Originally Posted by Da Grinch

simply put guys who have games who fit in around the stars of the team ...most role players are not all that good , but they the best ones accept their roles and use their skills in the team concept as best they can ...

i'd settle around june's draft pick(which should be top 5) eddy and jamal as the focal players on the team , all the top guys in the draft that the knicks should be interested in can fit around them somewhat easily , (beasly mayo and rose)

as for the role players , i'd go for versatile players who hustle, rebound and play defense .

the keepers (david lee , mardy collins and the team should go after artest and choose between chandler and balkman as his backup...if they dont get artest they should keep both of them)

outside of that group every1 is extremely tradeable to me.

in the paint i would go after enforcer/rebounder/leader types who can hit an outside jumpshot at least passably guys like kenyon martin , jermaine oneal, shelden williams, okafor,'sheed wallace , u.haslem, joe smith , kurt thomas , pj brown.

guys playing as role players on teams like the spurs (horry , omberto) arent any better but they do what they are supposed to do to make their stars more impactful...the knicks need more guys who are willing to do that ...and that guy(s) should be better than malik rose.

on the perimeter , basically i would want guys who play defense can handle the ball a bit and can shoot/score...i like the idea of a crawford/larry hughes backcourt, or even guys like marquis daniels obviously a guy like artest, marko jaric, sasha vuljanic,pietrus.

guys who are very attainable and in the right setting can be very useful.