http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/43491.htm <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">December 5, 2003 -- PORTLAND - Knick GM Scott Layden has always viewed Dec. 15 as an important date. The midpoint of December is when free agents and draft choices who signed contracts over the summer become eligible to be traded - opening up a whole new set of opportunities. As the Knicks search other teams' rosters for potentially available shooting guards to play a backup role, one name sticks out - Atlanta's combo guard Jason Terry, about whom Layden had inquired last season. Terry, who can't be dealt until Dec. 15 after the Hawks matched the Jazz' offer sheet in September, starts for Atlanta at point guard. But nobody considers him a true point. Terry could fill the Knicks' need for a backup shooting guard and could play some minutes at PG, allowing turnover-prone Howard Eisley to sit. </div>
ugh i would hate to see him on the knicks...i like him though i think right now i would start him over H2O, houston is struggling
Strange one this, Terry is too good to be a reserve and the Knicks already have a glut at point guard, even if one was traded back to Atlanta. I'm assuming the only reason Atlanta would trade JT is cap space.
Terry is no point guard. He's an undersized shooting guard who would not happy backing up Houston. Houston is playing on a bad knee, so that's why he's struggling. The Knicks do need scoring off the bench, and playing against other bench players would mean that Terry can get away with playing the 2 (otherwise, he's a defensive liability at that position). Getting him would make sense for the Knicks.
Actually, if the Knicks were able to acquire Terry, it would mean that Layden would have to give something up in return, so he can reduce the glut at point guard. An easy solution would be to dish both Ward and Eisley, which might have been unthinkable last year but isn't anymore now that Frank Williams has been playing(and producing) lately. Layden might also try to unload a powerforward, maybe Weatherspoon, to match salaries. Then he could get Terry and ask Atlanta to throw in Boris Diaw. Then he gets a point in Terry, has Williams as a backup, and has Diaw as a backup shooting guard. The advantages are that Terry can play two and Diaw can play point, and minutes will be opened up for lottery pick Mike Sweetney at four spot.
Terry would be a good fit for the Knicks because he is such an effective scorer and his contract is just about right for a player of his caliber. However he is a base-year compensation player until training camps open for the '04-'05 season (give or take a month or two) which makes him almost impossible to trade.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting starman85:</div><div class="quote_post">Actually, if the Knicks were able to acquire Terry, it would mean that Layden would have to give something up in return, so he can reduce the glut at point guard. An easy solution would be to dish both Ward and Eisley, which might have been unthinkable last year but isn't anymore now that Frank Williams has been playing(and producing) lately. Layden might also try to unload a powerforward, maybe Weatherspoon, to match salaries. Then he could get Terry and ask Atlanta to throw in Boris Diaw. Then he gets a point in Terry, has Williams as a backup, and has Diaw as a backup shooting guard. The advantages are that Terry can play two and Diaw can play point, and minutes will be opened up for lottery pick Mike Sweetney at four spot.</div> Great for New York, but you'd have to hold a gun to Atlanta's head before they deal terry and Diaw in the same package if they're only getting junk back.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting starman85:</div><div class="quote_post">Actually, if the Knicks were able to acquire Terry, it would mean that Layden would have to give something up in return, so he can reduce the glut at point guard. An easy solution would be to dish both Ward and Eisley, which might have been unthinkable last year but isn't anymore now that Frank Williams has been playing(and producing) lately. Layden might also try to unload a powerforward, maybe Weatherspoon, to match salaries. Then he could get Terry and ask Atlanta to throw in Boris Diaw. Then he gets a point in Terry, has Williams as a backup, and has Diaw as a backup shooting guard. The advantages are that Terry can play two and Diaw can play point, and minutes will be opened up for lottery pick Mike Sweetney at four spot.</div> Great for New York, but you'd have to hold a gun to Atlanta's head before they deal terry and Diaw in the same package if they're only getting junk back. When do Eisley and Ward run out?
