Comments on: What Price Cap Room?

By: Loathing

Loathing — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:55:25 +0000

@173 Sure deal. Just make it the cheapo one. :P

By: Loathing

Loathing — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:48:16 +0000

Yeah, but the concession workers don’t count for 7 million against the cap.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:46:24 +0000

So far, Walsh is handling things very well, not lunging to get what he covets like Isiah would have. If we have to think too hard about whether a trade is a good one, it probably isn’t. That’s the case with the T-Mac deal as it was structured Tuesday. Seems like keeping Hill or protecting/keeping the picks is necessary to make the deal pass the smell test.

Nate for junk plus a 2nd round pick is better than letting him walk, I guess. Would love it if the Lakers came in with a better offer, if only to bump the stakes up to Boston’s first rounder.

Darko for Cardinal? That’s like trading a couple of guys working the concession stands in the respective arenas. Nah, take that back, those guys actually work during the games.

By: Loathing

Loathing — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:36:03 +0000

Thought. If the Rockets aren’t willing to budge on the picks then how about we just drop Cook from the Rockets’ side and switch Hughes for Curry?! At least make Morey earn those picks!

By: Loathing

Loathing — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:25:01 +0000

@175 Yep. Darko will help the Wolves get in the playoffs and Cardinal will become MVP. You heard it here first! :P

By: TDM

TDM — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:23:31 +0000

Even if the trade with Boston only brings back a 2nd rounder (plus House or some other player), there is still an intangible benefit to the Knicks — helping the Celts beat the Cavs.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:22:18 +0000

If this rumored Darko for Brian Cardinal trade goes down, the NBA will never be the same again….

By: David Crockett

David Crockett — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:14:11 +0000

To paraphrase krusty the clown: These are the words you been longing to hear, like the salivating dogs that you are…

(via Chad Ford’s update at 3:09 EDT)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=TradeTalkRoundup-2010

…the Knicks told the Rockets that they remain interested in acquiring McGrady in a deal for Larry Hughes and Jared Jeffries, [but] they are still unwilling to meet all of the Rockets’ demands — cap relief, Jordan Hill, the swapping of 2011 first-round picks and the Knicks’ 2012 first-round pick.

“We’d like McGrady and the cap relief,” one Knicks source said. “But the Rockets are asking for too much. We’re willing to pay a premium to make a deal. But the price right now is still too high.”
—
Well, all except the willing to pay a premium part.

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:03:56 +0000

@ 171 We need to throw in a winning ticket to the Powerball Jackpot stapled to Curry and then the Celts might bite. You are on the right track though.

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:00:33 +0000

I think it is unfair that we ask Tyrus Thomas to live up to being the #2 pick when he was in fact the #4 pick. He ended up with the team that had the #2 pick via a trade.

http://www.nba.com/draft2006/

2006 NBA Draft
1. A Barginini
2. L. Aldridge
3. A. Morrisson
4. T. Thomas
5. S. Williams