so basically ur saying would we wanna completely dump this current roster & start all over w/Gallo & a buncha expiring contracts? i'd be fine w/that... pretty much guarantees us a top 3 pick this year in the draft & we get either Jennings, Rubio or Derozan & enough cap space to sign 2 bigname FA's in 2010... where do i sign?

No. There's no point in being under the cap in 2010 if the FA we sign that year is forced to play on a barren, talentless team. With that as an alternative, I think it would be better to just fall under the cap the following season and keep the kids.

Posted by alexs:

Not sure pack, the scenario here is two FA in 2010 and a top 3 draft. Gallo will also be a top 10 player by then (or a handicapped young man). Some players will have to come back from the 6 being traded as well of course. It would be an interesting new situation. Would love to keep Chandler though

Gallinari will be a top ten player? Do you mean to tell me he will be back in Europe?

oohah

Posted by Allanfan20:

In no particular order:
LeBron
Paul
Howard
Bosh
KG
Nash
Wade
Duncan
Kobe
Gallinari

Yup, that makes plenty of sense.

u forgot Bynum.

EDIT: i posted the wrong year of FA's... my bad... here's the FA's that will be available for the 2010 season:

http://www.realgm.com/src_freeagents/2009/

here's the best names out of the list:

Lebron (opt out)
Wade (opt out)
Bosh (opt out)
Amare (opt out)
Dirk (opt out)
Brandon Roy (RFA)
T-Mac
Steve Nash
Joe Johnson
Manu Ginobili
Jermaine O'Neal
Carlos Boozer
Ray Allen
Josh Howard (team option)
TJ Ford (opt out)
Rudy Gay (RFA)
Mike Miller
Tyson Chandler (opt out)
Camby (MLE?)
Mehmet Okur (MLE?)
Kyle Lowry (MLE?)
Raja Bell (MLE?)
Udonis Haslem (MLE?)
Ty Thomas (MLE?)

so let's say if u have the cap space to lure both Lebron & Amare Stoudamire to NY that year... or Joe Johnson & Bosh... or Wade & Boozer... then throw in a 3rd FA like Camby or Raja Bell w/the MLE, & u put those guys around a top 3 pick in this year's draft... that team can easily contend in the Eastern Conference...

by then the Celtics will have run their course & will be looking to rebuild themselves, the Raptors will be looking at losing Chris Bosh & Philly won't have the cap space to improve much w/both Brand & Iggy on the books longterm... the only team that will be in a good position to improve that year in the Atlantic is New Jersey because they already made the moves to be in a position to make roster moves that year w/the trade of RJ this past offseason... the Knicks will be in prime position to make noise in the Atlantic Division that year if they position themselves to have cap flexibility now.

IMO it's imperative that the Knicks be in that same position or else they're gonna be left in the dust by other teams while they stock up on talent for another season.

now this is a farfetched plan i realize since Dolan will never accept a complete overhaul of the roster like the one that's being proposed in this thread... i would be happy to at least be able to target 1 of those bignames along w/a MLE FA that year if we get lucky this year & draft 1 of the better prospects... IMO that can easily be accomplished by dumping Zach's contract along w/D Lee right now, & u might be able to get a pick out of the deal while u'r at it... maybe not a great pick but somewhere late in the 1st round would be fine by me in that case... there will be good talent available late in the 1st round, just like there is just about every year... combine that pick w/the one we already own & we will have some options available to us this offseason & beyond... if we stand pat & do nothing all we'll have until 2011 is the pick we currently own & we have to hope & pray we land a sleeper stud w/that pick cuz we'll only have 1 shot at getting him after most of the top guys are taken off the board.

[Edited by - TMS on 11-06-2008 04:34 AM]