BigDaddyG wrote:fishmike wrote:CrushAlot wrote:Is there a market for Elf and Portis? Also, I would consider deals for Bullock and Taj. I like both guys but Bullock is on a really team friendly contract and could be in demand. Ellington may end up being bought out if there isn't a deal for him.
IDK about Portis but his contract is super trade friendly.What if OKC offers you two first rounders to take CP3 for Elf and Portis and Morris? Remember they have a treasure chest of picks.
Shroeder replaces CP3 in the starting lineup. Morris replaces Fergesen. They field a big potent 2-way line up. Steve Adams in the middle. Morris/Gallo at the forwards (talk about size+spacing) and two pretty good young attacking guards in SGA and Schroder. Elf is the backup PG and would be a good one. Portis they can do what they want with.
This shaves like $70mm in commitment to CP3.
Yes it kills Knicks cap.
BUT
It sets up the Knicks with a real floor general in CP3 in the short term. He will immediately help.
We keep all your young players.
We know have all our first rounders + 4 extra #1s from Dallas/OKC. So we would now be players in a potential superstar type trade if something were to free up.
OR maybe we just draft well and have a nice pipeline of young talent like you see with Denver and Toronto.
Some would see this is typical KNicks with CP3 being the savior only 10 years too late, but really it would be a quality floor general with a very young roster and guys you hope starting coming into their own.
Im pretty jaded on the FA front... 4 extra first rounders in the fold is a solid start
Chris Paul would help us do what if we make that trade? We can fall into the lottery just as easily with Chris as we can without him? But not only would we suck, but we'd lose cap flexibility.
Neither of those has been the case as Paul told Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated that he’s happy right where he is and that neither he nor his agents have ever asked for a trade from the Thunder.
For now, both sides seem content to make the most of the situation, evaluating their options only as necessary. OKC benefits the better CP plays, and the front office isn’t in a rush to dump him. If or when Paul is moved from the Thunder, he and the front office will work together on where he ends up—the same way it happened for Westbrook and George.As he has from the moment that he brought Paul in from Houston, Thunder General Manager Sam Presti praised his point guard’s professionalism and willingness to be “all in” in his return to OKC.
“His professionalism, his outlook, and his maturity have been on another level. We are going through a transition ourselves, so it’s somewhat poetic, how he has returned at this point in the organizational timeline, and how he’s elevated our team. All I can say is that Chris has been all we could have hoped for and more.”
All of the love that Paul has for the Oklahoma City organization doesn’t mean that he still isn’t chasing a championship ring. He is.
He knows it might not happen for him, and he knows it’s unlikely that it will happen with the Thunder. But he’s excited to be part of a team that’s going to compete night in and night out.
“We have a fun team. That’s all you want. A chance and an opportunity to compete. I guess I’m just different. Analytics may say this, the odds may say this. When the ball goes up that night, I think we have a chance to win.”
I think people are only looking at his salary..CP3 brings much more to the Table than assist and points. I don't think you guys realize how lost our young guys are. Having him and Morris on the knicks will be such a benefit to every young player on the team, considering we are more than like drafting a PG in this yrs draft.
I think you need to look beyond the salary when discussing CP3's worth...Besides in 3 yrs his salary is not going to look as bad as it does now because that's going to be the going rate for above avg players.
Look how productive Jason kid was at 38/39, if it wasn't for his leadership we would have never won 54 games