Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 16m And at last report, Toronto was said to be seeking TWO of the following three: Shumpert, Hardaway Jr., Future First. A bit pricey, I'd say https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine Dang Masai... dude is TOO sharp. He knows he has the Knicks on the hook big time. Knicks have ZERO 2014 picks, ZERO 2016 picks, and Felton out for 2-3 weeks... And you got Proky/Nets gunning for Lowry to back up Deron, GSW looking to back up Curry... and the Lakers just lost Blake for 2-3 weeks due to elbow issues. PG's just became a high demand commodity...
hmmm interesting. Lowry is a baller, hotheaded if anything but he would be a big piece to any of those teams.
Tim Hardaway Jr is legit too. Damn, if Masai pulls this off... Constructing a solid tank with Felton as tank commander to go for Wiggins, and at the same time collecting valuable assets...
Morey should try to swoop in and give NYK Brooks and our pick this year (top ~20 protected) for Shumpert. They can roll with Brooks and Felton, or still go and get Lowry if they really want with Hardaway and the pick. Then we deal Asik and D-Mo to MIL for Caron Butler and their 1st round pick (top 7 protected this year, top 5 protected next year, etc.). Serious defense coming off the bench for a run this year and no large long term contracts coming back. Jones/Smith can hold down the backup center spot, and hopefully Camby gets healthy for a playoff run to sign him. Beverly/Lin/Canaan Harden/Shumpert Parsons/Butler Jones/(Parsons)/Casspi Dwight/(Jones)/G.Smith Garcia is insurance off the bench and can battle Casspi and Shumpert for minutes based on matchups.
Interesting. I kind of agree with the first part. However, I'm not sure why would Milwaukee do that trade. As far as I know, they're tanking. They're perfectly fine playing game shorthanded. And despite the injuries, tai have Sanders, Pachulia & Henson there already. Asik & D-Mo wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for them.
What are the the stupid knicks doing? Lowry isn't that good. If Felton is that terrible, they should've just kept Lin and they wouldn't be in this mess.
Good to see I'm not the only one who wants shumpert & he can guard the 2 & 3 FYI, I'm cool with 1st trade not 2nd though, its more out there
If they were tanking they wouldn't have spent money on mayo and delfino last summer. They just aren't very good. And Sanders has clearly fallen out of favor. Pachulia is purely a backup. Asik and Henson would be the starters. D-Mo is just a project for them, or they could try to flip him for a 2nd round pick or something like that. If they don't want him, I'm sure Morey would gladly hold onto him.
What's a 2018, 2019 or 2020 pick to New York or Brooklyn? lulz The Knicks refused a Raptors proposal that would've included Iman Shumpert and Felton, sources told Yahoo Sports. Without a first-round pick or Shumpert, there is no traction for a deal. The Knicks have no appetite for including Shumpert or rookie Tim Hardaway Jr. in a package. Knicks owner Jim Dolan is sensitive to the public perception that Toronto general manger Masai Ujiri bamboozled New York in the Carmelo Anthony trade, and the chance of getting panned for giving up too much in a deal for Lowry has become a hurdle in these talks, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Brooklyn has resisted the inclusion of its 2020 first-round pick in a package, nor one of its top young players, including rookie Mason Plumlee, sources said. Within the Knicks, there's hesitance on including the draft pick, but there's no chance a deal for Lowry could get done without it, sources said. Nevertheless, there's still doubt on how long New York will keep a pick on the table, sources said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...s-knicks-deal-raptors-lowry-article-1.1546553 BOSTON — Within the span of 15 hours, the Knicks had reached a decision to acquire Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry before the trade was vetoed — at least for now — by Garden chairman James Dolan, the Daily News has learned. According to a source familiar with the talks, Dolan had second thoughts about trading for Lowry and was also — what else? — enraged that details of the proposed deal had been leaked to the media. According to several reports, the Knicks were prepared to trade Raymond Felton and Metta World Peace plus Iman Shumpert or Tim Hardaway Jr. or a 2018 first-round pick. The Raptors preferred the first-round pick, but Dolan — who negotiated the Carmelo Anthony trade with Raptors GM Masai Ujiri when Ujiri was with the Denver Nuggets — got cold feet about trading a future asset. That could open the door for the Nets to acquire Lowry. “Dolan didn’t want to get fleeced again by Masai,” was how one Knicks source put it. “They had a deal ready.” Knicks brass met following Wednesday’s win over Chicago and had decided to move forward with the deal, but by early Thursday afternoon, Dolan suddenly had second thoughts. “There are two problems,” the source said. “Dolan didn’t like that someone from his group leaked it to the media, and the other problem is the Knicks seem to have too many (people)involved with making decisions.” Since any deal involving World Peace can’t be made until Sunday, there is still a chance the Knicks may reconsider, especially if Toronto and Brooklyn get close to a deal. When Ujiri was in charge of the Anthony negotiations, he was dealing with both the Knicks and Nets and got Dolan to blink first. ... Yahoo! Sports reported that Toronto officials have been scouting Bojan Bogdanovic, a 24-year-old shooting guard whose rights are owned by the Nets. The Knicks (6-15), who visit the Celtics on Friday night, are in the market for a point guard and are willing to make a deal for Lowry for the right price. Any deal for Lowry would almost assuredly include the struggling Felton, who is expected to be sidelined for 2-3 weeks with a strained hamstring. There are conflicting reports about whether the Knicks would be willing to include Shumpert in the deal. As for Hardaway Jr., both Dolan and head coach Mike Woodson want to keep the Knicks’ 2013 first-round pick. The Knicks have no reservations about trading World Peace, who has a player option for the 2014-15 season. Ujiri, who is scouting in Turkey, prefers a first-round pick because Felton has a longterm contract. The Knicks have a history of trading with the Raptors, dating back to the summer of 1998 when the club shipped Charles Oakley to Toronto for Marcus Camby. Last June, Ujiri agreed to send Andrea Bargnani to the Knicks for Steve Novak and Quentin Richardson, along with a future first-round draft pick and two future second-rounders. That deal signaled yet another rebuilding phase for the Raptors, who on Sunday sent Rudy Gay to Sacramento in a seven-player trade. The Raptors’ motivation was to get rid of Gay’s contract, which calls for him to receive $19 million next season. Lowry, who has an expiring contract, is an upgrade over Felton, especially on defense. The Villanova product is averaging 14.6 points and 6.7 assists, and his expiring contract makes him all the more attractive for a Knicks team whose ultimate goal is to find a way to acquire the Celtics’ Rajon Rondo.
