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The most exciting option you propose is buying several second round picks, as the Knicks wouldn't even have to engage in guesswork here, if they wanted to make the picks efficient. Using Dave Berri's WPA, they could pick up some really smart players in the second round to fill out the roster. Berri, using the WPA lens, correctly picked DaJuan Blair as being one of the most productive rookies coming out of college, and the Knicks could use the same tools.

BigTyme           198

Love most of the scenarios; would take all the fillers, except Bender, and maybe Diener; love Novak and Mike Miller, also Matt Carroll as possible players, there's just one thing...Who's playing defense?

Joe Treutlein           199

You might wanna double check Berri's projections based on Win Score: http://www.wagesofwins.com/PAWS40Draft09.html The results are all over the map, as expected. His system basically just ranks anyone who gets a ton of defensive rebounds (relative to position) as amazing. For the record, DraftExpress, which scouts subjectively, had Lawson as a top-10 pick and Blair as a top-15 pick for the entire season on our scouting board. It didn't take a genius to see these things, or a metric that ranked Nick Fazekas as the #1 prospect in 2007.

mike           202

There is 0% chance Sacramento would ever take that deal... haha this sounds like a nice fantasy option for you though. why would a young team trying to re-build give up one of their young players (hawes) for a old horrible player? Fat chance.

Joe Treutlein           203

Uh, the deal is actually much more in the Knicks' interest if it DOESN'T include Hawes, which you'd understand if you read the entire scenario and considered the cap implications. The Kings are among the worst teams in the league defending the rim, and that's largely due to the inability of Thompson and Hawes to provide any help in that regard, while Landry isn't a noteworthy shot blocker either. Moving forward, the Kings will have to part with either Hawes or Thompson if they want to reach their potential, as the two playing together doesn't work, and there are only so many PF/C minutes to go around, with Landry being a cornerstone at the position. Seeing how Hawes is both a worse played and paid higher compared to Thompson, he is the most likely to be traded, and further seeing how 3million in cap space is more preferable to one season of Spencer Hawes warming the bench, that is why the Kings would be more inclined to make a deal with the Knicks with Hawes included, unless, of course, someone else is willing to take on his contract for an asset in the form of a pick or prospect, though it's hard to gauge that from our position, without knowing what the other teams in the league think of him as a prospect and player.

           207

no damn way the kings wants curry and yes they will keep hawes so keep dreaming if they wanted to get rid of him they wouldve at the trade deadline

Joe Treutlein           208

It's not about wanting Curry. Curry is irrelevant. Curry's contract is the issue at hand. And if taking on Curry's contract meant ridding themselves of the contract of Nocioni, that's definitely something they'd strongly consider.

Hoopalotta           209

Nice report there, Joe. Looks to me like trading Nocioni for Curry, and assuming it's a flat one-for-one, would save the Kings about $2 million in total commitments. Do you think getting the money out of the way next year would be preferable for them in addition to those savings? I'm considering the angle that they well might not have any significant free agent targets. Thanks.

JJ           210

Trade Chandler for 2 mill in cap space...I don;t think so....that's silly