Retooling the Knicks(WTF?)
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:57 pm
Alright hear me out.
I know everyone is like "Why? What is this all about? VC4pres was always an idiot that agravates me, but this is drawing the line. I hate this guy." But this is something I was thinking about last night and this morning.
The Knicks and Nets have had some trade partnerships in the past as well so..........
NY sends:
Malik Rose
Jamal Crawford
Cleveland sends:
Wally World
1st rounder from this draft
2nd Knicks trade
NY sends:
Q Rich
Jerome James
1st rounder non lotto protected from this draft
NJ sends:
RJ
Marcus
Dallas 1st rounder
3rd trade
NY sends:
Eddie Curry
Marbury
Indianna sends:
JO
Marquis Daniels
In the Indianna trade, if Indianna misses the playoffs, NY has the option to swap the Cleveland and Dallas picks for the Indianna lotto pick, top 3 protected.
If Indianna does make the playoffs they swap their draft pick with the lower of the 2, Dallas or Cleveland.
4th trade
NY sends:
Nate Robinson
Mardy Collins
Memphis sends:
Mike Conley
OR
NY sends:
Mardy Collins
2nd rounder
Memphis sends:
Kyle Lowery
OR
NY sends:
Jared Jefferies
2nd rounder from this years draft
Seattle Sends:
Either Ridnour or Watson
Or they just go with Nate and Marcus.
New NY lineup:
PG Nate Robinson, Marcus Williams or whoever they trade for or draft
SG Wally or Marquis
SF RJ
PF Randolph
C JO
Bench: David Lee, Chandler, Fred Jones, Nate if he doesn't start, whoever doesn't start between Wally and Marquis, draft picks.
This deal doesn't handicap NY any worse salary cap wise. Any contract they take on expires at basically the same time as the old ones, except RJ. Actaully saves em a little money. If they got a really good coach in there, and gelled, this is actually a team that can compete for the next 2 years, after which almost all their salary comes off the books, just in time to set them up to compete with the other NY team, us, for FA's.
NJ
PG Harris
SG Mayo
SF VC(untill he's traded)
PF Love or Boone
C Boone or Curly
bench: Whoever doesn't start between Q Rich and Mayo, so probrably Mayo cause Opie doesn't like to start rooks, Boki(if resigned), Hassel, S Will and whoever else this is basically a rebuilding team
At this point you can then basically trade Carter for expirings and draft picks and/or young prospects.
We get the rebuilding process we want, get rid of our big contracts, and move up in the draft to get Mayo.
There are all kinds of if's, but's and maybe's with these trades.
Then again both teams get to completely overhaul their respective rosters, the other trade partners get good value, NJ gets to rebuild and the Knicks, at least on paper, become instant contenders, while still keeping a lot of cap room after 2 years.
I know everyone is like "Why? What is this all about? VC4pres was always an idiot that agravates me, but this is drawing the line. I hate this guy." But this is something I was thinking about last night and this morning.
The Knicks and Nets have had some trade partnerships in the past as well so..........
NY sends:
Malik Rose
Jamal Crawford
Cleveland sends:
Wally World
1st rounder from this draft
2nd Knicks trade
NY sends:
Q Rich
Jerome James
1st rounder non lotto protected from this draft
NJ sends:
RJ
Marcus
Dallas 1st rounder
3rd trade
NY sends:
Eddie Curry
Marbury
Indianna sends:
JO
Marquis Daniels
In the Indianna trade, if Indianna misses the playoffs, NY has the option to swap the Cleveland and Dallas picks for the Indianna lotto pick, top 3 protected.
If Indianna does make the playoffs they swap their draft pick with the lower of the 2, Dallas or Cleveland.
4th trade
NY sends:
Nate Robinson
Mardy Collins
Memphis sends:
Mike Conley
OR
NY sends:
Mardy Collins
2nd rounder
Memphis sends:
Kyle Lowery
OR
NY sends:
Jared Jefferies
2nd rounder from this years draft
Seattle Sends:
Either Ridnour or Watson
Or they just go with Nate and Marcus.
New NY lineup:
PG Nate Robinson, Marcus Williams or whoever they trade for or draft
SG Wally or Marquis
SF RJ
PF Randolph
C JO
Bench: David Lee, Chandler, Fred Jones, Nate if he doesn't start, whoever doesn't start between Wally and Marquis, draft picks.
This deal doesn't handicap NY any worse salary cap wise. Any contract they take on expires at basically the same time as the old ones, except RJ. Actaully saves em a little money. If they got a really good coach in there, and gelled, this is actually a team that can compete for the next 2 years, after which almost all their salary comes off the books, just in time to set them up to compete with the other NY team, us, for FA's.
NJ
PG Harris
SG Mayo
SF VC(untill he's traded)
PF Love or Boone
C Boone or Curly
bench: Whoever doesn't start between Q Rich and Mayo, so probrably Mayo cause Opie doesn't like to start rooks, Boki(if resigned), Hassel, S Will and whoever else this is basically a rebuilding team
At this point you can then basically trade Carter for expirings and draft picks and/or young prospects.
We get the rebuilding process we want, get rid of our big contracts, and move up in the draft to get Mayo.
There are all kinds of if's, but's and maybe's with these trades.
Then again both teams get to completely overhaul their respective rosters, the other trade partners get good value, NJ gets to rebuild and the Knicks, at least on paper, become instant contenders, while still keeping a lot of cap room after 2 years.