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Strahan91 : 1/31/2019 3:42 pm
WOAH. Shedding Lee and THJ. Getting DSJ. No word on the rest
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The other interesting piece is AD  
Pan-handler : 2/1/2019 3:21 pm : link
Will be a little 'cheaper' max cat to apply against the cap at basically 27mill next year. If we trade back a little more than 27 million to them (I believe if my cap knowledge is right we can go up to 20% more)

Say:

Thomas 7.5
Frank 4.9
Smith 4.5
Knox 4.4
Mudiay QO is 5.7 (don't know if you need to include him or not)

Keep Trier, Dotson and Robinson because they are 3mill and under.

It may be able to work while signing KD and Kyrie (or Kawhi) and piecing together the rest of the roster with guys who'll come cheap.
Kemba Walker  
jacob12 : 2/1/2019 3:26 pm : link
Kemba was an outstanding lottery pick. Walker has had an exceptional career, and he is one of the best clutch players in the NBA. Kemba is the only player who can score on the Hornets. The rest of the Hornets are abysmal shooters.

I think he will get a max contract.
Kemba  
DanMetroMan : 2/1/2019 3:29 pm : link
will get a max deal... and would be a terrible outcome for the Knicks sans KD or Kawhi joining him. Really awful outcome. He's 29 in May, no guarantee to be a draw for a 2nd star and never going to be the best player on a legit contender. It's my biggest fear.
If Kemba is the best player on your team, you're not winning anything  
Ten Ton Hammer : 2/1/2019 3:31 pm : link
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We all agree to disagree a lot  
Carl in CT : 2/1/2019 3:55 pm : link
But the next 5-6 months at least will be interesting.
Stephen A Smith who is normally a  
Dave on the UWS : 2/1/2019 3:57 pm : link
complete schmuck, made a Really good point yesterday. Since KP didn’t want to be here the chances the Knicks would have filled their 1 max slot were zero. No one would come here knowing he wanted out. Now, they have 2 max slots, no bad contracts to speak of, a bunch of high draft picks and some good young pieces to support the 2 stars. Not a bad position to build from and they didn’t have a strong poker hand.
RE: Stephen A Smith who is normally a  
DanMetroMan : 2/1/2019 4:04 pm : link
In comment 14283869 Dave on the UWS said:
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complete schmuck, made a Really good point yesterday. Since KP didn’t want to be here the chances the Knicks would have filled their 1 max slot were zero. No one would come here knowing he wanted out. Now, they have 2 max slots, no bad contracts to speak of, a bunch of high draft picks and some good young pieces to support the 2 stars. Not a bad position to build from and they didn’t have a strong poker hand.


Seems like a "bunch of high draft picks" is double dipping if you're including guys like Knox and Frank. They have their pick this year for sure, but the 2021 Mavs pick is no guarantee to be a high pick and quite frankly Frank has limited value. We know the Knicks have a high pick this season and their own pick in 2020, + 2 picks in 2021, no guarantee any pick other than this one is "high"
Doesn’t cap go to 118  
GMEN46 : 2/1/2019 4:08 pm : link
Next year? I think lance, Dennis Smith, Frank 2019 pick and 2 Dallas picks is enough to get AD and still fit KD, Kyrie, keeping Knox, trier, Robinson and Dotson. Can they not pick up trier’s option and then go over the cap to resign him?

Isn’t that offer better than Boston offer if 2019 pick is a top 3 pick. If they have to swap Knox for frank then that’s fine as wel.
Pelton believes they'd have to sign Kyrie/KD first then trade for KD:  
Strahan91 : 2/1/2019 4:10 pm : link
Could the Knicks trade for Anthony Davis too?
Hypothetically, yes. New York's path to three superstar players would require signing Durant and Irving first to exhaust the team's cap space, then trading just about everything else to the New Orleans Pelicans to match Davis' $27.1 million salary. The Knicks would have to send back $21.6 million in salary, and as noted earlier that's more than all their currently guaranteed 2019-20 contracts combined.

Realistically, this year's pick would have to be part of any Davis trade, and New York could use the same strategy as the Cleveland Cavaliers did with Andrew Wiggins in 2014 by signing the pick first and subsequently trading him 30 days later when his salary counts for matching purposes.

