Knicks suggest dealing Randolph to Memphis
by jnstarbird on Sep 5, 2008 10:31 AM PDT
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The Knicks have a trade proposal on the table with the Memphis Grizzlies that would see Darko Milicic and Marko Jaric dealt to New York in exchange for Zach Randolph.
An executive with knowledge of the trade talks said Friday that Knicks president Donnie Walsh initiated the Randolph-to-Memphis talks with the Grizzlies recently and it's up to Walsh to sign off on the deal. But it appears Walsh has cooled to the idea of trading his player, the executive said.
A Knicks spokesman declined comment Friday.
Milicic is reportedly owed $14.5 million over the next two seasons, while Jaric will make $21.3 million over the next three seasons. The Knicks want to trade Randoph because his contract runs through 2010-11. He will be paid nearly $48 million over those three seasons.
The move helps the Knicks with their salary cap. It has been widely perceived that their goal is get under the cap before the summer of 2010 so they can make a run at LeBron James and other high-profile free agents who will hit the market that offseason.
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I knew no one would check the fanshots
Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely.
"He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors," Frye said after giving up his share to Oden in the workout.
Or the junk drawer
Hope it goes through for Zach, it can only get better than in NY.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
while we're at it (breaking news)
Mike Barrett has a new post on his blog over on blazers.com thats pretty good…
Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely.
"He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors," Frye said after giving up his share to Oden in the workout.
Z-Bo and Love on the same team?
They need to get Maglore for the C spot and have the slowest lubering team. Mike Conley (sp?), and his speed will be wasted with them.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
Scratch that.
Keep getting Minny and Grizzy mixed up.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Sep 5, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Why exactly did we ever give Zach that horrible deal?
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
We thought he was a
Ninja turtle and that he would save the day.
Turns out he was Krang
WWSBD?
TRADE 4 THE STACHE!
by nightbluefruit on Sep 5, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Zach started out getting his 20 and 10
WITHOUT plays being run for him. He did it with weakside rebounding and put-backs, and some decent ability to take his man off the drive from the upper block.
He was clearly valuable. Then the Evil One, Mr. “What’s Chemistry?”, gave ZBo that huge contract and all of a sudden ZBo is like, “I am the man. Feed me the ball. Hustle? I don’t think franchise players hustle.”
Evidently, ‘franchize playas’ don’t pass out of the low post, either.
'77
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
by Norsktroll on Sep 5, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
"Build me a body!"
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum
by rockingharder on Sep 5, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Zach and his agent also argued
that Pau and AK-47 got max deals, so Zach deserved one, too. As we’ve seen since, not one of those guys deserved a max deal — though they’re hardly the only NBA players who can make that claim. And you can’t blame them for taking advantage of weak-minded GMs and owners.
I shoot layups like they're jumpers.
What I want to know is...
… how can we get in on this and get Rudy Gay out of the deal. Somehow, I think getting him and seeing Randolph in Memphis would complete some circle of karma.
?
That might turn out as one of the shortest trade talks KP ever initiated.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
Funniest thing I've read all day
+1
The inbound to McGinnis, drives, stops, pumps, shoots, short, no good...AND THE GAME IS OVER! ~ Bill Schonely
by SandbergOnSports on Sep 5, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
you have to
get out and read more
besides I totally ripped off this
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
no need to insult my reading habits
just wanted to compliment your comment was all…sheesh
The inbound to McGinnis, drives, stops, pumps, shoots, short, no good...AND THE GAME IS OVER! ~ Bill Schonely
by SandbergOnSports on Sep 6, 2008 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
As long as we're ripping off jokes:
The NBA gave Zach a random blood test.
He tested positive for “gravy”.
=(_8c(|)
He wasn't insulting your reading habits
He was not wanting to take the credit for being that funny.
It wasn’t a shot at you, it was a shot at himself.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
Sorry, I refuse to get Gay for Sergio – I don’t swing that way.
by Furious Styles on Sep 5, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey-oh!
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I think it’s going to be very beautiful game next year."
-Nicolas Batum
by rockingharder on Sep 5, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
Knicks
are probably just hoping Jaric’s fiancee will hang around the team like Doug Christie’s wife.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
another ugly dude with a hot GF
Funny how a dude suddenly becomes much more attractive when his wallet is full.
Winning is everything.
She's prolly got more than him
Models at that level make crazy money, and she is at the top of the top.
If they divorce he’ll be the one who gets spousal support.
For my world to stay intact, I’ll assume she is dumb and he has a high tolerance for annoyingness and they go well together.
