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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 4304987, member: 767"] The Knicks do have something going in their favor that they have all these protected ones they can throw in that make the headline sound better but don't really mean that much. They just traded the 11th pick in the draft for "3 firsts". If they end up trading 5 first rounders but 3 of them are the protected ones, you could argue in a lot of ways its like they traded 3 firsts. If they got a deal done with 3 protected ones and unprotected picks in 23/25 thats "5 firsts" on paper but in most cases none of those will be even in the top 10, let alone top 5. (granted, I would have my doubts about the 25 knicks first, but they should be at least decent next season with Mitchell) Obviously, if i'm Utah, I want those unprotected picks starting in 25 or so. [/QUOTE]