Kanter played really well last season and he’s in his prime. Now, he is bad enough on defense that he’s probably not a huge positive if he plays as well as he did for the Knicks last year, but he’s not a bum. Teams could use a guy like Enes and his contract is done a the end of the season-I think we should be able to move him for an asset if he plays as well as he did last year.

Yeah, it’s just very difficult for me to believe that teams looking to buy at the deadline will refuse to surrender a second round pick or two for a guy who can legitimately anchor a bench unit. It’s not like every team he’s ever been on was resigned to defensive mediocrity (OKC was 10th in overall DRtg his last season there).

Finding a team that fits well contract-wise is more difficult (I wish we didn’t necessarily have to take back all expirings), but the Clippers, Memphis, Indiana, and Dallas all come to mind as teams that could make that work and all have an interest in competing this season.

Unfortunately nowadays that’s probably the best we can do for politicians.

1. A war hero
2. An economic and business illiterate of the highest order
3. Never saw a bomb, plane, tank, missile, sub, etc.. he didn’t want to build and rarely saw a country he didn’t want to test them on.

The crystal ball for this upcoming season is hazy. I can see a complete tank at one end of the spectrum and I also can see the melding of a couple of good draft picks with a bunch of suddenly maturing kids who are coming into their own that surprise us. I can see us holding on to our veterans and starting them, and I can see us selling them off for picks and cap space.

The issue with trying to trade Kanter is that his value as a rental is very low, unless the team is simultaneously looking for a Center with his skill set + the cap relief and at the same time has anything the Knicks would want to offer. It’s probably impossible to find such a situation, maybe Milwaukee if Lopez doesn’t work out but their only expiring contract is Bledsoe who we should not want, so it’s a tough situation either way. I’d rather just leave him there and let him expire than take on longer contracts on bad players.

But…..what about Deng for Noah? If we let him prove he’s healthy in pre-season, what else would LA give us to make that work? And, if it’s only a few 2nds, who cares?

Re: Kanter, the reputation is definitely a lot to overcome which is why he’d likely have to look a bit more nimble this year. If the Lakers are righting for a playoff spot, though, and LeBron is taking 30 FGA a game, it’s hard to see them passing up an opportunity to add a legitimately elite scorer.