Jose/Chandler trade (NY/Dallas)

[planetmars]

Jose gets to play with Andrea again

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11...ew-york-knicks

Knicks trading Chandler and Felton to Dallas for Jose, Dalembert, Larkin, Ellington and future 2nd.

[rocwell]

Jose is getting traded again

[Bendit]

Wow. That should make Melo reup with NY.

Felton wont have any troubles with gun laws in Texas.

[planetmars]

Wonder if Jordan will nix it this time around as well.

[MACK11]

Jose is back in our division

[blackjitsu]

Who is going to play defense for the Knicks? This has to be just the first step. They get rid of Felton and his contract, get 2 pgs -- 1 starter, 1 back up, and Dalembert who is a big downgrade from Chandler. None of these guys are known for defense.

Mavs get their guy and probably cut Felton, and start Harris.

I guess Knicks really wanted to sure up the PG spot, but a lineup of
Jose,
Shump/JR Smith,
Carmelo,
Bargs,
Stoudemire/Dalembert

doesn't scare anyone. My guess is Melo still leaves.

[white men can't jump]

So....Does Dallas become a legit option to go after Lowry now? They had cap space before but it made little sense with Jose under a long-term deal, but now they have a need at PG.

[planetmars]

So....Does Dallas become a legit option to go after Lowry now? They had cap space before but it made little sense with Jose under a long-term deal, but now they have a need at PG.

Yup.. mentioned this in the Everything Kyle Lowry thread.. Mavs should have about $18M in cap space after the trade goes down. That's enough for Kyle and a player like Deng or Hayward.

[planetmars]

Who is going to play defense for the Knicks? This has to be just the first step. They get rid of Felton and his contract, get 2 pgs -- 1 starter, 1 back up, and Dalembert who is a big downgrade from Chandler. None of these guys are known for defense.

Mavs get their guy and probably cut Felton, and start Harris.

I guess Knicks really wanted to sure up the PG spot, but a lineup of
Jose,
Shump/JR Smith,
Carmelo,
Bargs,
Stoudemire/Dalembert

doesn't scare anyone. My guess is Melo still leaves.

I think the Knicks will tank.. they still have their 2015 pick and could get a top pick easily. Phil is probably looking for a PG that can pick up the triangle real quickly (and I think Jose is smart enough and talented enough to figure it out). There were rumours that he was looking for a pick in the 20's to draft someone like Ennis.. this trade probably means he couldn't get the pick and so went with plan B.

Next season the Knicks will have a boat load of cap space as Amare and Bargnani's contracts expire.

[planetmars]

Knicks getting two picks as well.. not really a bad trade for them (suspect they are rebuilding). They also get two picks ahead of the Raptors 37 and 59. Hopefully they aren't eying guys the Raptors were.

[MACK11]

LMAO @ fans of both teams on twitter saying "I don't get this trade?"

[MACK11]

Sam Dalembert pacing the lobby of the hotel on his cellphone looking very confused.

— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) June 25, 2014

HAHAHAHAHHAHAH

[rocwell]

Sam Dalembert pacing the lobby of the hotel on his cellphone looking very confused.

— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) June 25, 2014

HAHAHAHAHHAHAH

Maybe Phil just sent him a text which says that he'll be waived...

[planetmars]

Dalembert could be a cheap shot blocking backup big that MU was looking for (if waived).

[TrossTheBOSS]

Hey I don't mind dalembert as backup c If knicks let him go but I feel bad for Jose tho