If the Knicks got the No. 5 pick (which carries a projected starting salary of $6.3 million), a package of the pick, Dotson, Knox, Ntilikina and Smith would just barely be enough to make a legal trade. It's possible an offer like that -- which might also include the future picks New York acquired in the Porzingis deal -- could interest the Pelicans if they don't want to trade Davis to the conference rival L.A. Lakers and the Celtics no longer bid as aggressively because of Irving's departure.
We probably need a cap expert to figure this out but  
Pan-handler : 2/1/2019 4:33 pm : link
I'll throw out some rough estimates to see if this could work:

The cap is set at 109 mill for next year.

Let's say you sign Kyrie and KD for an average of 32mil between them. And then you trade Knox,Frank,Thomas and possibly Mudiay with a QO along with 2 first round picks to make it work. AD is locked in at 27 mill for the 19-20 season.



Durant 32
Irving 32
AD 27
Trier 3.5
Robinson 1.6
Dotson 1.6

Minimum salary vet 1.3
Minimum salary 1.3
2nd rounder 835K
2nd rounder 835K

Noah stretch provision 6.5

Putting as at 108.5

At least number wise if the numbers aren't way off, there may be a way to squeeze in 3 guys like Miami did.
Dotson's salary isn't guaranteed. Also you can go over the cap  
Strahan91 : 2/1/2019 4:40 pm : link
to sign vet min FA's. They also only have 1 second round pick this year.
If they moved KP  
Jan in DC : 2/1/2019 4:41 pm : link
for Kemba Walker in any capacity, I'm going to be really annoyed.
Pre 2017  
DanMetroMan : 2/1/2019 4:52 pm : link
draft the Knicks turned down an offer of #4 overall, Miami's first in 2018, Miami's 2021 1st and a "young player" per a new report.
.  
DanMetroMan : 2/1/2019 4:54 pm : link
East to complain about not pulling the trigger on a Suns deal pre-2017 but quite a few "landmine" picks in that draft. Obviously if you nail those picks the Knicks are sitting pretty today. #Knicks
RE: Dotson's salary isn't guaranteed. Also you can go over the cap  
Pan-handler : 2/1/2019 4:58 pm : link
In comment 14283911 Strahan91 said:
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to sign vet min FA's. They also only have 1 second round pick this year.


That's a great point and if you somehow bring in KD, AD, and Kyrie some decent role players will likely be willing to sign here for the vet min.
RE: Pre 2017  
Pete44 : 2/1/2019 4:58 pm : link
In comment 14283918 DanMetroMan said:
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draft the Knicks turned down an offer of #4 overall, Miami's first in 2018, Miami's 2021 1st and a "young player" per a new report.


They would have never traded him to Miami.

This deal can be hyperanalyzed, but it can't be judged until this summer and how the roster shapes up.
Scott Perry coming up on The Michael Kay Show in a few min  
Anando : 2/1/2019 4:59 pm : link
ESPN radio

can listen here:
https://tunein.com/radio/987-FM-ESPN-New-York-s22469/
RE: RE: Pre 2017  
DanMetroMan : 2/1/2019 5:02 pm : link
In comment 14283923 Pete44 said:
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In comment 14283918 DanMetroMan said:


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draft the Knicks turned down an offer of #4 overall, Miami's first in 2018, Miami's 2021 1st and a "young player" per a new report.



They would have never traded him to Miami.

This deal can be hyperanalyzed, but it can't be judged until this summer and how the roster shapes up.


Phoenix had Miami's picks. Suns made the offer.
RE: .  
Strahan91 : 2/1/2019 5:04 pm : link
In comment 14283920 DanMetroMan said:
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East to complain about not pulling the trigger on a Suns deal pre-2017 but quite a few "landmine" picks in that draft. Obviously if you nail those picks the Knicks are sitting pretty today. #Knicks

And Phil coveted Josh Jackson as we know
Whats the point in complaining  
steve in ky : 2/1/2019 5:08 pm : link
about things Phil Jackson did or didn't do?

Scott Perry Interview Highlights:  
guitarguybs12 : 2/1/2019 5:18 pm : link
I'll preface this with he didn't answer any hypotheticals, or really respond directly to any of the KP related questions.

-Team had concerns about KP not buying into rebuilding process for a while.
-Meeting yesterday confirmed those fears. KP's team expressed desire to move on from Knicks.
-Had been doing due diligence for past couple months on exploring trade options for KP based on change in KP's general attitude as of late.
-Perry directly observed a change in KP's attitude and participation around the team recently
-Even with cap space, Perry says more focused on building with that they have now + this years draft pick, says they're not desperate to put all their eggs in one basket and spend all cap money on players this FA.
RE: Whats the point in complaining  
DanMetroMan : 2/1/2019 5:20 pm : link
In comment 14283930 steve in ky said:
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about things Phil Jackson did or didn't do?


