What do do with Wilson Chandler

We don’t “need” him and signs point to him not wanting to play here. He’s still a pretty sizable asset and a S&T is a possibility. We could throw on Birdman’s contract on there and save our amnesty for later.

I have a unique perspective on the 4 traded Knicks because I watched all 4 very closely during their Knick tenure.

After the Gallo trade I suggested you be patient with Gallo because the boy can ball and is developing. I was right, right?

I suggested you allow Moz to get acclimated to the NBA because he might just surprise you with his skills and athleticism and you could all see he has size. Even Stiffs who were down on Moz and preferred KK ( a very misguided take) must admit that Moz is worth developing. Just ask D Jordan.

I quickly got down on Felton and wrote scathing posts on RFelt who stunk up the playoffs big time. Now he’s underperforming at Portland. I was right, right?

OK, about Will. WC was almost as impressive, last year, on the Knicks as Amare was in Amare’s 3 month MVP-like run. Will outplayed Gallo by plenty.

Will’s stats dipped due to injury and trade rumours but we dont presently have a SG who can hold a candle to Will.

Will is a beast at 6’8" who can speed and fly and thunder, improved his jay tremendously last year. Will could play anywhere from 2 – 4, comfortably and really dominate good offensive players.

He’s done same to Kobe. He killed the Spurs while playing for us, with just his defense. If we could have put him on Billups, the other night, he would have smothered him too.

I love Gallo and think that Gallo will have a better career but Will brings a skill set and physicality that complements Gallo and would back up Nene, Moz et al.

Lets have Will play some SF for Gallo and SG for AAA. Bonus. If one of them should go down or play collapse, Will could easily move into their slot.

And frankly, though I love AAA, sometimes, I just dont know.

Imagine Moz at Center, Nene at PF, 6’10 Gallo at “small forward,” 6’8, fast, powerful, high jumping Will at shooting guard and bulldog Lawson at PG.

What’dya say?

But unless the Raptors swing a Barbosa or Calderon trade, Denver holds the cards with Chandler’s future.

What team would really want to add either of them? Only teams that could, without sending back salary, would be teams with a trade exception or teams with cap space.

The Kings and Pistons are the only two teams with a decent amount of cap space. Both have developing PG’s, and frankly, suck—so adding salary and talent doesn’t really make sense.

Denver, Portland, Dallas and the Lakers are the only teams with significant trade exceptions.

Denver is very unlikely to use their trade exception, obviously. Especially if it helped a team take a player later that Denver valued. Portland, the same. Both for salary reasons, I’d imagine.

Dallas is looking to shed salary, and gets not much of value by adding Barbosa. Would rather save that trade exception for someone more useful.

The Lakers are a possibility I suppose as they definitely need more punch to their roster. But it sounds like they are a lot more interested in Ramon Sessions then anyone on the Raptors.

Unless the Raptors work out a trade with Denver. Imagine Denver is going to match any deal that is remotely reasonable (even if they don’t see him as a long-term fit), if they think they can trade him later. Makes no sense to lose a player of value for nothing.

Don’t see the Raptors being a good fit as their draft selection is likely to be top ten. Likely way too high of a pick to give up for someone like Chandler. Maybe if they were willing to give up their 2013 1st rounder or something…

as part of a Chandler s&t. That way the Raptors get Will and retain a pick in the 20’s (high 20’s, I hope). They would need a trade exception to avoid involving other players.

Chandler and pick 28 for pick 8 and TE, which might tempt them. And if the picks turn out to be 24 and 12, so much the better for Toronto. Who knows?

About AAA: he is out of shape and gimpy, but once at 100% he will find a way to contribute more. I agree he benefitted from frequent doubles on Melo, but don’t forget his stats went up after the trade. I think he’ll be able to adjust his role to fit the new roster.

We’re not on his list of “cool places to play”

good defensive minded big man that seems like he would fit in fairly well with this team

But I don’t see Moz as ever being a better defender/rebounder then Varejao. Probably irrelevant as I doubt they are able to trade for him.

Last two losses are probably wins with him… just saying.

I’ve been watching him here in China, and his jumper is lookin as good as ever