i wish. if they get better pg play next season and a decent head coach they'll make the playoffs. it wouldnt shock me if they even won a round, team has talent. then have 60+ mil in cap space to land melo with a combo of bron/love/aldridge/gasol and a first round pick.
if you think paying a 34 year old Melo $23 mil is stupid, think about paying him another $23 mil the year after.
Cats really wanting Melo to walk
you're sitting there acting like the only way the Knicks can win in the next few years is if Melo is on the team. Meanwhile teams like Indiana proved you can do it without having to indebt yourself to a single player. I've said since Melo announced that he wants to opt out....if he's gonna come back he needs to take a paycut.how the f*ck would the knicks be fortunate to lose melo?
all these sh*tty contracts on the knicks and NOW you wanna start counting pennies when it comes time to sign one of the top 3 scorers in the league?
if you can get him for less, great. if you can't then ante up. ya'll in here buggin the f*ck out man, knicks better pay this man his money.
what does STAT have to do with anything? You acting like people haven't been a) clamoring for him to retire so his money comes off the books b) bytching that the Knicks didn't use the amnesty on him c) complaining about how the Knicks could give him so much money with those knees d) wishing there were some way to redistribute his money so that his salary could be lessened on a year to year basisa good PG, a serviceable big man, and a strong, competent coaching staff and the knicks are right there in the championship hunt. the east is wide open.
or the knicks can let melo walk and go back to re-building for 3+ years.
stat is already getting 23 million next year, but yall don't wanna pay melo?ya'll are wildin.
you're sitting there acting like the only way the Knicks can win in the next few years is if Melo is on the team. Meanwhile teams like Indiana proved you can do it without having to indebt yourself to a single player. I've said since Melo announced that he wants to opt out....if he's gonna come back he needs to take a paycut.
Otherwise
Melo said he would take less if it would help the team win. And if we're being honest, him taking less gives the Knicks a better opportunity to put good pieces around him. If Melo's telling the truth, it's not a big deal and skirts the popular opinion that he's about money over winning while giving the Knicks a flexibility they're going to need after next season. If he's lying then he's probably gonna leave us anyway while asking us to sign & trade him to a better team.
you're buggin or delusional if you think the Knicks are gonna put all that money into a potentially losing team. As much as I do believe a Knicks team with Melo can get into that contending team...that's as far as it goes. They're not going to win a title with Melo making Kobe money because he's not a Kobe type player. If you think the Knicks are winning a title with guys on mid-level exceptions and vet maxes you're crazy. We need a defensive big to replace Tyson...the only one I see us possibly getting would require us to trade Melo. We need a competent point.....are there any in the market that won't require us to drop top dollar for?
First of all....you made a distinction earlier between winning and winning a ship. You're telling me to watch the playoffs...that distinction is made up of San Antonio, Miami and OKC. Competent PG and coach is not putting us in that level. Don't be fooled because of a loss here or there...those are the teams the Knicks need to be in order to win a ring. Giving Melo that money alone doesn't get us there. Secondly, 3 expiring contracts is good...it's cool...you give Melo the max and you're still tying up MORE than half of the projected cap space on Melo, JR, Felton, Shump, Prigs and THJR. With good management you're looking at maybe one really good player and a few other good complementary pieces. He takes that paycut and you can convince Love/Aldridge and Rondo to build something in NY AND have a little money to spend on 1 or 2 more role players. 1 sounds like a plan for being in that contention role...the other sounds like a plan that you hope comes together
