Well. That certainly was eventful.
After morning reports that a “whoopty fuck” deal of Al Harrington for Malik Rose was about to go down, the Knicks have instead traded their best two players, Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph (plus end-of-the-bench fodder Mardy Collins), for the craptacular package that is the aforementioned Al Harrington, the I-was-good-four-years-ago Cuttino Mobley, and the soon-to-be-staple-at-Scores Tim Thomas. Thomas and Cuttino come from the Clippers, who will get Zach, and Baby Al comes from the Warriors, who will get Jamal. Nobody, not even his mom, cares who got Mardy Collins.
Lot of action.
This is all clearly a cap-space move and now, as Tom Ziller notes, the Knicks only have four players under contract for the 2010 summer free agent bonanza: known nacho aficionado Eddy Curry, the promising Wilson Chandler, the whatever Jared Jeffries, and the Italian Rooster Danilo Galinari. Combined they are scheduled to make a meager $23 million, which is a ridiculous more than $35 million under the current salary cap. (And $5 million of that is actually non-guaranteed since Wilson and Rooster are team options.) (Hat tip to Baller Blogger)
In short, they will have a shitload of coin.
Knicks GM Donnie Walsh sure is putting a lot of faith in the fact that LeBron (or at least Dwayne Wade) will come to MSG in 2010 — but then again, why wouldn’t he? Of course someone will come. It’s New York and MSG is the Mecca. So even if it’s not LeBron, they’ll definitely get one of these beasts.
Regardless, have fun watching this abomination of a roster for the next 150 games, Knickerbocker fans. And just to show that I’m not entirely heartless, here’s something to help keep your spirits up until 2010. More importantly, cop that new Q-Tip album. It’s good. (video via Straight Bangin’)
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