Nov 22 2008
Knicks Dump Salary?
The New York Knicks decided to make some trades on friday that might change the course of LeBron James’ career with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks managed to trade away the multi-year contracts of Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph to the amazement of many people.
In the Knicks first move of the day was a trade of Crawford to the Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington which was very unexpected to say the least. With the moving of Crawford, the Knicks hacked away at the first contract that runs passed the 2010 season.
The Knicks second move was a surprising move, even more so in Los Angeles where the Clippers finally made the headlines for something other than losing. The Clippers agreed to trade Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley for Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins.
Clippers really shocked everyone when making this move and it was just as shocking to see someone want to take the contract of the well over-paid Randolph. It may turn out that Randolph could be a great player in the Clipper Offense, but his defense is too questionable.
New York is seeing their opportunity to make bids on such stars as Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and LeBron James if they choose to become free-agents. The 2010 off-season will see all of those above mentioned players earn themselves large pay-checks.
None other than James, however, is going to receive speculation until the 2010 off-season as to where he will go when his contract is up. It is highly rumored that he will seek a large media market team that can focus on him as the basketball genious that he is, that is where New York comes in.
Not to mention James’ friendship with Hip-hop mega-star Jay-Z who is a part owner of the New Jersey Nets franchise. Whether it is true that these moves are for James or not, the New York Knicks assured themselves of an opportunity at one of the many top name free-agents of 2010.
J.M.Saucedo
