Official POST-LOCKOUT Player Movement Thread (Trades, FAs, etc)

[The 24th Letter]

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I'd like to see them get Rony and see SA get Kaman

If we get Kaman, youll see one happy 24th Letter.....

a big is all we need IMO..

When is the buyout deadline or whatever>

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Re: Official POST-LOCKOUT Player Movement Thread (Trades, FAs, etc)

I think its Thursday if I have it right

[WTF]

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Is there talks of Turiaf being bought out? That's crazy.

[Kobalt]

Is there talks of Turiaf being bought out? That's crazy.

We already released him.

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[Drewski]

I'd like to see them get Rony and see SA get Kaman

Kaman in SA would be perfect.

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[WTF]

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For some reason I was thinking about Nene'. Yeah, I knew Turiaf had been released.

Oh, hopefully the Pacers will make a move for Kaman if he's bought out.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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The NBA still owns the Hornets right?

[SteelersFreak]

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Turiaf in Miami would be a great move, Kaman in San Antonio would make that team even scarier and I think Fisher in OKC would be a good fit.

I hope none of it happens.

The NBA still owns the Hornets right?

Yeah and apparently the Hornets tried to trade Kaman to the Pacers before the deadline but Stern's mischief got in the way again.

[King_B_Mack]

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So Fisher has been bought out and will be on the move. I won't lie, I wouldn't mind seeing him a Chicago uniform and glad Chicago is pursuing him. OKC and Miami are looking at him as well.

Ehhh I don't know if I'd want Fisher. I'd probably do it just to make sure he doesn't end up with Miami cause I could totally see him go there and contribute absolutely diddly until they play the Bulls in the postseason and knock down a damn game winner on us in a huge game five or higher.

[Kashanova]

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Kaman on the heat would be awesome!

[Altimus]

I'm hoping neither Kaman or Turiaf go to Miami.

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[Cavsfan4life]

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Deadline is WED for players to be playoff eligible, Kaman would be solid for SA or BOS. OKC should go after Kaman as well if he is bought out, gives them a inside scorer that they need(so do the other teams mentioned).

Turiaf would be solid for a lot of teams, Ill be happy with going to any team but MIA and NY.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: Official POST-LOCKOUT Player Movement Thread (Trades, FAs, etc)

No one doubts former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni is a brilliant offensive technician who wins big when players, particularly the point guard, master his complicated speedball system that relies heavily on players reading the defense and reacting.

D’Antoni’s coaching style and demeanor turned out not to be a good fit for these four tumultuous seasons of Knicks roster upheaval. And D’Antoni clearly was not the right coach for Carmelo Anthony, a player who needs a coach’s attention, whether it be love or discipline, not indifference.

According to people familiar with the situation, D’Antoni never looked at himself as a locker-room therapist. D’Antoni’s relationship with Anthony, his inflexibility with the offense despite an ever-changing roster and lack of communication skills with certain players proved his downfall and led him to resign Wednesday amidst a six-game losing streak and reports of Anthony’s keen dissatisfaction with him.


Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson is ruling with an iron fist, which is far from D’Antoni’s way, and the players have responded by playing with defensive ferocity. Woodson has them worrying less about minutes and more about victories.

Accountability has been Woodson’s buzzword. His stern approach was indeed needed, and the Knicks, who host Toronto tomorrow, are 3-0 under Woodson, winning by a combined 71 points.

“[D’Antoni’s] greatest success came when players held themselves accountable in the locker room,’’ said a D’Antoni confidant. “There are two kinds of coaches — disciplinarians and hands off. He let the players handle themselves. It’s great when you have a Steve Nash in your locker room. It’s not great when you have players who knew they wouldn’t be around too long. He’s a great coach, great X’s-and-O’s guy but never got the chance to really show it.’’

The confidant said probably any coach immersed in the massive rebuilding program former Knicks president Donnie Walsh undertook and Glen Grunwald extended would not have had great success.

D’Antoni coached 58 players in his four Knicks seasons.

Walsh, currently a Knicks consultant who lives in Indiana, attended Saturday’s Knicks-Pacers game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Walsh said he still feels badly about putting D’Antoni in such a rugged situation. D’Antoni got handsomely paid — four years, $24 million — but earned it in angst.

“With Mike, I felt bad. I thought it was a difficult four-year period because we constantly were changing the team, which is a very difficult thing to do for the coach,’’ Walsh told The Post yesterday. “It was never settled, being rebuilt on the fly. Even in the third year, we broke the team down, added players [in the Anthony trade]. And then this year, the lockout, players were coming in one at a time. But the first two years were very tough.’’

D’Antoni has taken a vow of silence with the media since resigning. He felt he had become ineffective, specifically in getting the most out of Anthony.

But D’Antoni is not bitter he lost a power struggle with Anthony and hopes to coach next season, according to the person debriefed by D’Antoni.

“Mr. Dolan picked a different prom date,’’ the person said. “There will be other dances.’’

Four years ago, D’Antoni chose the Knicks over the Bulls. And it was a bad omen a week later when Chicago won the lottery for Derrick Rose. The Knicks, meanwhile, spent two seasons making trades to clear cap space that ultimately landed them Amar’e Stoudemire and Raymond Felton — not LeBron James and Chris Bosh.

“He was promised a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but it never came,’’ a D’Antoni confidant said.

One person who spoke to D’Antoni said the test of Woodson will come when he feels Anthony or Stoudemire aren’t putting out and he benches them during a game.

Woodson has already subtly reduced Anthony’s and Stoudemire’s minutes without complaint. In a shrewd maneuver on his first full day, Woodson massaged their egos immediately, saying in “crunch time,’’ he wanted Melo and Stoudemire to take the shots because “they are guys who have done it.’’

However, Woodson has changed the substitution pattern, having Anthony play roughly the first eight, nine minutes instead of the whole first quarter because of a deep, effective bench.

Everything’s worked so far.

“[Woodson] stays on top of guys throughout the game, in shootaround, practices, before the game, during the game, halftimes,’’ Tyson Chandler said. “He keeps you on your toes.’’

That coming from a D’Antoni supporter.

123456loko

[The 24th Letter]

Re: Official POST-LOCKOUT Player Movement Thread (Trades, FAs, etc)

Just read a Kaman buyout isnt likely....

:-(

[ex carrabba fan]

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He'll definitely teach the PG's how to flop and pull players down on top of you to make it look like they ran you over

He can't teach them a thing on defense

You basically want him to be a player coach on the bench

If he goes to Miami, he'll fit right into the flopping deal.

I think he should in fact go to Miami, might be able to teach them a thing or two about being clutch, hell he'd probably be the most clutch guy on their roster not named Wade.