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Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:54 am EDT

Knicks trading Larry Hughes?

By Mark J. Miller

“LarryThe contract for Larry Hughes(notes) of the New York Knicks runs out at the end of the season but some folks are thinking he may be an ex-New Yorker before then, according to the New York Post.

Hughes is apparently much more comfortable playing a more structured kind of situation than the freewheeling method to the madness that Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni likes to throw out onto the floor. He's saying that he hasn't played enough in the preseason to fully grasp the whole system D'Antoni is employing.

So there is speculation that Hughes will be exiting the Big Apple soon via trade but one can be sure the Knicks won't be adding a contract that goes past this season. The team is hanging everything on being able to sign some big free agents or another (LeBron James(notes)? Dwyane Wade(notes)? Amare' Stoudemire? Chris Bosh(notes)?) next summer that will lift the team back to a much less embarrassing place than it's in now.

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  1. Jordo
    1. Posted by Jordo Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:19 am EDT

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    Hughes has not looked very good in preseason with his shots. In 6 games he's 1 for 23 and he just looks lost or something out there. His defense hasn't looked too bad though... I swear I remember Hughes being a real good player a few years back. whats going on?
    Who would he be traded for?
  2. oreo
    2. Posted by oreo Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:21 am EDT

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    how about a trade for boozer? utah needs an outside shooter.
  3. demnboi123
    3. Posted by demnboi123 Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:24 am EDT

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    1st men...
    trde him to the cavs...
  4. Prince Paul
    4. Posted by Prince Paul Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:28 am EDT

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    Hughes for Boozer?? That is retarded. Why would Utah make that move. Go back in your hole Oreo. You don't know anything. F'en retard.
  5. oreo
    5. Posted by oreo Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:41 am EDT

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    prince paul is a such a stupid imbecile. utah wants to hasten the growth of millsap; why would they invest so much in him and then retard his progress by playing him behind okur and boozer?! and utah needs a shooter in the wing spot, you freak show. you know nothing.
  6. oreo
    6. Posted by oreo Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:46 am EDT

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    hey freak show, utah invested so much in millsap, they want to hasten his growth as a player. why would utah, then, want to play him behind boozer and okur?! and utah needs a shooter in the wing spot. you know nothing.
  7. mark payne
    7. Posted by mark payne Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:49 am EDT

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    Seems like Hughes has lost his devotion to the game. You can just see the difference between a few years. That guy could ball back then, now he just goes thru the motions. What a shame, he's more interested in showing up on video cameos than hitting a shot.
  8. K NEL
    8. Posted by K NEL Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:54 am EDT

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    Either way Boozer for Hughes is dumb. Hughes isn't a shooter at all. Can defend but can't shoot. He's a slasher. Jazz don't need Hughes. Not sure where Larry will fit it on any team though with his shooting going down the hill. Larry had the potential to be real good..not sure what happened...
  9. Matt
    9. Posted by Matt Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:16 am EDT

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    Boozer for Hughes doesn't make much sense at all. Yes, the Jazz invested in Millsap but they can afford to let him play behind Boozer for one more year.
    The Jazz can do much better for Boozer if they so choose.
  10. mofojet13
    10. Posted by mofojet13 Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:33 am EDT

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    oreo, ur are dumb son. boozer for hughes???? lol
  11. Scott
    11. Posted by Scott Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:33 am EDT

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    If McGrady isn't where he is supposed to be and Curry can actually play, Curry and Hughes may go to Houston for McGrady-- creates a little more room for NY, rids Curry from NY, gives Houston a decent option if Yao can't play anymore because of his foot and McGrady's also in the last year of his deal and may not return to Houston.
  12. Scooter
    12. Posted by Scooter Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:42 am EDT

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    "He's saying that he hasn't played enough in the preseason to fully grasp the whole system D'Antoni is employing."
    He played for the Knicks last year.
    Oreo, why aren't you a GM? Boozer for Hughes is ridiculous. Hughes has always sucked, even when he put up decent numbers. I'd take a second round pick before Hughes.
  13. Wah C
    13. Posted by Wah C Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:44 am EDT

