Walsh Keeps Working: Trades Zach Randolph to Clippers
As promised, Donnie Walsh is taking matters into his own hands. In the course of four hours, the Knicks shipped three players, in two trades, and received three in return.
The most recent deal, according to the L.A. Times, involves Zach Randolph and Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley of the Clippers.
The reshaping of the Clippers continued with the acquisition of forward Zach Randolph and guard Mardy Collins from the New York Knicks for shooting guard Cuttino Mobley and forward Tim Thomas.
The Knicks may also have a second round pick, but that’s peanuts. Let’s focus on the backbone of today’s trades.
Walsh dealt the Knicks’ two best players. Plain and simple. Al Harrington can arguably fit well in D’Antoni’s system, but the Knicks are clearly looking to be major players in the 2010 free agency goldmine.
Knicks fans, don’t get excited just yet. The deal is that unless the Knicks get a top free agent—LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh—keeping Zach Randolph’s 20 and 10 might have been the best move.
Still, the Knicks did it right—they received cap relief without trading draft picks or young players. And that’s genius.
Rebuilding starts at the top, and hiring Walsh is delivering. Oh, and David Lee will have playing time again!
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Bryan says:
They didn’t deal Steph so they didn’t trade their best player yet. It all makes sense now they’re keeping the expiring deal on the books so they’re back at zero.” Marbury is not the Knicks best player. That would go to Jamal Crawlford WHO THEY DID trade. Marbury had the better career, but Crawlford was the alphadog on this Knicks squad. Saying that Marbury is better than Crawlford NOW is like saying Shaq is better than Stoudimire NOW. In their careers neither STAT or Crawlford have accomplished as much as Shaq or Marbury, however, that is history, this is the present. Curently Crawlford>Marbury. Plus, D’Antoni doesnt even like Marbury, thats why Steph is not a Phoneix Sun anymore, and problay wont play at all for the Knicks unless they get desprate.
And this is also the first time this season that I believe that my beloved Nets still have a chance to have a better record than the Knicks this season. (and Cam Jones is so right)
@ RV: Its not the same without Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph. Those two guys were our stars and in 1 day, ONE F*CKING DAY, Donnie Walsh takes those two players away from us. Un-f*cking-believable.
Lebron/who cares
chandler/gallinari
Bosh/Lee
Tyson?
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