Posted by fishmike:
to be honest Briggs, I would be happy with that plan, simply because it is a plan. Zeke followed the Marbury trade by adding Crawford, TT, Nazr, JYD and Ariza. Not all these guys have worked out, but they followed a plan. Younger, more athletic uptempo, etc..
Thats great. Not every move works out but if it puts you closer to a style of play or fits in a good plan then ok... chances are you will see positve results.
At one point I thought we were really set. Zeke may have overpaid a bit, and obviously TT and Nazr werent good fits, but they were still part of a plan, so thats ok. Those guys fit a style of play and the Knicks were playing some good ball. Then he adds guys like Mo Taylor and Vin Baker. He extends Kurt Thomas rather than move him, and he dumps Shandon who filled a need. All these add up to WTF????
Man... just have a freakin plan. I'm so tired of collecting these random cast off pieces. Its nuts. Its bad business. It no way to build a team
Put it this way, if one person can find a player that fits the exact bill of Darius Miles--a young long athletic wing player who can play D block shots rebound and score, AND is available, please give me the name. This is not a case where some posters like to give away the store, let me see you can have pick 8 SA pick and we'll take back another one of your contracts. No this is a shrewd move. Buy on the cheap. look at the numbers he put up when he plaued 30 minutes, take a hard look at the 47 point 13 rebound game, he's 23. Yes, hes obviously been through some immature streaks, but I havent seen him blow anyone's head off! Portland wants to cut salary, NO one is going to take back Ratliff who is shot at 12mm per. No one wants Andersen and I doubt anyone toughes randolph now. So how do they make space for Outlaw Kryhpa? They have to dump Miles. No one is going to pay through the roof fo Miles, JYD=26mm in cap relief, throw in their 2005 2nd rounder and its a deal;>)
I only posted this because I think there is a reality to it, it could happen, its exactly what Stephon and Thomas explained what they would like and we know th Knicks dont give a sht about the last 3 years on his contract--dealing JYD keeps next years cap the same, and when it increases, out cap will be more normal.
and darius miles for JYD. the picks are fair in the current market for cap relief purposes. the reason why its JYD is because that represents a larger amount of cap relief for Por. We don't need both JYD and Rose and i dont care who goes, so if it's JYD--goodbye.