Posted by BigSm00th:

If (and when, it seems) the Knicks don't get Jamal Crawford, I'd like to see them sign White for the rest of the MLE. Sign him to a nice 3 year deal so they get his Bird Right's and if he becomes the player he should be, they'll have him.

I'm planning on Houston being out, and I'm excited to see Frank Williams play more (he might be a better fit than Crawford for this team with his defense). Tim Thomas I'm excited about, it seems like he's still pissed off about how things went last year and I think he'll provide the 16-20 points he's capable of. If Houston goes down, Penny's playing 2 and they'll need a backup of the 2/3. White is much better than Shandon Anderson, who would probably fill that role.

He's expressed interest in the Knicks, which says a lot to me, I like players that want to be here. He played well last year in the few minutes he saw with Denver, and is an offensive guy that could catch fire very easily.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/rodney_white/game_by_game_stats.html

When he got a lot of minutes, he produced big time. He could definitely be a 6th man energy guy off the bench, and he could become the shooting guard the Knicks need if Houston's hurt. He has good size and is underrated. His defense is bad, he'll have to work on that. He's worth the risk.

Posted by BigSm00th:

Miles, in my opinion, isn't going to sign for less than what he made last year. I like him too, though.

" hate to break it to you, but those are garbage minutes."

Check out this article, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/nba/02/01/beat.0203/

That explains how you can use Rodney White's very good 40-minute averages to predict that he'll probably play well given more time.

"• Rodney White, Nuggets
(23.2 pts/40 min, 6.9 reb/40 min)

If I was the Charlotte Bobcats, I would have this guy's agent on speed dial. The Nuggets seem prepared to trade White for peanuts -- they tried to give him away for Darius Miles last week -- in spite of the fact that he would be one of the league's top scorers if he didn't have Carmelo Anthony taking most of his minutes. After two unimpressive seasons, White has come into his own this year, and he's still only 23. The Nuggets foolishly failed to pick up his option before the season, so White will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and the Bobcats should have plenty of cash to drop on him."