Philc1 wrote:Trade for Westbrook. He has only two years left on his deal including this season. I can't watch Kemba limp through the rest of the season followed up with Burks and IQ self-destructing because Thibs is asking them to play point guard full-time

You find WestbrookBall watchable?

sidsanders wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Trade for Westbrook. He has only two years left on his deal including this season. I can't watch Kemba limp through the rest of the season followed up with Burks and IQ self-destructing because Thibs is asking them to play point guard full-time

You find WestbrookBall watchable?

need more guys who cant shoot. perhaps pick up wall and have the modern anti frazier/monroe duo.

We already are doing that by starting Burks at PG

Philc1 wrote:

sidsanders wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Trade for Westbrook. He has only two years left on his deal including this season. I can't watch Kemba limp through the rest of the season followed up with Burks and IQ self-destructing because Thibs is asking them to play point guard full-time

You find WestbrookBall watchable?

need more guys who cant shoot. perhaps pick up wall and have the modern anti frazier/monroe duo.

We already are doing that by starting Burks at PG

On first thought it might make sense if the Knicks traded for Westbrook, provided it were Evan plus some combination of Kemba, Rose or Noel, keeping the youth out of the equation. Trading long-term contracts providing limited value to the Knicks right now for a gigantic, but shorter-term Westbrook deal looks attractive from cap management standpoint.

The biggest issue with Westbrook is that he is not good defensively and is prone to turnovers. So, despite his triple-double prowess, our team result could actually regress even further with him.

Portland has pulled McCollum from the market. The rumor is it's difficult to get the value they covet for C.J. and they would rather keep him. They are targeting Julius Randle who's been struggling bad for RoCo and Nance. This could be a deal that happens as NY wants to get rid of Randle. Word is, Portland thinks they can do a SnT with C.J. and their 1st to land a star like Kyrie. It seems like getting Kyrie is their priority.

https://www.hawksquawk.net/topic/434958-my-guy-has-talked-around-nba-circles-of-late/page/93/#comment-1152185

And added we want rid of him but hardly anyone outside of the Blazers want him.

Would you be okay trading him for Larry Nance Jr and Robert Covington? (Essentially a salary dump

BigDaddyG wrote:

smackeddog wrote:That Hawks guy posted this:

Portland has pulled McCollum from the market. The rumor is it's difficult to get the value they covet for C.J. and they would rather keep him. They are targeting Julius Randle who's been struggling bad for RoCo and Nance. This could be a deal that happens as NY wants to get rid of Randle. Word is, Portland thinks they can do a SnT with C.J. and their 1st to land a star like Kyrie. It seems like getting Kyrie is their priority.

https://www.hawksquawk.net/topic/434958-my-guy-has-talked-around-nba-circles-of-late/page/93/#comment-1152185

And added we want rid of him but hardly anyone outside of the Blazers want him

Yeah, his last post wasn't really all that accurate, so I'll take it with a grain of salt. Just this post alone...Portland doesn't believe they can anything of value for CJ, but they think CJ and a first will get a star 🙄

So it would obviously have to be pushed from the Kryri side of things. Dude only can play half of the games and is about the re-up. He would have force his way to POR

smackeddog wrote:That Hawks guy posted this:

Portland has pulled McCollum from the market. The rumor is it's difficult to get the value they covet for C.J. and they would rather keep him. They are targeting Julius Randle who's been struggling bad for RoCo and Nance. This could be a deal that happens as NY wants to get rid of Randle. Word is, Portland thinks they can do a SnT with C.J. and their 1st to land a star like Kyrie. It seems like getting Kyrie is their priority.

https://www.hawksquawk.net/topic/434958-my-guy-has-talked-around-nba-circles-of-late/page/93/#comment-1152185

And added we want rid of him but hardly anyone outside of the Blazers want him.

