Amidst the NBA rookie symposium, the one that made for national news and countless Kansas jokes at my sales meeting, was plenty to talk about regarding these Zach Randolph to Memphis rumors.

What I’ve learned most is that when dealing with a team in a small city, it seems NY beat writers have no contacts as all the buzz is coming from Internet sites and from a Memphis beat writer, who incidently doesn’t return emails.

Either way, we at TKB have been on this deal thanks to nothing but our own logic. Rumors surfaced weeks ago that Darko and Walker would be the package and that made little sense to us. It was just too one-sided for me to believe, personally.

You would have to think that in order for such deal to go down, Jaric’s contract would have to be a part of the deal, and probably another player from the Knicks for roster’s sake.

The latter is less important, who knows, maybe Dolan would agree to mass dead weight buyouts if Randolph’s deal is moved.

But what it comes down to is how willing is Walsh to take on Jaric’s deal it’s one that goes past 2010, but it’s 10 million dollars cheaper than Z-Bo. Moreover, what impact will that money have on keeping Lee and Nate, free agents both at the end of the year.

If the ball is in Donnie’s court, expect this deal to happen sooner rather than later.

Logic tells me this one makes sense and should happen.

Hahn makes a great point on his blog that Donnie wouldn’t overshadow Ewing’s induction.
He’s dead on correct about that.

Stay tuned.