while we’re daydreaming, here’s an interesting thought. i am a huge fan of thabeet and would kill to pair him with bosh. bosh would neutralize thabeet’s biggest potential weaknesses – defending away from the basket and finishing without dunking. bosh is so smooth moving around 8-10 feet from the hoop, and could use his athleticism to contest lots of mid range jumpers without worrying about defending the basket. his ability to force bigs out lest he knock down a jumper could generate loads of easy baskets for thabeet. regardless of his mediocre hands and offensive moves, when thabeet catches the ball at the hoop he’s either finishing or going to the line.

agreed with all those who say a combo forward is the last thing we need. it’s gotta be true pg, true sg, or c. i think steph curry can be a very good pg for d’antoni, though i question his ability to defend any of the bigger pgs. i’d be ok with warren and henderson too, depending on how the cookie crumbled. and if we end up lower than we think and jennings slips, by all means, let’s roll the dice.

Stephan Curry, who is much more realistic as a 7-14 pick is the next best thing. If he can make an amateurish Davidson squad a tourney team, within a couple of season he could probably cook up something with Lee, Chandler, Gallo, (Harrington? Nate?) Imagine opposing teams trying a full court trap a S.Curry/Nate backcourt. If Curry is taken as well, it might be worth taking a chance with Brandon Jennings. He hasn’t stunned anyone in Europe, but he’s quite athletic, has courtvision and can drain the tres, things D’antoni wants in a pg. Johnny Flynn or Ty Lawson would suffice if the Knicks get a later pick.

If we were to replace Nate in with a SG I’d pick James Harden would supplement Krypto’s hustle and energy nicely. He also knows how to find a shot like Nate. If he’s gone then G. Henderson and Tyreke Evans next.

Thabeet and Monroe are obvious C picks. Mullens, Aldrich and Brackens and Jerome are more realistic for Knicks draft positioning.

Lastly the Knicks might find second round gems in AJ Price (if the Huskies don’t make a deep run), Josh Heyvelt and Danny Green.

It all depends on where we pick. All of the household names at C will be gone in the top 8; Thabeet, Hill and Monroe will probably go very quickly. The only other C that would be on the board for us is Mullens, but he’s pretty raw, would be a project and we can get a project in the second round. Guys like Connor Atchley and Slava Kravtsov are worth taking a chance on.

I’d love to get Gerald Henderson, but his stock is rising every day, he’ll be gone in the first 10 picks. If he’s still on the board when we pick, then he’d fit in very well with us. Has the elite athleticism, the shooting ability, the high basketball IQ and defensive ability to really help us.

If he’s not on the board, then I’d trade down, get Evan Turner from OSU, a 6’7″ athletic swing that can pass, shoot, dribble, rebound and defend. He has the versatility to play 1-3, OSU runs their offense through him and his game kinda reminds you of Brandon Roy, I think he’d be incredible next to Nate, compliments him very well.

Another guy that we could also trade down to get in the teens is James Anderson, from Oklahoma State; they run a D’Antoni-style offense with 3-4 swingmen, lots of movement and passing, hitting the open man. JA is their star player, a guy that can shoot it, more of a classic SG, 6’6″, a good defender and very athletic. The knock on him is his handle, which could use some work. Also, he’s not a lock to declare, may just test the waters, take another year to polish his game.

I’d like to see us move up in the draft to get an elite PG or center. The centers tend to be more projects, but we clearly need help there. I just don’t know that we’ll be able to move up in the draft. If we don’t then do we just take the best available player?

As for who I think they will take. Stephen Curry. He is a shooter and is learning the point and if Lebron comes he won’t need to be an excellent point guard.

Of course if he comes out this year.