Comments on: A Quick Sneak Peek Draft Prospects

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 26 May 2007 22:34:00 +0000

Yeah, I saw that about Rush. Interesting move. I guess he figured this draft was a bit TOO deep, and he wanted to come out in a better year for his draft position.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:25:08 +0000

Brandon Rush withdraws, too bad, I thought he was a good fit for us.

By: Kev

Kev — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:15:28 +0000

Alando Tucker is great Player who can block shots as a small foward, play physical defense and by the way he just past M finley as the all time scoring leader at UW. Also Corey Brewer stock is rising but he is a long lenthy player who might be a top 5 defender in the draft ask aaron afalo. Also he is a great offensive player.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:14:25 +0000

curry’s 24 and trading lee in a package for o’neal would be absurd. lee is going to be part of the foundation for an eastern conf. finals team in 2010. you watch.

By: BringBackBernard

BringBackBernard — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:47:54 +0000

What is with all this Curry bashing? Curry for Kwame Brown? Are you all insane? I live in LA now and Kwame is an okay role player when he assumes his role — which is to rebound, play defense and block shots. He does these things okay. sometimes he gets bored though and wants to “take over” the offense which results in a turnover or atrocious forced shot. He is not good.

Curry is 22 years old, and has spent most of the season triple teamed because he has emerged into an offense force that you can gameplan your offense around. And YOU WANT TO TRADE HIM FOR KWAME BROWN?

Does Jawaan Oldham ring a bell for any Knick fans?

Curry may never be Bill Russell when it comes to rebounding and defense, but he still has room to improve. The Knicks need to add a PF that blocks shots and plays defense. Then Curry will truly flourish. Why you guys want to dump the guy right now makes no sense. That isnt the answer.

Knicks need: A badass defensive PF to go with Curry. A versatile SF that can also play defense and score (kind of like Q Rich when healthy but a bit bigger and more athletic ideally). Plus a million intangibles. But Curry sure as hell isnt the problem right now. And he is quite possibly a solution. Cut the kid some slack he had a great year.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:38:57 +0000

maybe you could throw in Jeff Foster (who’s an older, worse version of Lee, but who we could use off the bench) for Jeffries, who might flourish back in Indiana, or at least has a better chance there than anywhere else.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Tue, 08 May 2007 03:33:11 +0000

yeah, I was thinking more about that, probably true.

so what would you offer, maybe Lee/Francis/Collins/Rose for O’Neal/Tinsley? that gives them a young stud in Lee and a ton of cap space in two more seasons. it would make our team:

Curry
O’Neal
Q or Balkman
Crawford
Marbury

Frye, Tinsley, Q or Balkman, Morris, Nate, our first round pick, Jeffries, James

it would kill us on the cap for at least one more season, through 2009-2010, but I’m not sure we can afford to worry about that much at this point. it would also help Walsh/Bird’s evident goal to build a team of all-Caucasian starters, the only possible explanation for the deal they made with GS, Stephen Jackson’s insanity aside.

By: Dan Panorama

Dan Panorama — Tue, 08 May 2007 02:24:24 +0000

For O’Neal or KG, Lee or Balkman is worth it. A really talented and likeable role player is not the same as a franchise big man who sounds like he would fit well with the roster.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Tue, 08 May 2007 01:14:15 +0000

I’d think any deal there would have to involve Tinsley also, signed through 2010-2011, when he’ll be 33 (O’Neal is signed for one less year, until he’s 32).

I have trouble seeing a package for those two that makes much sense for Indiana without involving Lee or Balkman, we don’t even have big expiring contracts.

By: xduckshoex

xduckshoex — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:35:00 +0000

It is, but you should keep in mind that Sam Smith is Chicago’s version of Peter Vecsey, and has been the one talking about KG going to Chi for 3 years now.