Walsh Can’t Pull the Trigger, he’s been High Fiving…

by Tommy Dee on September 10th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

Geoff Calkins, a collegue of Ron Tillery at the Memphis Commercial Appeal, throws fire on the idea of bringing Randolph to Memphis, thanks to hearing about a heated exchange Z-Bo had with then-rookie Brandon Roy.

“Two years ago, late in Brandon Roy’s rookie year, the Portland Trail Blazers lost yet another game. Zach Randolph went on a rant in the locker room afterward, calling out teammates, pointing fingers, telling other players they weren’t pulling their weight.

Roy told Randolph to sit down and shut up. The next day, he went to see Portland general manager Kevin Pritchard and told him to get rid of Randolph.

The Knicks’ chubby Zach Randolph eschews defense, disrupts locker rooms and has a rap sheet longer than his shorts. So guess which snake-bit franchise is considering trading for him?

“We can’t win with this guy,” said Roy, in so many words.

Pritchard dealt Randolph to Isiah Thomas’s New York Knicks that offseason. Now the Knicks are trying to find a sucker to help them rectify Thomas’s mistake.

Enter the Memphis Grizzlies. You knew that was coming, right?

If there’s a dumb move out there to be made, chances are your local NBA team will find a way to get involved.

Sure enough, the entire NBA universe is reporting that the Grizzlies and Knicks have talked about a swap that would bring Randolph to Memphis in exchange for Marko Jaric and Darko Milicic.

Sources close to the negotiations say that the deal can’t go through until Knicks president Donnie Walsh and Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni stop high-fiving each other long enough to complete the paperwork.

Or maybe the Knicks do not want to appear too eager. Although, why wouldn’t they be eager to get rid of a fat, shoot-first power forward who destroys locker rooms, disdains defense, regularly shows up in police reports and will make $48 million over the next three years?

So the Knicks called the Grizzlies. Because what other team were they going to call?

The Clippers already said “no.” The Knicks knew they couldn’t foist a guy like Randolph off on a credible franchise…

Again, I stand by Sports Illustrated and say the Knicks said no to the Clips, but that’s besides the point. Are Mike D’ and Walsh, like Borat, are sharing in high 5s ?
  • http://www.knickscity.com/forums/all-things-basketball/5758-re-memphis-deal-done-once-walsh-dantoni-stop-high-5ing.html#post65765 Re: Memphis:Deal done once Walsh/ D’Antoni stop High 5ing – Knicks City Forums

    [...] Re: Memphis:Deal done once Walsh/ D’Antoni stop High 5ing Sure enough, the entire NBA universe is reporting that the Grizzlies and Knicks have talked about a swap that would bring Randolph to Memphis in exchange for Marko Jaric and Darko Milicic. Sources close to the negotiations say that the deal can’t go through until Knicks president Donnie Walsh and Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni stop high-fiving each other long enough to complete the paperwork. Or maybe the Knicks do not want to appear too eager. Although, why wouldn’t they be eager to get rid of a fat, shoot-first power forward who destroys locker rooms, disdains defense, regularly shows up in police reports and will make $48 million over the next three years? So the Knicks called the Grizzlies. Because what other team were they going to call? The Clippers already said “no.” The Knicks knew they couldn’t foist a guy like Randolph off on a credible franchise… SOURCE: The Knicks Blog

  • KnickFaninMD

    I think they’d be celebrating if it wasn’t for the 1st round pick. I’ll celebrate if they retract the pick or put Rose and one of the guards in the deal.