Knicks Lee for Your 9th pick

[Mecca]

Your thoughts........

[ohara]

Not likely to find any takers for Lee straight up for #9. But if you threw in Nate R. with Lee for Othello (expiring) and #9, it would be worth listening to a little more. It still wont get too many Charlotte fans to take it, but some might.

[Mecca]

how bout lee and mardy collins for 9 and an expiring, you guys need a 4 with the chances that oka is gone and if hes back hes ur 6 and lee would start at 4 lee is a 15 and 12 guy

[Paydro70]

Ummm... I think I'd take this. Lee is one of the best rebounders in the game, works hard, gets a lot of easy baskets... I don't think we're going to draft a much better player than Lee at #9, especially if Love and Randolph are off the board.

[doc.end]

I agree with Paydro. I woudl rather have some throw in. Lee is an expiring, I would rather have him locked for more years than just one year.

[Felton for Pres]

No way the Knicks give up Lee for the 9th. He's one of the few Knicks the fans actually like.

[massey1992]

Probably not for the Knicks. Lee is probably a top 5 pick in this year's draft.

[fatlever]

i would be all over lee for 9. no brainer for me.

but i dont see the knicks moving lee anytime soon.

[chrbal]

"Lee is a top 5 pick in this years draft".

Way to go, 3 years into your NBA career this former 4 year college player is a top 5 pick. All right.

To the guy that offered Mardy Collins instead of Robinson...Mardy doesn't belong in the NBA.

Lee is a pretty good player, and the right deal (dump May or Harrington) would probably make it worth it...but I just think there will be better offers.

[Walt Cronkite]

I would trade the 9th for Lee. I would also feel certain I will eventually regret it because someone drafted at 9 or beyond will likely be better than Lee.

Can Lee guard athletic 4s?

[spectre_]

Can Lee guard athletic 4s?

From what I've seen...not even close. It appears he has very weak lateral movement on defense. I remember him being one of the PFs Crash really dominated in the past. If he came out at all towards the perimeter on D Crash would just blow right by him.

[fatlever]

to be fair... what pf can guard crash on the perimeter? thats why he is a matchup nightmare when he plays pf. i've seen crash smoke AK and josh smith as well.

[Walt Cronkite]

If we're bringing him in to shoot a high percentage and get lots of boards, then fine.. I guess trade the pick for him.

It would be nice to just stay put, take bpa and fill in the holes in fa though.

[spectre_]

to be fair... what pf can guard crash on the perimeter? thats why he is a matchup nightmare when he plays pf. i've seen crash smoke AK and josh smith as well.

Certainly, but there's a pretty obvious solution...play off of him and make him a perimeter scorer. From what I remember he did try and play off him but got smoked anyway.

Not to bash the guy...I'd probably do the 9th for him too. I don't see him as a great partner with Mek though, as both are strongest offensively near the basket.

[doc.end]

I'm sure I wouldn't want Nate at any cost.

[Mecca]

lee guards the big center great though

[Walt Cronkite]

KnicKs LiL NaTe, please meet Emeka Okafor. Emeka, KnicKs LiL NaTe.

[SamBone]

i would be all over lee for 9. no brainer for me.

but i dont see the knicks moving lee anytime soon.

my exact thought also

[Paydro70]

Yeah, Lee doesn't necessarily help us on defense, but since we were among the league's worst rebounding teams, at the very least we'd pick up a lot of possessions through him. Obviously Lee vs. #9 is a risk/reward decision. It's very likely that whoever we pick at #9 will not be as good as Lee... but I guess one of them could very well be better (especially Kevin Love, who could pair the rebounding with better offense).

[BigSlam]

KnicKs LiL NaTe, please meet Emeka Okafor. Emeka, KnicKs LiL NaTe.