King James to be King of New York?

Get the hell out of the way Isiah Thomas, Donnie Walsh and Mike D'Antoni are making their presence felt on the Knick roster you so thoroughly messed up.  Yesterday the Knicks sent forward Zach Randolph and guard Mardy Collins to the Los Angeles Clippers for guard Cuttino Mobley and forward Tim Thomas and also sent Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Al Harrington.  The significance?  All of their contracts expire prior to the 2010 season when LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Dwayne Wade become free agents.  Can this be a Knick team with an eye towards a bright future?  Am I really seeing a plan in the Garden?  Dear God!

It looks like James Dolan is finally off the drugs, or maybe back on them because both the Rangers and the Knicks are poised for fairly bright futures.  The fact that the Knicks traded bad contracts for ones that expire fairly soon is amazing in itself.  I wonder if they could possibly rid themselves of Stephon Marbury and Jerome James?  Well, that might be asking too much.  In Mobley and Thomas they get two guys who give the Knicks a little more flexibility on the floor.  Mobley and Thomas can both run as can Harrington when he is healthy.  

Some have questioned what Walsh is doing throwing away a potential playoff team that was hovering around .500, a vast improvement over previous Knick teams.  Why settle for a first round bounce when you can imitate what the Celtics did last year by bringing in a couple of high profile players through trade and free agency?  The east is a forgiving landscape to teams that show only a little improvement.  Adding Bosh and James would probably mean a trip to the NBA Finals.  For once the Knicks are the smart ones making moves.  What an interesting change of pace.  Now, if only I could get MSG so I can watch the Rangers and the Knicks I would be fine.