Comments on: Marbury gets a boot

By: Adam L

Adam L — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:31:41 +0000

I’ve been away from posting for a while now, just no words anymore. Still, I’m watching every game and reading every post. And while I like that Marbury may be out for the chemistry of this team, I never thought he was as much of a problem as others make him out to be. All that ‘promise’ they showed last year on the 21-17 stretch or whatever it was, Steph was monumental in making that happen.

If Steph is out for the year, we are for sure going to be a 20-23 win team. The only chance for this team ever making a run is with Steph in the lineup. My opinion, he is still the best player on the team.

That being said, there is probably no need for these Knicks to make a run. They can’t make the playoffs, nor do we want them to. So I guess Steph shutting it down and the Knicks getting 23 wins is good, considering it could usher in the Derrick Rose era.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:12:05 +0000

Doesn’t Artest expire after this season? I’d like to see him in an NYK uniform but not at the expense of cap space or Lee. Maybe they’d be dumb enough to take Randolph or Marbury. Maybe I’d give up Balkman as insentive in that kind of deal. He seems like he’s not in Isiah’s good graces. I didn’t see Detroit but I’m amazed a how little he’s played. Did anyone notice how exasperated he was with Jamal in the 4th quarter against the Raptors? Jamal missed him with a clear path to a dunk and he literally threw his hands in the air. Jamal lost some esteem in my eyes on that play.

By: Loki1963

Loki1963 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:29:02 +0000

giaps,

I agree donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t let Isiah do anything. From what I’ve read there are 2 trades where the Knicks would be screwed. They are:

1 – Marburry, Lee, and #1 for Artest, Raihem, Thomas
2 – Zach and Balkman for Villannuva, Simmons and Gadzuric

NO, NO, NO. Do not let him do anything. Don’t let him touch Lee, Balkman or our #1. Don’t let him get rid of Marburry expiring contract. And don’t let him give up Randolph unless it involves an expiring contract.

By: giaps

giaps — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:06:02 +0000

Blame Ewing? I would hope that this organization learned from their mistakes and is attempting to get under the salary cap.

Marbury should not be traded unless the players coming in expire after this season or after the next. We shouldn’t be adding to the payroll now that we are in a position to get under it with a few trades that keep the salary in mind.

Marbury/Rose will take $29 million off the books after next season.

Richardson/James will take $16 million off the books the season after that.

Randolph/Jeffries should be traded for contracts that end in 09 or 10 to coincide with Marbury’s expiring or Richardson’s expiring year.

That would give us some much needed cap flexibility to sign a big free agent… Lebron James perhaps?

PS. Isiah should not be allowed to make anymore trades. He may put us in a worse position than the one we’re already in.