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Knicks Making Moves For Warriors' Randolph?
Posted: 2/12/2009 3:29:00 AM
Source: Frank Isola of the New York Daily News
Donnie Walsh and Glen Grunwald were watching intently as Golden State's Anthony Randolph went through his pregame drills early Tuesday in Oakland. Hours later, Walsh was huddling with Bill Duffy, Randolph's soon-to-be agent.
What happened in between watching Randolph and talking to Duffy was both alarming and eye-opening to the Knicks president and his top lieutenant; the Knicks surrendered an NBA season-high 144 points to the Warriors and lost their fifth straight game. Randolph, the highly sought-after rookie forward finished with 12 points and seven rebounds in 14 minutes.
Walsh is committed to giving the franchise salary-cap flexibility for the free agent class of 2010. But he's also committed to trying to reach the playoffs this season while building a team that would be attractive to future free agents LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh.
With the trading deadline set for next Thursday, Walsh has only a few more days to upgrade the roster. Stephon Marbury's expiring contract could be an important trading chip. With David Lee and Nate Robinson both set to become restricted free agents in July, Walsh may look to trade one of his youngest players.
Randolph is on the Knicks' radar, but there is no guarantee that the Warriors will trade the first-year forward. Randolph's name has already been mentioned in trade talks with the Phoenix Suns for Amare Stoudemire and with Toronto for Bosh.
Walsh may have to address his backcourt situation with Chris Duhon being forced to miss Wednesday night's game against the Clippers with a sprained left ankle. Duhon will receive additional tests when he returns to New York this week.
The decision to exile Marbury left the Knicks with only one pure point guard. Robinson is more of a scoring guard, who doesn't run the pick-and-roll with Lee nearly as effectively as Duhon.
If Duhon is forced out of the lineup for an extended period of time, the Knicks would have to add a point guard if they had any hopes of reaching the playoffs.
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:56 pm
if they give us lee, then they can have randolph.
"the victorious warrior wins first, and then goes to war; the defeated warrior goes to war first, and hopes to win."- The Art of War
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:34 pm
If the team can't land one of Amare/Bosh/Boozer, having to use Randolph to get him, I'd take Lee, even Marbury's expirer, throwing Crawford back to them to make salaries work
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:40 pm
lmao course you would mate
Saw another Crawf article saying it would be a big shock if he DOESN'T opt out |
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:07 pm
Thing is, he'll resign for even longer, just watch migya make the ring fall on ya |
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:03 pm
yup, thats what i see happening. Opt out, then re sign with us for longer joy to the world |
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:52 pm
I don't want anything from the Knicks. Lee is good, but Randolph will be better. I'd much rather ship Maggette than Crawford
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:24 pm
keep AR, Craw daddy, and Maggs
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:30 am
If they give us Lee, they can have anybody on this team... |
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:41 am
i wouldnt give biedrins or turiaf for lee 
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:42 am
i dont think we can trade crawford back to them this season "the victorious warrior wins first, and then goes to war; the defeated warrior goes to war first, and hopes to win."- The Art of War
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:57 am
I would not touch AR for no one on the Knicks, the athleticism, the Length, the defense is nothing to let go, give the kid some time. I watched the last couple of games and AR has earned his playing time. I would much rather part with B-Wright than AR. |
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:22 am
i definitely understand your point, but i mean think about it....lee next to biedrins starting, with wright and turiaf coming off the bench. rebounding galore followed by a block party. switch wright and lee and you got length followed by energy. "the victorious warrior wins first, and then goes to war; the defeated warrior goes to war first, and hopes to win."- The Art of War
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:45 am
AR is gonna be the best out of all of them when its all said and done.... i would trade wright before i trade AR Any day.
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:10 am
Biedrins is debatable... but you wouldn't trade Turiaf for Lee?. Seriously? |
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