The Knicks acquired Jalen Rose and Denver's first round pick from the Raptors for Antonio Davis. I like this trade because Davis was basically worthless, and his wife was crazy. Hopefully this will mean more minutes for Lee and Frye. There are a couple drawbacks to this trade. Jalen Rose is a weak defender (part of the Toronto contigent that allowed Kobe to score 81 points). The Knicks already have too many of those players. Davis' contract is up after this season (which is what made him attractive to the Raptors). Jalen's contract goes for one more year, he is due $17m next year (the differences in salary this year is negligible). So I like the trade from a talent standpoint, not convinced about it from the future of the organization standpoint. I had hoped we could use our expiring contracts to get better draft picks or a legitimate star who is legitimately unhappy such as Paul Pierce or maybe Mike Bibby.
But enough of what I think, what do you think:
Matt Focks: loves the deal because it gives the Knicks 3 UMich guys along with JC & Mo.Tail.
Mike: loves the deal because recent history has shown that players unhappy in Toronto come to this area and do well.
Derek Haskins (two Dereks read this blog, I need to differentiate): hates the deal because Jalen taunted Denver fans with chants of "Plummer" after the Broncos lost to the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game.
Justin: loves the deal because during the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals we watched a Pacers-Knicks game from a sports book in Acapulco. After Jalen hit a shot someone (who Justin thought to be a local) screamed out "La Rosa!" Turned out that was me.
Me: One more thought, Jalen is a frequent contributor to the Best Damn Sports Show Period. I like his appearances a lot, including his conversations with Eva Longoria at last year's NBA Finals. He says "things of that nature" too often but he always comported himself with class. One time they did a sketch showing a black woman giving birth to two kids, one black and one white. Those babies turned into Jalen Rose and Best Damn host Chris Rose. In the climactic final scene it was revealed that the boys' father was Pete Rose. Funny stuff. If I left you out and you have an opinion on this trade we'd love to hear from you, especially if you go by the name of "The Concierge."
One word: stupid. See Paul's negative comments for my reason. Like Paul said talent wise sure it makes sense, especially getting the pick. But I'm sure it's voided if it's a top 10 or something. I'd hope Toronto wouldn't give up a lottery pick! If not, maybe Isiah isn't the dumbest GM in the league.
ReplyDeleteMy sweet dick, it's awful! This trade is like the girl who goes down on you and uses too much teeth. Not only is Jalen Rose the WORST possible player we could have brought it (aging, selfish ballhog who plays no defense), we only got DENVER's 1st round pick, sure to be later in the opening round, AND Rose is on the hook for another season at 17 million. I hope that CCH Pounder wannabe wins her case against Zeke so we can get him the fuck out of Dodge!
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