Gives you an idea of the price they put on KP, not about Phil Jackson.
Perry  
Carl in CT : 2/1/2019 5:21 pm : link
Better have more of a plan then his is talking about. That’s all I’m saying.
Other than AD (maybe)  
Carl in CT : 2/1/2019 5:23 pm : link
2020 is not a strong free agent class. If we are going that route it better be this year.
RE: Perry  
TommyWiseau : 2/1/2019 5:28 pm : link
In comment 14283935 Carl in CT said:
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Better have more of a plan then his is talking about. That’s all I’m saying.


What was he supposed to say? Yeah I spoke with X players agent and we are signing 2 top FAs? He played it safe
Took a day but I am over it  
Oscar : 2/1/2019 5:32 pm : link
Fuck KP, didn’t want to be here. I hope it works out for the Knicks. It usually doesn’t but I hope it does this time.
lol  
DanMetroMan : 2/1/2019 6:29 pm : link
Kadeem Allen, Damyean Dotson, Kevin Knox, Lance Thomas and Noah Vonleh starting tonight
watch  
Giantfootball025 : 2/1/2019 6:47 pm : link
them win.
kristaps to sit out entire season  
nygiants16 : 2/1/2019 6:53 pm : link
but stefan bondy reporteadd he was cleared
RE: Took a day but I am over it  
M.S. : 2/1/2019 7:00 pm : link
In comment 14283949 Oscar said:
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Fuck KP, didn’t want to be here. I hope it works out for the Knicks. It usually doesn’t but I hope it does this time.

It NEVER works out for the Knicks.
RE: RE: Knicks will be under the cap in the summer  
Vanzetti : 2/1/2019 7:14 pm : link
In comment 14283786 robbieballs2003 said:
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But if we trade for AD first then can we sign 2 max guys? I don't think so.


Yes because the salary going out (Knox, Frank etc) would equal his 24 million in salary

RE: Pelton believes they'd have to sign Kyrie/KD first then trade for KD:  
Vanzetti : 2/1/2019 7:19 pm : link
In comment 14283881 Strahan91 said:
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Could the Knicks trade for Anthony Davis too?
Hypothetically, yes. New York's path to three superstar players would require signing Durant and Irving first to exhaust the team's cap space, then trading just about everything else to the New Orleans Pelicans to match Davis' $27.1 million salary. The Knicks would have to send back $21.6 million in salary, and as noted earlier that's more than all their currently guaranteed 2019-20 contracts combined.

Realistically, this year's pick would have to be part of any Davis trade, and New York could use the same strategy as the Cleveland Cavaliers did with Andrew Wiggins in 2014 by signing the pick first and subsequently trading him 30 days later when his salary counts for matching purposes.

If the Knicks got the No. 5 pick (which carries a projected starting salary of $6.3 million), a package of the pick, Dotson, Knox, Ntilikina and Smith would just barely be enough to make a legal trade. It's possible an offer like that -- which might also include the future picks New York acquired in the Porzingis deal -- could interest the Pelicans if they don't want to trade Davis to the conference rival L.A. Lakers and the Celtics no longer bid as aggressively because of Irving's departure.



So let's say Knicks wind up with Barrett.

The trade would be Barrett, Knox, DSJr, Robinson, Frank and 4 number one picks for AD. No one is coming close to matching that. It would be a great trade for both teams.

Knicks  
PaulN : 2/1/2019 7:28 pm : link
Made a good move here, they know who is coming and they also got two first round draft picks. Why the love for Porzingis, who the fuck was he? people here are so fucked up they don't even recognize good news, holy shit, unreal. This coach will get Durant and Irving, when that happens, then tell me that fucking skinny ginger bread man in anything like the two coming here. It's going to happen, so cut all the bullshit already.
Vanzetti  
Oscar : 2/1/2019 7:36 pm : link
I would like to get AD but I think that is a severe overpay. The Pelicans have leverage but you don’t need to give away every player on the team and four number 1’s.
RE: RE: Pelton believes they'd have to sign Kyrie/KD first then trade for KD:  
Enzo : 2/1/2019 7:38 pm : link
In comment 14283998 Vanzetti said:
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In comment 14283881 Strahan91 said:


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Could the Knicks trade for Anthony Davis too?
Hypothetically, yes. New York's path to three superstar players would require signing Durant and Irving first to exhaust the team's cap space, then trading just about everything else to the New Orleans Pelicans to match Davis' $27.1 million salary. The Knicks would have to send back $21.6 million in salary, and as noted earlier that's more than all their currently guaranteed 2019-20 contracts combined.

