Off-Season Mock 1.0

CA7

Scoring Champ
I would put it in the trade thread but NO anyway

Draft- 2nd Round Pick- Tyshawn Taylor

Sign Jeremy Lin- Qualifying Offer(better business decision for Jeremy as his next deal can be worth more)

Sign Steve Novak(Vets Minimum) and Deshawn Stevenson(Mini MLE)

Trade- Knicks/Pistons

Knicks receive- Ben Gordon and Jason Maxiell
Pistons receive- Amar'e Stoudemire and Josh Harellson

Trade- Knicks/Celtics

Knicks receive- Jeff Green(Sign and Trade)
Celtics receive- JR Smith(Sign and Trade)

Trade- Knicks/Mavericks

Knicks receive- Ian Mahinmi
Mavericks receive- Landry Fields and a conditional draft pick

Trade- Knicks/Kings

Knicks receive- Jason Thompson(QO)
Kings receive- Jerome Jordan

Roster

C- Tyson Chandler
F- Carmelo Anthony
F- Jeff Green
G- Iman Shumpert
G- Jeremy Lin
G- Ben Gordon
G- Deshawn Stevenson
F- Jason Maxiell
C- Ian Mahinmi
F- Steve Novak
F- Jason Thompson
G- Tyshawn Taylor

This team has everything

Scoring- Anthony, Gordon, Lin, Novak, Shumpert, Taylor, Green

Post Defense- Chandler, Maxiell, Mahinmi

Perimeter Defense- Green, Shumpert, Stevenson, Taylor

Rebounding- Chandler, Anthony, Maxiell, Mahinmi, Thompson

Shooting- Novak, Gordon

Leadership- Chandler, Stevenson

Thoughts???
 
I dunno.. Thats a decent front court.. Prince, Amare and Greg Monroe.. Brandon Knight will have another year under his belt. And they getting another good draft pick this year in a deep draft.
 

CA7

Scoring Champ
I dunno.. Thats a decent front court.. Prince, Amare and Greg Monroe.. Brandon Knight will have another year under his belt. And they getting another good draft pick this year in a deep draft.

you might be right well this is 1.0 lol
 

Ghostowl

Benchwarmer
I don't think Vets minimum is enough for Novak.

Yeah, he might have bad defense but he's still the #1 3-point shooter specialist.
 

CA7

Scoring Champ
I don't think Vets minimum is enough for Novak.

Yeah, he might have bad defense but he's still the #1 3-point shooter specialist.

all he can is shoot 3's, he cant defend, he cant rebound

he is a specialist, vets minimum type player
 

knicksin60

Starter
Amar'e and his contract are impossible to get rid of. No NBA team is going to do that favor for the Knicks without demanding their next 5 first round draft picks from them. The only way I see the Knicks trading away Amar'e is if he gets back to averaging at least 20 ppg next season and the Knicks find a pursuer that's desperate to win a championship right away.
 

orangeblobman

Rotation player
I think there are teams that will take a fly at him.

The reason he sucked all year is because of Melo. It doesn't need to go deeper than that.

I don't think he's lost that much, he's still very close to the player he was last year.

It's just that this isn't a good fit for him. Melo squeezes guys out, Melo is way too dominant for a guy like Amar'e to get his numbers.

Amar'e can still play at a very high level in the right offense, and the team that will feature something like this offense can take a shot at him.
 
I would put it in the trade thread but NO anyway

Draft- 2nd Round Pick- Tyshawn Taylor

Sign Jeremy Lin- Qualifying Offer(better business decision for Jeremy as his next deal can be worth more)

Sign Steve Novak(Vets Minimum) and Deshawn Stevenson(Mini MLE)

Trade- Knicks/Pistons

Knicks receive- Ben Gordon and Jason Maxiell
Pistons receive- Amar'e Stoudemire and Josh Harellson

Trade- Knicks/Celtics

Knicks receive- Jeff Green(Sign and Trade)
Celtics receive- JR Smith(Sign and Trade)

Trade- Knicks/Mavericks

Knicks receive- Ian Mahinmi
Mavericks receive- Landry Fields and a conditional draft pick

Trade- Knicks/Kings

Knicks receive- Jason Thompson(QO)
Kings receive- Jerome Jordan

Roster

C- Tyson Chandler
F- Carmelo Anthony
F- Jeff Green
G- Iman Shumpert
G- Jeremy Lin
G- Ben Gordon
G- Deshawn Stevenson
F- Jason Maxiell
C- Ian Mahinmi
F- Steve Novak
F- Jason Thompson
G- Tyshawn Taylor

This team has everything

Scoring- Anthony, Gordon, Lin, Novak, Shumpert, Taylor, Green

Post Defense- Chandler, Maxiell, Mahinmi

Perimeter Defense- Green, Shumpert, Stevenson, Taylor

Rebounding- Chandler, Anthony, Maxiell, Mahinmi, Thompson

Shooting- Novak, Gordon

Leadership- Chandler, Stevenson

Thoughts???


I like that, let's dot it.

Might not be an ideal team or a championship team, but it's by far better than everything our management has done in the past 10 years.
 

nyk_nyk

All Star
I like the trade ideas but I just don't see anyone taking on that Amare (uninsured) contract. We're in a new era where owners don't want to pay max salaries anymore unless its a true superstar player. With a few more years still on that massive contract, it will put a heavy load on any team.

I agree with knicksin60 that he'll have to get back to averaging 20 and 8 for some teams to maybe take a chance on him. I also believe that he can still be effective offensively under the right offense, BUT will that happen here?
 
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