NFT: Knicks Chat: Theoretical 3 way blockbuster

are fine and still have upside. Its not the worst trade in the world, but i agree that it makes no sense to make the deal now for the pelicans. Just wait it out and see what happens with the draft picks. Zion would be way more valuable (and marketable) for them.

seems to think the knicks have a wink wink deal..

Thought LeBron had him muzzled. Maybe the fact that he�s talking is an indication that LeBron doesn�t care anymore because Lonzo is effectively gone.

In comment 14287392 nygiants16 said:

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seems to think the knicks have a wink wink deal..

with durant

In comment 14287392 nygiants16 said:

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seems to think the knicks have a wink wink deal..

Got a link? Don�t see anything on Twitter when I search

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In comment 14287392 nygiants16 said: Quote: seems to think the knicks have a wink wink deal.. Got a link? Don�t see anything on Twitter when I search

http://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/25925888

just watch his face

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Maybe KG and Ray Allen will join ESPN and save his broadcasting career.

In comment 14287380 adamg said:

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Ohm Youngmisuk ‏ Verified account @NotoriousOHM Follow Follow @NotoriousOHM More LaVar Ball tells ESPN that if Lonzo Ball is traded, he wants his son to go to Phoenix: �We want to be in LA. But if he�s traded, I don�t want Lonzo in New Orleans. Phoenix is the best fit for him. And I am going to speak it into existence.�

I hadn't heard from LaVar in a couple of months. I wish that streak had continued.

definitely makes me feel better about the KP trade.

In comment 14287420 Strahan91 said:

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he also did a show with jacoby replacing jalen where he says knicks basically consukted kd before trading kp

In comment 14287433 bceagle05 said:

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Maybe KG and Ray Allen will join ESPN and save his broadcasting career.

before the knicks game chauncey was laughing at him because when chauncey said kyrie is gone paul flipped out...

everytime pierce talks beadle can not stop laughing at him

In comment 14287433 bceagle05 said:

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Maybe KG and Ray Allen will join ESPN and save his broadcasting career.

Nailed it!

In comment 14287101 arniefez said:

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Because they're the Knicks and this is what they do and they didn't learn anything from trading for Anthony right before his free agency? At least they had a small excuse for that one know that all Anthony ever cared about was money and there was some CBA uncertainty. What's the excuse now?

Shut your pie hole or offer up something new

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In comment 14287468 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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it would be awesome if he was traded and at his press congerence he was asked if he was staying long term and basically said nope i am signing with the knicks

Is this like the Lebron to LAL smoke?

God, Giannis is a beast. He is going to win a lot of MVPs. Plural.

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Is this like the Lebron to LAL smoke?

i think durant is thr guy knicks "know" they can get...

I think the costar is up in the air

In comment 14287484 adamg said:

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Is this like the Lebron to LAL smoke?

Seems legit, though I'm sure it'll be a rollercoaster between now and July. I go back to AD's list - he knows he needs to play with a star if he wants a ring, and two of his four teams don't currently have one. Stars must be on their way to the Clippers and Knicks.

Kyrie or KL? To me it�s a tougher call than some think here. If AD goes to LA, there is no room for KL.

In comment 14287499 nygiants16 said:

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In comment 14287484 adamg said: Quote: Is this like the Lebron to LAL smoke? i think durant is thr guy knicks "know" they can get... I think the costar is up in the air

This is how I feel although I do think there are reasons for optimism with Kyrie as well. The biggest one being Davis� surprising list of teams that includes the Knicks and not the Celtics. I don�t think it happens without KD coming on but I think KD likely comes regardless.

In comment 14287504 Carl in CT said:

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Kyrie or KL? To me it�s a tougher call than some think here. If AD goes to LA, there is no room for KL.

leonard going to clippers or staying in toronto

the KD/Kyrie to New York rumors and added a salt emoji. I want this to happen just so we can destroy the Sixers and Celtics.

to think that i really do not want to trade all our youth for AD?

Especially if we get Zion id rather sign KD and Irving and keepthe our youth so when kd and irving get old we have a future stilll...

i am also nnot 100 percent sold on signing irving

In comment 14287546 bceagle05 said:

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the KD/Kyrie to New York rumors and added a salt emoji. I want this to happen just so we can destroy the Sixers and Celtics.

if they sign irving and durant, i am going opening night, i want the mavs opening night..

just so kp can see what hr stupidly walked away from

That is close to Kawhi. He's leaving Toronto.

In comment 14287553 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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That is close to Kawhi. He's leaving Toronto.

i feel like he is a lock for clippers

In comment 14287550 nygiants16 said:

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if they sign irving and durant, i am going opening night, i want the mavs opening night.. just so kp can see what hr stupidly walked away from

If that actually happened, would KP wanting out be the thing that made it possible, though? IOW, impossible if they hadn't traded him.

attractive. I don't want Butler and I don't think Leonard would even consider NY. As much as I am not sold on Kyrie, he's a big time scorer and clutch shot maker. We'd be nuts not to welcome him with open arms. If KD can convince Klay to come, well then that's another story.

