Do you think we could trade Nazzy for Alonzo? I mean it's cheaper than a buyout, and his contract becomes expiring at the end of the year. Ahhh, NJ won't deal with us.

If there is a buyout, I say we do everything we can to sign him and cut Sundov, buyout Shandon, and trade Nazzy.

I never heard anything about a buyout. Let's see him play a few more games before we start clearing roster spaces for him.

NJ wouldn't.

Vin, Moochie and Nazr for Zo? All come off the books.

Zo for nazr works......on real gm anyway.

Zo looked like he was fine when he played the other day. He actually dunked and got fouled.

He did that gay roar flexing thing he does when he makes a good play.

Zo sucseeding in MSG would be a crazy way to end a career. He is hated in NY plus he idolized Ewing too.....

You gotta respect his love for the game. Personally I think he would play better with Marbs then Kidd.

I'd take him.....Nazr plays terrible with two kidneys.

he's got 1 more year left than Nazr...so what? even 70% of Zo impacts a game more than Nazr does...did you guys forget how great a shotblocker this guy is? i'm watching the Bulls game right now & he's still got that shotblocking skill he always had...the only question around him is his stamina, but i think w/KT & Baker on the team, they could make it work...Nazr will have his games where he puts up numbers at times, but down the stretch of a game, who would you rather have on the floor? Zo's mere presence impacts the game alot more than Nazr does in crunchtime because of his physical D, shotblocking & intimidation.

Posted by TMS:

he's got 1 more year left than Nazr...so what? even 70% of Zo impacts a game more than Nazr does...did you guys forget how great a shotblocker this guy is? i'm watching the Bulls game right now & he's still got that shotblocking skill he always had...the only question around him is his stamina, but i think w/KT & Baker on the team, they could make it work...Nazr will have his games where he puts up numbers at times, but down the stretch of a game, who would you rather have on the floor? Zo's mere presence impacts the game alot more than Nazr does in crunchtime because of his physical D, shotblocking & intimidation.

Its definitely not that anyone would have Nazr as their center instead of a healthy Zo because its obvious who's the best player. But my point is that with Zo being an injury away from ending his season and maybe his career, it wouldn't be a good thing to trade for him. Zo may be the best player, but at least Nazr is less of an injury concern, and he may not be great but just throwing his body out there the rest of the seasons will be a plus for us.

If he is bought out and he considers NY, go for it with a one year contract. A trade? No thanks. Better to have Nazr as an injury insurance than having Zo out and having to start, gulp, Baker at Center with Sundov his backup...

[Edited by - KnicksFan on 11/06/2004 08:52:34]

Posted by TMS:

obviously just signing him after a buyout would be ideal, but he seems to want to go back to MIA...a trade would take that choice out of his hands, & once he's here, i am confident that he'd be reinvigorated by being in a playoff race.

Good point, but like many have asked, would NJ trade with us? And would it help our youth movement if it ended like it did for NJ last season? If he could make it to the playoffs that would be great, but that not being a sure thing scares any team that has no good insurances after a move for him. If we made the trade and he couldn't play the whole season, that would leave us very bad at C, and we have more than enough with waiting for Houston to come back to wait for another integral part of the team like Zo would become...

i think NJ would trade as long as it was worth their while...as long as they get cap relief out of the deal it's better than them buying out Zo's contract...plus they get a player they can use in their frontcourt, as they are already thin at the 4 as it is...Zo has 1 extra year on his deal, & he has the potential to be an impact player for this team...imo, Nazr does not, no matter how healthy he is...it's a risk i think is worth taking...if Zo goes down, KT or Baker at C is not all that worse an option than Nazr anyway...i would also sign Haislip as insurance as well to shore up the frontcourt once that deal was made.

if we gave them nazr + 3mm

that would= nearly 9mm in cap relief

of course it's high risk, but over the period of time, it only represents 1/20th of payroll.