If this happens and involves us getting anything useful, it would seriously make my YEAR to see them pay us off to take JJ and then pay us off to give him back.
Yoyo is right actually. At the time of the original trade, the 2010 pick was a future pick. As a result, they couldn't trade us the 2011 pick straight up (since it is consecutive years), so a swap was done instead.
question: why would NY want to get rid of an 11.2 million expiring in order to get a 6.8 million expiring? I read they are trying to make a push to get either Carmelo or Paul before the season starts (via trade). If they do happen to trade for either, wouldn't they need the capspace for the 2011 offseason to sign whoever they didn't trade for to create their own big 3?
Jeffries + Budinger for Chandler + Gallinari Brooks/Lowry Martin/Chandler Ariza/Gallinari/Battier Scola/Hill/Patterson Yao/Miller/Hayes :grin:
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Bibby Martin Wallace Webber Miller Trade for Gerald Wallace and Mike Bibby. Bring back C-Webb outta retirement and you have your self the 2010-2011 Houston Kings!
Maybe because Denver would want as little <i>deadweight</i> coming back as possible since they are already in Luxury Tax land. If they are going to retool a bit and trade Carmelo, then no need to be paying quite a bit of Luxury Tax this season while transitioning for a year or two. I have been tinkering with trade scenarios involving NY, Denver and Houston. At this point in time, the NY trade options are very limited.
HOU has got several inquiries about F Jared Jeffries ($6.8 m in final yr of contract), according to a source. Knicks dangling Curry, assets "several inquiries"....why just mention what the Knicks are offering. Would be an even better discussion w/ all teams mentioned that's trying to acquire JJ....what they're offering etc.
Aren't they way under the cap? They could just take Jeffries for future picks and cash coming back to the Rockets getting the Rox....ehem...under the Lux tax line. DD
As mentioned, only draft assets NYK could offer would be removal of pick protection (almost meaningless, since they aren't going to be the worst team in the league the next two years. Bad, but not the worst) or 2nd rounders: they have them in 2011 and 2012. The lowest amount of salary we could send out for Curry alone is $9M. Jefferies counts as $6.9M. I'm all for a lateral trade that eases the congestion we have in the frontcourt. Even after the Anderson trade, we've got 8 guys to rotate through at the 4/5, 3 SFs, and only 1 true SG with a giant question mark as a backup (Taylor). I'm not found of the idea of guys playing out of position to back up the 2, especially when Martin has a history of missing big stretches. The other nice thing is, Jeffries for Curry gives us an even bigger expiring chip in December. I'm a little surprised that the Knicks aren't more focused on that, given their dreams of pulling of a longshot Paul or Melo deal. As much as I dislike him, Curry probably does give us better insurance than Jeffries should Yao go down for the count. Miller can handle 20 mpg, and Hill still needs to prove he can man big minutes at the position. All that said, 1. I don't see NY giving us Randolph. They're making this move because they need playable talent and handing over their second best player would be nonsensical. Besides, we don't have room in the rotation for him. 2. As it stands, we'd have to include someone else making at least $2.1M to make the trade happen. Is it worth it if that piece is Chuck or Hill? Personally, I don't think so, not at the minor reward of a second rounder.
I don't know if this has anything to do with the supposed Jeffries trade but the Knicks just signed Roger Mason. https://twitter.com/FisolaNYDN/status/20414506254 Looks like you can cross of the Knicks in the potential Rudy Sweepstakes.
