GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Two days after the Nets added two more first-round draft picks in the Terrence Williams trade, Knicks president Donnie Walsh said he could land a first-round pick of his own anytime he wanted.
“Oh yeah, I think I could if I had to, yeah,” Walsh said Thursday after practice. “Yes, I do.”
Walsh made it clear that the addition of a first-round pick wouldn’t be with the aim of landing any specific superstar, but reiterated that he could make it happen.
“I know I can do it,” he said. “I’ve said that 10 times so far.”
The New York Post on Thursday reported similar comments from Walsh.
The Nets now have five first-round picks over the next two years to utilize in a potential deal for Carmelo Anthony, while the Knicks currently have no first-round picks in 2011 or 2012 to trade in a potential package deal.
If the Knicks were to add a first-round pick, they could add that in with some combination of Eddy Curry’s expiring contract and players from their young core of Landry Fields, Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler to bring Melo to the Big Apple prior to the Feb. 24 trade deadline.
