Seano

Like Hollinger tweeted earlier Sunday, whether they let him walk or not, the Knicks come out winners no matter what, as the raging Linsanity of last Jan. and Feb. is what finally impelled Time Warner Cable and the MSG Network to return to the table and hammer out an agreement to FINALLY end the Knicks blackout on TV in the NY market, a result which is of incalculable value to the Knicks, so they'll be making boatloads of future money off the past efforts of Lin no matter whether he stays or goes. Seems almost heartless, but you're right. Business is business.

That is a remarkable uhmmm....feat.

It's kind of a tough question, cause ideally you'd like to keep Horford happy and he'd be happiest at the 4, but that pushes Josh to the 3, and that would just give Josh free rein to start the old bombs away routine, and that is always to the detriment of the team.

For me it is easily the '07-'08 squad, the little team that (almost) could. It's hard to vote against a #8 seed putting a serious death scare into the #1, and that's what we did. We had the Celtics scared sh*tless in that first round, and this was after an 8 year Atlanta Hawks playoff drought, by far the longest in franchise history. That was just awesome what that team did there.

You might very well have a point there, but we will never know. Sometimes a change of scenery can be really helpful for a player, so it'll be very interesting to see how he does out there, whether he can finally start to 'get it' or whether he just simply doesn't have any 'it' to give. He seems a good guy, so it would be great to see him become a positive contributor on a regular basis, something which he never really was able to accomplish here. He just seemed to fade into invisibility far too often here.

Well he's an NU guy, so yeah, high intelligence goes without saying. He does have an odd, odd looking shot though. It's got a definite hitch in it and is certainly not pretty, but it absolutely does work for him somehow.

If he is to make it in the NBA, his role is going to have to be just that, the highly specialized long range gunner. I watched this kid all throughout his career at Northwestern, and I really enjoyed him as a player and as just a really quality young fella. I'll be rooting for him.

Ferry seems to love his shooters, that's for sure. I saw where we also signed John Shurna to our summer league team. He is so unathletic that I'd be fairly shocked if he ever had more than a cup of coffee with any NBA team, but holy cripes can that kid shoot. Highly unorthodox shooting motion, but the guy's long range jumper is absolutely deadly.

If for no other reason than for defensive purposes, I'd really hope to see DeShawn getting more than 5 minutes per game.

Nope GM, you are not the only Hawks fan that doesn't want him here. Personally, I think the guy's a creep, and there's no guarantee that if he did come here he wouldn't start pulling the same divisive crap he's been pulling in Orlando for the last several years.

So long, Duckie. Best of luck in Utah.

Truly a soap opera, and a tiresome one at that.

I got a kick out of that one too.

Exactly. A CBA can only do so much. It can't change human ambition and/or stupidity. Morey seemed a pretty sharp fella though, but maybe I was giving him too much credit, or maybe this was a move dictated by Rockets ownership.

I would expect so, or maybe it's all dependent upon him and whether he wants to stay? I really don't know, but wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see him traded.If we do trade him, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be best to wait until the deadline to do so.

It's still crazy to me that Daryl Morey gifted Omer Asik with a 3 year $25.1M offer sheet, this for a guy that played 15 minutes per game and averaged 3.1 points and 5.3 boards per game. He's a high energy guy, but jeezum, that is fricken insane. As long as Ferry stays away from those type of contracts for extremely middling players, we should be all set, cause those are the type of deals that can hamstring a team.

Off that list, I'm pretty sure that Stiemsma's been resigned by the C's.

Good points. Whether we sign or trade Josh, the end result of the Joe and Marvin trades is that we are currently set to have tons of payroll flexibility next offseason, and with a 2013 free agency class including players like Chris Paul, Andrew Bynum, Steph Curry, Al Jefferson, Andre Igoudala, Manu Ginobili, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Taj Gibson, Paul Millsap and etc etc etc, we can be a serious player for some of these players.

Hate to trade Smoove because he's one of my favorites, however, it might be time to start taking offers.

Yep. It's got holes wide enough to drive a truck through.

It's setting a dangerous course, that's for sure, one that has already started with what MIA pulled two years ago. There is nothing that will turn off fans more quickly than a widespread sense that things aren't on the up and up, are simply unfair and that a true competitive imbalance exists. At that point fans become seriously disgusted and begin asking themselves "Well why the hell even bother?", because the system's rigged. And at the ticket prices the NBA charges, I could see fans in droves electing not to attend games any longer and suddenly finding better things to do than pour their money into a system that's clearly broken.

It sucks that after all this, Howard is apparently able to manipulate his way to exactly where he wanted to be, with no consequences for his lousy behavior and he and his people working the system to land him where he always wanted to be. Not fair really, but what can ya do. Sorry JJ. I like you, but if this happens, I'm going to have to be rooting harder against the Nets than even the Heat.

I was under the impression one of the intents of this new CBA was to prevent the formation of 'super-teams' ala the Miami Heat, so if Howard does go to Brooklyn, well I guess this new CBA was just about pointless so far as that goes. Supposedly one of the reasons that Dan Gilbert is even contemplating helping out Brooklyn like that is because he's still so livid at LeBron for leaving that he's willing to do anything in his power to prevent Bron from winning another title, even if that includes helping another franchise form a super-team (which would also be a detriment to his own team). Crazier than hell if true, but I wouldn't put it past Gilbert either, as he's not exactly a paragon of emotional stability.

I like it much better the fact he's humble and realizes all his college accomplishments don't mean a thing in the NBA and that he understands the fact he needs to constantly keep working at his game if he's to succeed. This quote "It's not enough to just be here in the league," he said. "I want to work hard and be an impact player. I know it takes time. Every player that's drafted, they were always the man in college and high school. I want to learn from the guys on the team and go from there. I have no ego. I haven't accomplished anything yet." to me = priceless.

Well if Josh is still feeling unsatisfied and still wants to go elsewhere, then he will make a pretty valuable trading chip and Ferry will have the opportunity to TRULY remake this roster.