Basketball and News:Knicks are dealing
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Will it be the player behind door number 1 or door number 2 or the 23 million dollars behind door number 3? These are the questions faced by the New York Knicks as they seek to fix the broken down doormat of a team
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NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Will it be the player behind door number 1 or door number 2 or the 23 million dollars behind door number 3? These are the questions faced by the New York Knicks as they seek to fix the broken down doormat of a team that they have become. GM Donny Walsh is out to change things and it all could happen this week.
The Knicks are still dreaming of LeBron James in a Knicks uniform
The main purpose is to clear the decks of as much salary cap as possible for the big free agent extravaganza that is coming this summer. The Knicks could be in prime position to sign some big name free agents. The first deal they are looking at and very close to making is for Tracy McGrady of the Houston Rockets and his expiring contract.
The price the Knicks could pay for getting Jared Jeffries (.9M) off their books in this Rockets trade is giving up on their disappointing rookie lottery pick Jordan Hill, and possibly a 2012 first-round pick.
MONEY TALK: Talks between the Knicks and Rockets broke new ground yesterday, with the Knicks now mulling rookie Jordan Hill (above) in an exchange for Tracy McGrady. Jared Jeffries also would depart, freeing some M in cap space.
Another league source said last night the holdup is that Knicks president Donnie Walsh is still unsure he wants to surrender Hill. Still, Hill remains on the table as talks continue.
If Hill is dealt, his salary for next season (.5M) also would come off the books, which could give the Knicks as much as million in cap room.
Thursday is the trading deadline. Walsh is feeling the pressure of opening up more cap space that could open the way for LeBron James or Joe Johnson to join the Knicks — along with another star such as Chris Bosh.
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Don’t know about you, but NBAObsessed thinks adding any of the three players, LeBron James, Joe Johnson, or Chris Bosh would make New York a way better team, let alone getting two of the three.
So why would Joe Johnson leave an up and coming Atlanta team?
And that would be just fine with Johnson, who says he would surely make a free-agent visit to the Knicks because of his great relationship with Mike D’Antoni, who coached him in Phoenix.
“I got even something better to focus on right now with Atlanta, trying to finish off the season well,” Johnson told The Post after the All-Star Game. “[Mike and I] have got a great relationship. He gave me a chance to shine and become the player I am today. I love him, so I would visit.”
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Recent history would suggest the Knicks are going to blow this whole deal and somehow find a way to make their team worse than it is now. Let us hope that recent history does not hold.
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