[WayOutWest]

It's hard to fault either team for making the trade.

Two POTENTIAL negatives for NY:
1.)Draft Picks: They gave up 2 first round draft picks. This may or may not become a big deal, it all depends on where the Knicks end up, playoffs or lottery. Judging from the moves Isiah has made so far he's looking to get NY into the playoffs NOW with almost no hope of winning a title in the near future. No way this squad gets past the Hornets this year and no way they get past Detroit, Jersey or Indiana in the next 4 years. He seems to be following his predecessor but he has not choice because of contracts that are already in place which brings us to point 2....

2.)Salary/Contracts: They gave up two expiring contracts and a few small one's for this deal. That doesn't really hurt them for the next 3 years because the contracts they gave up were NOT going to get them under the cap next year anyway, all that those expiring contracts would have done is offer some potential luxury tax relief. Houstons terrible contract is the cap killer for the Knicks and Marbury's contract goes two years past it so they won't feel the pain for a while yet. In about 3-4 years is when they will get cap releif, at that point they can be a player in the FA market.

IMO this is a very good deal for the Knicks, they get a local kid who will help sell seats at the Garden and maybe even get the Knicks into the playoffs. Not sure how things are going to work out with KVH after the incident with Marbury and his mom in NJ.

The Suns realized they are not a contendor in the West with the current squad and are looking to make a play in the FA market next year and hopefully pick up some good draft picks. The Suns could potentially have 10-20 million tickets for the Kobe sweepstakes next summer.