Diehard to Knicks: Tell Denver Nuggets to kick rocks!

The Nets have moved mountains to try and appease the greedy Denver nuggets. They have basically all 30 first picks to offer and found a team in Detroit that would take Troy Murphy when they have no use for him. Denver still wants more and Melo still hasn't given any indication that he would sign an extention with the Nets. Its become embarrassing and downright pathetic. Its the same old thing with the Nba. Everyone has to copy what another team did or wanna make sure they can pull better value than another team got. Denver is afraid to lose Melo for nothing but a trade exemption. That's the price you pay for raping a superstar player to put bodies in their arena seats. Denver sucked for alot of years. Melo saved that franchise. The least they could do is trade him to where he wants to go and move on. Its ridiculous because Denver is still a playoff team as is. The players are frustrated but still showing up every night. The fans are in limbo. As a knick fan, I would be on suicide watch knowing my playoff team is in serious danger of being blown up for no good reason except that the Denver franchise doesn't want to get "Lebroned" or "Boshed". Give me a break. The Nuggets need to say straight up that they will not trade Melo and give the fans one last shot at the playoffs.

What should the knicks do? Right now the knicks are already a playoff team. They don't even need Melo as much as they need a real center and help on the perimeter. The knicks should make two lateral trades, cap space for cap space and then sign Melo outright in the off season. Bong! Game over, insert coin to continue.
Lets remember who is the real desperate team. Its the Nuggets! After the Nets, who else is willing to add Melo? They are not trading him to a rival. So who? The Bulls? Makes sense but who cares? Life goes on and the knicks are gonna be alright. They will definately be alright if they can get a center that can rebound, block shots, finish and move the ball. They will also be better if they got a shooting guard that could create his own shot a little.

The knicks have enough to trade for Oj Mayo and a Guy like Sam dalembert and still hold on to theit current 8-9 man rotation. How? You mean to tell me Memphis wouldn't take Anthony Randolph for Mayo? You mean to tell me sactown wouldn't trade Dalembert for Eddy curry and sone second rounders? Please...It can be done.

Get a grip Knick fans and remember what city you are from!

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Maybe Plan B is the new Plan A... Again

Anybody else sick of this Melo madness? Anyone want make the eerie comparison to the Lebron douchebaggery from the summer? This time the "villian" isn't the player, its a whole franchise! The Denver Duggets went about thus whole situation the wrong way. Melo didn't sign his extention. Its in their best interest to try to get value for him so they don't get embarrassed like Cleveland and Toronto did. Did you taste the sarcasm in that last sentence? Years ago a team would just get what they could immediately just to avoid the media frenzy. Its not the best example, but the Knicks dumped Ewing off fairly quickly. They got what they thought was best for the team. Best part was all parties were able to move on. Melo is in his prime. He gave them 6 great seasons. As looking as they get decent value, why not make this easier and just trade Melo to where he wants to go?

Which brings me to my point? Do the Knicks even need to trade half the team to get Melo? The Knicks aren't strapped for scoring and they already have at least 5 players that can fill in and play small forward and play it well. In the Knicks last game against Utah, Shawne Williams and Billy Walker combined for 48 points filling in for the injured Gallo. Just want to mention Gallo is small forward and the fact that Wilson Chandler is a natural small forward playing out of position...Yeah so...Getting back on track, this Melo trade to the Nets might be a blessing in disguise.

Why have the Knicks been so successful this year? Its not just because they signed Amar'e. The players the Knicks picked up in the off season share the same dog mentality. They complete every game and show the same determination on offense as they do defense. The Knicks don't need a trade that could quite possibly destroy the team chemistry. What they do need is rebounding help and experience in the backcourt. The Knicks have assets that are not part of the rotation that could be flipped to achieve this. You mean to tell me Anthony Randolph, Roger Mason, Eddy Curry and Azubuike's contracts can't pull some roster upgrades?

Question for my diehards: Would you trade Eddy curry's and azubuike's contracts for Hinrich and Blatche??? Washington needs the money for their rebuild .Knicks need the talent. Hinrich would take alot of pressure off Felton and would add experience and depth to the bench. Blatche is insurance for Amar'e and adds depth inside to mix either in front or behind Ronnie Turiaf. *Bong Bong*

"And that's all I have to say about that..." - Forrest Gump

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Not to kick a good Gallo when its down but...

Its only one win. Ok it was against the San Antonio Spurs. Their record is the best in the league. Better than Miami, Boston, Orlando and whoever else scorn Knicks fans fantasize about. "But the Spurs are old!" (Cover your ears) THEY HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN THE LEAGUE!!! (You may uncover them now)....