Realistically, this year's pick would have to be part of any Davis trade, and New York could use the same strategy as the Cleveland Cavaliers did with Andrew Wiggins in 2014 by signing the pick first and subsequently trading him 30 days later when his salary counts for matching purposes.

If the Knicks got the No. 5 pick (which carries a projected starting salary of $6.3 million), a package of the pick, Dotson, Knox, Ntilikina and Smith would just barely be enough to make a legal trade. It's possible an offer like that -- which might also include the future picks New York acquired in the Porzingis deal -- could interest the Pelicans if they don't want to trade Davis to the conference rival L.A. Lakers and the Celtics no longer bid as aggressively because of Irving's departure.




So let's say Knicks wind up with Barrett.

The trade would be Barrett, Knox, DSJr, Robinson, Frank and 4 number one picks for AD. No one is coming close to matching that. It would be a great trade for both teams.

you'd have to fill out the rest of the roster with minimum players. Like EVERY single spot on the roster. Doesn't seem realistic.
RE: RE: Pelton believes they'd have to sign Kyrie/KD first then trade for KD:  
steve in ky : 2/1/2019 7:43 pm : link
In comment 14283998 Vanzetti said:
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In comment 14283881 Strahan91 said:


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Could the Knicks trade for Anthony Davis too?
Hypothetically, yes. New York's path to three superstar players would require signing Durant and Irving first to exhaust the team's cap space, then trading just about everything else to the New Orleans Pelicans to match Davis' $27.1 million salary. The Knicks would have to send back $21.6 million in salary, and as noted earlier that's more than all their currently guaranteed 2019-20 contracts combined.

Realistically, this year's pick would have to be part of any Davis trade, and New York could use the same strategy as the Cleveland Cavaliers did with Andrew Wiggins in 2014 by signing the pick first and subsequently trading him 30 days later when his salary counts for matching purposes.

If the Knicks got the No. 5 pick (which carries a projected starting salary of $6.3 million), a package of the pick, Dotson, Knox, Ntilikina and Smith would just barely be enough to make a legal trade. It's possible an offer like that -- which might also include the future picks New York acquired in the Porzingis deal -- could interest the Pelicans if they don't want to trade Davis to the conference rival L.A. Lakers and the Celtics no longer bid as aggressively because of Irving's departure.




So let's say Knicks wind up with Barrett.

The trade would be Barrett, Knox, DSJr, Robinson, Frank and 4 number one picks for AD. No one is coming close to matching that. It would be a great trade for both teams.



If they can sign to max guys and not give up any of their young assets or picks they would be putting themselves in a strong position for years to come.


It really now all comes down to whether Perry can pull of enticing to legit max guys to sign and also hope they hit it right in this years draft.
Knox  
Giantfootball025 : 2/1/2019 7:57 pm : link
Isn’t very active on the offensive end, if he doesn’t have the ball. Not sure if that’s by design or not.
Wrong thread  
Giantfootball025 : 2/1/2019 7:59 pm : link
My bad.
Looks like a great breakdown for what we could be shooting for  
Pan-handler : 2/2/2019 2:19 am : link
3 maxes?

Is it possible? Yes but will take some creativity.

Quick answer, it depends.....It is not possible if they acquire AD first prior to signing KD and Kyrie... This is because KD's max is going to be 35% of the cap since he's a 10 year veteran. If we sign 2 max guys with less than 10 years of experience, it is possible to acquire AD right now and have 2 max contracts left in the summer. No matter what, acquiring AD helps with this conversation because he only makes 27 million. Kawhi, Kyrie, Kemba, Butler, Klay are all set to make 30% of the cap. KD is going to make 35% of the cap.

With that said, there are scenarios that are plausable in which the Knicks could afford 3 of these guys. This is because one nice part of having only good contracts left on the cap are that they're all movable, if necessary. The only cap hit not movable is Noah. So, to start, take the projected salary cap number of $109M, subtract the salary committed to Noah's buyout $6,431,667 and LFT's guarantee of $1,000,000.

Step 1) Assumption: 109M Cap
Step 2) Toal Possible Space before Cap Holds = (109M LESS Noah and LFT) = 101,568,333
Step 3) 9 Cap Holds (Est. $838,464/ea) = 7,546,176
Step 4) Total Space for 3 players = 94,022,157
Step 5)

AD Salary 2019 = 27,093,019
Kyrie Salary 2019 = 32,700,00
KD Salary 2019 = 38,150,000
TOTAL SALARY CAP NEEDED TO ACQUIRE ALL 3 = 97,943,019

THEREFORE....

