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Knicks Going After Crawford
Topic Started: Jun 30 2004, 05:38 AM (80 Views)
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Knicks Best Shot Will Be At Crawford

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The first two calls Isiah Thomas is likely to make tonight -- perhaps one minute after midnight -- will be placed to representatives for Rasheed Wallace and Kobe Bryant, and they will promptly tell the Knicks president that they'll check back with him in a week or so.

The second call Thomas will make -- at roughly 12:03 a.m. -- will be to Aaron Goodwin, and he will tell the agent what he already knows: Jamal Crawford can have New York at his feet if he wants it, and he can have the Knicks' entire midlevel exception.

After all the years of mediocrity, after all those years of stockpiling one poison pill contract on top of another, and after all those years of being constrained by an intractable payroll that has climbed to a record $94 million, the Knicks can still say one good thing about the free-agent market, which opens at midnight: The midlevel exception is a terrific hole card.

Very few teams are willing to spend this extra fund -- valued at roughly $5.1 million, depending on the salary cap -- which can be used annually by teams over the cap to spend on free agents. And when it is stretched out to six years, a free agent can get a contract that approaches $40 million.
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I guess i wouldn't mind. :unsure:
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I'd love Crawford here as long as it doesn't come at the expense of filling the gaping hole at PF.
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Jun 30 2004, 08:53 AM
I'd love Crawford here as long as it doesn't come at the expense of filling the gaping hole at PF.

what hole at PF? you have Sweetney, KT & Nazr who can all potentially man that position...the only hole that exists is at C...Nazr is clearly not the defensive minded player we need at that position...we need a big, shotblocker to fill the lanes that is mobile...Deke can't get up & down the court anymore & can't guard anyone w/any type of ballhandling ability.
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Jun 30 2004, 09:41 AM
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Jun 30 2004, 08:53 AM
I'd love Crawford here as long as it doesn't come at the expense of filling the gaping hole at PF.

what hole at PF? you have Sweetney, KT & Nazr who can all potentially man that position...the only hole that exists is at C...Nazr is clearly not the defensive minded player we need at that position...we need a big, shotblocker to fill the lanes that is mobile...Deke can't get up & down the court anymore & can't guard anyone w/any type of ballhandling ability.

The knicks have guys that can play PF...but are any of them starting caliber?
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Sweetney could easily start imho...i don't think there's any question he'd put up at least 11 & 8 type numbers if given starter's minutes if not more, which is basically what KT put up last year...KT should be a bench player imo, which is why i'm hoping they trade him for a legit option at C or in a sign & trade for JC, but that's not very likely unless the Bulls are going to get rid of Tyson Chandler in a trade someplace & want a veteran instead.
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I think we could get Chandler, but the price may be a little bit too steep.
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I don't think that there's any way we could get Chandler. He's a young and athletic big man with good potential. This team doesn't have any real trading chips to be able to pull a move like that. Unless you're gonna give up Marbury....

I don't like us going after Crawford too much. I think that Isaiah has fallen in love with athletic point/shooting guards and sees himself in Marbury and maybe Jamal Crawford as a more athletic Joe Dumars. Where would Crawford play? He averaged 17 ppg on 39% shooting last season. That tells me a few things. (1) He has poor shot selection and likes to jack up (2) seems a little selfish (3) he would whine if he weren't a starter here. He's not good enough to bench Allan Houston for and he'd be forced to come off the bench. He's too good a player to have coming off the bench and I think that he'd be coming here with an ego and chip on his shoulder. I like his athletism, but unless he's a lockdown defender, he's not what we need. With Houston healthy (we hope), Marbury, and Thomas, we have enough shooters. We need a defensive stopper and/or an athletic big man who can add toughness and play some defense. Crawford looks like a sexy signing, but I don't think he's what's best for us.
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