Chapter 498 The Knicks who almost ran out of draft picks
The free market opens on July 1, and before then, all teams in the league are not allowed to contact free agents.
So, two days after the draft, the Knicks were a little quiet.
They just seized the time and officially announced the deal with the Timberwolves and Thunder.
"The Knicks completed two draft pick swaps and obtained the signing rights for rookies DeAndre Jordan and Mario Chalmers."
These two transactions were so small that they received little attention.
The few media outlets that analyzed these two transactions simply gave an evaluation of "low-cost filling of the team roster".
The reason is: "The four second-round picks sent by the Knicks will almost certainly be at the end of the second round in the future, and what they exchanged for are two early second-round picks. In terms of value, this transaction is
Equally.”
In other words, in terms of the value of the draft picks alone, the Knicks did not lose money.
If we evaluate the two rookies selected by the Knicks, it is purely a predictive discussion.
However, as a supporter of the Knicks, Bill Simmons has paid more attention to the Knicks because of the Knicks' recent improvement in performance.
Regarding the two rookies of the Knicks, he naturally published a column and made a detailed analysis.
Regarding DeAndre Jordan, Bill Simmons believes: "Before the draft, DeAndre Jordan was a member of the Little Green Room. The reason why he was selected in the second round was because of the results of his trial training.
Too bad, I don’t have any skills except my body, which makes people intimidated.”
"And the Knicks using a second-round pick to take him is a low-cost gamble. DeAndre Jordan's physical fitness is worth such a gamble."
On Mario Chalmers: "As an MOP winner in the NCAA finals, Mario Chalmers has proven that he can be a key member of a successful team. He can do a lot of things, defense, three-pointers,
Key ball..."
"He is also a very obvious immediate combat ability. The Knicks' selection should be to get a substitute for Kyle Lowry."
It seems that Bill Simmons has some doubts about Jordan's prospects, but he has unconditional trust in Chalmers.
This is not surprising. When Bill Simmons evaluated Chalmers, he wrote this:
"Derrick Rose was the No. 1 pick in this draft. He was supposed to be the best rookie in this draft, but he lost to Mario Chalmers in the NCAA finals."
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In addition to officially announcing the rookie, the Knicks are also busy negotiating some trades.
When thinking of trading Rasheed Wallace or Shaquille O'Neal, Lin Yu immediately thought that the Pistons or Suns might ask for some expiring contracts, or a relatively high-quality contract like Nazr Muhammad's.
I'm afraid they won't be willing to accept a stinky and long contract like Eddy Curry's.
Nazr Mohammed will also be used in exchange for Chris Wilcox, and Wilcox also has an expiring contract.
Lin Yu suddenly thought that he could try to communicate with the Thunder and exchange Wilcox for Eddie Curry, who had a slightly higher contract value.
Anyway, the Thunder just want to get rid of Wilcox's thorn in the side, and they don't really want a high-quality contract.
When Donny Walsh heard Lin Yu's idea, he immediately ran to contact Sam Presti.
In Oklahoma City, Sam Presti is extremely busy.
Although they moved from Seattle, the Thunder is like a brand new team in a different city, and there are too many things that need to be rearranged.
When he received a call from Donnie Walsh and was asked to renegotiate the Chris Wilcox deal, his first reaction was to frown and prepare to question Walsh.
In particular, he heard Eddie Curry's name.
But soon, he heard that Donnie Walsh was willing to add a first-rounder.
Sam Presti immediately responded: "One more second round."
"We can't add another second round because we don't have any anymore."
Donny Walsh immediately refused.
He was a little helpless. The Knicks' draft picks were wasted a lot by Isiah Thomas. The trade to acquire Lin Yu cost the Knicks this year's first round.
The first round of 2010 was also used for reinforcements in the middle of last season. In other words, the only first round that the Knicks can still use for trade is the first round of 2012 and the first round just after this draft.
The first round of 2014 was released.
(NBA regulations prohibit trading of first-round picks for two consecutive years, so the Knicks can only give away the first-round picks of the following year; another NBA rule states that each team can only give away its first-round picks in the next seven years, so,
The Knicks can give away the first round of 2015 or 2014 at the latest, but generally speaking, no team will give away draft picks that are too far away, because as time goes by, the future becomes unpredictable.)
And their available second rounds in the future have been used up in this year's draft.
Sam Presti still wanted to make a counteroffer, but if the Knicks offered more, they could only add another first-rounder, but Sam Presti really couldn't make that offer.
Dealing with a junk contract in the first round and receiving a thorn in the side is already considered a balanced deal.
After hesitating for a moment, Sam Presti raised another question: "As far as I know, Eddie Curry's contract is 9.72 million."
"You should still have room, just eat it raw and give us an exception for trading."
"Ok, let's make the deal. Remember, Donnie, you owe me a favor."
In this way, the transaction was changed at Lin Yu's request.
Eddie Curry's stinky and long contract was dealt with in this way, and the Knicks got Chris Wilcox, an expiring contract, and a $3 million trade exception.
After getting the trade exception, Lin Yu immediately found Donnie Walsh: "Let's talk to Kwame, try to use the exception to sign first and then trade Kwame, and make some articles."
Donnie Walsh naturally nodded in agreement.
On the other side, contact with the Pistons has always been conducted by Steve Mills. Last year's replacement of Malik Rose for Nazr Muhammad was a successful cooperation between him and Joe Dumars.
With the prerequisites for successful cooperation, when Mills approached Joe Dumas and asked about the possibility of trading for Rasheed Wallace, Joe Dumars' reaction was not so drastic.
He just replied: "We are not prepared to completely rebuild. Compared to Chauncey, we would rather let Rasheed fulfill the last year of his contract."
Next season, the Pistons still have ideas. They are just preparing to send Billups away and strengthen Rodney Stuckey.
Together with Allen Iverson acquired in the trade, and Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince and Rasheed Wallace remaining on the team, the Pistons still seem to be struggling in the playoffs.
strength.
In this way, Steve Mills could only reply to Lin Yu: "No, the Detroit people want to keep Rasheed, they are not prepared to trade Rasheed at all."
"Try expiring contract for Chauncey?"
Lin Yu immediately proposed another idea.
But Steve Mills shook his head: "It's useless, Lin. The Denver Nuggets' bargaining chip is Allen Iverson. Even if AI declines further, he was still the scorer who averaged 26+7 per game last season."