That's not the point of the blog. The point I wanna make is Gallo. The Knicks have redundant talent at his position. That's the same position that Carmelo Anthony plays if anyone is paying attention. Wilson Chandler has awakened this year. He's now what Isi...ur I mean all of us wanted him to be. He really is a mix between what Richard Jefferson used to be and a few notches under what Shawn Marion used to be. He's also the new Latrell Sprewell. Not in infamy, but in role with the team. Who's playing the role of Allan Houston? Wilson Chandler has played 3 positions since D'antoni has been around. Gallo has only played Carmelo Anthony's position.

I keep saying Carmelo Anthony's position because the majority of Knicks fans are dying for him to smile for the cameras at Msg. It makes you wonder if winning is really the goal for fans. Winning is what the Knicks have been doing. They're at a point now where they need to think about patching up holes, not overturning the roster just to get a player the Knicks already have filled twice already.

Now if Wilson Chandler was hurt would my blog be titled "Hate to kick the Mayor when he's down"? Maybe...but he isn't hurt and he has been the most consistent Knicks not named Amar'e Stoudamire. Aside from scoring the brother is averaging about 2 blocks a game. I'm not knocking Gallo because he's been playing well. More times than anything the kid has to be kicked in the nuts before he wakes up. Some days he disappears.

D'antoni has been calling Gallo's injury a time to experiment. Experiment with a more traditional line up? Trying to decide if getting Carmelo is even worth it? What we do know from this experiment is Wilson Chandler is a force at small forward. Amar'e owns any power forward you put in front of him. Ronnie Turiaf's intensity and intangibility is sorely needed to start games because he takes pressure of other players to be something they are not. When Ronnie Turiaf threw his shoulder into the chest of that spurs player after he dunked it all the proof you need.

Again *beating that dead horse*....

....how do these Knicks get better?

They need to look no further than this Spurs game and then review tape of previous games. Knicks need help inside, whether it's a rebounder/shot blocker/finisher or a scorer/rebounder. They also need a true prototypical nba shooting guard. Landry Fields at this point is a rotation Guy but the Knicks need a polished scoring threat at that position. Gallo might need to be shipped for the overall improvement of the team. Again before any Gallo purist beat me up...what position does Gallo play again? You might want to read this blog again.

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Knicks could use some more Landry and a little Casspi on the side

Carl Landry and Omri Casspi of the Sacramento Kings are supposed to be on the trading block as per the many busy bodies you see on basic cable. In my best "Brain" (pinky and the brain...google it!!!) voice, "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"

Carl Landry is a hard working post scorer. He excelled in a reserve role with Houston then fell into kind of a rut with his current team, the Sacramento kings. The Knicks need help inside. Amar'e seems to be unbreakable but even the great Karl Malone and Charles Barkley had a Antoine Carr or a Rick Mahorn to back them up. Knicks need to drop a power forward with the same motor as Ronnie Turiaf in the rotation mix and Carl Landry is that guy. Don't confuse the dude with his brother, former Knick Marcus Landry. Marcus was a Shawne Williams type if back up tweener type if small forward that could play some shooting guard. Carl Landry is a true no nonsense blue color power player.

I mentioned Antoine Carr. Remember Mark Bryant during his time with Houston and Portland? Remember Armon "the hammer" Gilliam? If you are too young ask the older heads at the water cooler, lunch room barber shop, etc. All the great post players had a guy on the bench that was a handful in 15-20 mins a night and often carried their teams for stretches of games while their starters were in foul trouble, etc. In today's NBA you can look at Boston's "Big Baby" as an example of this type of player. Amar'e needs that, Ronnie needs that...the Knicks need that! Patrick Ewing had Anthony Mason in the 1994 playoffs. Ewing was hurt and wearing stockings to help his gimpy legs. Mason was the one guarding Hakeem "the dream" and making plays from the post. In 1999 finals the Knicks had a young Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas. The Knicks have....nobody. I did mention Ronnie Turiaf. Ronnie is more like Chris Dudley. Not knocking brother Ronnie at all because Chris Dudley was a valuable warrior for our Knicks. Our 2010/11 group needs help.

Now don't get me wrong. Carl Landry is not Chuck Norris all of a sudden. He is an option that fills an alarming void in the Knicks rotation. I didn't even get to Landry's current teammate, Omri Casspi who's Israeli roots have made him a hero to the Jewish community especially in NYC. Shawne Williams fills the role Omri would fill but 2 Shawne's on the bench is alllright with me.

"Get er dun!!!"

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