Would you be okay trading him for Larry Nance Jr and Robert Covington? (Essentially a salary dump

Was this guy accurate last time? I remember the name, I just don’t remember if he was right?

martin wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

smackeddog wrote:That Hawks guy posted this:

Portland has pulled McCollum from the market. The rumor is it's difficult to get the value they covet for C.J. and they would rather keep him. They are targeting Julius Randle who's been struggling bad for RoCo and Nance. This could be a deal that happens as NY wants to get rid of Randle. Word is, Portland thinks they can do a SnT with C.J. and their 1st to land a star like Kyrie. It seems like getting Kyrie is their priority.

https://www.hawksquawk.net/topic/434958-my-guy-has-talked-around-nba-circles-of-late/page/93/#comment-1152185

And added we want rid of him but hardly anyone outside of the Blazers want him

Yeah, his last post wasn't really all that accurate, so I'll take it with a grain of salt. Just this post alone...Portland doesn't believe they can anything of value for CJ, but they think CJ and a first will get a star 🙄

So it would obviously have to be pushed from the Kryri side of things. Dude only can play half of the games and is about the re-up. He would have force his way to POR

I don't think you'd have to twist Nets management's arm very hard to get that deal done. Would Portland bite? Does a Kyrie/Dame backcourt seem feasible, especially when you consider the salary cap implications? I dunno, it just seems like some more trash being thrown at the wall.

smackeddog wrote:

wargames wrote:

smackeddog wrote:That Hawks guy posted this:

Portland has pulled McCollum from the market. The rumor is it's difficult to get the value they covet for C.J. and they would rather keep him. They are targeting Julius Randle who's been struggling bad for RoCo and Nance. This could be a deal that happens as NY wants to get rid of Randle. Word is, Portland thinks they can do a SnT with C.J. and their 1st to land a star like Kyrie. It seems like getting Kyrie is their priority.

https://www.hawksquawk.net/topic/434958-my-guy-has-talked-around-nba-circles-of-late/page/93/#comment-1152185

And added we want rid of him but hardly anyone outside of the Blazers want him.

Would you be okay trading him for Larry Nance Jr and Robert Covington? (Essentially a salary dump

Was this guy accurate last time? I remember the name, I just don’t remember if he was right?

I can never fully remember as he does post a lot of info. Sometimes he’s been way off, sometimes he has been right, think he pretty much nailed who the hawks were going to get in free agency. I don’t think he makes things up, I think he does have a source, but I get the impression the source is sharing things/smoke/rumors he’s heard from nba circles rather than facts.

If we’re being honest, what teams could we see being interested in Randle? I can only really think of the Blazers, maybe the Kings, and maybe the Mavs, but you’d have to find a third team to move KP- can’t see us bringing KP ‘home’ (ha!) though ironically he might be a better fit for us now than Randle

This is the key point. The guy is just sharing what teams are talking about, not exactly what he thinks teams will do or telling us what teams will do; there is zero predictions.

And from that perspective, he seems pretty "accurate"

smackeddog wrote:

wargames wrote:

smackeddog wrote:That Hawks guy posted this:

Portland has pulled McCollum from the market. The rumor is it's difficult to get the value they covet for C.J. and they would rather keep him. They are targeting Julius Randle who's been struggling bad for RoCo and Nance. This could be a deal that happens as NY wants to get rid of Randle. Word is, Portland thinks they can do a SnT with C.J. and their 1st to land a star like Kyrie. It seems like getting Kyrie is their priority.

https://www.hawksquawk.net/topic/434958-my-guy-has-talked-around-nba-circles-of-late/page/93/#comment-1152185

And added we want rid of him but hardly anyone outside of the Blazers want him.

Would you be okay trading him for Larry Nance Jr and Robert Covington? (Essentially a salary dump

Was this guy accurate last time? I remember the name, I just don’t remember if he was right?

I can never fully remember as he does post a lot of info. Sometimes he’s been way off, sometimes he has been right, think he pretty much nailed who the hawks were going to get in free agency. I don’t think he makes things up, I think he does have a source, but I get the impression the source is sharing things/smoke/rumors he’s heard from nba circles rather than facts.

If we’re being honest, what teams could we see being interested in Randle? I can only really think of the Blazers, maybe the Kings, and maybe the Mavs, but you’d have to find a third team to move KP- can’t see us bringing KP ‘home’ (ha!) though ironically he might be a better fit for us now than Randle

I’ve always thought the kings made a lot of sense either for randle or obi.some package centered around one of those guys and one or more of the kings guards.

Maybe I would look more toward a RJ (+ Burks or Noel, etc) and #1 pick for Mitchell (and take bad contract back). Deal Randle separately elsewhere.

Mitchell is terrific but we would have less roster talent unless Grimes becomes the second coming of Allan Houston and Cam Reddish becomes a Rashard Lewis-type player.