<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">THE nice news about the Knicks' inevitable swap of Kurt Thomas for Quentin Richardson (and a conditional first round pick) is it doesn't alter Isiah Thomas' "genius plan" to pursue the Grizzlies' Pau Gasol using Memphis native Penny Hardaway as bait. On second thought, it occurs to me the Grizzlies, who've lost $40 million since Michael Heisley bought the team five years ago, might've already turned down Thomas' mouthwatering offer; I seem to recall reading Jerry West decided to keep his team's borderline franchise forward despite his six-year near max contract rather than face the pandemonium Penny's proud homecoming would provoke. The naughty news regarding the Knicks' imminent pull of a third guard who likes nothing better than to shoot is the deal's "snag" shortly will be untangled. It seems Richardson's remaining 6-year $37.7M guarantee would not be fully insured should he incur an injury to a specific part of his anatomy (unknown to me) impaired previously. There's every reason to believe Camp Cablevision is agreeable to deleting that exclusion in writing. Don't get me wrong, Richardson is for real; he's a tough Chicago kid (making him immediately irresistible to Thomas) who set a Suns' single season 3-point record (226 makes, incalculable tries) last year and, at 6-6, 235, is no pacifist on the post by any stretch. The swingman's arrival signals the automatic termination of the wealthy, unhealthy Allan Houston whose remaining two-year $39.8M obligation must be swallowed whole. At the same time, do the Knicks really need another relatively one-dimensional player with an itchy trigger finger with one round always in the chamber and 32 in the clip? Granted, Richardson, 25, is seven years younger than Kurt Thomas. Yes, he's a fairly good rebounder at small forward. Still, he's a certified chucker and an especially easy mark on defense, particularly when assigned to cover on the perimeter; Cecelia, er, Manu Ginobili broke his heart and shattered his confidence nightly. </div> Source
Why would they take a guy with 6 long years on his contract when he nowhere near the type of player who is going to make them much better. Surely you knuckeheads don't think HE makes the Knicks any better, do you? C'mon, we're smarter than that. Conditional draft pick? Any conditions are bad for the Knicks. And all that shooting? I give it 27 games by the time he, Stephon, and Jamal Crawford have an on-court fistfight over someone not passing the ball. Stephon will settle it though by saying "awight, neither of get to shoot, cause I'm never gonna pass it again.
Peter Vecesy wrote it, he's the same guy that said Nazr was going to be traded for Dampier last summer.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting knicksfan:</div><div class="quote_post">Peter Vecesy wrote it, he's the same guy that said Nazr was going to be traded for Dampier last summer.</div> Well, actually Dampier was going to sign with us, not until Isiah Thomas used the MLE to resign Vin Baker. <_<
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Waneko:</div><div class="quote_post">Stephon will settle it though by saying "awight, neither of get to shoot, cause I'm never gonna pass it again.</div> I dont think Pau Gasol is the answer. All the talk about how we need defense and then talks of Pau Gasol arise?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ming637:</div><div class="quote_post">Well, actually Dampier was going to sign with us, not until Isiah Thomas used the MLE to resign Vin Baker. <_<</div> Dampier wanted over 9Mill MLE is way below that.
