Knicks 2010, Donnie Walsh
Great Day for the Knicks- Unloaded multiple bad pieces from the Isiah Era and picked up 2 pieces that can help for a 2009 playoff push and have no effect on 2010. Donnie just continues to show he got what it takes to make the right moves and still get where you want to go. Cavs GM Danny Ferry might want to start taking notes if he wants to keep LeBron (or add a big piece to his roster in the next 30 minutes) update: 2:05 The Knicks have swung two deals. No. 1: Tim Thomas, Jerome James and Anthony Roberson to Chicago for Larry Hughes. No. 2: Malik Rose and cash to Oklahoma City for Chris Wilcox. Just over an hour to go before the trade buzzer sounds . . ." update: 1:55 pm "A source with knowledge of the trade disclosed it to ESPN.com, saying it was agreed to early Thursday afternoon. It was unclear whether there were any additional parts involved in the trade." Link to the release: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3918993 update: 1:37 pm Chad Ford: The Chicago Bulls made their second big trade in two days on Thursday agreeing to send Larry Hughes to the Knicks for Jerome James and Tim Thomas, two league sources told ESPN.com. 1:25pm: It is not immediately clear if this would be two separate trades or a three-way exchange, but I'm hearing that Oklahoma City's Chris Wilcox -- who went back to the Thunder on Wednesday night when the Tyson Chandler trade was rescinded -- and Chicago's Larry Hughes are New York-bound. To complete the transaction(s), Oklahoma City would get Malik Rose and Chicago would receive Tim Thomas, Jerome James and Anthony Roberson. Trying to nail it all down for you.
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A very good article by ESPN’s Chris Sheridan here: The supposed “bombshell” he refers to is actually not a bombshell it all – Stern simply stated that the salary cap will probably decreases a bit over the next few seasons. It is all hypothetical at this point. But either way – it only means a few million plus-or-minus towards the 2010 cap-number. As we have known for a while, there is no way the Knicks can keep both Lee and Nate Rob, regardless if the cap is at 60 or 57 million. But the article does a great job of breaking down the Knicks 2010 cap-commitments; including the phantom cap holds that all too often gets overlooked.
First and foremost, let’s get this out of the way – there is NO way the Knicks commit any 2010 money to Nate Robinson. For reasons to numerous to list here; Nate is not part of the long-term plans for a championship franchise. He is simply too much of a gamble. So Walsh’s main goal for the next few days (and then next summer) is to try and pawn off Nate with Jefferies expiring contract. If they have to lose Nate for nothing in 2010, so be it – but Walsh and company will not let him eat into their Twenty-Ten plans. As for D Lee – that is a whole different story…
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