( Continued from Part 2 )
7) Chris Paul: "We'll form our own Big 3"
First, the New York Knicks need to be prepared to get Carmelo Anthony through a trade with the Denver Nuggets this upcoming season, and not as a free agent next summer. After the Knicks get Chris Paul and Emeka Okafor, there won't be any cap room left for signing Anthony as a free agent ...
Next, the Knicks need the Indiana Pacers to join them in a possible 3-way deal with the New Orleans Hornets. Or, they need to make a trade with the Pacers first before their trade with the Hornets. And I'm 100% sure the Indiana Pacers will be interested in such a trade as they have been trying to do a T.J. Ford for Raymond Felton deal for a long long time ...
8) Amare Stoudemire: "The Knicks Are Back!"
Now, let me be the first one in the world to lay out the master plan. The New York Knicks might need to add a draft pick or two to juice up the potential deals, but the overall plan will be to complete the 3 following trades after mid-December when the Knicks can trade Raymond Felton to another team ...
Trade #1 - Raymond Felton (NYK) for T.J. Ford (IND) -
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(I used 3 players whose contract numbers equal to Felton's contract number)
The new contract that Raymond Felton signed with the New York Knicks will pay him $7.0 million in 2010-11, $7.56 million in 2011-12. The Indiana Pacers will love this trade as they wanted to do it last year with the Charlotte Bobcats. And even if the Felton project doesn't work out for the Pacers, his contract is only a short 2-year contract ...
Trade #2 - Eddy Curry, T.J. Ford, Toney Douglas, Bill Walker and draft picks (NYK)
for Chris Paul and Emeka Okafor (NOH) -
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(I used 3 players whose contract numbers equal to Ford's contract number)
This will be a salary dumping move by the New Orleans Hornets as they rid themselves of Emeka Okafor's bad contract which otherwise would be impossible to move. In the process, the Hornets might get a draft pick or two and Toney Douglas from the New York Knicks ...
Trade #3 - Danilo Gallinari, Anthony Randolph, Wilson Chandler, Kelenna Azubuike and
Ronny Turiaf (NYK) for Carmelo Anthony and Coby Karl (DEN) -
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This will be a no-brainer for the Denver Nuggets if they come to their senses and realize that they need to rebuild their team. The Nuggets will get 4 young, promising players in exchange for their superstar who isn't going to re-sign with them. This is something that the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors failed to get last month ...
9) So the Knicks will have their own Big 3 next season?
But stranger things have happened in the NBA. The New York Daily News has reported 2 days ago that Knicks president Donnie Walsh really considered resigning after Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan made the controversial move to hire Isiah Thomas as a consultant to the New York Knicks. If Donnie Walsh is still the Knicks president by mid-season, maybe we'll see a Big 3 in New York. Otherwise, ...
[ read the New York Daily News story
here ]
