I'm Relieved

Chris Paul to the Suns...

likely means no Melo

Thank god.

11/16 11:55 Update: Covington to Portland - that means the Melo return is still possible. 

11/17 morning Update - with the moves the Bucks have made to kep Giannis we don't have to listen to a season's worth of "sign Giannis" fantasy 

One Word: Rubio

Alan Hahn of Newsday gets it right. Walsh needs to make up for lost opportunities by making an overwhelming offer to Kahn for the rights to Ricky Rubio.

The expense of the transaction is inconsequential. The Knicks have nothing worth protected and if the deal is one-sided toward Minny, that's fine.

We need at least one player who can offer real hope, display immediate talent, and who can justify watching the Knicks another minute.

Short of Lebron James or Dwayne Wade, Rubio is the one that got away and that is a reversible event. Sure there are details but the need is immediate and urgent and will foil none of the Alice in Wonderland, 2010 fantasies.

In a league where Jordan can be teflon-coated from fouls, where referees can game the game, where Gasol can be traded from Memphis to LA, Rubio can become a Knick.

Whatever it takes for that to happen needs to happen. Enough is enough when it comes to the league's abuse of the Knicks. They have dumped injured players with huge on us, they have financed their fortunes on our luxury tax - it's about time for the league to get off this team's throat.

Community Hard-on for Rubio?

When Ricky Rubio signed with Barcelona, a strange thing started to happen in the local community. Impulsively the entire community began creating, um, erections. Human erections.

It is unclear if Ricky's signing with Barcelona triggered some kind of heretofore unknown ritualistic response or if this is just an attempt to change very high light bulbs without the use of a ladder. Click the link to see more.



Imagine what could happen in New York! Maybe that's why Walsh is hesitant.

Interesting Floater

Draft Express is reporting the Bulls shopping Tyrus Thomas and Hinrich as a package deal:

-The Chicago Bulls are reportedly heavily shopping Tyrus Thomas around the league, trying to see what kind of value they can get for him after the solid season he’s coming off of. It appears that they don’t see him fitting into their long-term plans as he’s too similar to Joakim Noah, and they aren’t interested in giving him a long-term deal that would put them over the luxury tax. It’s possible the Bulls look to package Thomas and Hinrich together and land a big time power forward.

I've never advocated trading David Lee but Thomas AND Hinrich for dLee might be an offer the Knicks can't refuse.

The same article says Rubio's agent is saying no to Memphis and pointing Rubio toward LA instead. I would sure like to see Fagan consider New York as well.