Harrington grew up in northern New Jersey and was drafted by Walsh when he was in Indiana. Harrington joined the Warriors in a trade with the Pacers in January 2007 and played a large role in ending Golden State’s 12-season playoff drought later that year, but the 6-foot-9 perimeter shooter grew disenchanted with his role in Don Nelson’s offense last year and asked for a trade.

Crawford could provide a short-term solution to Golden State’s woes at point guard, where the team is still without the injured Monta Ellis.

The Clippers were interested in Randolph over the summer, seeking a natural power forward to play alongside center Chris Kaman after losing Elton Brand to Philadelphia in free agency. Randolph, who spent most of his career in Portland, has career averages of 16.4 points and 8.2 rebounds over seven seasons.

“We had our best success a couple of years ago when we had two low post scorers where we had one in the game at almost all times,” Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. “It’s nice when the ball doesn’t go in the basket from the outside and you need a bucket in low. We have a couple of guys that have the ability to deliver that.”

The Knicks have been above the cap for years and haven’t been able to make a free-agent splash in more than a decade. But they are now in position — perhaps so good that Walsh didn’t rule out possibly being able to land two max players in two years.

“I have a good idea of what we just did,” Walsh said. “I can’t tell you that I’ve thought out what I’m going to do in two years or something like that. I haven’t done that. All I know is that we’ve created more cap space than we had.”

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