Trying to consolidate the threads. Lots of speculation on those threads but the more solid stuff is:
-Expectation is Brunson will sign with the Knicks on a 4/110 mill deal.
-Mitch rumored to be around 4/60 but there seems to be a lot of debate on that
-Knicks have about 30 mill available but can get to around 37 easily.
Montero is the type of player that I could see excelling in summer league. I'm most excited to see what he and Keels look like. It sucks Rokas isn't playing
Agreed. Less fun than most seasons. No Rokas (not that he was "expected") is kinda bummer too.
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anniversary guys! 9 years ago today Bargnani became a Knick!
Not complete without the gif...
This will always be the definitive Bargnani gif for me
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but that roster is a tough sell. I love Grimes but we kinda already know what he is. I'm sure Deuce will go off.
Agreed. Less fun than most seasons. No Rokas (not that he was "expected") is kinda bummer too.
Most summer league teams suck. Last year was probably the pinnacle. Having Grimes, McBride, and Sims will be very fun.
Playing his brand of great defense
That's why I stated Simms. If Randle is moved, we become very thin at PF. Taj isn't signed and even if he is, you don't want Taj playing decent minutes at PF. Is Reddish really a PF? Not to me. Simms has a chance to possibly stick if Randle is moved and nobody else is brought in.
I am nearly sure I tried to make peace with it.
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epic thread when the Bargnani trade went down.
I am nearly sure I tried to make peace with it.
Coming off 54 wins i definitely defended it, saying ehh 1st round pick will be late
If you went and snagged ayton for some
Sort of sign and trade with any of the Mitch Randle cam pieces
You could run out a fun young timeline and better fit for the team and pieces we have
Brunson/grimes/rj/obi/ayton
you might be right - but to me it's the Ron Baker contract.
In almost all of the stupid moves they've made, you can usually at least see what they were thinking - even if the thinking was incredibly flawed. But with Baker, it was just LOL hysterical and sad the minute it was announced.
You mean average startong salary for a PG?
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In comment 15744521 DanMetroMan said:
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anniversary guys! 9 years ago today Bargnani became a Knick!
Not complete without the gif...
This will always be the definitive Bargnani gif for me
He clearly altered that shot!
Blocking foul. Brilliant drive to the basket by a brilliantly talented stretch big.
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...trading for Bargnani might have been the nadir. No one else on earth would have given up anything for that clown but Steve Mills.
you might be right - but to me it's the Ron Baker contract.
In almost all of the stupid moves they've made, you can usually at least see what they were thinking - even if the thinking was incredibly flawed. But with Baker, it was just LOL hysterical and sad the minute it was announced.
Ron Baker-$9,586,786 career earnings... 14 career starts
That thread was gold. So many people were good with the trade and saying the 1st rounder had no value. How'd that work out?
And then compounded the mistake by refusing to trade another first round pick in a deal for Kyle Lowry that would've been signed sealed and delivered. Lowry would have been an absolutely perfect fit with that team.
Maybe take a peek at PG salaries around the league. This is like complaining about paying big money to a LT or DE, even above average ones cost a ton of money on the open market.
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If the UtAh trade invoking Randle and 5 foster round picks happens. Knicks will sign Drummond for rebounding to go make OBI non rebounding
I thought it was Shumpert and the pick, no? I was opposed to it at the time.
It's some chips. Not all.
We need a god damned PG!!! It's the most important position in the NBA or close to it. We have nothing. Here's a good guy aged 25 who brings us what we need and we don't want him because he would be paid like a league average PG?
I just don't get it. Tanking is a death sentence and we aren't going to be that bad to begin with.
the fan in the lower right corner gets it.
I remember a lot of us on BBI were LAUGHING when we heard the Wizards were going to give him max... joke was on us lol
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for Lowry after the Bargnani trade so... Kevin Knox!
I thought it was Shumpert and the pick, no? I was opposed to it at the time.
Yes Shumpert and the pick. They wound up trading Shumpert a year later anyways for Lance Thomas and a Cavs 2nd rounder
FA doesn't open until 6, what is there really to discuss right now?
My initial take was horror. I don't know why I pivoted like I did...sometimes I think I just hate seeing the truth, which BBI was bringing that day.
God what a nightmare of a signing he was. And he all but admitted he didn't even try here. Fucking asshole.
Just getting ourselves the proper frame of mind for when Brunson leaves us holding the bag.
It's somewhat cathartic. And hopefully it reverse jinxes us.
If Houston doesn't erode his knees he would have been fine even if he was overpaid. He was one of the best pure SGs in the league before his body betrayed us all. Like Dan said at least there's some sense in that move while others were completely loony.
Yes they were all bad - but those 3 guys, despite their flaws (fat, fat, missed easy dunks and layups), actually belonged in the league and were simply overpaid. Ron Baker was literally NOT an NBA player.
1 year-great
2 years-ok
3 years-no bueno
4 years-terrible
Layden is also the guy who engineered the disastrous Ewing trade which was the push that sent them hurtling into the abyss. Instead of just letting Ewing play out his contract, the deal trapped them in cap hell for what seemed like forever.
Let’s see how it plays out.
Not sure how he’s not worth being paid #15 at his position