LJ4ptplay
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Robinson, Lee, and Chandler are glorified bench players...you won't ever see them gettin close to making the all star team or getting to that level because of their major weaknesses (Chandler: ball handling and range, Lee: defense and being a dynamic scorer, Robinson: Unnatural PG, really a 5"9 SG).
Letting them go won't hurt us.
Especially if we sign a MVP talent like Bron, STAT, Bosh or Wade.
We could find players like Robinson, Lee, and Chandler in the draft easily.
Don't sweat them.
Playing Curry would automatically increase his value?
How retarded can you be?
What if Curry plays so horrible(which would not be suprising at all because he hasn't seen any action on some Toons level shit), teams would really see what Curry is about.
The safe bet is making Curry a mystery piece.
PLAYING him could highly danger his value greatly.
Donnie shouldn't take a chance like that.
Fernandez is better than Lee, Robinson and Chandler; of course we resign him. Fernandez/Lebron would be dominant on the court.
And we'll never stop putting players out of their "natural" position, its D'Antoni system, he could work with it.
LMAO, Al Harrington is untouchable?
Only untouchable dude on this team and that should be untouchable is Gallinari, and he's not even that untouchable if we have the right deal come at us.
I rather be a solid playoff TEAM when we sign Lebron, instead of a 20 win team and have high expectations and pressure for Lebron. An addition of a Lebron to a playoff team would automatically uplift us to a Finals appearance, something we've been dreaming of again for a decade.
Fernandez/Camby isn't "nothing", they're two pieces that would uplift this team into the playoffs. Fernandez is a natural SG, as well Camby being a natural C. You add that with Duhon, Chandler, and Harrington, with a bench of Tim Thomas and Gallinari. Hopefully Knicks could sign a real free agent sharp shooter to come off the bench (Larry Ayuso).
Why settle for being trash? We could build a winning team without hurting out salary cap.
We need to get rid of medicore pieces and get some B+ level talent. Rob and Lee are C+ - B- level dudes. Too much mediocrity on the court at the same time.
I agree with your analysis of Lee's, Nate's and Chandler's talents but for me, keeping Lee, Nate and Chandler is more about having a strong bench in 2010, than keeping them as starters. I disagree with your statement that we can easily find bench/role players in the draft. That's hoping for a lot.
Camby won't be a part of our future. I love Camby and believe he is a much better player than Lee, but trading Lee for Camby is accomplishing the same if we don't resign Lee...(i.e. left with nothing in 2010). Plus, Camby is injury prone. Who knows how durable he will be in 2010.
What can I say about Fernandez. Great player. Would give up any of our players to get him.
Lets be patient. Like Toons said, Donnie needs to wait and hope Curry's value increases. That's our best option right now. Increase Curry's value and wait for Portland (or any team) to flinch at the trade deadline.