ESPN reports Francis to the Knicks

[J.R.]

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The teams agreed to a trade of Francis for Penny Hardaway and Trevor Ariza, two league sources with knowledge of the deal told ESPN.com.

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Highest paid backcourt in the league.

[Roan]

great trade for the Magic, if i was an NBA GM i would make sure i had a private line into ITs office so that I could dump my overpaid superstars for his expiring contracts whenever i needed to

[xadrez]

Ive been a Knicks fan forever, and Im on the verge of popping a blood vessel. Ive come close several times, but this time it might actually happen. If it doesnt, I might light myself on fire.

[Aloysius]

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Ive been a Knicks fan forever, and Im on the verge of popping a blood vessel. Ive come close several times, but this time it might actually happen. If it doesnt, I might light myself on fire.

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Sigh - here's the IndieMatt speculation / opinion thread last week about this trade if you didn't see it:

F'in Knicks WTF Is This Horseshit

-Al

[MattSuspect]

WTF? Theres got to be something else in the works.

Marbs/Francis/JC/QRich/Nate;

[P.Dirty]

lol

[Popinjay]

The New York Knicks: where horrible contracts go to die.

[TheRover]

lol, awesome. i [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] isiah.

[MattSuspect]

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The New York Knicks: where horrible contracts go to die.

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Francis contract has no bearing on the salary cap for the Knicks. They just traded a perpetual DNP who they were not going to re-sign att he end of the year and guy who will retire in Penny for a top 30 talent. Its not a bad trade, except that I am fearful of the other shoe dropping.

I can see Marbury for Kmart and Watson or Jamal Crawford and Mo Taylor for a bunch of Portland garbage. Isiah is not done.

But from a talent perspective, if the Knicks don't care about the luxury tax, this is a huge steal.

[Aloysius]

Is JC going anywhere? Seriously WTF is going on here?

-Al