First step is to get a top two pick first. I'd keep Zion and team him with KD + Kyrie with the rest of the youngsters. If we have the second pick, I think it'd still be attractive enough for Pelicans in a potential trade for AD. I don't know about trading every player we have now with all the picks for AD though. Looking at the rumored Lakers offer, I don't think we'd need to fork over everything for AD, especially if the Pelicans want to spite him.

They had a ceiling with Lowry/Derozan - might as well give it a run with Kawhi and then rebuild after he leaves.

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In comment 14287550 nygiants16 said: Quote: if they sign irving and durant, i am going opening night, i want the mavs opening night.. just so kp can see what hr stupidly walked away from If that actually happened, would KP wanting out be the thing that made it possible, though? IOW, impossible if they hadn't traded him.

it seems like the knicks were trading him no matter what...

I dont think he wanted out, i think him and his brother tried a power play and it failed...

Knicks were supposedly looking to create 2 max slots for months

Or they just knew they needed two slots to get KD and this was the only way?

In comment 14287568 Really said:

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Or they just knew they needed two slots to get KD and this was the only way?

All of the above, in my opinion...

if they were happy with kp why worry about seeing what you can get for him?

as these AD trade talks continue and I see the Lakers package. Let's say the Knicks offer this:

Kanter
L. Thomas
Knox
Frank
Robinson
4 first round picks

for

AD
D. Miller


Then we signed Durant. Instead of Kyrie what would our ability to sign say DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and / or Vonleh be?

I'm pretty sure due to my understanding of cap holds etc. we couldn't do AD, KD, Jordan and Matthews but there are also some confusing rules in there that I don't entirely understand.

i would guess you would end up with like 20 mil in remaining capspace. We have like 78 now, durant and AD would eat up 65 or so. But you would subtract knox, frank, and robinson so thats like 10 mill or so. I mean im probably off some since i was just doing that off the top of my head, but im assuming its in the ball park.

I mean im guessing you could sign Jordan/Mathews if you wanted to, but im not sure that would be the best use of the money.

Cap holds dont really matter here because you would renounce jordan/mathews because their cap holds would be huge. That just means we couldnt go over the cap to resign them.

Listening to certain radio hosts who don't seem to fully appreciate the nuance of the situation makes me wish I could sit them down and debate with them. An example of this is the interview Rothenberg had with Howard Beck. Neither seemed to want to consider that KP might not pan out to be an all NBA player or that the Knicks may make smart moves going forward even if they don't get KD and Kyrie.

Regardless, I kept hearing Rothenberg claim that if the Knicks signed someone like Jimmy Butler it would be a complete failure. I don't necessarily disagree, but I also feel like Butler is a better all around player than KP, personality issues aside. So my question to Rothenberg would have been, if signing Butler would be a failure, how come keeping KP wouldn't have been?

All that setup is my long and boring way of asking, were do you guys think KP falls in this list of free agents? In a hypothetical world where KP was suddenly available right now on the open market, I think I would be upset if the Knicks gave out max money to a guy coming off of injury, with personality questions and only 10 games of truly high level play.

constantly when it comes to the trade...

If kp was not 22 he would not come close to a max on the open market, even at 22 i would not max him, he is going to be out 20 months before he plays again...

In comment 14287606 Italianju said:

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i would guess you would end up with like 20 mil in remaining capspace. We have like 78 now, durant and AD would eat up 65 or so. But you would subtract knox, frank, and robinson so thats like 10 mill or so. I mean im probably off some since i was just doing that off the top of my head, but im assuming its in the ball park. I mean im guessing you could sign Jordan/Mathews if you wanted to, but im not sure that would be the best use of the money. Cap holds dont really matter here because you would renounce jordan/mathews because their cap holds would be huge. That just means we couldnt go over the cap to resign them.

If knicks did:

Lance, hezonja, knox, frank, mudiay, 2019 first, 2 mavs firsts, for ad...

you still have 70 million to sign to max with ability to get 74 if you release trier and dot

there hasnt been much trade deadline talk. I mean you have the AD stuff, but thats like it. I guess the deadline is still 2 days away, but still.