Scenario 1) If they acquire AD first via trade NOW, it would all comes down to if Kyrie and/or Durant want to give up any money. AD is under contract so he can not give up money even if he wants to.

Scenario 2) If they sign Kyrie and KD outright for $70,850,000 first (or any other 2 max cats), they could then retain the following roster:

1) Kyrie & KD + Noahs Cap Hold + LFT guaranteed = 77,281,667
-PLUS-
3) Knox = 4,380,120
4) Smith Jr = 4,463,640
5) Robinson = 1,559,120
6) Ntilikina = 4,855,800
7) Dotson = 1,618,520
8) Trier = 3,551,100
9) 2019 Number 1 Pick (Highest Salary Scenario) - ($6,804,300)
10) 2nd Rnd Pick = Rookie Minimum (838,464)
11) Min Cap Hold = 838,464
12) Min Cap Hold = 838,464

Total Salary Committed = 108,029,659

We could then use any combination of our roster and future picks to trade for stars... even if it means going over the cap. The salaries that we receive must be within 125% + 100,000 of the outgoing salaries. Therefore, if we can retain any of these guys off their current deals for short-term deals and/or good value deals, it would help to meet future salaries via trade. In other words, we would have to exchange $21,594,416 in salaries to acquire AD.

This would require something along the lines of:

2019 1st = 6,804,300
Knox = 4,380,120
Ntilikina = 4,855,800
Trier = 3,551,100
Dotson = 1,618,520
2nd Rnd Pick = 838,464
TOTAL SALARY TRADED: 22,048,304

Final Thoughts

1) Durants 35% salary max makes matters a little more difficult. Opting to sign Kawhi or two guys with less than 10 years of experience would ease financial matters considerably and allow us to retain more of our current young core without HAVING to include them just to match salaries.
2) With that said, even if we are fortunate enough to sign Durant, we could then make a trade for AD happen and retain 1 of the following: DSJ, Knox or 2019 1st round pick. We would also be able to retain Robinson or Dotson.
3) I expect LFT to be included in a deal before the deadline to get his $1,000,000 guarantee off the books.

An example of a roster with 3 max guys would look as follows:
C: Robinson
PF: AD
SF: Durant
SG: Minimum/Dotson
PG: Kyrie
6: Knox, DSJ or 2019 1st Rnd Pick
7) Minimum
8) Minimum
9) Minimum

Alternatively, I could see the Knicks try the following:

C: Robinson
PF: AD
SF: Knox
SG: Klay
PG: Kyrie
6: Dotson or Trier
7: Minimum
8: Minimum
9: Minumum


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Pan-handler  
steve in ky : 2/2/2019 4:39 am : link
Maybe I missed it but I didn't see where you accounted for Joakim Noah (stretched).
We all said it that Noah stretch  
GMEN46 : 2/2/2019 6:35 am : link
Would come back to be costly. That extra $6 mil is huge right now and noah’s Expiring as we all said could have been use in a deal especially for AD. I think if knicks want AD they have to go all in now so they can use Wes Matthews or deandre to get the salaries where they need to be. Then hope that KD and Kyrie will take a little less for one year. The cap goes up to 118 in 2019 so wouldn’t they be better off signing 1 + 1 deals anyway for a little less then signing max deals with higher cap? Also when AD opts our after next year do knicks free up more cap space so they can sign someone else and then go over the cap to sign AD or would he have a huge cap hold even with the opt out?

I think you offer pelicans the following right now:

Dennis Smith JR
Knox
2019 pick and 2 Dallas picks
Wes Matthews

I think that is better than any offer Boston or lakers can make. Even if Boston offers Tatum. You get an extra year of Knox and you are getting s top 3 pick.

In this scenario knicks essentially trades Porzingis Knox and pick for A Davis.

Knicks should be stock piling picks but trading Vonleh, Mudiay and Mario now.

If Kyrie and KD won’t take less for one year then at least you can trade frank and trier in the offseason for picks. I think Robinson has to be kept at all costs. You sign all vet min guys and eventually move them with picks to improve the roster through the season. It will be tight for 2019-2020, but the $9 mil increase in 2020 will help and then you get mid level and mini mid level. Plus 2021 Noah stretch is gone.
RE: Pan-handler  
Pan-handler : 2/2/2019 7:03 am : link
In comment 14284164 steve in ky said:
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Maybe I missed it but I didn't see where you accounted for Joakim Noah (stretched).


