doesnt loaf either.

Those are the negatives. The positives are he's instantly the best frontcourt player on our team and someone that makes guys around him better. When you look at our bigs NONE can handle the ball except TT. Kurt, Nazr, Baker, Deke, Othella, Sweetney... can any of these guys dribble without staring at the ground?

He fills a need just as much as other guys do. And why if we get Walker do we have to stop there? Why cant we trade for Walker and THEN sign Swift to a MLE contract?

Yes.. we should clearly avoid all 20/8/5 players at all costs. You want Rahim who can defend NOBODY, has NEVER even made the playoffs, cant handle the ball well, isnt clutch and stunk in Portland, yet you say "why would we want a player like Walker.."

Gee... I dunno

being patient will help. Let him slide for now. He might come cheaper down the road. With dallas in running for shaq, he gets more valuable for a trade pawn and ending contract.

As a fan, you grow to hate Walker. The numbers look good but as a fan it is hard to watch him chuck up shots for your team. It is easy to laugh at him if he is not on your team. In Boston, everyone hated him. I also like to watch the Knicks play and a player like Walker can ruin that.

I know one guy that didnt hate him... Paul Pierce. As for his time with the Celtics did anyone watch those games? Did anyone notice the that Bos was something like 13-2 against us the last 4 years? Did anyone notice that the main reason for that was how Walker made a joke of our forwards? I hope like hell we get him, if for no other reason than we have a real chip in Feb to use instead of peddling Layden's cast offs with future picks.