Daily Links 5/7

by FLCeltsFan @ CelticsBlog on May 7, 2007 7:30 AM EDT in Boston Celtics News & Links

NewsdayÂ Â Isaiah is monitoring KG' and JO's situations, will make a play for one of them
CelticsStuff LiveÂ Â Â Great show last night with Eric Weiss of Draft Express.Â
RealGMÂ Â NBA announces the next round of awards schedule
Montgomery AdvertiserÂ Â Â NBA is missing an old fashioned we hate their guts rivalry
SFGateÂ Â Warriors are a tight knit group
Loy's PlaceÂ Â Patience is a virtue
ESPN.comÂ Â What if study on refs is right?
ESPN InsiderÂ Â Ford: Final draft list has few surprises, it's going to be a tight draft
Chad Ford's top 100 draft prospects

Once again, not a lot of Celtics news out there but trying to include draft news and links of general interest along with items concerning players who may be of interest in trades.Â

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Thanks FLCeltsFan for the continued links.

by Master Po on May 7, 2007 8:50 AM EDT reply actions

I hope the Knicks get the 33 year old KG but with a huge salary LT attached. They have basically overpaid for everyone else so why not an aging KG as well. Sure KG “could” provide a legtimate scoring and rebounding star for them, but at his NBA age injuries are almost certain to be around the corner and decreased production.

If you are New York how much do you finacially mortgage the franchise, including future draft picks, to try and “buy” a championship? Isiah seems to be trying to BUY a ring as opposed to earning one through building.

Starbury, Francis, Q Richardson and Garnett in 2008 (only 4 players) would make 70.3 million in one year. And as good as KG is, they still they can’t win a ring with those 4 to start with. I hope the other 8 players are really good – and really cheap.

Yeah go ahead Isiah and get out that checkbook and spend it like it was your own money – hahahaha.

Peace

by Master Po on May 7, 2007 9:03 AM EDT reply actions

Master Po, the Knicks are following the Dallas model of rebuilding thru buying. We are rebuilding via the draft. Dallas, despite it’s record has accomplished nothing, but has done a better job of purchasing than the Knicks.

by TrueGreen on May 7, 2007 9:39 AM EDT reply actions

Too funny. This is the trade that Newsday thinks the Knicks could make for KG? :D

Here is how it would work: The Timberwolves need first-round picks, because they still owe one to the Clippers (top-10 protected) and another to the Celtics from previous deals. The Knicks could make the argument that they’ve already signed their No. 1 pick, Randolph Morris, and thus include their 23rd selection in a package for Garnett.

The Knicks then could offer a scoring big man (Channing Frye, $2.49 million), a clutch-shooting guard (Jamal Crawford, $7.92 million), a 6-11 forward who can defend three positions (Jared Jeffries, $5.6 million) and a veteran whose contract expires after the 2008-09 season (Malik Rose, $7.1 million). The salaries would just about match up, give or take a throw-in going back to the Knicks.

Fat chance. Even Kevin McHale isn’t that stupid.

by Roy_Hobbs on May 7, 2007 9:46 AM EDT reply actions

The guy at Newsday must be Peter May’s cousin.

by Brickowski on May 7, 2007 9:49 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I saw that Roy..its too much :D

by cocofan on May 7, 2007 10:49 AM EDT reply actions

I think you are doing a great job with the daily links, FLCeltsFan! BTW folks, if you get a chance, you might want to have a visit over at Loy’s Place and read some of FLCeltsFan’s blog articles there. She does real nice work! :)

by webmaster on May 7, 2007 12:19 PM EDT reply actions

I’m sure the Knicks would love many player that could be out there. The problem is, no one really want’s the Knicks players (or low draft pick).

by Wide Load on May 7, 2007 12:41 PM EDT reply actions

Hey Brick, the Newsday deal is no bigger a rip off for Garnett than anything the Lakers could offer. It might be a bit better. Tyson Chandler had a really good year. Aren’t you the one that keeps saying that Garnett can go anywhere he wants because of his opt out clause? New York is a huge market and gaurenteed to give him more exposure and more endorsement money. I gaurentee you his shoe deal would at least double if he went to New York from Minnisota. Also, he would be the star in New York and not have to deal with Kobe’s ego. Why not the Knicks?

by JohnCK on May 7, 2007 1:37 PM EDT reply actions

KG lives in Malibu in the offseason. And frankly, the Lakers can put a much better offer on the table, starting with Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown’s 9 million-dollar expiring contract. (Malik Rose has 2 more years.) Odom is better than Jared Jeffries and Channing Frye put together, plus the Lakers could sweeten the deal with a higher pick (#19 as opposed to #23) plus players like Andrew Bynum, Luke Walton, Rony Turiaf and Jordan Farmar.

NY can’t come close to matching the Lakers’ offer. This is just BS from some NY homer small-time journalist who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

by Brickowski on May 7, 2007 1:59 PM EDT reply actions

You think Crawford Frye Jeffries Malik Rose #23 is a better offer than, say, Lamar Odom Kwame (expiring) Andrew Bynum #19, and probably sending a contract back to LA?

Odom is the best player listed, and Bynum has the most potential. The Lakers offer is also significantly better financially.

EDIT: What Brick said.

by Roy_Hobbs on May 7, 2007 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

And why would McHale do this trade? Oh right, he wouldn’t

by whales on May 7, 2007 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

Brick is correct but remember with these GM’s one never knows what they consider a better offer compared to others. Their’s and our opinions may vary greatly. Ainge may have thought he was getting a steal in Telfair and instead got his pocket picked.

by celty86 on May 7, 2007 4:19 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe Brick can broker a three-way deal with LA, Knicks and Sac and the good citizen Ron “Starve my Dog” Artest.

Brick also says:
plus the Lakers could sweeten the deal with a higher pick (#19 as opposed to #23) plus players like Andrew Bynum, Luke Walton, Rony Turiaf and Jordan Farmar."

your conjecture to me seems just as silly as the NY deal …….

If I were the Lakers I wouldn’t think about giving up Bynum and Luke Walton, a #19 draft pick and other stuff to get a 33 year old KG ….and so what if KG spends the off-season in Malibu ???? So.

by Master Po on May 7, 2007 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

Brick,

You totally overvalue Odom. I told you this the other day. Look at the stats. Odon has about the same career as Wally; injury prone with occasional flashes of lower all-stardom. On top of that he is a headcase who shows up to play only when the phases of the moon are right.

by JohnCK on May 8, 2007 8:40 AM EDT reply actions