Comments on: Crawford traded for Harrington

By: njhoop

njhoop — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:17:35 +0000

Not sure I understand the rush to deal Zach. His value isn’t going to get any worse, and he keeps us somewhat competitive in the near term. Donnie sure seems to be in a big old hurry.

By: Captain Merlin

Captain Merlin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:12:21 +0000

I just came across the same story Anthony had before about Zbo and Collins to the Clips for Tim Thomas and Cuttino…wow..if it’s true…just wow…the season shall be an adventure indeed. A starting 5 of Duhon, Mobley, Chandler, Harrington, Lee? hm..uncouth. Tonight will be worth watching, particularly. Maybe the big JJ will get some burn.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:11:18 +0000

Daily News reports Randolph and Collings for Mobley and Tim Thomas.
Is Mobley any good? Is he the starting two now?

Yeah he is starting at SG for the Clippers but he is a shell of his former self. Tim Thomas actually played great with his time in Phoenix under Coach D. This trade would seriously weaken the Knicks and most likely kill any chance of making the playoffs in the next couple of seasons.

By: TDM

TDM — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:10:33 +0000

Donnie speaks on the Craw-Harrington deal:

http://www.nba.com/knicks/news/harringtontrade081121.html

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:08:27 +0000

I just hope w/o Crawford and Harrington the Knicks can somehow split these next 2 games since Harrington wont play til Tuesday apparently. I know the playoffs are a pipe-dream this season assuming eventually Zach gets traded, but hey as long as he is still here, with Harrington and Jeffries back soon it should mean Q at SG which improves the D alot and makes the Knicks at the very least longer and more athletic in the frontcourt.

Im just real curious what they get for Zach eventually cause there have been alot of rumors, some will leave the Knicks with no chance at all to fight for a playoff spot, but a couple of other rumors Ive read would still leave the Knicks very competitive. No matter what happens, gonna be a VERY INTERESTING season and all I have to say is GOD I CANT WAIT til the summer of 2010….

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:05:14 +0000

Daily News reports Randolph and Collings for Mobley and Tim Thomas.

Is Mobley any good? Is he the starting two now?

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:04:18 +0000

The counterpoint to wanting to tank the current team- which I have some sympathy for- is that who will want to join this team as a free agent if the squad consists of scabby urchins limping their way towards 25 wins? And with the 2010 pick already owed elsewhere, that puts an even greater damper on direct building through the draft. Given the Knicks’ locational advantages and the problem of previously owed draft picks, I can’t argue with Walsh thinking that betting on the lure of free agency with (fun coach/system+cap room+location+decent current team) is a higher odds play than the draft (X number of years tanked for picks-2010 1st).

By: Captain Merlin

Captain Merlin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:56:46 +0000

it’s pretty simply a financial move helping to lay the groundwork for the much ballyhooed 2010 offseason. hopefully it will prove to be worth it. i’d say this would have to set the win/loss predictions back to around what they were at the start of the year before the optimistic ballooning. Clearly it will be very interesting to see who’s in the backcourt from here out–duhon and nate? seems a tad sketchy…i am quite hopeful, for my own personal motives alone, that marbury will not be activated, as i always love seeing mardy just eat up the spotlight.

But really…is that now the three guard rotation–nate, duhon, and mardy? shit. sounds fantastic.

Also, does this mean that D Lee might be having the squeeze put on him? as he’s my personal favorite, I hope not, but with the emergence of Chandler (who Harrington mimics to a near exact extent) and the immovability of Zbo, I can’t see how not. One can only hope Zbo becomes more movable and is dealt for some second rate center who can swat 1-2 a night and do nothing else.

By: Mike K. (KnickerBlogger)

Mike K. (KnickerBlogger) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:50:11 +0000

I tend to disagree. Crawford is not a 1st option, but as a combo-guard off the bench I think he has a lot of value. I’m not saying I’d give a mid-1st for him, but I think a lot of teams would. I really have to question why the Knicks were so desperate to get Al Harrington and why they made basically a lateral move.

I can think of 10 million reasons.

By: Ted Nelson

Ted Nelson — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:50:02 +0000

“I have no idea what Jamal Crawford’s trade value was, but if you could gotten even a late first rounder for him I would have taken that and an earlier 2009 1st over Harrington.”

Meaning Knicks lose more games and their pick is higher, if that was confusing