Galapogos

I spend way too much time speaking about sports.

In particular dreaming up trade scenarios for almost every professional sport (except Hockey...that's why you have The Rivalry! [Shameless plug])

Anyway on the eve of the draft lottery here are some Knick thoughts:

-If N.Y. lands the number one pick, rejoice and go buy your Derrick Rose jersey now. One man alone could speed up our rebuilding process by two years.

-If N.Y. lands number two, cross your fingers that Minnesota, Memphis or a team with an already established point guard lands the number one pick.

Speaking of Memphis here's an interesting scenario that ran through my head today.

If Memphis lands the top spot in the draft it'd only seem logical they take Beasley right?

I mean they have Conley, Lowry and Crittenton at point and need a down low scorer.

In fact Conley, Gay, Miller and Beasley is a pretty solid core.

However, as we learned with the Gasol trade this is a team that cares more about the bottom line than winning.

Derrick Rose (local hero) puts more butts in the seats and viewers in front of the T.V. than Beasley does.

So if they take Rose they'd have to move Conley, this is where the Knicks come into play.

We could offer our number one pick (in the 3-5 range) and Malik Rose (expiring contract) for Conley and Brian Cardinal (who has 2 years left on his ugly contract but it expires before LeBron James enters free agency)

Why would Memphis do it:

They can take Rose at one and than whatever big man they choose (Lopez, Jordan, Love, Koufus.) They also save money by dumping Cardinal's contact.

Why would N.Y. do it:

Assuming Rose is off the board when we pick no one in this draft can really gives us a true All Star Caliber PG. Mayo and Bayless are more two-guards than point. Westbrook and Augustine have question marks about them and aren't as good as Conley. Taking back Cardinals contract isn't terrible for the Knicks as it expires just in time for the Free Agency Class of 2010.

Tuesday is the first step in what should be an active off-season for the Knicks