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david lee for emeka okafor

lee is good player but he's not what the knicks need , they need a defender of the paint someone to protect his teammates backside....a leader.


okafor is not really a fit for the bobcats , they run their offense on the perimeter and need their interior guys to be finishers , not an okafor strength . the team is actually built to run now and work through richardson wallace and felton , okafor's lack of post offense drags them down.

Lee technically has been the better player over the past 2 years according to their respective PER's, Roland ratings ,+/- etc. he has 1 more year on his rookie deal ,

it will probably require a sign and trade meaning the knicks will have to send malik rose to make salaries match though.

This forced me to look what his salary is and I found that first sentence of his shamsports.com profile is "David Lee is awesome. It's a shame he's a Knick.". That's classic.

i like lee, as do most. he'd be a fine addition. but when talking okafor trades, i think okafor has more value, regardless of PER.

Oh good lord.

Maybe we could add this and next years unprotected 1sts to even it out?

I would if NYK added two unprotected firsts

Eeek. They're roughly equivalent rebounders, but Lee's not as good an offensive player as Okafor, nor as good a defender. So no, I don't want to trade a superior player for an inferior one. It's also amusing that we're going to take Lee on the premise that he'll improve our post scoring.

amcoolio wrote:I would if NYK added two unprotected firsts

Agree!

Okafor for Lee Straight up would be crazy!

amcoolio wrote:I would if NYK added two unprotected firsts

How could they have any?

I like Da White Howard, but we would deserve more than just him for Oak.

Bulls got 2 high picks out of Knicks for Eddy Curry

Okafur should be worth at least 4....

Oh, and Lee does not come close to matching salary for okafur, who must be a BYC sign & trade