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Post by will1682 on Jul 29, 2009 18:29:26 GMT -5
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Post by mercury on Jul 29, 2009 18:54:30 GMT -5
I believe the Knicks will definetly go after Sessions. Dantoni seems to like him very much. Another intresting fact is Mike's brother Dan Dantoni coached Sessions in either highschool or college, so the Knicks have first hand knowledge of Sessions attitude and game. Another positive about Sessions is Clyde was commenting about him during the summer league and said that Sessions can do it all on the court, and Clyde knows a thing or two about point gaurds.
The Bucks are one million dollars under the luxury tax limit. Walsh might wait to see what they do with Bowen, so he can structure Sessions contract where it will definetly put the Bucks over the tax limit this season. This is one advantage the Knicks have they can spend all they want this season, but must remain frugal concerning the next.
Since everybody is making up new lines for Clyde heres the obvious "school is in Session".
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Post by jbnewyork162 on Jul 29, 2009 19:23:17 GMT -5
Damn will you beat me to it with the original posting, lol.
Now there is a method to the madness, and as another side note too. If Bowen is released, can we lone him for one season to teach by example, even though I never cared for him personally but to be a positive mentor, these NY Knicks.
If we sign Nate and sessions then duhon is probably packaged with curry or Jeffries somewhere. sessions is a younger, faster more agile and has a very high bball IQ. So having the young Nate and the young T.Douglas who has good pass first skills gives essentially a good young barometer for making sure our PG core is set for at least the time we want to look into Paul or Deron Williams.
Get Session here finally and try to move Duhon with Curry instead of Mobley's contract or at least in conjunction.
If we got Sessions a deal for McGrady(exp deal)/Kyle Lowry(exp deal) for Curry(b/c they have PF playing center behind Yao)/Duhon(exp deal)/Mobley's insured contract(exp deal). It works under the cap and Kyle lowry could backup Sessions while McGrady could rehab behind Hughes and Chandler for one last giant contract harrah.
Houston can't afford, although they could go that route, to be in the lotto after creating a winning program but if they choose the say screw the curry deal and go for the lottery, having alot of cap room along with a lottery pick and Ariza, Aaron Brooks a rehabbed Yao and Battier and Scola is not bad either.
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Post by ReneNYG1 on Jul 29, 2009 22:24:01 GMT -5
Merc your right on they have an insight on him with his brother maybe his brother is harping in his ear,I remember Clyde talking him up too,he might workout for us and he comes free which helps and the only problem really is the cap of 2010,it could be we might make a trade Jeffries before we sign him,I can't believe the James fot Jeffries trade is dead with the WIZ ,we have the Mobley contract which make our guys cheaper,IMO DW is trying to figure the best trade out there,with Lee and N8 not signing it smells to me like a big trade is going to happen,I don't think DW signs Sessions without moving either Curry or Jeffries.I would take the chance because Sessions might get away and we can allways move these guys when they get some burn even if we have to give up N8 or DLee to get it done.