Personally dont expect the knicks to do much due to the salary restrictions. We need a team like BKN or the Clips or someone like that to want an upgrade. The top teams just dont ahve the salaries to make it work.

knicks have 74 million in cap space...

they can clear another 11 just by releasing lance, trier and dot

In comment 14287614 JustaDiscussion said:

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Listening to certain radio hosts who don't seem to fully appreciate the nuance of the situation makes me wish I could sit them down and debate with them. An example of this is the interview Rothenberg had with Howard Beck. Neither seemed to want to consider that KP might not pan out to be an all NBA player or that the Knicks may make smart moves going forward even if they don't get KD and Kyrie. Regardless, I kept hearing Rothenberg claim that if the Knicks signed someone like Jimmy Butler it would be a complete failure. I don't necessarily disagree, but I also feel like Butler is a better all around player than KP, personality issues aside. So my question to Rothenberg would have been, if signing Butler would be a failure, how come keeping KP wouldn't have been? All that setup is my long and boring way of asking, were do you guys think KP falls in this list of free agents? In a hypothetical world where KP was suddenly available right now on the open market, I think I would be upset if the Knicks gave out max money to a guy coming off of injury, with personality questions and only 10 games of truly high level play.

It�s just your average anti-Knick bias. When the Knicks had KP, the talking heads would talk about his inability to stay healthy due to his body type and that Knick fans overrated him and they said it was mostly projection. Now that he�s gone, he�s all of a sudden a superstar already? Given his personality, I could see him not panning out. He seems far more concerned with little things, less so basketball. He�ll probably be a model citizen in Dallas because they seem to have that sort of luck but here he might�ve been a disaster on a max deal

In comment 14287650 nygiants16 said:

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knicks have 74 million in cap space... they can clear another 11 just by releasing lance, trier and dot

The $74 mil number is kind of phony though; it assumes Lance is already cut, Triers option is declined, Dotson is released and Knick's pick falls to 5th overall. Its the max amount of cap space they can get. Don't know how this will look formatting wise here, but this excel has the right breakdown of next years cap space. Dotson might not fit into the cap space if they get the first overall pick as the scenario below literally would give them 200 grand left in space if you replace two rookie min contracts with Durant and Irvings max. If they dont end up with the first pick overall though they can easily fit Dotson's cap figure into the fold.

Player 2019-2020
1 Kevin Knox $4,380,120.00
2 Frank Ntilikina $4,855,800.00
3 Mitchell Robinson $1,559,712.00
4 Allonzo Trier $3,551,100.00
5 Dennis Smith Jr $4,463,640.00
6 1st Rd Pick $8,120,700.00
7 2nd Rd Pick $896,885.00
8 Rookie Min $896,885.00
9 Rookie Min $896,885.00
10 Rookie Min $896,885.00
11 Rookie Min $896,885.00
12 Rookie Min $896,885.00
Lance Thomas Dead $1,000,000.00
Joakim Noah Dead $6,431,667.00
Projected Cap $109,000,000.00
Cost against cap $39,744,049.00
Available Cap Space $69,255,951.00

In comment 14287650 nygiants16 said:

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knicks have 74 million in cap space... they can clear another 11 just by releasing lance, trier and dot

Well, they for sure should release Lance. The other two, no.

Agree 100% they are worth their contract values. I believe though the point is that they could (if for some reason they had too). I agree it better be a good reason.

In comment 14287614 JustaDiscussion said:

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Listening to certain radio hosts who don't seem to fully appreciate the nuance of the situation makes me wish I could sit them down and debate with them. An example of this is the interview Rothenberg had with Howard Beck. Neither seemed to want to consider that KP might not pan out to be an all NBA player or that the Knicks may make smart moves going forward even if they don't get KD and Kyrie. Regardless, I kept hearing Rothenberg claim that if the Knicks signed someone like Jimmy Butler it would be a complete failure. I don't necessarily disagree, but I also feel like Butler is a better all around player than KP, personality issues aside. So my question to Rothenberg would have been, if signing Butler would be a failure, how come keeping KP wouldn't have been? All that setup is my long and boring way of asking, were do you guys think KP falls in this list of free agents? In a hypothetical world where KP was suddenly available right now on the open market, I think I would be upset if the Knicks gave out max money to a guy coming off of injury, with personality questions and only 10 games of truly high level play.

Rothenberg isn't rational. He goes off emotion.

The only way KP is worth a max deal is if that contract had lots of injury protection like the Embiid contract. Even the most optimistic KP fan can't say he's a clear cut max player on the same tier as KD or Davis. I think he's a #2 star, which I'd say Kyrie is as well.

once you start signing guys

In comment 14287380 adamg said:

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Ohm Youngmisuk ‏ Verified account @NotoriousOHM Follow Follow @NotoriousOHM More LaVar Ball tells ESPN that if Lonzo Ball is traded, he wants his son to go to Phoenix: �We want to be in LA. But if he�s traded, I don�t want Lonzo in New Orleans. Phoenix is the best fit for him. And I am going to speak it into existence.�

How does he not realize that he has basically zero input as to where Lonzo will be traded to? I know he can be dumb most of the time (especially when he doesn't realize that the players in his JBA aren't getting paid), but he can't be that dumb. At this rate Lonzo won't be getting a 2nd contract if LaVar opens his mouth.

Whatever happened to all 3 of his sons playing for the Lakers?

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