Walsh thinks he can get draft pick to use in Carmelo deal

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MILAN - Throughout the Carmelo Anthony trade drama, the prevailing belief was that the Knicks did not have enough pieces to make a deal with the Nuggets. One of the supposed biggest obstacles was that the Knicks did not have a first-round pick they could offer until the 2014 draft.
In his preseason address to the media last week, Donnie Walsh made reference to the talk about the Knicks' lack of an earlier first-round pick to offer in a hypothetical blockbuster when he said, "I need to go out and see if I can get one.'' A person with knowledge of the team's strategy told Newsday that Walsh is confident he can do that. "That will not be a stumbling block,'' the source said.

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Alan Hahn The Knicks Fix: 9/24/10

 For the fourth year in a row, Eddy Curry found himself immediately surrounded by the beat writers when the doors opened for Media Day. Release the hounds, indeed.
How did he look? Good. How did he sound? Optimistic.
How will it go? We'll find out tomorrow during the first day of training camp. Remember, Eddy hasn't made it through Day 1 in consecutive seasons.
"This is one of the first time's I've been healthy in a long time," he said.
He admitted there's a lot at stake for him this season, which is the final year of his contract. There are no guarantees for him in regards to playing time. He'll have to earn it.
"I have to come in here and play and dominate practice," he said, "and let the chips fall where they may."
Curry was puzzled by the stories that the team hadn't heard from him in months. He said he kept in touch with Donnie Walsh. Clearly, Curry's relationship with Mike D'Antoni remains ice cold.
"I haven't talked to Coach in a while," he said. "I speak to him here and there but we haven't sat down to talk."

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