http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-081029 Curry should be a no-no for you guys, even if he provides a post presence. David Lee would be good, but he scores off of hustle, not a bad thing, but that also means that every night his sscoring effort will be very inconsistent. However, what IS consistent about him is his rebounding and hustle. Thoughts?
Sweet Jebeezuz, I would LOVE to get David Lee for Harrington, but it that even be realistic? Doesn't seem so to me. Would it have to be package with at least Brandan Wright? Harrington has to go, not because he may be asking for a trade, bit just because I don't believe any team can win with him as their starting PF.
I think D'Antoni might be able to utilize Al Harrington....I mean you never know? David Lee would be great for you guys.
Hmm, looking at the salaries, Lee would be tricky. Harrington makes $9.2M and Lee only about $1.8M. That's a lot of salary to fill. I don't want Curry at all, he'd be terrible for the Warriors and if we're giving away an expiring contract in Harrington I'd want another back. The Knicks want to be a player in the 2010 FA market just like everyone else does, so I think they'd also be looking for expiring contracts. What about Harrington for Lee and Malik Rose? Rose is horrible, but he's an expiring contract, so that basically comes down to having David Lee for a year instead of Al Harrington, which I would be all for. Lee is a big upgrade to Harrington IMO. Or you could substitute Jerome James for Rose, same deal. One of them might even take a buyout. Well who knows, I'm just spouting nonsense now. If the objective is for NY to get rid of Curry, then I want no part of it. If Lee is a possibility I'd definitely be interested. OK back to sleep...
If Eddy Curry can't run in New York, how's he going to run in Golden State? LOL David Lee would be perfect for the Warriors, but he's on the final year of his deal. How much would you pay to keep him here?
Lee would be perfect for you guys and he's better than Harrington. So if the Knicks were to make a trade, GS would have to take one of our bad contracts which expire after 2010. Rose + Lee is giving up way too much for a disgruntled Harrington.
New York is right up there as the place where King James wants to be in 2010 along with Cleveland and New Jersey. IF you can't accommodate the King, then plenty of other teams will .
I would say no to Curry. He's like an even worse version of Al Harrington, but at least Harrington can play 3 positions and shoot the ball. Curry has to be a center and you know how Nelson views centers. Plus, why would we want a scoring center that has some of the worst efficiency in basketball and the worst defense. The guy doesn't pass, he doesn't rebound, he turns the ball over, and he's generally a lazy defender. If the Knicks give us Randolph I'd rather take that, but he's pretty pricey. I'd take David Lee though. He's like the way better version of Drew Gooden. He's that athletic SF/PF that can do a tiny bit of everything and crash the boards and hustle.
Curry when motivated can be effective as he was in 2007, but it seems the only way to do that is by making the Warriors "his team". Obviously that's a mistake, so he probably wouldn't fit well. Plus Nelson likes to play high-tempo ball like D'Antoni and Curry doesn't exactly fit in that type of system. I'm hoping the Warriors just pull the trigger, since Harrington lowered his value by publicly requesting a trade.
If the Warriors make a trade, I want it to be for a starting point guard. We have enough bigs - Biedrins, Turiaf, and Wright, along with Hendrix and Randolph, etc. Plus we know that Nelson doesn't like bigs anyway. So I'd lean towards David Lee, easily between the two options here. If another option was to pick up a starting caliber point guard near the caliber of these two bigs, then I'd certainly look more into that direction.
Curry was supposed to be Isiah's great centerpiece. Enough said. He's worse than Marbury, at least Marbury started a shoe company with good ideals. Curry is the guy who's the leading scorer for the team that always gets beat and he's wondering what was the problem (usually to the team made up of the David Lees). The guy has some gifts, no doubt, but he's lacking the heart. Look at Kwame Brown, at least he plays good interior/post defense. No, no, no. David Lee is tremendous. He'll go to the glass and get tough rebounds, does not need to score and what a contract $1.8M. There's no way Donnie Walsh trades him unless he gets a near-Star back. If he trades Lee for Harrington, we'll know that he's not as much an upgrade over Isiah as I thought.
