17 Apr 2015 12:49:15
This is rough so if you got any ideas how to make it work please post them
Knicks get Vucevic and Magic 1st
Draft Winslow
Magic get Knicks 1st
Draft towns or okafor
Knicks sign rondo and sanders
Knicks starting 5
Rondo, Winslow, Melo, Sanders, Vucevic
17 Apr 2015 13:56:36
It's not a bad trade actually. I don't know why the Knicks would want either Rondo or Sanders though, especially Sanders.
17 Apr 2015 14:13:24
I'm a Knicks fan. This is terrible. I have no faith in Winslow. I think rondo is past his prime and over rated. Sanders is flat out worthless. So you have vucevic and melo. Vucevic only gets stats because again, awful team, someone has to. This creates a terrible team with very little upside. Rather keep pick. Hopefully get towns or okafor. And allow them to develop. Snag Monroe. Then work on the guards situation.
17 Apr 2015 14:22:51
NYK get: Nik Vucevic & Elfrid Payton
Sign: Greg Monroe & Jimmy Butler
pg. payton
sg. butler
sf. melo
pf. monroe
c. vucevic
ORL get: 1st Overall Pick, THJ & Jose Calderon
Draft: Okafor & Winslow
You sign Rondo & Sanders. i'm good.
pg. rondo
sg. olapido
sf. winslow
pf. gordon
c. okafor
17 Apr 2015 14:34:36
Makes a lot of sense for both teams.
Magic might need a bit more though Vuc has put up numbers that are as good if not better then what most think okafor or towns will put up. I think knock might have to give up a younger players as well. Maybe tmj?
17 Apr 2015 15:03:33
I don't think the Knicks would trade out of thst slot unless they got a big, young center. And I don't know why anyone with a big, young center would make that trade to get another big, young center.
Orlando should stay where they are and get the swingman to go along with Payton and Oladipo or find a PF (WCS?) to start next to Vucevic since I'm not sold on Aaron Gordon.
The Knicks should stay where they are and restart their franchise with Towns or Okafor unless someone throws assets at them.
17 Apr 2015 15:07:31
Vucevic is too much to move up 4 slots. Towns and Okafor are good prospects, but not can't miss. They are not worth this much, especially with Winslow likely available at the Magic's slot.
17 Apr 2015 16:30:54
This is a tough call I put rondo and sanders in to balance out the roster, but if your placing your hopes on towns and okafor I think melo will be past it before they are ready to compete so it's either trade and surround pieces for melo or trade melo and build with your draft pick this year.
17 Apr 2015 18:56:49
Totally disagree. Towns, yes. but Okafor has the offensive skill set and the size to average 15/10 as a rookie. Plugging that in as a center is substantial.
18 Apr 2015 03:01:26
If Rondo goes to the Knicks they will end up like the Nets. If the Knicks want to get better they need to dump Mello to a small market team, he's not made for the big stage.
18 Apr 2015 12:27:15
I am also a Knicks fan and I make that deal in a heartbeat if I can't get Towns in the draft.
The Knicks need rim and lane protection first and foremost, as that is currently their weak spot. Towns looks like he can be that player and is very good offensively as well. Okafor is not that defensive presence, and with Nik's game being further ahead, having the offensive skills that are more polished right now, and offering the same level of rim protection as Jalil, Knicks take Vucevic is a second, add the additional asset of the 5th pick, and look to sign a better lane presence in Free Agency (which means I don't sign Monroe either). I like Greg, but putting him, Melo and either Vucevic or Okafor in the frontcourt would be a mess defensively.
Question for me is, why would the Magic make this deal unless they can also get Towns, which then suggests the Knicks should keep the pick.