Nalod wrote:I don't like Rubio's contract but if he become a decent shooter then what?I said "a little imagination". Minny needs some vet leadership and Rubio is expendable for them.
And why is he "expendable" for them?
WHY?
I keep saying it over and over on this board - PLAYER X THAT EVERYONE DEMANDS THE KNICKS GET, THAT PLAYER IS AVAILABLE FOR A REASON. PROBABLY MANY REASONS. AND OFTEN THOSE REASONS ARE NOT GOOD.
Also banking on what a player could be is a risk you take when he's a rookie, maybe in his 2nd year, it's not a risk you want to take in his 5th year.
The Rubio contract is like the Joe Johnson one and the Carlos Boozer one, it looks like and smells like a bad contract the minute it was signed, which is always a bad omen for any player.
The same reason why the Knicks don't want some of their players and want to unload them are the EXACT SAME REASONS WHY THE NON KNICKS TEAM doesn't want them.
The same reason why the non Knicks team don't want some of their own players and want to unload them SHOULD BE the EXACT SAME REASONS WHY THE KNICK SHOULD NOT WANT THEM.
How that basic principle eludes so many in lopsided or bizarre trade scenario after trade scenario is baffling.