I just edited my post and spoke on this more but I see what youre saying and partly agree
but if it came down to it, Phil would be foolish not to entertain a sign/trade that would net the Knicks both Mirotic & a future 1st (with no additional cap past 2015)
and we cant offer Melo 18-20 without giving up Taj - someone tell me if Im off there?
amnestying Booz gives us roughly 9-10 - then our non guarantees could raise that number to around 16 I believe, like I said I could be off in the numbers
Well before amnesty to boozer gave us 12 mill but because of the draft and anthony Randolph yea 9-10 mill with the boozer amnesty, then we would have to dump dunleavy and snell which is not impossible and then dump the non guarantees and anthony Randolph possibly with the non gurantees. That clears around 17-18 mill. The problem with that deal is I think we lose our exceptions and would only have vet min to fill out the roster.
IMO it feels like we going more that route because if not why keep McDermott and why does it look like there is no effort to move taj and why John paxson on a interview entertaining leaving mirotic over another year, something we would have to do to clear space, all those things seem aligned with just clearing the space.
Might be why they grabbed smith, jimmer, McDermott and Randolph because it provides us some kind of bench if we have to dump all those other guys. It's not the end of the world if we do so we can get Kirk back at vet min and could grab morrow Ben Gordon or maybe even Vince carter at vet min.
