The rest of the season

Looks to me like the team has 9 bodies it can use in games for a while. You can't bring in a new player without cutting someone on the roster, who would that be? Maybe Howard, if you can somehow come up with a C from somewhere.

I don't see a trade makes sense. You can't trade 2 for 1 without further hurting depth, and I don't see that anyone is going to trade for an injured player.

So here's the list of the healthy:
Roy, Blake, Aldridge, Webster, Miller, Joel, Bayless, Howard, Cunningham. (anyone remember Howard Cunningham from Happy Days?).

All I can see is you have to go small a lot.

Lineups like:
Roy, Blake (or Bayless), Miller, LMA, Cunningham

LMA is going to need some bench time/rest:
Roy, Blake (or Bayless), Miller, Webster, Joel

Or you can try to play a straight up lineup:
Roy, Blake/Miller/or Bayless, Webster, Howard, Joel

You can play 9 guys, it's a decent length for a rotation. The lack of a 10th guy will hurt when there's a need for a guy to miss a game or foul trouble.

 

That's fine. You might cut him and Howard.

Who are you going to bring in? If you were in KP's shoes, who would you bring in?

 

I look at the team and still see a decent big 3. Miller may have only shown flashes of what he's good for, but now he's got to be the #3 guy, at least.

B-Roy... What kind of 2 for 3 can you see with the Knicks?

 

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^^^ Yeah, I think if the exception is granted you still have to cut a guy, and clearly you can't do a 1 for 2 kind of trade.

If you go the waivers route, it was tough enough to find a backup backup PF - Howard's pretty old and mostly washed up. Who else is there? Luke Schensher still playing somewhere?