Did eveyone catch the interview with Oakley during the game? Basically he said they need to get the right pieces around Stephon and that not everyone needs to be a scorer, although my recap isn't doing him justice. NYK needs to target Ray Allen (shooter), Zach Randolph (low-post scorer), Ron Artest (awesome defender), and it hurts to say this - Kwame Brown (athletic big to run floor, rebound, block and alter shots). With the right coaching (Jackson, Larry Brown, Saunders/ assistants Aguirre and Glymph) he might finally get his act together.
trade Kurt for Kwame
sign and trade Jamal and JYD for Allen
trade Tim, Trevor, Suns pick for Artest and Bender
trade Penny, Mike, and Houston 2nd rounder for Randolph and Ratliff
use the MLE for Flip Murray
use the LLE or Disabled Exception (if we can get on for Houston) on Damon Stoudamire
use the lotto pick on Christ Taft
Marbury/Stoudamire
Allen/Murray
Artest/Rose
Randolph/Taylor
Brown/Taft
extras - Bender and Ratliff (or if Houston is still here he replaces Bender)
IL - Butler, Jackson, an undrafted rookie free agent sg/sf (or Bender if Houston doesn't retire)
scorers at 1, shooters at 2, defensive players at 3, low-post scorers at 4, athletic bigs/shot blockers at 5. Lot of talent but it should mesh well. And Brown and Taft might thrive on this type of team as there would be very little pressure on them, look at the other four positions.
NYk still has their 2 2006 first rounders so they can offer Detroit the Spurs pick for Larry Brown if he wants to coach here. If they get Jackson or Saunders or McMillan, they keep the pick.

sigh. man, Oakley says they DO NOT NEED SCORERS and you propose a trade for THREE 20ppg scorers?????????????? (Artest, Randolph, Ray Allen).

i agree w/Oakley...we just need the type of role players who actually CARE when they're on the floor...no more of these gutless pukes like TT, Sweetney, Mo T, et al.

we need guys who play hard all the time coming off the bench...guys like Ruben Patterson, Dan Gadzuric, Chris Anderson, Lindsey Hunter...these aren't the types of star players who will carry a team no doubt, but i guarantee you they'll play w/heart & passion every night...if you can get that done, you have a very nice collection of role players to surround Marbury with...then you look to make that 1 big trade at the trade deadline to put your team over the top w/a big name guy...but until we unload some of these guys who play w/no heart, this team will always be an embarassment for this city.

[Edited by - TMS on 04/09/2005 14:07:01]

I'm sorry but Marbury isn't good enough to carry this team by himself. We need another star in the worst way. Preferably in the frontcourt because you can't win without scoring in the post. So we desperately need a Bogut, Randolph, Taft type. Or a a potential star like Gerald Green in the back court with Steph...then you could do what Seattle did and piece the frontcourt together.

Marbury is not Isiah Thomas. Thats the only team I can think of that is similar to what Oak is talking about but even they had Joe Dumars who was a heck of a lot better than Crawford.

I saw that oak interview and I also agree, but getting ray allen, artest and randolph is not the answer, all those guys need the ball in their hands.. The knicks probably will get a starter or two in the draft and hopefully ariza becomes a starter one day, but the knicks need pieces that fit, and they don't have to be starters they could be reserves that get a lot of minutes, guys like patterson, earl watson, matt harpring, guys who play defense and are efficient offensive scorers, therefore leaving more shots to the star players, but we do need another star player and hopefully the draft can address that..