This guy makes up more stuff that goes nowhere than any writer on any major paper in the country. he could write his trade stuff on this forum! http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...smith,1,1329406.column?coll=cs-home-headlines November 17, 2003 So the Knicks really, really, really want Jamal Crawford. How much do they really want him and how competitive do they really need to be right now? New York isn't a place for patience, and the Bulls' patience may be running out. That combination could make for an intriguing scenario. Here's a deal that would answer the Knicks' needs for a point guard and scorer while seeing the Bulls take a slight step backward to be in better position after this season: The Bulls deal Crawford, Jalen Rose and Eddie Robinson to the Knicks for injured Antonio McDyess, Charlie Ward and Frank Williams in what essentially is a salary-cap move. The Knicks would get the point guard they covet in Crawford and a scorer in Rose, who could play off Allan Houston and Keith Van Horn. They also would be increasing their future payroll substantially. But because the Knicks have the biggest per-game gross in the NBA, not being competitive and losing at the box office is more costly in New York. For the Bulls, the deal doesn't endanger the interior core of Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry but recognizes that they aren't quite ready to carry the team this season. McDyess and Ward are in the last year of their contracts, and the Bulls could take a look at Williams, who has one season left after this season. The Bulls would be relieved of two major contracts with Rose and Robinson and a potential controversy because it seems doubtful the Bulls are prepared to pay Crawford, a restricted free agent. The huge advantage is the trade would give new general manager John Paxson a chance to reshape the team to his liking. And it would make the Bulls, who could get perhaps $15 million under the salary cap, a major player in free agency. That didn't work before, but this time Paxson is here with the core of a talented team that includes veterans like Scottie Pippen and Donyell Marshall. It might make the perfect landing spot for the player who wants to dominate his team yet be competitive, the player in the NBA most like Michael Jordan who has spent his career duplicating virtually everything Jordan has done. What a perfect place this would be for Kobe Bryant.