Walsh says Knicks won't make deadline deal

[ANU]

lee, hill, and douglas 4 randolph, george, claxton and their first round pick.

then i'd try to pawn randolph off on the blazers 4 batum.

then i'd try to move wil 4 mcgee

(he looked like shit last game but he's a legit young center with plenty of upside, a center we don't have, and a center is what we need)

then trade harrington and landry to chicago 4 jerome james tyrus thomas and james johnson

then i'd trade chris duhon and a second round pick 4 luke ridnour.

(we'd be lucky if we got a pile of dogshit, but it never hurts to try, and maybe getting a second round pick for a guy like ridnour, which they will undoubtedly not sign now that they have jennings, would ne nice )

all these moves would be somewhat difficult to make(hell, I'm even trading a player we don't have) its easy for us to say, but i don't think they are at all uneven.this team gets younger instantly.

the lineup would be

nate/ridnour
hughes/johnson
jeffires/batum
gallinari/thomas
mcgee/darko

for the rest of the season, with a high pick in the draft that could be anyone.

but having a young core of gallo, batum,mcgee, johnson, and maybe nate and ridnour would not be a bad off season at all.skies the limit for mcgee,gallo, and batum, and to a lesser extent johnson.most likely it would hurt playoff chances, but you never know.maybe these guys can get to the playoffs.

you plug in james in place of ughes next year, and re-sign ridnour, that team would be contending in 2 years.

(of course this will never happen):teeth:

 

[Paul1355]

This is either one of two things:

a.) Walsh is lying

b.) Walsh is a complete idiot


Which is it?

walsh is lying because after seeing the last game before the all star break...he will be forced to trade someone before the fans boo him and Mike D out of MSG

 

[ANU]

walsh is lying because after seeing the last game before the all star break...he will be forced to trade someone before the fans boo him and Mike D out of MSG

wishful thinkin broski.dude got tunnel vision.

 

[LJ4ptplay]

I guess it is the 2011 plan now.

Knicks' Walsh doubtful he can clear more cap space


By MARC BERMAN
Last Updated: 9:37 AM, February 10, 2010
Posted: 1:00 AM, February 10, 2010


Donnie Walsh acknowledged last night it will be nearly impossible for the Knicks to clear more 2010 cap space by the Feb. 18 trade deadline.

Walsh is trying to make a deal in the next eight days -- with acquiring a point guard and Houston's exiled Tracy McGrady their chief priorities.

Walsh -- who won't go to All-Star weekend, feeling he can get more trade work done in New York -- said the chance of clearing more 2010 cap room by trading Jared Jeffries does not look good.

Walsh said if a deal is made, it's likely going to an exchange of expiring contracts.

McGrady's $23 million expiring deal would have to be matched in combining the expiring pacts of a collection of Knicks, including Larry Hughes, Nate Robinson and Al Harrington.

McGrady is the "upgrade in talent" coach Mike D'Antoni hopes is acquired by Feb. 18, but the Rockets have insisted the Knicks give up one of their rookies -- Jordan Hill or Toney Douglas -- in a package and have no interest in Jeffries' long-term contract.

Walsh recently took up Chicago-based trainer Tim Grover's invitation to watch McGrady work out in Chicago. T-Mac has been working out in Chicago since just after Christmas.

The Knicks have had internal discussions about Memphis' third-string point guard Marcus Williams, the ex-Net first-rounder whom Walsh loved coming out of UConn. But the organization isn't convinced Williams is a definite upgrade.

Other PGs with expiring deals on the Knicks' radar include Portland's Steve Blake, Luke Ridnour, Carlos Arroyo, Chucky Atkins and D.J. Augustin, on the block in Charlotte.

The Knicks will have a decision on Robinson, whose contract is expiring and has trade value. They shopped him in December during his 14-game banishment. D'Antoni does not view him as a point guard anymore after his two-game starting audition and could want to swap him for a legit PG. D'Antoni views Chris Duhon as the lone PG on the roster.

"It's real simple strategy," Walsh said. "You get a good player who doesn't hurt you in the summer and helps you now, you consider it. Depending on who you have to give up, I think there's good players who will be available."

The Knicks would love to deal Jeffries and the two years left on his pact. That would give them the room to sign a maximum free agent and still have room to re-sign David Lee or add another prominent free agent.

The Knicks won't take a player with a long-term deal unless he is a bona fide All-Star.

"I'm thinking of finances a lot and it seems like everyone's thinking of finances," Walsh said. "That's what I've been discovering. That's going to make it a little harder."

Asked if the most likely trade is an exchange of players on the last year of their deals, Walsh said, "That's what it looks like."

Regarding their PG woes, D'Antoni said, "This summer we tried to address that situation. We knew there was a little bit of a hole there and hopefully we could get around it. Every once in a while it rears its ugly head."

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/walsh_doubtful_he_can_clear_more_BK197JeqdkWGos3pbMXJGM

With the NBA trade deadline eight days from today, Knicks president Donnie Walsh said if he makes any kind of move, it likely would involve one or more of his expiring-contract players for another team?s ? a furniture-rearranging deal, in essence, to protect this summer?s salary-cap room.

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/83991617_Knicks_notes__Nate_Robinson_on_dunking.html

It's very difficult for me to believe that Jeffries was impossible to trade.

Lee, Harrington, and Nate are valuable assets that have no effect on next year. We also have two 2nd round picks this year. These could have been packaged to take back some other team's crap that is not playing at all.

Deals could have been made. Donnie was too focused on trying to keep this team competitive this year.

I bet Dallas would even go for Lee + 2012 1st round pick + Curry for Josh Howard + Drew Gooden.