2010-2011 Free Agency: Plan B?

I’d want to see how this year’s pieces fit together before I had any ideas as to what the Knicks would need or want from free agency next year. Off the bat though, I’m not really that enamored with any of the names above

and I think he’d work great here as their starting C. I don’t think he’s a post up C either so he could actually fit perfectly.

i think pringles going to to try to get barbosa if melo signs that extension next year

the main piece we will need is a real 5. We have some guys that may work, but like starting pitching in baseball, you cant really have enough mobile big men.

Chandler is intriguing to me. As is Nene.

Also interesting names are Battier, Barbosa, Kirilenko… wow… there are actually a ton of intriguing names on there. Too many to list, as it will just take more time then I want to put into it.

Nice to know we have the cap space to make moves.

dont forget it all depends on how randolph develops i hope he can win the C job and keep it can u image that line up and if we add j-rich or barbosa with gallo and amare wow scary

Well put together, as always Mike.

But none of these names interest me. Maybe Barbosa, Diaw, Murphy or Nene. Nene’s really interesting, but looking at every poster above me, you guys already know that. He’d be a viable option, but we’ll have to wait how our big Russian or Turaif pan out.

Sure he’s kind of a douchebag but the cat can shoot the lights out. Plus he’s younger than Jason Richardson.

Barbossa would for sure be fun running in MDA’s system again; he seems like a pretty good alternative if the Carmelo clusterfuck doesn’t work out in the Knicks favor.

Too early to tell before thinking about this and not really in love with the list. Plus there’s a whole year of play and a whole lot that can happen. And to Thelonious Dunk, I swear I can say the same thing about a lot of guys in the NBA. I pass (on JRS) until he proves to at least be consistent…he seems to disappear for long periods, but then, I don’t watch him too much either.

but what ever happened to barnesgasm? is he one of the main editors now under a new name?

Us drooling over Carmelo and Parker is too soon as well. I just wanted to show the faces that’s gonna be out there so we can get a feel for our possibilities.

Prime Kirilenko would have been great to throw in this mix of athletic guys, but he’s definitely lost some from his game.

Nene is an interesting possibility.

but then I thought.

For real tho. Nene. Troy Murphy I think would be an excellent Pringles center

And maybe I’d try for Peaches for 2 guard

young, athletic, not a bad shooter, solid defender and still plenty of upside. fills a need at the 2 and having been brought up through Jerry Sloan’s system, is probably a pretty good decision maker.

and best part, he won’t command serious money

alot of garbage out there for real
Nene we should of kept
id take Nene and JR Smith
just focus on getting Melo
if not then id go for Nene along with Amare would be fierce and Randolph Felton Gallo
wow thats sick

but for now im waiting on Brown or Rudy
id like either guy but Brown would be easier to get
and it serves as a trading chip come trade time as well
I think Brown or Rudy would thrive in our up tempo system

Peja, David West, Jason Kapono, Troy Murphy would work if D’Antoni’s here. If not and you’re going more half-court and defensive, there are guys like Prince, Kirilenko, Kenyon Martin, Battier, Perkins could be nice additions to whoever you keep at the 3 (Chandler? Gallo?). Decisions would have to be made on keeping some guys like Gallo, Wil, Toney and, then, working from there in FA (and keeping some assets to find a shooter – Rip Hamilton?). I wouldn’t say it’s a deeper class this year, but it’s more versatile and beneficial to the Knicks, depending on the situation next year. Cap space is a beautiful thing.

Give me Kendrick Perkins and CJ Miles; young guys from winning organizations who don’t require a lot of touches on offense to be effective. Perkins is a nice complementary big man to Amar’e with the intensity and toughness we haven’t seen since the days of Charles Oakley. I don’t foresee Barbosa and Diaw reuniting with MDA. Those 2 were very inconsistent during their time in PHX.

Oakley type of guy Perkins would be a great fit and a fan fav here
Gasol man he could be really good here
either one
Turiaf is like Oakley but at the end of the day Marc Gasol or Perkins are better players

JR Smith would thrive in this up tempo system
another thing about Shannon Brown
he went to Michigan St
anyone that played there knows and plays defense
ive heard alot of knocks about Brown for not being a good defender
id have to disagree

shannon brown isnt a bad defender
he is pretty good
you say richardson and randolph right good point
but those players thrive on scoring and using athleticism
shannon brown is more of a up tempo guy that does play defense
tom izzo at michigan state runs a tought team they play hard on the defensive end
ive watched shannon brown and i think he is a good defender that was a key player on 2 championship teams
I think here would be a good fit for him in our system
id also take rudy fernandez but idk if we have what the blazers want in a trade

I don’t view this free agency class as a particularly deep one, and there is definitely only one franchise player with Carmelo Anthony.
The only player I really love other than Anthony is Shane Battier, but the only way I would like us to get him is if: 1) we got Anthony; 2) we had to part ways with both Gallo and Randolph in a sign and trade with Denver.