The NY Knicks have ZERO chance of seeing the consensus #1 and #2 pick in their uniform for the 2007-2008 season. In fact, there is a better chance that director/producer Peter Katona suits up for Isiah's boys next season. With that said the Knicks have a 1.9% chance of landing the top pick and alas Greg Oden, and a 2.2% chance of landing the 2nd pick, Kevin Durant. But thanks to Eddy Currys strong heartbeat, the knicks will hand over their first round pick to the Chicago Bulls in exchance for Chicago's #1 pick. If the Bulls are able to re-sign Andres Nocioni and lock up Ben Gordon long term, obtaining Oden or Durant would create instant attention and demand double teams which leaves the jumpshooters like the aforementioned Gordon alongside Luol Deng and Captain Kirk Hinrich open to take their jumpers.
With that said, I'll give Isiah his due, the guy can draft. David Lee is a rebounding machine and Renaldo Balkman has been more or less the same player..huh? Yes, Renaldo Balkman turned out to be one of the finer rookies from the 2006 class, despite all of the heat that Isiah took for taking him. Now its time to build around those players and take out the trash that is Starbury, Franchise and Jamal Crawford, draft a SG or PG and prepare to push for the playoffs in 2-3 years. But then again there are guys like Jered Jefferies and Channing Frye getting major playing time...ok fuck it, it's too hard to put a positive spin on the Knicks.
Tomorrow Night is the improbable chance that the Bulls become the force of the East for the next decade and at the the cost of the Knicks. Ahhh Perfect.
Predictions
Bulls select Spencer Hawes with 9th pick (as long as they dont take Roy Hibbert, that is just begging to be Mike Sweetney all over again, in fact he is 2 cheeseburgers away from wishing he had Eddy Curry's heart, i think knick and bulls fans can agree on that.)
Knicks select Javaris Crittenton with 23rd pick.
