Wait... what?

Donnie Walsh is vehemently trying to dump his players for the 2010, you'll hear that year a lot, 2010, not really because it's anything special, well, except for the lotto free agency that happens then, namely; LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh.  In the case of the Knicks, it's more just LeBron James.  In order to throw any reasonable kind of contract at him though, Donnie Walsh has to trim some fat.  The criteria then for trading with the Knicks, is simply; having a contract that expires on or before 2010.

Now, Zach Randolph has been producing, say what you will about him, how he's slow, apathetic on defense, and a black hole, he's been producing (20.5 pts, 12.5 rbds, 1.2 asst, 1.4 stls on 43.4% shooting).  He's showed that he can thrive in the D'Antoni system, and put up impressive numbers, which actually may have been all Donnie Walsh wanted him to do.  Now, he pulls this.  Honestly, the Clippers are the most trade-frenzied team I've ever seen.  First they lose Elton Brand and they pull Marcus Camby for a second round pick (a steal, granted), and there were questions about how well that's worked out (their 2-9 record states not so well), but seriously, Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley for Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins?  Ok, so Mardy Collins is a filler, so essentially, 2 old guys you don't want for Zach Randolph.  Wait... what?

So we all know why this works from a Knicks perspective, it's a salary dump, but why the heck would the Clippers do this?  I've been trying to wrap my brain around how the Clippers' lineup is going to work, and honestly, it's fairly mind-boggling.  It's almost like they're banking on Marcus Camby being hurt.  Not really sure how this will work out...  Do they start Z-Bo at SF?  That's a lot of body on the court sure, but that's also a lot of laziness for a guy you expect to be staying in front of LeBron and Paul Pierce.  Seriously...  The only thing I see making sense would be:

PG- Baron Davis, Jason Hart, Mike Taylor

SG- Ricky Davis, Eric Gordon

SF- Al Thornton, Steve Novak

PF- Zach Randolph

C- Chris Kaman, Marcus Camby, Brian Skinner, DeAndre Jordan

Unless again, you want a starting 5 of B-Diddy, Ricky Davis, Z-Bo, Camby, and Kaman, I shudder in fear as to the horrendous basketball that would be played because of it.  I do not envy Dunleavy Sr.'s job right now, unless the Clippers seriously trade Kaman for someone... (Jason Terry?)  I won't even go into how Al Thornton and Zach Randolph are two major black holes on offense.

For the Knicks, I mean, it doesn't make a lot of sense, they just traded away their two top scorers, but it doesn't actually hurt them that much.  I mean, essentially it's Zach Randolph, Jamal Crawford, and Mardy Collins for Al Harrington, Cuttino Mobley, and Tim Thomas:

PG- Chris Duhon, Anthony Roberson

SG- Cuttino Mobley, Nate Robinson

SF- Quentin Richardson, Tim Thomas

PF- Wilson Chandler, David Lee, Malik Rose

C- Al Harrington, Jerome James, Eddy Curry

It doesn't look pretty, but hey, remember, 2010.