Knicks Acquiring 28th Pick?
by Seth on Jun 24, 2009 11:48 AM EDT
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Might as well turn this into a real post. From Alan Hahn's Twitter, we get the following:
"Knicks bought Minnesota's 28th pick. DW has 2 first rounders now...the plot thickens...."
"Checking on the details of this...not sure you can just buy a 1st Rd pick for $$....must be a player involved."
"Brilliant people tell me it could be the Balkman trade exception that landed this pick. That exception expires in July."
One would imagine that Walsh is stockpiling assets to make an upward move in the lottery. If not, though, I could see the Knicks nabbing the best point guard available at 8, then looking for a shooting guard at 28. Jodie Meeks, Marcus Thornton, Dionte Christmas, Chase Budinger, and Wayne Ellington could all be available.
UPDATE: "Hold up, wait a minute...more intelligence coming my way: 28th is NOT done. An option, one of many, but NOT done."
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They might be able to move up a couple spots
I don’t see them getting to #3 though. And #5 and 6 seem unlikely, because the Wolves already have a ton of picks. Don’t see them doing it.
Maybe they get the Kings to move down? Trading up with the Warriors seems pointless, unless they think the Warriors will nab Curry if he falls and are trying to get him first.
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Minny would have to be really dumb to give you the #28 pick, and then trade back for it.
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an extra
3 million bucks in their pocket for nothing says otherwise.
Why not just
trade #5 or #6 for #8, and get the exception with that. Throwing in #28 seems kinda pointless.
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oh my gosh!
yea i sort of hope we keep it. i hope we move up more than anyting. but i don’t count on it. if we keep this pick, there will certainly be good players. there’s gonna be a lot of guys sliding way way down in the draft.
check the update
hahn’s changing his mind
Posting and Toasting: "Say yo Oak, what's the dish tonight? A couple steaks on the grill and we season it right."
how about Derrick Brown from Xavier?
6’8 kid, really athletic, can play multiple positions. is raw but has a lot of similarities to Chandler two years ago.
and he’s a lefty. that’s always good.
Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!
by Anthony Masons Haircut on Jun 24, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions
yeah i definitely agree with this
in that fanpost about sleepers, derrick brown was my dude (pause). i figured he would be a second rounder, but in this crappy draft i have no problem with taking him in the mid-20s or so.
by latrell chokewell on Jun 24, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd be totally down with Christmas.
Kid can hoop.
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by Thelonious Dunk on Jun 24, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions
sweet
The Christmas Holiday Backcourt remains possible. thats gotta be the next best thing after rubio reke or curry
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by Prezs2ReprsntMe on Jun 24, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
that’s the first thing I thought of too.
Christmas is legit, but regardless the Knicks do well with the late first rounders, or at least Isiah did IMO.
Maybe they contact him at his Russian Gulag, the pick works out maybe he gets early parole?
by FreeBradshaw on Jun 24, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm lookin for roy jones before i go taylor.
but actually let’s just go for b-hop, it’s all in the name. and the guy don’t quit. plus he’d be an oakley guy.
I think the Knicks should take an Axe Detailer Shower Tool.
That way, they can not only prank their filthy friends but also clean up their filthy ways.
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But more importantly, I think the Knicks have a big MONTH ahead of them, not just 24 hours. While we may end up with Curry / Rubio / Jennings / Whatever, but what I really want to see happen is for the Knicks to somehow drop both of the Curry / Jefferies contracts. While doing that, it would be good to keep 2 of the following 3 (chandler, lee, robinson) and their draft pick. with gallinari recovering and playing a full season for the first time, the knicks really already have one rookie to groom anyways. What is important is to have a group of 4-5 guys to surround a player like lebron or dwade going into the summer of 2010. with gallinari, 2 of the above three, and the draft pick, the knicks would have a solid chance with enough cap space. I hope this is the big picture that DW is looking at.
Anyway, you should check out the movie "Black and White," which actually stars Allan Houston. It’s not a comedy, but rather a really serious and emotional movie. - Wilson Chandler
by ny knickerbocker on Jun 24, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions
if we dump curry
we can have lee robinson chandler and gallinari and still have room for the big time fa and still have our top pick. i say go for broke.
i wouldn't mind this
but it may work out better to sign a second-tier 2010 FA over both lee and robinson. depending on the draft choice and whatever else walsh arranges in the next month, either lee or robinson will have to go to get rid of both jeffries and curry, probably in a sign and trade. it’s interesting to note that david kahn was once walsh’s protege in indiana, and so it’s possible that they would look to help each other out more than most gms, and minny is definitely in the position of helping us out. in any case, i think it would be difficult to imagine getting rid of both jeffries and curry without sweetening the deal with some actual talent, and ideally we would get rid of the more expensive talent (lee or robinson) over the less expensive (chandler, gallinari, and whatever rookies we get.
Anyway, you should check out the movie "Black and White," which actually stars Allan Houston. It’s not a comedy, but rather a really serious and emotional movie. - Wilson Chandler
by ny knickerbocker on Jun 25, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
The problem with trading Curry
is that its gonna have to force the Knicks to trade Lee or Nate or Chandler in order for a team to take that fat.
I mean I hope not. I hope some team just would take a few expiring carcasses. But I doubt it.
by FreeBradshaw on Jun 25, 2009 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe
With today’s reports that Yao is “out indefinitely,” we can talk Houston into taking Jeffries and Curry (Curry, Eddy Curry) plus a late first round pick purchased from Minny in exchange for the remains of Tracy MacGrady.
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by Serious Garbage Time on Jun 25, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Very true
I mean Houston has a whole bunch of ’Pit-bulls" as Barkley likes to call them. They keep Ron-Ron that makes that all nice and fiesty too.
The team has no size other than Yao. To add Jeffries and Curry might make sense.
I wouldn’t want to give up that pick tho, Id rather an expiring carcass like Hughes.
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by 'Shard's Goatee on Jun 25, 2009 8:19 PM EDT reply actions
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Celtics references for me to give a shit.
by FreeBradshaw on Jun 25, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
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