Rumor: Sergio Rodriguez to the Knicks

ZBo was a cancer, we’re glad he’s gone…

What what

for the privilege of not paying him in ’09

I’m sure his agent would love the possibility of getting Sergio to the Knicks, but if the deal was in place he wouldn’t have any reason to float that rumor to the press.

KP recently mentioned that agents float rumors a lot in an attempt to get teams talking. That sounds like this might be the case.

He is a bad fit here. I love Sergio and defend him all of the time, but I feel its safe to assume that Sergio will never reach his potential under Nate’s system. I really, really, really hope this rumor is true for Sergio’s sake. If he can’t become a legit player in D’antoni’s system, than it probably won’t ever happen. I am rooting form..

he’s a bad fit in Portland and could be a very good backup with another team, but I don’t think there’s more than 2-3 teams that he’d start for. I would be very interested to see how he does in NY though.

As Blazer fans we would be begging KP to bring him over as our PG savior.

He will do well in the right team with the right situation, like so many players. I like Serg alot, but would like him to go somewhere he can get minutes and appreciation.

Sergio, #24, #32 for the Knicks #8?

agreed

E.g. here http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/5/3/863494/i-dont-know-what-my-future-is#15224071

I hope it becomes true.

Sergio is $1.5 million in salary beginning on July 1st (or 8th) when the season turns over. When KP picked up the last year of his deal, he didn’t know that Darius would come back on our cap.

and somehow add one or two second rounders to the mix each year. pretty soon, he’ll own the entire second round in like 2019.

this is much more likely.

“The Heat need a low-post scorer, though, with restricted free-agent David Lee making a lot of sense down in South Beach. It, however, would take a gigantic sign-and-trade deal to make Lee joining the Heat a reality, but a frontline tandem of him and Jermaine O’Neal would be a nice setup. Lee would play center on offense and power forward on defense, while O’Neal would play power forward on offense and center on defense.

Anyhow, here’s my idea of getting Lee in Miami.

1. On 7/8/2009, the New York Knicks re-sign Lee to a six-year, $60,000,000 contract, with non-escalating salaries of $10,000,000 annually and an early termination option he can exercise after the fourth season.

2. The Knicks and Heat subsequently complete the following trade.

FROM MIAMI & TO NEW YORK
C Mark Blount ($7,967,375)
PF Udonis Haslem ($7,100,000)
SF Dorell Wright ($2,887,165)
SG Yakhouba Diawara ($945,000)

Outgoing: $18,899,540 X 125% + $100,000 = 23,724,425
Incoming: $22,075,486

FROM NEW YORK & TO MIAMI
C Eddy Curry ($10,500,423) {15% Trade Kicker}
PF David Lee ($10,000,000) {Base-Year Compensation Player}

Outgoing: $15,500,423 X 125% + $100,000 = $19,475,528
Incoming: $18,899,540

3. The Knicks receive four players who’ve got expiring contracts, which helps the team in its objective of clearing as much salary cap space as is possible for the summer of 2010. In this proposed deal, the Knicks cut $11,276,863 in salary obligations for the 2010-2011 season. Yet, for the upcoming season, Udonis Haslem is the only one who’s got any on-court value; thus, Donnie Walsh would release Mark Blount, Dorell Wright, and Yakhouba Diawara."

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/5/12/872782/the-season-in-review-channing-frye#15609203

If Walsh wants to have enough future salary cap space flexibility to sign two maximum-level free-agents in 2010, then packaging Curry with Lee is of the utmost importance this off-season. Walsh will also need to move Jared Jeffries for someone who’s got an expiring contract, with Wilson Chandler probably being the sweetner in such a deal. Oh, and on a final note, the Knicks should just let Nate Robinson walk—even if it gets nothing in return for him.

and then trade LMA as a peice for Deron or Paul

(and you thought no one would bring Paul and Deron up in a Sergio post)

He’s not the ‘floor general’ the second unit needs (in that he doesn’t pass very well or often) and he duplicates a lot of what Rudy brings off the bench, unless you play under the assumption that Nate-Rob will dominate the ball while Rudy gets his points through assisted jumpers and transition baskets…

As a UW fan, I can say with some certainty that I never felt Roy and Robinson were that great on the floor together. I mean, they were very successful, but it seemed like Roy exerted a lot of energy covering for Robinson and also looked a little lost playing off-the-ball most of the time… It speaks volumes, to me, that Roy hasn’t stepped up and endorsed Nate-Rob, since we have cap space and he’d fill a position of weakness on our roster (tough, quick third/fourth scorer)…

who can he defend? The only Nate that matters (McMillian) likes tall/strong PGs

That New York was planning on offering Gortat the full MLE…

A duo of Gortat and Zaza Pachulia — who’ll most likely be re-signed by the Hawks using his Bird rights — at center would allow Al Horford and Josh Smith to move back to their natural positions of power forward and small forward. Then, the Hawks could re-sign one of its restricted free-agents (i.e., Marvin Williams and Josh Childress) to be its sixth man at the backup forward slot. The Hawks, however, could potentially re-sign both Williams and Childress, although that’d lead to a minutes crunch at forward.

all of our players were great, and we don’t have any cancers on our team that need to be addressed immediately the way we have had in the past. trades are fine, but no one is on my trading block.

but there was a salary cap guru here that said they are not combineable last year.

Tom Penn has said that a TE can’t be combined with anything else. Generally the teams work two “separate” trades that act together. Trade the TE for a player, then a second round pick for a first round pick as two separate deals, essentially.

Each of the two teams has trade exceptions that they can use. If you’re asking if “we” can take the $2.9 million trade exception from the Diogu trade and add it to a $1.0 million trade exception that the Knicks have so that the Blazers can get a $4.0 million player, then the answer is no.

Can both teams use trade exceptions in the same deal? Absolutely.

For example, if Portland wanted to trade Sergio to NY for D. Gallinari, both sides could use current trade exceptions to obtain the player they wanted and new trade exceptions would be generated.

they’ve already traded their 2010 1st rounder.

not what i’m hearing.

If acquiring a major free agent or doing a lopsided trade is what the Blazers have in mind. Last summer Philly had to gift some players for nothing to make room for Elton Brand. At the time KP picked up Sergio’s last contract year, he could still assume to have about $15 million in cap space, enough for pretty much any free agent. Now Sergio’s $1.58 million on top of about $6.5 million in cap space next season could make the difference between a competitive offer for a Hinrich/Miller/Sessions/Kidd/Hedo/… or losing out. I still don’t think KP will outright pay another team to take Sergio off his hands and that he has some value for a few teams, but it could become necessary. Lets face it, no team will want to miss out on their originally targeted free agent or go into luxury tax for Sergio. I would assume the Blazers at least have to send next year’s salary in cash along with him.