This Week on the Blog

Okay, this was an interesting but a bit of a disappoining week.  The Knicks have seemed to have switched plans, the Rangers may not have a plan, the Yanks keep rattling their swords about buying at the deadline, and the Giants still haven't addressed their OL.  Let's hope this week is better.

Knicks: The Knicks didn't wait around for Durant as Hamlet.  Instead they signed one of my favorite players,  Joakim Noah to a four year 72 million dollar deal.  We haven't seen the structur because of the league rules regarding July 7th.  Idiocy.  Anyway, the Knicks are still looking for a wing player to play the two and a back up PG.  Lee seems their first choice for wing, but there's also been noise about Eric Gordon and Dwayne Wade.  Today, in Orlando, Phil Jackson casually mentioned he can make more cap room if he wants to.

While Herrring over and the Wall Street Journal thinks this is a change of horses for the Knicks, it's really the only course of action that makes sense.  Here's why: the draft sucked.  So it was no time to trade Melo for a youth and a #1 pick.   However; in `17 the Knicks start owning their picks again.  And Melo's trade kicker kicks in, so it'll be easier to get him to waive.  What's more, Rose goes off the books.  So,  at the end of this season,  the Knicks will have KP, Joakim and probably the 2 guard, for sure and their own one, and maybe more if the trade Melo.  Even better, if the injury risk guys all miss time, the team will a higher pick, and Melo might even become available and the deadline.   So, it's not all that bad.  Could be really fun if they stay healthy and make the playoffs.

UDATE: Courtney Lee is the 2.  He brings 3's and D.  The Knicks will have a good D, and KP and Willy will have good defenders to learn from in Noah and Lee.  Both KP and Willy are plenty willing, so we should see good results.

Rangers: It really feels like they were ready to make room for Stamkos, but since he didn't enter the market, they kept their power dry.  They still need to fix their cap, so their probably will be trades, but they have some time. They also need to recoup young players and picks. They once again got nice value in the draft.

Yanks: They signed Blake!  This could be the beginning of a very frustrating month, because not only are the Yanks unwatchable and need to sell, but the more and more of the farmhands are starting to look ready.  Nuttiness.  Also, today being the 7/2, the Yanks started welcoming new IFA's.  They are still in the penalty but seem to have landed the top Dominican pitcher in the class,  and they also added another good catcher and SS.  During the first year of the penalty, they added 56 guys.  Let's see what they do this time.  And let's continue to marvel at the great job Donny Rowland and his scout team are doing down there.

Giants: Giant's still haven't addressed the OL, and camps starts on 7/28.

Have a safe and sane 4th, peeps, and a great week to boot!