So when the Knicks made its draft day trade for Zach Randolph, it undoubtedly assured an over-the-cap team until the year....2011. Gulp. How many times have we seen this from the front office? Here are two reasons you the fan pay your hard-earned dollar for seats at the Garden.
We use the the five-million dollar exception as if it were the rule: Jerome James, Clarence Weatherspoon, Jared Jeffries....the list is long as their salaries are high. Instead of pocketing the cash, our GM is under the belief, as is James Dolan, that the bottom line is all that matters. Rebuilding is something as dangerous as the Bird Flu. Jeesh.
How about trading for a big contract instead of waiting for the existing roster to jell? Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis and now Randolph. When will it end? Randolph is potentially ready for a 23-10 year in the East yet his skills, and weaknesses, are similiar to Eddy Curry? I like this trade only if we could turn around and use Randolph in a possible move with Jermaine O'Neal of Indiana. Throw in some younger talent, and hope Larry Bird takes the bait.
New York has 17 players currently on its roster, and, thankfully, some are worthy trading chips. Renaldo Balkman, Wilson Chandler and David Lee are all high-energy players still under rookie contracts, which are cheap.
Now that the NBA Draft is over, it's always fun to check out the top studs in next season's draft. Let's take a look at the projected lottery per nbadraft.net:
1. Derrick Rose - Memphis
2. Michael Beasley - Kansas State
3. Nicholas Batum - France
4. O.J. Mayo - Southern California
5. Donte Greene - Syracuse
6. Chase Budinger - Arizona
7. Darell Arthur - Kansas
8. Eric Gordon - Indiana
9. Darren Collison - UCLA
10. Roy Hibbert - Georgetown
Note: Interesting to see five potential "one-and-dones" enter the top-5.
A Blog About Nothing's Column of the Day. In focus: Yi Jianlian. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2007-06-30-lopresti-yi_N.htm
We use the the five-million dollar exception as if it were the rule: Jerome James, Clarence Weatherspoon, Jared Jeffries....the list is long as their salaries are high. Instead of pocketing the cash, our GM is under the belief, as is James Dolan, that the bottom line is all that matters. Rebuilding is something as dangerous as the Bird Flu. Jeesh.
How about trading for a big contract instead of waiting for the existing roster to jell? Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis and now Randolph. When will it end? Randolph is potentially ready for a 23-10 year in the East yet his skills, and weaknesses, are similiar to Eddy Curry? I like this trade only if we could turn around and use Randolph in a possible move with Jermaine O'Neal of Indiana. Throw in some younger talent, and hope Larry Bird takes the bait.
New York has 17 players currently on its roster, and, thankfully, some are worthy trading chips. Renaldo Balkman, Wilson Chandler and David Lee are all high-energy players still under rookie contracts, which are cheap.
Now that the NBA Draft is over, it's always fun to check out the top studs in next season's draft. Let's take a look at the projected lottery per nbadraft.net:
1. Derrick Rose - Memphis
2. Michael Beasley - Kansas State
3. Nicholas Batum - France
4. O.J. Mayo - Southern California
5. Donte Greene - Syracuse
6. Chase Budinger - Arizona
7. Darell Arthur - Kansas
8. Eric Gordon - Indiana
9. Darren Collison - UCLA
10. Roy Hibbert - Georgetown
Note: Interesting to see five potential "one-and-dones" enter the top-5.
A Blog About Nothing's Column of the Day. In focus: Yi Jianlian. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2007-06-30-lopresti-yi_N.htm
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