But it's the Clippers, he'd blow out his knee or something..

Not to mention Baron Davis is extremely injury prone, and Griffin managed to miss his entire rookie year.

It sucks being a Nets fan, but if we win the lotto (25% chance) and get Wall, we'll have a pretty nice core of young players to put around a star.

The Nets are in a better position than a lot of teams are...the NBA is weird like that.

"That crap" makes the NBA finals, especially if Chandler or Gallinari can be dealt for a guard. Chandler is a good player, Gallinari is also solid and extremely underrated.

Bosh at the 4, Chandler at the 3 and LeBron as a hybrid 2 is as strong a nucleus as any team in the league. Bring those 3 in and suddenly guys are willing to take the mid-level to play for you that would ordinarily look to the Lakers, Spurs, etc...

The NBA is rarely about depth, it's about stars and a strong role player or two.

I'd be excited if I were a Knicks fan.

You forgot Donald Sterling.

No way I'd play for that man. If I'm LeBron, I'm going to NY.

The Knicks can't use the MLE until 2011. It would take a few years to fill out that roster, that team isn't capable of winning a title next year. Finding a pg, a legit center, defensive role-players and shooters, ie basically building an entire roster can't be done with just vet minimum players. That roster has 2, maybe 3 starters on a championship team.

He's essentially sharing a city with the Lakers if he went to the Clippers.

With the Knicks, he's the biggest star in the city. He's bigger than Jeter. Bigger than any Giant or Jet.

He's playing in the most scorer friendly offense in the NBA.

The Clippers have nice talent, but they never, ever get over the hump. Baron can break down at any point. Gordon is a nice complimentary piece.

If I'm Lebron, I'm talking to Bosh and convincing him to join in New York.

I agree. However, I'm dealing Wilson Chandler far before I'm dealing Danillo. I think the pure shooter on the wing meshes well with Lebron's game.

It's setup for a 6-8 year run as the most dominant team in the league. Even if you had to wait until 2011, it's some patience I'd be willing to exhibit.

Besides, how can you argue that the Knicks as you posted aren't better than the Cavs were before Jamison? The Cavs had nobody even close to as good as Bosh; he's Varajeo squared. Chandler/Gallinari are easily as good as Williams/Gibson and have much MUCH more upside. And there are always guys like Camby around that would come over cheap.

That team would absolutely contend.

the question is do you want the bucks or the rings?

D'angello is not gonna win championships, man can he add stats and excitement

I don't see his brand of ball winning,
but damn it is fun to watch

Some nice trades overall.

Tonight is going to be some good games. Cavs Vs Nuggets and Lakers vs Celtics on TNT. lol

D'antoni?

And I disagree, he could win a title with the right personnel.

James is a perfect fit for his type of game, as is Bosh. Dwight Howard would be a better fit for D'antoni than any player in the league, IMO. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of selfless, athletic, gigantic, superhero-level athletes to be found out there.

The Cavs performance since the trade is showing why the Jamison deal has its problems. Cleveland's defense has been downright terrible lately, and a large part of it is the fact that a Shaq/Jamison frontcourt is terrible on the defensive end. Combine that with an undersized backcourt and it becomes a legitimate question of whether Jamison is really making them a better team. He's taking minutes from Varejao at the 4, who happens to be Cleveland's only quality defender in the frontcourt.

Dallas is the team that won with it's trade.

No Houston won.