The NBA Rapidfire Report: C-Webb Out, Dirk Out, Sonics Out, Walsh In

Andrew Ungvari: It'll take exactly three years. Unless he can trade two from the group of Zach Randolph, Eddy Curry, Jared Jeffries and Quentin Richardson, the Knicks won't have any cap space until the summer of 2010. Had they not traded Steve Francis for Randolph they would have had that space next summer when Steph Marbury's contract expires. The only thing that the Knick's can hope for at this point is that Walsh can draft two or three players until then that they can build the team around when they finally have cap space. Historically, Walsh was very good at drafting players with picks between 15-30. It will be interesting to see what he can do with a top-8 pick.

Chad Ridgeway: Under. LeBron is coming in two years.

Joe Willet: One winning season if he does everything right over the next three seasons.  He is going to need two years to find a way to unload over-sized contracts and convince good players that the days of coming to New York just for the cash are over. Basically, it is going to be harder than selling ice to Eskimos.  If he couldn't do it in Indiana, I have trouble thinking that he will do it in New York with about 10 trillion times the pressure.

Ptownsblazin: I have to go Under. Walsh has made some memorable trades while running the Pacers (Jermaine Oneal for Dale Davis comes to mind as a Blazer fan) and he is the right man for the job in my opinion. I think the Knicks can be a winning team but I don't see them being anything more than first round fodder in a couple years but that will go a long way to erase the memory of what has been an embarrassing franchise for several years. I think Walsh's first move should be removing Isaiah but if he keeps Isaiah it could mean a little longer in the turn around.

Reddog: The Pacers have fallen on hard times recently and the Knicks are even worse - more than 3 years to fix this mess, if he's even capable of fixing it - overrated in my opinion. It's not like the Pacers are anything special.

WildWilly: Donnie Walsh should help this team win in two years. They have some good young players but are filled with player who can’t play with each other very well. Expect him to get a big player as soon as Marbury's contract is up. NY fans have created a website to draw Lebron in and he can be the biggest thing that happened to NY if he decides to go. And I don't see Zeke coaching much longer, which will be another positive.

 

 

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