strangeweather
07-13-2006, 10:51 AM
We traded Rasho, let Nazr leave, let Van Exel retire. Marks is likely to leave as well.
We didn't exercise our 2nd round pick for this year, but added a couple of 2nds for the future.
We added a veteran background point who can run the offense, defend, and penetrate, but that has no jumper. The backup point slot is still Beno's to lose, but we have a better fallback option than Van Exel.
We still have Manu, Finley, and Barry at shooting guard.
We added veteran Eric Williams and his expiring contract at SF. He may or may not have anything left in the tank. We still have Bruce and Finley.
We added Matt Bonner at the 4. Average rebounder and defender, plays with a lot of effort, decent range for spacing the floor. Likely to take Horry's spot in the rotation as Duncan's backup, since Horry looked like a fossil in last year's playoffs. We didn't try to bring in Scola.
We lost Rasho and Nazr at the 5, and replaced them with Francisco Elson. The front office all but apologized for the guy in the Ludden article, so clearly they aren't laboring under the impression that they signed the next David Robinson. We tried to sign Jackie Butler at the 5, but the Knicks have all but confirmed they will match. We blew Javtokas off, but we apparently have until Friday to try to kiss and make up.
Assuming the Knicks keep Butler, we still have just under half the midlevel, the LLE, and various spare parts to offer in trades.
Reasons for optimism: There's a lot of time left in the offseason. We still have assets to sign and/or trade for more players.
Reasons for pessimism: If the season started today, this is a weaker roster than last year's. Not a great sign.
Does that sound about right?
We didn't exercise our 2nd round pick for this year, but added a couple of 2nds for the future.
We added a veteran background point who can run the offense, defend, and penetrate, but that has no jumper. The backup point slot is still Beno's to lose, but we have a better fallback option than Van Exel.
We still have Manu, Finley, and Barry at shooting guard.
We added veteran Eric Williams and his expiring contract at SF. He may or may not have anything left in the tank. We still have Bruce and Finley.
We added Matt Bonner at the 4. Average rebounder and defender, plays with a lot of effort, decent range for spacing the floor. Likely to take Horry's spot in the rotation as Duncan's backup, since Horry looked like a fossil in last year's playoffs. We didn't try to bring in Scola.
We lost Rasho and Nazr at the 5, and replaced them with Francisco Elson. The front office all but apologized for the guy in the Ludden article, so clearly they aren't laboring under the impression that they signed the next David Robinson. We tried to sign Jackie Butler at the 5, but the Knicks have all but confirmed they will match. We blew Javtokas off, but we apparently have until Friday to try to kiss and make up.
Assuming the Knicks keep Butler, we still have just under half the midlevel, the LLE, and various spare parts to offer in trades.
Reasons for optimism: There's a lot of time left in the offseason. We still have assets to sign and/or trade for more players.
Reasons for pessimism: If the season started today, this is a weaker roster than last year's. Not a great sign.
Does that sound about right?