Friday Tamaraws
by Seth on May 29, 2009 9:33 AM EDT
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More mammals!? Unprecedented! (Probably not.) Anyway, the internet's got plenty more to offer, so let's take another spin around the web to see what's what.
- Alan Hahn ponders Ty Lawson in a recent blog post and reminds us not to underestimate his winning pedigree.
The biggest thing he showed this season is he's a winner. The Knicks need to collect as many of those as they can. Lawson led the Heels to the championship and, as I've said here many times about him (including last year before he decided not to enter the draft), his team goes as he goes. When he was healthy, the Heels were one of the best teams in the country. When he was injured, they weren't. Period.
Hahn also gets the scoop that Lawson should be in for a Knick workout the week after next. His agent says June 9th.
- If Donnie Walsh is hungry for any second round picks, Kevin Pritchard might be able to help. Kid's horded four second-rounders and is famous for swapping picks like Pokémon cards. Remember, though, that if any trade is to include Nate Robinson or David Lee, it will have to be consummated after free agency begins on July 1st. Just because Walsh doesn't make any draft day trades doesn't mean he'll be short on rookies come training camp. I'm still on board with signing Lee at the very least, but wouldn't be surprised if he and/or Robinson find themselves in the Portland frontcourt next season.
- Speaking of Nate Robinson, how about the fact that he's second to only Al Harrington in "selfishness rating"? Also, what's a selfishness rating? (Tip of the hat to the BF kids.)
- Jonny Flynn would apparently love to be a Knick. Reps from Flynn's camp tell me he actually just loves Gray's Papaya.
- In his ways the Knicks can "survive the next eighteen months", Will Leitch includes the following:
But you have to give fans some reason to come to the Garden next year, and McGrady — whose Rockets ascended to new heights once he had season-ending surgery — needs to get out of Houston, where he has worn out his welcome. He’s also a free agent after this season, meaning his contract wouldn’t impact the 2010 salary cap. Hughes and Mobley’s contracts might do it. Houston loses the guy they’re ready to see leave, the Knicks sell some tickets, and the LeBron 2010 plan is not jeopardized. Even if McGrady isn’t 100 percent healthy (and he probably won’t be), at least it’ll look like the Knicks are trying.
I get the motivation, and Leitch is far, far smarter than I am, but I'm thinking that the Knick fans who've been coming to the Garden since 2000 don't need Tracy McGrady to entice them back. Don't forget that we once settled for Shandon Anderson and Howard Eisley.
That's all I got for now, brethren. I'm about to go for an early morning ball before I head to work. Everybody have a great day, and if you see this guy, gently remind him that he owes me money.
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i like the t-mac thing but
there’s no way the rockets do that. daryl morey (the rockets GM) believes in the philosophy that you need 3 stars, and he feels like he has that with yao, t-mac, and artest. it would have to be a really good offer to get t-mac from them, so larry hughes and cuttino’s corpse isn’t getting it done.
also i like lawson as a pick and i think nate to portland makes a lot of sense. i wonder what the blazers would give up in a sign-and-trade…
by latrell chokewell on May 29, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions
so wait
you would rather have larry hughes than t-mac?
yeah t-mac is overrated and sort of a bum now but it’s larry hughes! i would trade larry hughes for a bag of potato chips. and not even a good bag. a greasy bag of lays’ original.
i look at it this way: they both take bad shots, but at least t-mac can make them sometimes. and if t-mac gets a season-ending injury that’s addition by subtraction.
by latrell chokewell on May 29, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
T-Mac
doesn’t have a hilarious website.
side note: i like Salt and Vinegar.
Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!
by Anthony Masons Haircut on May 29, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
i think there is pressure to resign mcgrady
once you got a guy who has “star” calibre or star potential or any sort of nonsense like that, they get treated better. and i think that’s unfair. you got someone like mcgrady who COULD take over a game IIIFFF he is healthy (huge if) and you have a fiasco about keeping him. larry hughes will not be missed. and mcgrady shouldn’t be put into the position where he could be.
also, he’ll think he’s the best player on the court. we don’t need a washed up scrub.
Here's a question:
Would you rather have T-Mac, who we all know can ball but has not come up big, or Ty Lawson, who we all know is a “winner” but we don’t know if he can ball.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
what does Ty Lawson have to do with T-Mac?
are are you seriously trying to say the Knicks do a Nene for McDyss type trade? AGAIN!???
by FreeBradshaw on May 30, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i think you mean just an out and out hypothetical.
i’d go with lawson. even though i don’t like his game as much as some. i’d rather make something out of nothing. if he proves to be valuable cool.
mcgrady, as i stated previously, has too much baggage. not all bad. but still. i’d rather have a guy work toward deserving a bigger contract than a guy banking on his past successes translating to future gains.
furthermore
i don’t think mcgrady plans on being in the league much longer. he doesn’t have the fire.
Yeah I agree with you.
Just wish we weren’t talking about Ty Lawson.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
I really hope Lawson goes before 8
just so not to tempt the Knicks
by FreeBradshaw on May 31, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
True
I just hope he goes in the 9-15 range
by FreeBradshaw on May 31, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
this is true
right now lawson’s stock is way down mainly because he doesn’t have the length and athleticism of the other PGs and there’s a lot of talk that he’s a system guy. it’ll be interesting to see how far he slides. in fact he may not even be a top 5 rated PG in this draft – i like him, but now i’m pretty sure that 8 is too high.
…but obviously i would take lawson over t-mac. actually i would probably take lawson in a wheelchair over t-mac. those guys who play in wheelchairs can really ball.
by latrell chokewell on May 31, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
who wouldn't?
problem is trading for curry and jeffries. no team in the league is gonna go forward with those palookas.
I would also like to inform everyone
That I’ve had many drunk nights with Gray’s Papaya towards the end of last semester. Good shit.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
if i didn't have to catch a bus
could’ve run into you last night. i needed my banana daquiri (and dogs) fix, but was denied.
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