Posted by TMS:

personally, i think Isiah's only interest in Scottie Pippen is to use his expiring contract to combined w/Mutombo's to make a play for Dampier now that Nazr no longer holds much value to the Warriors as he has another year remaining on his deal past this year.

that's why Isiah's offering to take back Moochie & replace him w/Trybanski's contract instead of Dikembe's.

Posted by TMS:

so basically, if Isiah can get a 3-way going with pippen to golden state, we'd get crawford AND dampier... and wed still have KT to trade, right? meaning that a walker deal is possible - even if its not, we could have nazr and sweetney split time at the 4, where mohammed would be OVERSized - wed be set in our frontcourt

C: Dampier/Nazr
PF: Walker/Sweetney
SF: TT/Penny?
SG: Houston/Craw
PG: Marbury/Craw

i guess theoretically, that COULD happen...but again, that all depends on whether or not the Bulls would agree to giving up Pippen in that deal while taking back Trybanski over Deke, & if Mullin would accept a package of Pippen & Deke for Dampier...

but yes, if both were to occur, then the Knicks would still have KT to possibly get a deal done w/the Mavs for Walker...but the moons would have to align just right for that deal as well...you'd still need a 3rd team to get involved to make that deal possible most likely, & the Knicks would still have to give up more in contract to make the dollars work, so Nazr would HAVE to be included (unless you were going to trade Moochie instead, but i doubt any team would want to take on his contract)

then Isiah would use the MLE to sign Vin Baker, & you'd have a team that looked like this:

C - Dampier / Baker
PF - Walker / Sweetney / JYD
SF - Thomas / DerMarr / ERob
SG - Houston / Penny
PG - Marbury / Crawford
IR - Moochie / Ariza / Barrett or Chan

that would be 1 helluva transformation in 1 offseason...i think it's a bit much to wish for, but hey, you never know!