Noahs cap hold is listed in like the 4th paragraph under step 2
GMEN  
moze1021 : 2/2/2019 7:43 am : link
The Knicks 2019 pick can not be though of as "top 3"..

Even if they finish with worst record, there's a 60% chance it won't be top 3...

AND, if they trade for AD before the deadline, there is no way the tank continues because 1) they will have AD and 2) there is no incentive to tank

Great work  
Carl in CT : 2/2/2019 7:44 am : link
Though.
according to tim bontemps  
nygiants16 : 2/2/2019 7:50 am : link
Knocks have been trying to clear 2 max slots for months and some rival executives told him they were hoping they had to do it in the summer...

they said some were expecting knicks to give 3 firsts
Another projected scenario  
Pan-handler : 2/2/2019 9:18 am : link
May not be perfectly calculated but it could be ball park of what is doable...

I do think that Perry does see that there are two options this summer: 1. Get 3 max free agents, or 2. Use cap space to acquire more draft capital. Before doing that, our focus until the this year's trading deadline should be on getting as much value as possible on the players with only one year left on their contracts.

Option 2 would mean taking on one to 2 year deals for unprotected draft picks. This would look similar to what the 76ers have done.

Option 1 is preferred and seemingly possible, if not somewhat realistic. This is a mock scenario of option one and how to fill out the roster after we are capped out.

Max free agent route:
1. Renounce all right to free agents
2. Sign one of Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, or Jimmy Butler
3. Sign one of Kyrie Irving or Kemba Walker
4. Resign Wesley Matthews to 2 year, room MLE; Luke Kornet 1 year, minimum.
5. Sign Patrick Beverly, Jerian Grant, David Nwaba, CJ Miles, Thabo Sefolosha, Jeff Green, Luc Rich Mbah A Moute, Kyle O'Quinn all to 1 year minimum deals.
6. Draft 1st round pick player, sign them (after 30 days you can trade a signed draft pick), 2nd round pick sign to 2 way contract.
7. Trade Dennis Smith Jr., Frank Ntilikina, Kevin Knox, Damyeon Dotson, Lance Thomas, 2019 1st round pick, 2020 unprotected 1st round pick to Pelicans for Anthony Davis.

Roster:
PG: Kyrie Irving - Patrick Beverley - Jerian Grant - Kadeem Allen (2way)
SG: Wesley Matthews - Alonzo Trier - David Nwaba
SF: Kevin Durant - C.J. Miles - Thabo Sefolosha
PF: Anthony Davis - Jeff Green - Luc Rich Mbah a Moute - 2nd round pick (2way)
C: Mitchell Robinson - Kyle O'Quinn - Luke Kornet

Team can compete for a championship. By the trade deadline, we can package some 1 year deals and a draft pick for expiring rookie players (ex. Luc Rich Mbah a Moute, Thabo Sefolosha, 2 2nd round picks, and cash for Taurean Prince). This allows us to resign the players to larger contracts in free agency since we would have their bird rights. By 2020 we could have a deep team, with in their prime role players. I really hope that the Knicks can get it done.

Other options/questions:
1.Could we resign either or both Matthews and Jordan with going over the cap? Robinson and Jordan would be a formidable duo at C.
2. Can we actually trade off Noahs stretch money owed?
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RE: Knicks  
Ten Ton Hammer : 2/2/2019 9:38 am : link
In comment 14284005 PaulN said:
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Made a good move here, they know who is coming and they also got two first round draft picks. Why the love for Porzingis, who the fuck was he? people here are so fucked up they don't even recognize good news, holy shit, unreal. This coach will get Durant and Irving, when that happens, then tell me that fucking skinny ginger bread man in anything like the two coming here. It's going to happen, so cut all the bullshit already.


This seems like a drunk post.
This Kanter article just pisses me off  
Eli Wilson : 2/2/2019 10:59 am : link
What a whiney little bitch
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RE: This Kanter article just pisses me off  
UConn4523 : 2/2/2019 11:01 am : link
In comment 14284313 Eli Wilson said:
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I don’t get that from the article and quotes. Are you suggesting he should be happy about everything?
I believe according to the current CBA, If Knicks sign  
Pan-handler : 2/2/2019 11:06 am : link
Kyrie and Durant first, the Knicks can go above the salary cap to add a third star via trade (as long as the trade itself meets the cba salary matching rules).

If they could pull that off it gives them more ability to sign / keep players to fill out the roster.
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