NYT: Knicks have Repeatedly Tried to Trade Amare "for free" - No Takers

[FAH1223]

fuk u talkin bout breh?

And have Ronny turiaf instead of Tyson chandler as our center?

Amnesty Amare and you have Chandler

 

[seemorecizzy]

Billups had an expiring contract which they could have traded

they coulda just amnestied Amare if they wanted Chandler so bad

A year ago exactly, a lot of Knicks fans were saying this

amare was comin off a solid season (mvp candidate the first half)
and his last game before he got hurt he beasted kevin garnett and the celtics in da playoffs

dude just came to the team
amnestied him for what?

 

[FAH1223]

amare was comin off a solid season (mvp candidate the first half)
and his last game before he got hurt he beasted kevin garnett and the celtics in da playoffs

dude just came to the team
amnestied him for what?

cap space

 

[Majestic Pape]

If the Knicks didn't amnesty Billups we would never have gotten Linsanity.

 

[Sampson]

But the proposal was vetoed by James L. Dolan, the Garden chairman, before it ever reached the Raptors

This invalidates the entire article. There were never any trades.

Beck now covers the Nets. Knicks just blew out the Nyets, plus the Nets blow.

What to do? Write a smear piece about the Knicks. Transparent as f*ck.

 

[Sampson]

cap space

You obviously have no idea how the cap works if you think getting rid of Amare gives the Knicks cap room.

 

[seemorecizzy]

This invalidates the entire article. There were never any trades.

Beck now covers the Nets. Knicks just blew out the Nyets, plus the Nets blow.

What to do? Write a smear piece about the Knicks. Transparent as f*ck.

yeah dat boys just mad
tryin to cause trouble and shyt

 

[tremonthustler1]

Billups had an expiring contract which they could have traded

they coulda just amnestied Amare if they wanted Chandler so bad

A year ago exactly, a lot of Knicks fans were saying this

As much as I think it was dumb to amnesty Billups, that had to do with paying so much for Chandler (which has turned out to be a very valuable investment).

The new CBA really devalued the expiring contract, especially depending on what team you have, so trading Billups probably doesn't net you what you think you'd get.

 

[MostReal]

 

[Rev]

This invalidates the entire article. There were never any trades.

Beck now covers the Nets. Knicks just blew out the Nyets, plus the Nets blow.

What to do? Write a smear piece about the Knicks. Transparent as f*ck.

forgot about that.

Damn, Becky. :scustai:

 

[seemorecizzy]

As much as I think it was dumb to amnesty Billups, that had to do with paying so much for Chandler (which has turned out to be a very valuable investment).

The new CBA really devalued the expiring contract, especially depending on what team you have, so trading Billups probably doesn't net you what you think you'd get.

whyd you think it was dumb?
we got chandler.
last year we took a step back with da pg position
but it all worked out
and billups is done
amare avg 17-8 for one season and everyone acting like he eddie curry or somethin

you know better dis this

 

[mvp_status]

why is that just about every single person who says Amare & Melo can't co-exist conveniently forget that the Melo/Amare/Tyson trio went 9-2 under Woodson before Amare got hurt

 

[Mantle Drunk]

I'm a big Amare detractor but even I can admit the team is better with Amare taking on Rasheed Wallace's/Kurt Thomas's minutes.

 

[DirtyD]

This past summer, the Knicks offered Stoudemire to nearly every team in the league — “available for free,” as one rival executive put it. But they found no takers because of his diminished production, his health and his contract, which has three years and $65 million remaining (counting this season) and which is uninsured against a career-ending knee injury.

In February, the Knicks wanted to send Stoudemire to Toronto in a deal for Andrea Bargnani, a person briefed on the discussion said. But the proposal was vetoed by James L. Dolan, the Garden chairman, before it ever reached the Raptors (who would not have made the deal anyway, team officials there said).

 

[mvp_status]

And if this took place last summer, why didn't we hear about it........you know.....last summer?