Knicks-Clippers talking Shump/Felton for Collison+

[bagelred]

Another thought....Collison is a free agent in 2 months. So Knicks are giving away Shumpert for maybe 30 games in a slight upgrade in PG.

So typical Knicks.

[hawksdogsbraves]

They overrate him like no other

Say what? 7/4 on 38% shooting is pretty damned good. It's only in 27mpg too so if you look at his per 36 stats he's probably an MVP candidate.

Plus he's the best defender in the league, did you not see him shut down Mike Conley last night? Dude only put up like 22/11, if it weren't for Shump it probably would've been 32/20.

[Levity]

Another thought....Collison is a free agent in 2 months. So Knicks are giving away Shumpert for maybe 30 games in a slight upgrade in PG.

So typical Knicks.

if knicks want collison to be their starting PG next year, theyll have a pretty good shot. dont see what other team would offer him a starting role for next season.

[chocolatethunder]

Collison is a backup man. I don't want to trade 2 starters for 1 backup... not that the starters are any good. Surely Shump can garner something better even if Felton is a negative

Are you serious? On what team other than the Knicks are either of these scrubs starters? Anything and I mean anything that gets you out of Felton's contract is a positive. And why are you in love with Shumpert?

[DStebb716]

Another thought....Collison is a free agent in 2 months. So Knicks are giving away Shumpert for maybe 30 games in a slight upgrade in PG.

So typical Knicks.

Technically that's not true. He has a player option for next year.
This seems to me like they're trying to make a move to appease Melo for the rest of the year and then dumping Felton's long contract.

[DStebb716]

Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS 8m
I don't see this Shumpert-Collison deal happening, and neither do two people involved in it. "Not likely," they both said.

[Demitri98]

The Clippers need to do this. As much as some people say Felton sucks, he'd be serviceable (not good, serviceable) for ~10 minutes a game giving CP3 a breather. Having Collison playing that is just crazy, they don't need someone with his talent level in that role. The only decent/good wing defender the Clips have is CP3, but he's just too small to be a real factor on the wing, other than being a pest in the passing lanes. Shump can easily defend 1-3 and will probably start over Dudley. He can handle the task of guarding guys like Durant in the playoffs. Plus he can hit 3's just as good/better than Dudley. This leaves Dudley nothing more than a shooter off the bench, which he should be, and leaves Dudley open to be traded. I think Shump puts the Clippers over the top and turn them into legitament contenders.

No brainer for the Knicks.

[KyleKong]

I really, really, really don't want fatty Felton on my team.

[bagelred]

if knicks want collison to be their starting PG next year, theyll have a pretty good shot. dont see what other team would offer him a starting role for next season.

So the Knicks are gonna give a contract to another 3rd tier PG? Is Collison even better than Felton?

Ugh....

[Demitri98]

So the Knicks are gonna give a contract to another 3rd tier PG? Is Collison even better than Felton?

Ugh....

By leaps and bounds.

[DStebb716]

So the Knicks are gonna give a contract to another 3rd tier PG? Is Collison even better than Felton?

Ugh....

They could be thinking that either Collison picks up his option and they have a decent starter for next season to get them to Rondo's free agency or they could be thinking that they could sign Collison to a semi-cheap one-year deal and do the same. I doubt they sign any non-legit PG to more than one year this offseason.

[niko]

So the Knicks are gonna give a contract to another 3rd tier PG? Is Collison even better than Felton?

Ugh....

He's better than Felton last year, much better than this year. I don't like the deal but let's not backtrack to a silly level.

[Darius]

Collison was 9-4 in the west with CP3 out

[aboss4real24]

[COLOR="Magenta"]the worst pg in nba

and a injury prone inconsistent plyr

4 a solid startn pg ? DO IT !!!!!![/COLOR]

[wally_world]

That's right Clips, keep gettin' em tweener guards