Step #1
New York trades:
1st round pick (5-7)
PF Kurt Thomas
SG Lavor Postell
PG Charlie Ward

New York receives:
1st round pick from CHI (1-3)
PG Jamal Crawford
SG Fred Hoiberg

TRADE ACCEPTED

Step #2
New York trades:
SG Latrell Sprewell
SF Clarence Weatherspoon
PF Othella Harrington
PG Howard Eisley
Rights to JVG

New York receives:
1st round pick from PHX (6-8)
SG Penny Hardaway
PG Randy Brown (contract expires 2003)
PF Tom Gugliotta (contract expires 2003)

TRADE ACCEPTED

Trade ID: 525074

Step # 3
2002 Draft:
C Yao Ming - from CHI's pick
SF Caron Butler - from PHX's pick
C Chris Christofferson - NYK's 2nd round pick

Knicks 2003/2004 Line-up

C Yao Ming - Chris Christofferson
PF Marcus Camby - Tom Gugliotta
SF Caron Butler - Shandon Anderson
SG Allan Houston - Penny Hardaway
PG Jamal Crawford - Mark Jackson

I liked the first set of plans better, with the starters down the road being Barkley, James, Butler, Randolph, and Borchardt. These trades are good too, Ming I'm still unsure about. And if Chicago gets 1 or 2 they aren't trading becuase they'll take Ming or Williams. Pick 3 I think they'll package, it said @ Insider they'll package the pick with either Jamal Crawford, Marcus Fizer, or both.