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A source has told TKB that the Warriors and Bulls were getting ready to pull the trigger on a Kirk Hinrich-Al Harrington swap earlier this month right before the Bulls guard suffered an injury to his thumb. Hinrich damaged ligaments to his thumb in a win against Phoenix a few weeks ago and required surgery. He will be sidelined for up to 3 months.
The Warriors then went into a stalemate with Harrington until trading him to the Knicks on Friday for Jamal Crawford. Harrington told reporters he wanted to be dealt to New York “back in April.”
Hinrich would have fit a bigger need for the Warriors at point guard, but the combination of Harrington’s hold out and Hinrich’s injury forced them into going after Crawford, who Donnie Walsh resisted on trading before okaying a deal after Crawford’s poor performance in Boston last week.
The source assured TKB that if Hinrich stayed healthy he would have been dealt to Golden State for Harrington and the Knicks would have had to keep Crawford.
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By the way, all you people who are doubting Lebron comes to New York because they won’t be able to afford a team to surround him because they’ll need a second superstar need to explain to me why player like Amare Stoudemire wouldn’t take a “reduced” salary to compete for championships with the King and play for Mike D’Antoni again, then get taken care of later. Is that so hard to believe?
First Tommy i think what you and Chris do on this site is amazing and I do think we will be able to get Lebron because NY is the place to be however I do not think a Stoudemire, Bosh Wade would accept a decrease in pay because they can stay were they are and get paid especially if Beasley and Oneil do well.
I can see the Knicks trading Curry and clearing more cap space and signing two max contracts or I could see them signing Nash who also would be a free agent to a nice deal because I do not think he would get a max deal and like you said the Mike D is a factor to him.
Thanks Bro.
I think players that are financially secure and want to win would make every effort to play and become a hero in NY with Lebron.
Without question.
Aearp1- First off, thanks a lot buddy. I really appreciate that.
And I might also agree with you on some of the other mega free agents like Bosh and Wade. I do not see them turning down a max offer just to play alongside LeBron.
Nash is a different story. First of all, he has stated that he only wants to play for two more seasons after his current contract expires. Maybe Walsh will be able to use the mid-level exception to sign him. I doubt that Nash will be looking at money as a deciding factor for where he ends his career. New York, D’Antoni, LeBron, another max player, legit shot at a title… that might be enough for him.
Thx guys
I think there is a great chance both Lebron and Amare leave their teams, not Wade though. But I think the problem is not money it is ego, i don’t think somebody like Amare will want to be a second fiddle even for a championship – he will want to go the franchise player route.
Bosh on the other hand…