Comments on: Tommy Dee: Evans is the Fallback

By: Dan L

Dan L — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:57:47 +0000

Where is it this time Stallion?

The symptoms you’re describing remind me of this past October/November, when about 5, 6 days before the election I couldn’t deal with any more information, and was just so ready for the day to finally arrive.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:16:52 +0000

You’re definitely a member in good standing here, Stallion. Keep offering your opinions, even if DW and D’Antoni only swing by this blog a couple times a week.

By: Italian Stallion

Italian Stallion — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:58:18 +0000

I think I’m starting to suffer from information overload.

Between trying to evaluate some of the draft prospects using their college stats alone, thinking about the needs of the Knicks, thinking about the needs of the teams ahead of us in the draft, trade possibilities etc… I think my head is going to explode.

Maybe I should take a deep breath for the next couple of weeks and let Walsh/D’Antoni do their job and then decide whether I am happy or not.

It’s not like my opinions are likely to impact their decision anyway. My opinions usually just annoy other bloggers or get me barred because I am willing to be contrarian without doing it in a politically skilled way.

Glad to still be on good terms here because I am wearing out my welcome on another blog.

By: Dan L

Dan L — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:58:00 +0000

Yea that’s why.

Looks like Bosh is going to opt-out by the way. Tommy Dee has a link. We’ll post an entry on it soon.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:18:44 +0000

Stallion’s exactly right. Since Lee’s a restricted free agent, even though the Knicks have a right of first refusal, he’s not technically under contract and doesn’t have to agree to participate in a sign and trade with any team he doesn’t want to play for.

By: Italian Stallion

Italian Stallion — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:04:13 +0000

In order to trade Lee, you have to sign him. If he knows you are going to trade him to Memphis, he can threaten to not sign and wait to become a RFA.

By: SlumDogBaller

SlumDogBaller — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:38:26 +0000

@Dan – regarding your comment about us fans having to accept Chandler going to Grizzlies in any deal for Rubio because Lee might not be amenable to the idea of relocating to Memphis I still am uncertain as to how any player – even David Lee – can have so much veto power absent a non-trade clause in his contract.

Surely, David Lee and his agent understand that this is a business, right? You go where you’re traded to unless you’re some mega-star named Kobe or Lebron which David is neither.

Can someone explain this to me? How does David have so much power?

And, yes, i’d take a potentially transcendant PG in D’Antoni’s system any day of the week over a PF/C who can’t block a shot if a million dollars was on the line. Oh, and i’d also trade Chandler for Rubio too. With a 33 win team no asset is “untouchable”.

By: JLS125

JLS125 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:54:34 +0000

I guess we could use a shooter at the 2 spot, but then I wonder, how important would Chandler be considering Gallinari will probably be our 3 when and if he gets healthy and plays to the potential most project him at. It’s interesting to say the least.

Does Gallinari play the 4, Chandler the 3, Lee the 5 and Evans at the 2? We’d still be playing small ball if we do that and I don’t know how many games better we will be. And I just remembered that Al Harrington plays the 3/4 spot. So where does that put Chandler?

Am I completely off with my concern about this?