New New York
Quiet Storm
Well it is approaching busy season in terms of trades for The NBA and on the surface we dont have much to offer-but if you dig a little deeper you will see The Knicks do have some nice trade packages to offer.
Here are the assets in order
1.David Lee
2.Nate Robinson
3.Cuttino's exception: 4 million
4.Steph's contract:21 million
5.Malik's contract: 7.5 million
None of these alone will be enough to get a trade done. Nate and David have the skill level but not the salary to bring in a good enough player and The expring contracts alone wont work without us taking on a massive contract in return.
(now allow me to say the reason David Lee and Nate are on the block is because they are going to warrant an extension next season, which could hurt our 2010 plans a little unless in the unlikely event we trade away Currry and Jefferies. So that is why they are on the Block)
So for instance lets take Steph's contract and package it with Nate Robinson and what could we get.....
New York Knicks
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</TD><TD vAlign=top>Allen Iverson
Salary: $20,840,625 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 18.1 REB: 3.6 AST: 5.7 PER: 17.52
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Outgoing Players: Stephon Marbury, Nate Robinson
Detroit Pistons
<TABLE class=tablehead style="CLEAR: both" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=colhead><TH colSpan=2>Incoming Players</TH></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD width=35>
</TD><TD vAlign=top>Stephon Marbury
Salary: $20,840,625 Years Remaining: 1
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</TD><TD vAlign=top>Nate Robinson
Salary: $2,020,179 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 16.6 REB: 4.3 AST: 4.0 PER: 18.18
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The Pistons are currently brining their heir to Chauncy Billups off the bench, Pistons fans and media are asking for AI or Rip to be moved to Sixth Man spot, I say do one better bring in an equally affective more natural Sixth Man in Nate! Seriously this is a latereal move for The Pistons that makes their rotation situation more stable. AI is a FA this season, but at this point in his career I see him not taking more than the MLE if he thinks he has a chance to win, I think Nate would cost a couple million more, plus would get a longer term deal.
Ok so this deal is far from likely, but, logistically could get done. That is why 1.Donnie needs to hold on to Steph until after the trade deadline and 2. The League needs to make a ruling on Cuttino's contract ASAP.
Bottom Line we need do have some peices and we need to consider the contract situation we have with Nate and D. Lee and how it affects our future.
Here are the assets in order
1.David Lee
2.Nate Robinson
3.Cuttino's exception: 4 million
4.Steph's contract:21 million
5.Malik's contract: 7.5 million
None of these alone will be enough to get a trade done. Nate and David have the skill level but not the salary to bring in a good enough player and The expring contracts alone wont work without us taking on a massive contract in return.
(now allow me to say the reason David Lee and Nate are on the block is because they are going to warrant an extension next season, which could hurt our 2010 plans a little unless in the unlikely event we trade away Currry and Jefferies. So that is why they are on the Block)
So for instance lets take Steph's contract and package it with Nate Robinson and what could we get.....
New York Knicks
<TABLE class=tablehead style="CLEAR: both" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=colhead><TH colSpan=2>Incoming Players</TH></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD width=35>
Salary: $20,840,625 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 18.1 REB: 3.6 AST: 5.7 PER: 17.52
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Outgoing Players: Stephon Marbury, Nate Robinson
<TABLE class=tablehead style="CLEAR: both" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=colhead><TH colSpan=2>Incoming Players</TH></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD width=35>
Salary: $20,840,625 Years Remaining: 1
</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow><TD width=35>
Salary: $2,020,179 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 16.6 REB: 4.3 AST: 4.0 PER: 18.18
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
The Pistons are currently brining their heir to Chauncy Billups off the bench, Pistons fans and media are asking for AI or Rip to be moved to Sixth Man spot, I say do one better bring in an equally affective more natural Sixth Man in Nate! Seriously this is a latereal move for The Pistons that makes their rotation situation more stable. AI is a FA this season, but at this point in his career I see him not taking more than the MLE if he thinks he has a chance to win, I think Nate would cost a couple million more, plus would get a longer term deal.
Ok so this deal is far from likely, but, logistically could get done. That is why 1.Donnie needs to hold on to Steph until after the trade deadline and 2. The League needs to make a ruling on Cuttino's contract ASAP.
Bottom Line we need do have some peices and we need to consider the contract situation we have with Nate and D. Lee and how it affects our future.