Mortimer
i remember typing something EXACTLY like this
she is the world’s 3 rd highest payed super model behind gisele and tyra
cept she is wayyyyyyyyyy cuter than tyra ;0
"Thank God those nightmarish booty-less days are behind us. I blame cocaine."-Mortimer
I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another. - Homer
That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881
The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak And stared with his foot on the prey. - Lord Alfred Tennyson
Hold on a second
Why would the Grizzles trade away Pau Gasol and then trade for Zach Randolph? Sellers remorse? Are they trying to be a worse front office than the Bobcats, Hawks and Knicks? Am I missing something here? At least you can bury those Memphis guys on the bench while you wait for the contracts to expire. There’s no way you don’t play a 20 10 guy even if he’s a this generation’s McHale (you know, for his ball hoggery). Plus Darko and Marko make a great addition (name-wise) to the Grizzly cheer squad.
And for any NBA conspiracy theorists out there……The Grizzles traded away an All star to LA and take a cancer and bloated contract off the hands of NYC. Big markets….David Stern…..TV ratings…..anyone?……….. anyone?
The street lights is on.
Wanting to run the franchise
in the ground so they are moved like Sea Town.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
Marc may be better than Pau
in a couple of years.
That may have been a highly successful trade for the future for Memphis. I personally would rather see Pau than Marc on the L@kers when our dynasty time starts.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
I can imagine him being a stronger post defender
He doesn’t seem to have Pau’s versatility to play two positions, his foot-speed, his good jump-hook, his excellent passing skills. He seems to have inherited his soft touch around the basket and has a decent jumper that extends to the perimeter, but right now he is mostly a bulky guy to man the middle.
Marc Gasol + Zach Randolph > Pau Gasol? Yeah, probably, but it didn’t seem like taking on more money was the original plan.
Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."
Marc is younger
has more years ahead of him.
Also, I think, tougher.
Also, I suspect, will be a significant low-post threat within a couple years. He may never be the passer Pau is, although that can be learned.
Foot speed is nice, but not necessary in the low post.
Marc isn’t as good now. But if Marc were on the L@kers instead of Pau, it might well extend their window to contend a little further into our window.
One of my fan posts got 50 signatures. And you thought I was egotistical before. But nobody can do Ego like I can.
Besides....all Memphis needs is...
This guy (drafted the same year as Darko Milicic)
Timing.
Either way, it’s mid-teen-millions in bad contracts.
Who would YOU rather be paying about $15mil per year – Z-Bo, or the Marko-Darko pair?
Heck, even after what we’ve been through with him, I’d say Zach.
Especially if the team in question isn’t one battling a past history of bad character dudes,
like we were when we got rid of him, or the Truck Party Knicks now, or the Pacers.
If the team is the Griz, those bad marks against him aren’t as bad as they were here.
And he’s probably worth more ON the court than the MarkoDarko pair.
That said, clearing bad contracts by 2010 is a big deal for teams in the hunt for LeBron (like NY),
but not such a big deal for teams that never would’ve had a sniff at King James (like Memphis).
This trade actually makes sense.
Both Zach and the Marko-Darko-combo (that sounds VERY Swedish Chef, doesn’t it?)
are $15mil worth of very bad player(s), so it’s still bad-for-bad.
But overall, it’s like the Raef-for-Ratliff trade, if the Bassy-for-Roy part weren’t involved.
=(_8c(|)
Not sure if this has been posted around here before
Basketbawful is generally hilarious, so here is a Randolph with the worst possession of all time.
Zach Randolph should have been fined for this
The street lights is on.
randolph doesn't know how lucky he is
Does anyone remember the game last year when randolph stopped defending his guy to argue with the refs about a call that happened on the other end. He was just standing there not even looking at the game and his man jacked up a 3. No team will be a contender with randolph on the floor. He is an idiot and a thug, who cares more about his image than the game. I met him at a bar once, downtown right after his rookie season, and bought him a drink for doing such a good job his first year. He just took it and walked away, no thank you, no head nod, nothing. That was when I knew he was a punk.
Sorry I forgot my point
Randolph is lucky because people still have faith that he will end up being a good player. He should never be an all star, his overall game is weak, poor defender, slow, predictable, the only things he’s got are good hands, and a soft touch. HE CAN BARELY DUNK!!!! The knicks would be lucky to get rid of him, they can only have one Marbury on the team. GO BLAZERS!!!!
Marc Gasol needs to go jogging
I can’t see what all the hype is about pertaining to the Gasol’s. They are above average players, but I’ve never gotten the feeling that they dominate the paint. Pau was lucky to be on Kobe’s team last year, but before that how many mediocre seasons did he have in memphis? Sure he was the best player, but I would be two playing with a bunch of junior high kids. Marc Gasol looked really out of shape in the olympics, and slower than Pau. Yeah he is bigger, but looking like you’re struggling under the rules you’re used to playing didn’t show me anything special. Rudy and Rubio were the only guys who really looked special to me.
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