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In terms of talent this trade is a no-brainer. Penny Hardaway is 6 years and 2 knees removed from hi [...]…

In terms of talent this trade is a no-brainer. Penny Hardaway is 6 years and 2 knees removed from hi [...]…

let me disagree with you slightly about Marbury’s D. I’ve really tried to watch carefully with him. I actually believe he does not have near as much lateral quickness as many people think. He has good–but not exceptional–lateral quickness. His most exceptional athletic trait is his (pound for pound) upper body strength.

On offense what allows him to be such an effective penetrator is his upper body strength. He’s quick enough to dip that shoulder and blow up the defender’s angle but the rest is power, particularly against most other point guards. In fact, where he’s struggled offensively is in matchups against guards he cannot overpower (e.g., billups, francis).

On defense however, upper body strength isn’t nearly as useful at his position. Combine that with is only adequate quickness and you have the makings of a poor defensive guard. Marbury’s historically been an indifferent defender but the past couple years he’s had stretches where he’s really tried to defend. He just can’t. He gets torched by quicker point guards. Francis routinely abused him in their matchups.

(Jamal Crawford, on the other hand, has phenomenal quickness but not nearly enough strength to be a consistent penetrator on offense or to stop any penetration on D.)

Someone like Frye is the most appropriate core for this team because if he ends up sucking, you can just not sign him and move on. That wouldn’t be the case with an established star like Pierce or Garnett.

I thought Francis was trying to distinguish himself from Marbury.

Now that the deadline’s passed, any thoughts on what the Knicks should do with their open roster spot?

It’s going to be really painful to watch (moreso)now that the trade deadline has passed. I really would have like to see some Blazers come over for some bloated contract swapping.

Ruben Patterson – how can you knock the guy? He’s like Billy Joe Cuthbert, giving 117% on D. Too bad he’s a sex offender. ^_^

Theo Ratliff – are you kidding me??? Shot blocking. D D D. I would have traded Curry and James for him… Who cares if he’s getting old. Curry is learning at a snail’s pace, and he’s not getting any younger himself with his gimpyass body and his sadsack attitude.

Darius Miles – why couldn’t they get this deal to go through??? Seems like it would be easy enough. Argh.

Just cross your fingers and hope Boston might get dumb and trade Pierce for Francis.

Again, cross your fingers and PRAY that somebody will take Crawford, Q, Taylor, Rose x2, James off our hands for a point guard, a young SF who isn’t a gimp or a maxed out untradable, a shot blocker, and a bag of peanuts.

My fantasy Knicks team:
PG: Steph SG: Paul Pierce, SF: Al Harrington, PF: Frye, C: Ratliff. Bench: Curry, Brevin Knight, N8, Lee, Q Woods, and a bag of peanuts.

I guess that’s too much to ask, but you know…