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    A pure shooter with FG% under 40 doesn't suit any NBA team at all. Larry's value is his expiring contract and Utah has no reason to trade a useful expiring contract for a pure expiring contract.
  14. bencamerondavis@...
    14. Posted by bencamerondavis@... Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:52 am EDT

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    I know what happened to him... Cavs fans crack me up... When he and Booxer played with LeBron, everyone made it like LeBron didn't have any help on his team. Truth is Larry Hughes is the most underrated defensive guard in the history of the NBA. Hughes didn't get to play the point when he was in Cleveland because James hogged to PG spot, Iverson Hogged the ball, Hughes played well in Washington, and now he is on a team full of potential stars that clash... It would have been nice to have him play with Wade. Could anyone imagine that backcourt?? But right now most heat fans are amazed by Chalmer's Potential... but Hughes could easily have a 36 point game with the right cast around him. He could easiy average 23 points per game.
  15. paul a
    15. Posted by paul a Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:07 am EDT

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    Why are the Knicks in an "embarrasing place" right now? Seems to me they have some young exciting talent, competent management, and are a year away from freeing themselves from salary cap hell. Anyone who isn't just trying to gratuitously bash the Knicks would know that they deserve at least a little more respect now. It isn't the Isaiah era any longer.
  16. tarheel u
    16. Posted by tarheel u Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:59 am EDT

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    # 2 as a jazz fan you can keep that douce bag hughes we do not need him! try poning his worthless ass on someone else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. Madena
    17. Posted by Madena Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:28 am EDT

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    First of all boozer for hughes isn't stupid. It will give utah more freedom to have millsap grow faster rathr than have him back up one more year and hughes is better than any two guard on that time, korver and miles. also having hughes play next to a point guard who can create like how arenas did in washington but more pass less shooting a la deron williams, will boost his numbers back up. and o yeah he is one of the top defenders in the league also helps out.
    As for Mcgrady for hughes and Curry, if the can make that happen with jefferies and curry and do the hughes and boozer, that would be crazy cause now you have 2 superstars that you can have a chance of signing next year and bring in another with lebron, wade, bosh, and stodemire.
    Also I do a sports talk show live online every monday from 2pm-4pm called Gametime. Tune in we talk sports all show long! on musicfeen.com
  18. dagoldeneagle
    18. Posted by dagoldeneagle Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:34 pm EDT

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    hughes is a slasher not a pure shooter.
    the cavs tried to make him a spot up guy and his rep suffered.
    he can compete with any guard in this league.
    all larry needs is a chance to duplicate his #'s with the wizards.
  19. JP
    19. Posted by JP Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:00 pm EDT

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    hughes aint going anywhere. He's no use to anyone, except the knicks
  20. Don't give up!
    20. Posted by Don't give up! Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:11 pm EDT

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    Hughes isn't any good if he can't find a spot on the Knicks. He is NOT a good shooter; just watch him play! Madena, I hope your talk show is a success but don't hurt your credibility by saying Boozer for Hughes makes sense. Utah can get so much more for Boozer and his expiring contract. If Utah wants a good backcourt compliment to Deron Williams why wouldn't they go with a real pure shooter, even a young guy?
  21. Nothing but net
    21. Posted by Nothing but net Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:56 pm EDT

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    boozer for hugh is joke.
    boozer's value can bring so much more.
  22. Lamchops
    22. Posted by Lamchops Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:58 pm EDT

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    lol JP i don't think he's even any use in the knicks...trade him away! give more minutes to toney douglas and nate robinson..larry hughes is a waste of space.
  23. jamesstl2002
    23. Posted by jamesstl2002 Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:06 pm EDT

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    A let up on my dude Hughes, I watch him kill our high school, the dude can't stay health, and the cavs messed him up, the knicks are a mess, get him some where better.
  24. Cotton Piquer
    24. Posted by Cotton Piquer Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:13 pm EDT

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    bencamerondavis
    Hughes is not as good a defrender as Kirk Hinrich. And Hinrich is the most underrated defender in the NBA.
    Oreo
    U nedd to know when to hold em & when 2 fold em. RE: Boozer 4 Hughes. U should fold.

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