David Lee to the Warriors

[Duckhook]

New York Knicks forward David Lee got some good news, once LeBron James announced his intention to join the Miami Heat.

Lee's agent, Mark Bartelstein, told ESPN.com that Lee had agreed to a sign-and-trade worth $80 million dollars over six years with the Golden State Warriors.




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The deal will send Lee to the Warriors for Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike among others.

Knicks GM Donnie Walsh has coveted Randolph for years and feels he'd give the team another long, athletic forward to pair with Amare Stoudemire and Danilo Gallinari in the frontcourt.

A number of other teams including the Raptors, Suns, Timberwolves and Nets had made pitches to Lee in the past several days.

Chad Ford covers the NBA for ESPN The Magazine.

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[EL PRESIDENTE]

Knicks = FUCKED. haha.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Don't the Warriors think that at some point in their franchise history they might like to have at least one player who doesn't suck mightily at defense?

Good move for the Knicks. They'd lost Lee, and Randolph could really thrive with D'Antoni. (Of course, Randolph doesn't play defense either. But he's still really young, and Durant proved that you can at least improve.)

 

[crowTrobot]

Of course, Randolph doesn't play defense either.

not that you'd expect to see much of it on the warriors or knicks, but randolph has a ton of defensive upside.