Okay do you agree that Jr has equal and maybe more athleticism to Balkman? We obviously don't agree on the iq levels of the players, even though i watched Balkman and the Knicks some games last season and the reason he was traded was because of his IQ level wasn't high enough fo D'antoni's system. I agree that Balkman has far superior ball handling skills. Better finisher and somewhat scorer would be Jr, although i think you tend to disagree. And Jr. always has this http://video.google.com/videosearch...S:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACR-...r&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:off
Balkman was traded because the Knicks have a crowded roster and he doesn't have the shooting range they want. Only enough room for one David Lee type in the rotation.