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Post by kgooglog on Jul 30, 2009 1:21:47 GMT -5
I believe the Knicks will definetly go after Sessions. Dantoni seems to like him very much. Another intresting fact is Mike's brother Dan Dantoni coached Sessions in either highschool or college, so the Knicks have first hand knowledge of Sessions attitude and game. Another positive about Sessions is Clyde was commenting about him during the summer league and said that Sessions can do it all on the court, and Clyde knows a thing or two about point gaurds. The Bucks are one million dollars under the luxury tax limit. Walsh might wait to see what they do with Bowen, so he can structure Sessions contract where it will definetly put the Bucks over the tax limit this season. This is one advantage the Knicks have they can spend all they want this season, but must remain frugal concerning the next. Since everybody is making up new lines for Clyde heres the obvious "school is in Session". The Bucks are so dangerously close to the luxury tax threshold that I read somewhere that if NY signed Sessions to a 4 year MLE deal versus a 3 year MLE deal and simply substituted the 4th year salary for the 1st year (Front-loading the contract), NY can get Ramon and the Bucks cannot or will not match this offer. In my opinion, acquiring Sessions is the most important move the Knicks need to make, as Ramon gives the Knicks a wildly athletic PG who is a pass first pure one whose upside is incredible. He also provides NY with a PG who will be here when the all-important FA summer of 2010 arrives. If NY does not acquire Ramon and Nate Robinson is not signed, Toney Douglas remains the only PG the Knicks will have next year. Another plus, if one wants to look at it this way, is that Walsh can offer the vet's minimum to Jamaal Tinsley with a team option for 2010, so that Chis Duhon may be traded or be part of a package that solves another positional problem, which is power forward. I would really want NY to get Ty Thomas and if the price is just Lee, than Walsh must do this trade. Ty is everything that David is not, and at the 4, a team needs an athlete who defends, blocks shots, and who can hit a mid-range jumper. Lee cannot do any of this, and he is not as young or as athletic as Thomas is. Also, New York may not resign Nate Robinson if Ramon Sessions is inked to a multi-year mid-level contract. In fact, this was stated on RealGM... |
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Post by will1682 on Jul 30, 2009 12:40:23 GMT -5
Just read according to The Journal Times' Gery Woelfel's Twitter post that Donnie Walsh spoke with the Bucks' John Hammond yesterday and it is believed the two are possibly discussing a sign and trade scenerio. If Walsh does have his eye on Bruce Bowen as well then its obviously due to his final year contract. Of course David and Nate were mentioned but thats no surprise. It would be heaven if Walsh could dupe them into taking Jeffries.
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Post by irish2u2 on Jul 31, 2009 0:16:02 GMT -5
Just read according to The Journal Times' Gery Woelfel's Twitter post that Donnie Walsh spoke with the Bucks' John Hammond yesterday and it is believed the two are possibly discussing a sign and trade scenerio. If Walsh does have his eye on Bruce Bowen as well then its obviously due to his final year contract. Of course David and Nate were mentioned but thats no surprise. It would be heaven if Walsh could dupe them into taking Jeffries. If Walsh could trade Jefferies for expiring deals than he is a mortal lock for NBA GM of the Year.  |
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Post by kgooglog on Jul 31, 2009 14:00:10 GMT -5
If Donnie can dupe Houston into taking Eddy Curry and Mobe's contract for T-Mac, he is an immortal. If Donnie can dupe Houston into taking Eddy Curry AND Jared Jeffries and a little cash for T-Mac, he is an NBA Executive God of Professional History...
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Post by ironman95 on Aug 1, 2009 18:29:56 GMT -5
Unfortunately for the Knicks, it appears that T-Mac is getting healthy, and that may kill the Curry/Mobley for T-Mac deal. We are supposed to make the deal for an "unhealthy" T-Mac, and hope he miraculously heals. Or just eat the contract and get more ready for 2010. Unless Curry miraculously gets his game back, I don't think that deal will go down.
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Post by kgooglog on Aug 1, 2009 18:47:00 GMT -5
Unfortunately for the Knicks, it appears that T-Mac is getting healthy, and that may kill the Curry/Mobley for T-Mac deal. We are supposed to make the deal for an "unhealthy" T-Mac, and hope he miraculously heals. Or just eat the contract and get more ready for 2010. Unless Curry miraculously gets his game back, I don't think that deal will go down. I am happy for T-Mac, but I agree that his vow of returning this year does hurt the chances of a Curry/Mobley deal. I truly thought when the Houston GM requested to see Eddy Curry in Vegas, there was definitely some sort of a trade plan. Curry first lost 50 pounds, then 30 pounds, and now his trainer says it is delusional for a coach to expect Eddy to ever weigh 285, since that is too skinny. Below is a picture of a "too skinny" Curry... |
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