Definite possibilities to expand the draft now.. for sure.

Finally! Great news for basketball fans. Now, I hope they have a good strategie about how teams can use their prospects and send them up or down. Great to finally have a minors in the NBA! Now, lets pick Bynum with the 8th pick! Haha! Im kidding, please, lets not talk about him on this thread!

Butler put up 21/12 in the CBA. I'd like to see him get minutes in the NBA next year rather than the minor leagues

Posted by Bonn1997:

Butler put up 21/12 in the CBA. I'd like to see him get minutes in the NBA next year rather than the minor leagues

but at least he gained valuable experience playing instead of riding the pine his first 7yrs on the knicks bench.

Posted by diderotn:

What if Buttler outplay Sweetney for the PF position, do you think that Isiah may orchestrate a trade to get Sweet out of town??? Like he said, he is not married to anyone...

Posted by Bonn1997:

Butler put up 21/12 in the CBA. I'd like to see him get minutes in the NBA next year rather than the minor leagues

I would package KT and Sweets in the same package to get a mid-to high first rounder and a player. I think this is the best option regardless of Butler.

Our options are getting even better with what had transpired yesterday...The Mo T and Malik deal may turn out to be very clever after all..

Posted by Knicksfan:

Posted by diderotn:

Our options are getting even better with what had transpired yesterday...The Mo T and Malik deal may turn out to be very clever after all..

True. Suddenly, draft picks are veeeery important...

Unless you are telling me that they are also increasing the draft rounds, how does the Taylor deal hurt you. Now you can just as easily acquire a player who didn't get drafted as a FA and just assigned him as a minor leaguer. I don't know the contract structure for undrafted FAs but it could prove to be more valuable to both teams and players. I mean it is sort of strange, who would want to get drafted in round 2, while you can sign with any team as an unrestricted FA. Very interesting. Does anyone know if they raise 1st round picks salaries by significant margin?

One question: How many players can a NBA team have on their minor league teams? We aren't talking about teams having their own minor league team since they will have to share it with another NBA team... It isn't like we can sign 12-15 young players...

Matt.. good point.

I think in terms of Minnesota, they see no one able to help them immediately at #14. They are going to make one last run around Garnett, they need role players and cap room to sign that big second option via Free Agency next year. Kurt is a good role player, and would be really good next to Garnett. He's not exactly garbage. I would be a proponent of Kurt, #30, and cash.

Memphis is the same, they view the cap room as more important. They have tried to go the draft pick route. It hasn't worked. They need a bona-fide superstar to plug in next to Gasol. To help this, they need to get rid of White Chocolate.

The implications of Luxury Tax on Franchises without big revenue streams is also a move to bribe teams to take these contracts away.
This is big for teams like Minnesota and Memphis.. teams without deep pockets, not willing to take huge losses.

[Edited by - rain on 06/22/2005 14:24:02]