Waited for this day for a long time, because the Knicks can maybe trade down...Who knows? I liked the idea of them getting the #12 spot and Jerome James for Kurt Thomas and #43 pick, but is that even realistic? I have Vescey is right, or hopefully the Knicks get lucky and make a good trade. Any thoughts of what might happen tonight?

i have a gut feeling KT will be traded for Stack, but that the deal will also include Frank Williams...i don't know why i feel that way, but i hope i'm wrong...KT & Trybanski for Stack or another package where the Knicks unload a bad contract is the deal i'm hoping for.

My gut feeling is that J.R. Smith will be headed to NY....maybe as a result of a KT trade.

yes he could be the next Deshawn Stevenson

I have a feeling none of the rumors come to life, and we end up doing besides drafting someone with the second round pick, but who knows?

I kinda like Stack, but if we trade KT for him, our frontcourt is that much weaker, and he wasn't even that wonderful himself. KT that is. I have my last day of Summer class tonight. When I get home, I guess I'll see what new player is on the Knicks, b/c there will at least be one. I have a feeling it wont be much though. Who knows though, right?

i like the fact that he's a way better player than Kurt Thomas...& the fact that he's younger, & has 1 less year remaining on his contract...combine that with the fact that the Knicks need a quality backup SG or else they can be in deep trouble again next year if Allan Houston's knees start acting up again.

you can easily replace KT's using the MLE on a guy like Etan or Blount.

[Edited by - TMS on 06/24/2004 15:10:48]

We have 2 out of 15 defensive players on this team: Kurt and Frank. Since half our rumors involve Frank, you can't trade Kurt for a guy who doesn't play defense. We would have the most porous frontcourt in the universe with Tim Thomas (soft), Nazr Mohammed (foulprone, slow, poor footwork), Penny (partially disabled), Deke (slowest player in the league bar none), and possibly Vin Baker (who at least has awesome. You need someone to play defense. We'd be like the Mavs without the offense if we traded Kurt for Stack

What about the draft in 2005? This year seems extremly weak...does anyone have a heads up on next years prospects? Briggs? Caseloads?

The Knicks arent major players in it this year - and havent really been for the past few because their picks come after the great players have been chosen (although I like Sweets and FWill - its not like we picked Lebron or Melo though).

they have just as much chance to sign here as they do on teams like Miami, Boston, NJ, etc...every team that's over the cap can only offer the MLE, just like NY...& any team that's under the cap have better options to pursue, like K-Mart or Dampier.

i'm not saying you can assume those guys would sign here, but i don't see why they wouldn't considering there won't be many teams offering them more than a MLE level deal.

let's consider what teams have cap space that can go after these guys...

ATL - who wants to play there? even so, they won't offer these guys more than a MLE contract...i bet they'd be happy to sign Stephen Jackson to an extension at this point.

UTAH - likely to go hard after Okur or Nash imho.

PHO - trying to get Kobe, or if not, rumored to be going after either Nash or Okur...could also use the cap space to help their chances of trading for T-Mac by taking on 1 of their bad contracts.

LAC - need to re-sign Q. Rich, & also want to make a play for Kobe or Shaq

SA - need to re-sign Manu & Turk - also want to make a play for Kobe or T-Mac, but would definitely be interested in K-Mart or Dampier.

DEN - need to re-sign Camby - also want to make a play for Kobe, or possibly K-Mart...also a candidate to make a play for Q. Rich or Dampier.

about the only real competition i can see for the Knicks for guys like Blount & Etan are the Wizards, Heat, Celtics & Nets, all of whom have the same MLE to offer as the Knicks...& to me, NY would be a more attractive place to play just for the exposure aspect alone...the Heat & Nets have better teams, but being a part of a Knicks team that makes a marked improvement over last year's team could be a very attractive aspect for guys like Blount & Etan who are trying to make a name for themselves in the NBA now.

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about the only real competition i can see for the Knicks for guys like Blount & Etan...

forget etan. if kurt is still on the roster and with sweetney, there is no need for etan. even nazr is developing and working with aguirre. getting 10 and 8 from nazr is not farfetched and perfectly fine with me. only, and only if we trade kurt or nazr should we entertain the thought of either blount or etan.

we should go full bore after swift and crawford and that's it. offer either the full MLE and put the pressure on memphis/chicago to match. if they do, great, if not, we get our man. and we should do it sooner, rather than later.

you know, with cablevision losing money hand over fist, and the mets now leaving MSG, maybe dolan's crazy free spending days are coming to an end. there's also a rumor of a 200% luxory tax in the works. maybe isiah can't offer someone the full MLE. who knows? but it's something to keep in the back of your head...