Throw away two guys on rookie-contracts .. let them go to the NETS of all places .. and still be 30 mil over the cap next year.

PRICELESS.

do you think it's smart to give up Frye & Balkman for a 2 month rental of Vince? i don't... you know damn well he woulda got lambasted around here if he made that deal w/o an extension signed by Vince.

[Edited by - TMS on 02-23-2007 12:40 PM]

I glad IT did not do it. Balkman might be able to make a Lee-type of jump in production if he gets minutes next year. I would have been a good deal cap-wise, but I agree with IT, Balkman is a keeper, especially since there is a chance Carter might walk. Now if they wanted Collins, that I would have done. I think we can still get rid of Rose or JJ1's contract by packaging them with Frye this summer.

I thought it was common knowledge that Rod Thorn only makes trades when he's ripping the other team off.

Getting under the cap is a process, not something you can do in one fell swoop. These are the kinds of deals you have to make to get under the cap. Whether any of us like it or not, this team HAS to tear it down, trade away some of our assets to get under the cap and suck for a few years.

This team isn't winning a championship in the next 4-5 years anyway, so why not do things the right way?

Also: Balkman isn't this once in a lifetime player, Isiah or some other GM can find a guy like Balkman in each and every draft.

[Edited by - nyk4ever on 02-23-2007 1:19 PM]

C'mon now, you cant believe everything you hear or read. Like TMS said, we'd be giving up Frye and Balkman for a 2 month rental of Wince Carter?.....NO THANK YOU

But you would also be giving up Rose and James two contracts we can't move ever, and you could turn around and package vince to the destination of his choice or maybe even do a sign and trade

media BS

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by MS:

But you would also be giving up Rose and James two contracts we can't move ever, and you could turn around and package vince to the destination of his choice or maybe even do a sign and trade

Exactly.

you can't count on doing a sign & trade w/Vince... he can become an unrestricted FA after this season... he can sign w/any team that's under the cap w/no compensation coming back in terms of draft picks... so if he wants to go to ORL, he'll go there & we don't get anything to show for it except for some cap space that doesn't effect our ability to sign any FA's at all for the next couple years... why do you think no other teams were willing to step up w/the necessary talent to trade for him at the deadline? no GM is dumb enough to take that type of risk giving up 2 talented young players on a 2 month rent-a-player w/o a contract extension in hand.

NJ on the other hand would get 2 of our best young players & all we'd ever hear about is how Isiah was a knucklehead for trading those guys & about having to see them succeed in a Net uniform. if getting rid of Malik & Turd would have put us under the salary cap, then i can see some of the logic there (though i still don't make that trade w/o either a signed extension from Vince or a very good chance at landing another comparable star player via free agency in the offseason)