Knicks president Donnie Walsh continues to pursue Golden State forward Al Harrington, but may need a third team to make a trade happen. Harrington's contract matches the salary of Eddy Curry, who fell out of Mike D'Antoni's rotation even before suffering a knee injury. He is expected to be sidelined for two weeks. One other possibility would be for the Knicks to trade Malik Rose and David Lee to Golden State for Harrington. Otherwise, Walsh will have to find a third party. One such team could be the San Antonio Spurs, who have a history of making trades with the Knicks and desperately need additional scoring. The Knicks are among about a half-dozen teams that have made inquiries about 6-9 forward Al Harrington, who is awaiting a trade from the Golden State Warriors. Harrington publicly asked for a trade just before the start of the season, and after he played only 16 minutes in Wednesday's win over Denver, Warriors coach Don Nelson said the disgruntled Harrington will be moved. "If there's a trade to be made," Nelson told reporters after the game, "we'll make it." A league source told Newsday that Warriors executive Chris Mullin received a call from Knicks president Donnie Walsh a week ago and Mullin told Walsh he'd get back to him. Warriors president Robert Rowell is handling the Harrington situation, however, and Rowell has not gotten back to the Knicks about what he would want in return for Harrington, an athletic player who would fit well in Mike D'Antoni's system. The Knicks are willing to trade Curry, but the Warriors don't appear to have much interest in the former Bulls center. One other possibility would be for the Knicks to trade Malik Rose and David Lee to Golden State for Harrington. Otherwise, Walsh will have to find a third party. One such team could be the San Antonio Spurs, who have a history of making trades with the Knicks and desperately need additional scoring. The feeling is that by playing alongside Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, Curry could resurrect his career under Spurs coach Greg Popovich. One major stumbling block is that the Spurs may not have enough assets to satisfy the Warriors in a three-way move. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...donnie_walsh_sees_al_harrington_as_made_.html
not only do the spurs not have any attractive assets to send the warriors, but their role players are on such small contracts that they cannot put together enough money to even out the trade. a combo of thomas, bonner, and vaughn would do the trick salary wise. any other players are either untouchable or dont make enough to complete the trade.
forgot to add... the warriors want lee in a straight swap for harrington but the knicks want to part with curry instead. so they must find a taker for curry in order to bring back something the warriors would like... a couple of ideas that jump to mind are: curry --> bobcats, felton + filler --> warriors. curry --> bulls, hinrich --> warriors.
This deal makes perfect sense, the Warriors simply want to trade for Lee and Harrington, no one else. On the other hand, the Knicks want to dump Eddy Curry on someone, possibly the Warriors, but Warriors don't want him. So, the take ends up possibly being SA who probably could use him.
I don't see how the Knicks are going to dump Curry (or Marbury). They are the biggest pieces of deadweight in the NBA.
