Randolph should not be traded for anybody

[NBAonNBC]

For the 100th time Melo is not a SHOOTING GUARD!!!..if you keep Gallo then where the hell are you going to play Melo?? I don't understand this obsession with Gallo..Yeah he's a nice solid player but he isn't a once in a decade player and who knows if he even makes the Allstar team with Melo and Amare on the team..Atleast Randolph plays defense and rebounds and once his body matures he can easily be a DYNAMIC CENTER..Randolph is a better fit with Amare and Melo than Gallo is. I'm not hating on Gallo but if you want Melo you can't have him play out of position at the 2. It's going to expose him defensively.

Lol what? Gallo plays defense too...one could make the argument that Gallo is the better man to man defender and AR is the better help defender, although Gallo is a solid help defender also.

AR's frame might not let him put on a lot more weight to become a center...he has a different body type. If you continue to put weight on him, trying to make him into a center, he might lose his explosiveness and athleticism.

Personally, I'd much rather keep Gallo than AR.

I'm not surprised to see this from Falcindor (if he is the same one who is obsessed with Lamar Odom).

yeah i get what you're saying but Randolph is more built to be a PF/C than Gallo is. Gallo is a better offensive player but Randolph is a better Defensive player who hits the boards and most importantly BLOCKS SHOTS ( the dude had a 11 block game performance last season) and provides interior D. You need a player like that next to Melo and Amare..Randolph and Gallo are both nice players but I feel Randolph would excel next to Melo and Amare than Gallo would. We would have our own Big 3 in MELO RANDOLPH AMARE

[Jstarks3]

dude did not have an 11 block game last year. he had 8.

[nflBLITZ2000]

I think if the price is right you trade just about anyone in this league, that being said, I'd much rather keep randolph than gallinari.

[klemen4]

DAntoni system wise it is better to play

felton
mason -3 point shooter
anthony-3 point shooter
galinari-3 point shooter
staudamire

With Melo it is better you have Gallo spreading the floor and shooting 3pt

[falcindor]

Im saying Id rather trade a young SF for an allstar SF than a young PF for a all-star PF. Having Gallo and Melo is redundant. Gallo should be offered more easily tan Anthony Randolph. Its more about needs and making a good team.

[NBAonNBC]

dude did not have an 11 block game last year. he had 8.

8 is STILL ALOTT

[Marty McFly]

we have the same predicament with stat and randolph as we would with gallo and melo.

i understand the apprehension of some posters in dealing randolph (i think his upside is kg), but when we're gunning for an all star we don't decide who gets to go or not. that team will decide that.

if i had to guess, i'd say denver actually wants randolph as opposed to gallo.

[Marty McFly]

I'm not talking about moving him now obviously.

That girl is sooo cute in your sig,I find myself in a trance everytime you post.

her name is Elisa Sednaoui. she's an italian/french/egyptian model/actress.

[falcindor]

melo is worth it but if it came down to AR id call their bluff. duncan is FA, Yao is FA, Oden is FA

[Pharmcat]

it is tough to trade AR

hes the insurance policy on amare

but you only go for backups after the stars are there, so i would still trade him

[aggo]

it is tough to trade AR

hes the insurance policy on amare

but you only go for backups after the stars are there, so i would still trade him

you're a joke

insurance on amare?

stop acting like this guy is coming off microfracture surgery this past year.

[Pharmcat]

it is tough to trade AR

hes the insurance policy on amare

but you only go for backups after the stars are there, so i would still trade him

you're a joke

insurance on amare?

stop acting like this guy is coming off microfracture surgery this past year.

amare is a risk, any1 who says otherwise is lying to himself

insurance wont cover his contract, suns only offered 3 guaranteed years, no one else offered him full max for 5 years....geez i wonder why

[aggo]

it is tough to trade AR

hes the insurance policy on amare

but you only go for backups after the stars are there, so i would still trade him

you're a joke

insurance on amare?

stop acting like this guy is coming off microfracture surgery this past year.

amare is a risk, any1 who says otherwise is lying to himself

insurance wont cover his contract, suns only offered 3 guaranteed years, no one else offered him full max for 5 years....geez i wonder why

i cannot believe you are still tooting the
"amare is a ticking injury bomb" angle.

JFC. get over it. He is as athletic and has shown little-no slowdown the past 4 years. He is as athletic 3 years ago as he is today. Period.

Go back to killing Walsh for not drafting a 7 foot stiff int he 2nd round. Oh wait, he was so putrid int he summer league that he wasn't even given a roster spot.

[Knick Swisher]

I would like to keep Randolph because I would like to see what we have with our young core, but to say not to trade him for anyone is nonsense. And nobody can "pretty much predict" what anyone is gonna be. If i comes down to trading Randolph to get Melo, then deuces Randolph.

[Knick Swisher]

we have the same predicament with stat and randolph as we would with gallo and melo.

i understand the apprehension of some posters in dealing randolph (i think his upside is kg), but when we're gunning for an all star we don't decide who gets to go or not. that team will decide that.

if i had to guess, i'd say denver actually wants randolph as opposed to gallo.

Agreed.

[NYKat]

If we are comaparing who's more valuable to this team with Melo coming It's clear with Mike Dantoni as the coach, we need defensive players far more than we need outside shooters.

If we had a defensive minded coach, we might not need AR as much, but if we are to do anything signifcant, we need players with superior defensive ability more than we need perimeter shooters/floor space creators.

DEFENDER > SHOOTER

RANDOLPH > GALLO for this team

[Vash]

Here we go..
Carmello is a bum, he is awful and so is his team when Billups is gone.

Shooter>Defender because a shooter is hard to find while Jeffed Jefferies was a "DEFENDER."

Point me.

[method]

her name is Elisa Sednaoui. she's an italian/french/egyptian model/actress.

Yes she is very fine,you have some good taste.

[J0rdan4life42o]

i'd trade him for a number of players actually. i think the knicks will have a lot of options depending on how all of the melo talk pans out. I'm on record as saying that i would deal stat for another young stud or 2 if melo as an option falls through. it makes zero sense to me to hold onto him if we aren't going to get him that second star to run with.

the reason I have that opinion is because of what i think randolph can be.

STAT can't be moved now for a number of reasons, but I'd rather have a young prospect at PG/SG/C than Amare at this point. The success of the Amare signing COMPLETELY depends on whether or not his presence in NY lures another superstar here during his tenure here...

No, it absolutely does not.