Will the Knicks Improve Enough to Screw the Jazz?
Snagged this from the Salt Lake Tribune.
” The big question for the Jazz, of course, is how quickly New York can move out of the lottery?
In my opinion, the Knicks will continue to struggle next season, as Walsh and D’Antoni get organized….That said, New York could make a significant jump forward in 2009-10 — just in time to cost Utah an extremely valuable lottery pick.
After the coming season, the contracts of Marbury and Rose expire. The team also owns an option on the contracts of Wilson, Collins and Robinson. If they are not renewed, that means more than $34 million can be chopped off the Knicks’ payroll, giving Walsh and D’Antoni their first real chance to put their stamp on the franchise.
No matter.
If I was running the Jazz, I would not consider trading the pick Utah will likely get from the Knicks in 2010.
Even with Walsh and D’Antoni in the job, the rebuilding job in New York could take awhile, and the Knicks’ pick in two years could be a beauty, and everyone knows what Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O’Connor did the last time he got into the lottery.“
Yeah, he passed on Chris Paul.
Don’t get me wrong I love D-Will, but come on, is this guy suggesting that it took a genius to draft Deron Williams?
Hardly.
The Jazz could catch a break here, but let’s not get a head of ourselves. And you thought it was slow in NY.
