They've got too much money tied up in Melo, Amare, and Tyson, and try to get pg depth on the cheap. They will be looking at Mike Bibby in the playoffs again at this rate.
Knick's gonna go on a win streak? Looks like their charter jet will save some fuel and get players there faster.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Raymond Felton out 4-6 weeks. His conditioning out indefinitely.</p>— Royce Webb, ESPN NBA (@RoyceWebb) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyceWebb/status/284482596925239296" data-datetime="2012-12-28T02:15:11+00:00">December 28, 2012</a></blockquote>
It's probably a good trade for the Raptors. They get rid of 'clutter' in the form of Fields; they seem happy with Calderon over Lowry, and so effectively they upgrade their PF from an often injured big guy to a slightly better often injured big guy. Both Fields/ Bargnani have long contracts, so effectively they're consolidating down to one instead of 2. You imagine Toronto would look for some kind of compensation on the deal, like a Shumpert or Prigioni to play 3rd string backup PG for them, or a pick from the Knicks or something. Maybe offloading Amir Johnson's contract instead?
Kings owning the Knicks so far. One more half yet to some, anything can happen still. Aaron Brooks ran down Copeland and made a great block.
The only thing I don't like about the Felton injury situation is that now it gives the Knicks and their fans a convenient excuse for being mediocre and losing to teams like the Kings from this point on. I'd rather they just see the sobering reality as the same nucleus they had at the start of the season continued to suck and lose easy games for them. I want them to *know* they were never that good to begin with, and rode some hot shooting streaks from three point land all the way to some improbable victories early on. But then that went away and bad losses were definitely on the menu with Felton in the lineup anyway. The writing was already on the wall, for these Rockets' playthings, but the Felton injury will just continue to give that team cover and false hope. I don't know, maybe it's even better this way. Maybe there is still a lot of fun in seeing Knicks fans cling to those false expectations all the way to another early first round playoff exit. Feeling conflicted now that I mention it.
Well if he's not a complete dumbass he'll realize it doesn't take a pinky finger to get your ass on a treadmill and to move your legs
Somber reflection for Raymond Felton involves a cupcake in each of his hands. Bad shot vs. good shot? More like sprinkles vs. chocolate filled.
