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Post by will1682 on Jul 23, 2009 20:46:14 GMT -5
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Post by irish2u2 on Jul 23, 2009 22:11:13 GMT -5
It's a smart move. Sessions has some real talent, he is young and will get better and he fits the D'Antoni mold of a guy who gets others involved. He's athletic. He will be a better shooter because he works at it and he can defend. I like his size too. I think Milwaukee is stupid if they don't match but that's just basketball talking and not money. If Milwaukee doesn't have the resources we get a very nice player. If they match, and they should, we tried.
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Post by kgooglog on Jul 23, 2009 22:35:08 GMT -5
I don't remember a time in Knicks history when a PG situation took so many swerving turns, involved so many different scenarios, or had the implications that this particular move holds. As you know, Will, my position is to acquire Sessions and if the Knick do ink Ramon to this type of deal, I would be happy. That said, I also think that signing Sessions would mean that: 1) Donnie Walsh and David Lee/Mark Bartlestein are still at an impasse concerning Lee's future as a Knick. According to ESPN, Lee made some comments, some of which can be construed as critical of the Knicks management of this entire situation or some which can simply be the man's frustration over the depressed NBA market and other teams inability or unwillingness to overpay for a damned good player, but one who is clearly not worth $12,000,000 a year. 2) Nate Robinson will either be signed for the qualifying offer of $2.9 million and be signed and traded, perhaps with David Lee, or Jared Jeffries. Maybe the Knicks do go to $4,000,000 with 'lil Nate. I would find it very difficult to believe Walsh would go the extra mile to resign Nate to that figure, especially if Sessions comes on board, Duhon remains, and Toney Douglas is allowed to develop into that back-up core player. I do not find it difficult to see Nate go to the Kings with Jeffries for Kenny Thomas, for this trade pays for Sessions' salary next year--the summer of LeBron. 3) Andre Miller is no longer a viable option and that Portland has elected to sign Miller outright with their remaining cap space, which the Blazers are extremely reluctant to tender an offer to David Lee when they know the Knicks could simply match it and tie up their ability to sign one of the two or three name FAs left in the NBA. 4) Ricky Rubio is not going to be readily available to New York, or for that matter, Minnesota. I'm thinking that Minny may not have too much of a desire to assist a player who has no desire to play for them, or that the Wolves are waiting to see what they can get from NY in terms of a sign and trade (see David Lee) who, despite the viewpoints of some pundits that Kahn has a roster chock full of PFs, really have a huge problem on their hands if injury prone Al Jefferson does not come back as pre-injury prone Al Jefferson. Rubio's contractual situation with his Euro team seems more complex and very expensive, although a team like NY can simply get Ricky one endorsement deal and Rubio becomes a Knick. 5) Chris Duhon may have become more important in his last contract year and, depending on how Toney Douglas fares in the first half of the season, may be valuable trade bait--either as an expiring contract or a veteran PG who is not to old to seriously help out a contender, or who may already be part of other discussions. |
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