and send Kurt Thomas to Phoenix. Isiah is a moron, but I guess we all knew that. Isiah traded the only player on his roster with any heart for ANOTHER ballhog, bricklayer with no basketball IQ whatsoever.
Phoenix makes this trade, because it frees up some money to sign Joe Johnson to the max this summer and because Kurt is a pretty good defender inside and can hit the jumper in the half-court set. New York makes this trade for no reason I can think of at this moment.