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Alex Kennedy:
The New York Knicks have emerged as a surprising suitor for Jamal Crawford. Details: http://tinyurl.com/7wtazpn2 minutes ago

Please, god, no.

WTF??? Is Crawford going to take 2yr 5million?

wait a minute,not so fast, lets think about this for a second.
ok done.
nope.
back to Skyrim.

One day after reaching a surprising agreement with center Tyson Chandler, the New York Knicks are attempting to acquire another notable free agent. The Knicks are zeroing in on Jamal Crawford and trying to add the veteran shooting guard through a sign-and-trade, according to sources close to the situation.

The Knicks contacted Crawford’s camp on Friday and are trying to sell him on the situation. Crawford would have to take a significant pay cut to join the Knicks, but sources say he’s open to the idea.

New York is over the cap and has no exception money. They also have few trade assets to offer. If the Hawks were willing to do a sign-and-trade with New York built around Renaldo Balkman’s $1.67 million deal, Bill Walker’s $916,000 deal and Toney Douglas’ $1.145 million deal, the Knicks would be sending out $3.73 million in salaries. The new collective bargaining agreement would allow New York to take back 150 percent plus or minus $100,000, which would give Crawford a starting salary of $5.6 million.

Last season, Crawford averaged 14.2 points for the Atlanta Hawks. In 2010, Crawford won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award. Mike Woodson, who is now an assistant coach with the Knicks, coached Crawford in Atlanta and the two are still very close.

The Knicks are doing whatever they can to surround Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire with talent. The addition of Chandler was a start and they’d love to add Crawford to their core as well.

Knicks do alot of boneheaded things...This would not surprise me

WOW!

Would Atlanta do this???????????????????????????????????

If we can get Barea for 5 mill/2 yrs,

Barea-Crawford-Melo-Stat-Tyson, we will win the East.

Now I know Isiah is back for sure.

This is cringe-inducing.

FYI, it doesn't say "front runners" anywhere. Hahn frames it as "reaching out to gauge interest":

alanhahn Alan Hahn
#Knicks reached out to @JCrossover today to gauge interest, sources confirm to Newsday. @AlexKennedyNBA reported it earlier. #fb
1 minute ago

NYKNICKPLAYA wrote:Would Atlanta do this???????????????????????????????????

If we can get Barea for 5 mill/2 yrs,

Barea-Crawford-Melo-Stat-Tyson, we will win the East.

LOL no we wouldn't. We would have one of the worst defensive backcourts in the East. Barea is not a starting point guard, Crawford is not a starting point guard on a contending team, and without a competent starting point guard we are sure as hell not going to the finals.

i would love craw back on the team. he really came around in atl. much much better player than last here. perfect sg for us. but no way he is taking less than 10 mils

Not gonna lie...I'd take Crawford with this roster

Wait... WHAT?!

Man look, I don't want him anyway.

I would be hesitant to even give up Douglas in this deal, what happened to the new focus on defense?

NoMoreThrees wrote:i would love craw back on the team. he really came around in atl. much much better player than last here. perfect sg for us. but no way he is taking less than 10 mils

Nobody is going to pay him 10 million regardless of where he plays.

How is this bad exactly? Are you seriously comparing Crawford on a rebuilding team to a team full of stars? C'mon now. He's a Sixth Man at best. This puts us over for sure if we get him.

The_Philosopher wrote:Now I know Isiah is back for sure.

This is cringe-inducing.

isiah never left. isiah guys in front office. dolan loves isiah. u know isiah was in dolans ear to make melo trade happen. u know this is kinda why walsh left early. it is what it is but if he is involve u know what? this new team is going to be very good so who cares? if isiah really did get us melo amare chandler then every knick fan should thank him.