Comments on: Rose for Earl Watson?

By: mariners005

mariners005 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:31:36 +0000

Soviet Republic……………..really? forget it. I think as of right now its our best move, but the closer we get to the deadline deals will start to flood in. Sometimes teams wait till the deadline before they give up on their team

By: superjay779

superjay779 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:05:55 +0000

If we could do this trade that would be awesome. Doubt The Thunder would bite though.

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Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:13:03 +0000

[...] look for Earl Watson to be on the move sooner than later. Perhaps to the Knicks for Malik. Share and [...]

By: BiggieSmalls

BiggieSmalls — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:44:17 +0000

Cutting Roberson has to happen today in order for him to clear waivers before the Friday deadline. On Friday all contracts become guaranteed.

This is why we are seeing borderline players getting cut today..

By: belikmike23

belikmike23 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:35:47 +0000

Knicks need to cut Roberson and sign Dee Brown and Darius Miles. By signing Brown they don’t need to give up Rose’s valuable expiring contract and they could then use it in a package with Lee. For my reasons of signing Miles you can look at my post under the article about the Grizzlies waiving him today.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:09:08 +0000

I’m also a refugee from the Soviet Republic- IS — good to see you here also!

Re: Watson for Rose — blah. It’s a wash either way. Our team will be essentially irrelevant on the floor until 2010. If there was a chance that we could get a 1st rounder in the late lottery for Malik’s contract, or even one in the high teens, I’d rather have the pick. Unless we get that, does it really matter who we get? Anyone we pick up will likely be gone in 2010 anyway.

That being said, I like Watson as a player — good defender, good distributor — really just like Duhon. Certainly he’s more useful than Rose.

By: BiggieSmalls

BiggieSmalls — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:58:51 +0000

hey IS >. welcome over from the Soviet Republic of Knickerblogger.

Dont be so down on watching the games.. The long term plan is sound and we can all see a light at the end of the tunnel.. It may be a little longer to get there but at least we have the people in place to execute.

I would argue that even Chandler is movable in the right deal .

By: italian stallion

italian stallion — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:18:27 +0000

I hope they do something soon. It’s tough to watch this team when the only potentially long term relevant players are Chandler and Gallinari because of their youth (and one them has only played a few minutes). Let’s face it. This team doesn’t have any other players that are sure to be relevant in 2010 and beyond. Everyone is either irrelevant, a rent a player, or only highly regarded because the rest of the Knicks are so bad. The closet thing we have to a good player is Lee and the debate in Portand about our star player is whether it makes sense to pay so much for a bench role player.

By: The Frankman

The Frankman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:15:21 +0000

I would think we could package the expiring with Curry/Lee in a trade… Heck we can cut Roberson and sign a backup off off the NBDL roster.

I just think Rose’s contract is more valuable than Earl Watson.

By: BiggieSmalls

BiggieSmalls — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:12:55 +0000

Just not that train wreck Swift with all those tats.