I wouldn’t want him instead of Jefferson and Love, but Sacto would also make a mistake taking on Sessions or Flynn before figuring out who’s the best compliment to Evans. Plus, they pay a lot to Udrih, so adding Sessions might not make sense.

Sign me up! I love watching no-man’s-land teams!

I feel just fine passing on Martin. Guy’s an efficient scorer, I’ll give you that, but he’s also fragile and expensive. In other words, how do build around him? You don’t. He’s the kind of guy you add to an existing core as a final piece type player to make a good team great.

I’m actually kind of surprised Houston made this trade. Martin’s a stathead All-Star, but I kind of figured they’d want to hold onto Landry. Carl just seems like their kind of player. Beyond that though, Houston’s situation really tempers how this deal is viewed. TMac’s contract is huge and tough to move, and the fact is that Houston wasn’t going to get a whole lot back for it. I think Martin is by far the best they could do, but losing Landry is tough. Although using the swap tool this should help both teams (swapping Martin and Landry nets +4 wins for each team).

Since they’re taking on Jared Jeffries contract?

Also, Jordan Hill is going to be under a lot of pressure to replace some of Landry’s production, even though he’s not even close to being as good of a player.

If they re-sign Lee and get a big time FA, they should be pretty good. They will also have enough money to get another better than average FA. Curry is also more valuable because he is an expiring contract, especially a year from now at the deadline.

Everyone, including myself at first, make the mistake of thinking this will be a terrible trade if the Knicks don’t land the Superstar FA. However, with the current financial landscape of the league, the Knicks may still be able to rebuild by using their cap space to take players off the hands of teams looking to save money. If they make the right moves, the 1st rounders will be in the 20s, not much of a loss. Also, if they can re-sign Lee, it would minimize the loss of Hill.

I have a feeling this trade will not be properly judged until next fall.

Houston did well, but that doesn’t mean New York got hosed. I think this was a good one for all involved. New York had to move one of their big, stupid contracts before making a move in free agency. Maybe that works out, maybe it doesn’t, but there’s no turning back at this point. Really as long as they’re clearing space, most any deal is a good deal for them. They have one objective and Jeffries’ contract was an obstacle to that.

I like this for Sacramento quite a bit too, they needed to get something good down low for Martin. Landry and Dorsey is an excellent haul for them. If Garcia can come back and contribute, they really should be able to get back to what they were doing in December.

They might plan on keeping T-Mac, also. Not sure if that means much — we’ll probably find out in the final 30 games of the year.

Isn’t near the player that Jamison is. If LeBron can’t win with the supporting cast he has now, there will be no excuse.

Yeah, that was a big front court piece to give away, along with Dorsey especially. Dorsey could’ve helped fill Landry’s void. I guess the hope is that Jordan Hill contributes. I think you still have to do it if you’re Houston. But my eyebrow was raised more than most people’s, from what I’ve read.