I got this from another NYK site its not a great translation I think it will help:

Maciej Lampe ( 18 lat (summer; year), 208 cm ), for (after) it as it has been chosen in (to) by II round new york draftu Knicks, contract will sign in this three-year week with this group. Agreement (convention) will say on amount 3,123,534 USD. They have come for agreement with hitherto existing club of maciej same Nowojorczycy, madrid real. Amount will be paid on account of real 350 thousand dollars and part of amount assigned by on new transfers of basketball players Knicks. However, end on it not. Sportsman will be for paying 50 thousand dollars < Self-service store > zobligowany and whole this amount has become (stay) for 30 april 2007 year 18 instalments of rows 42 thousand paid club < club > madryckiemu. This way, sportsman will issue from briefcase 806 thousand dollar. Clause exists in agreement (convention) about preemption right by real also saying Lampe, in situation when it will decide on return to europe it. Basketball player with (from) for new york already tomorrow < tomorrow > wylatuje Okêcia, where range of medical research will proceed in clinic of club physician - dr. Normana Scotta. It will return for country about hour 19 august 9:30. » Source message (knowledge) lodz journal

Thats nice. Thanks. That worked out well for the Knicks.

Posted by playa2:

Layden has just turned the corner boys and it's all down hill after this signing.I doubt if we hear anymore blunders on his account,even though he has made many. When he makes another blunder this yr HOLLA.


Ps The spree for Vanhorn deal was not a blunder he couldn't help this team by staying plus we already had a 2 guard getting paid top dollarz.

Your right Playa he seems to have turned the corner. Now can he get Vujanic here. He still has 3.8 million of the exception left. Is it possible to get him here now instead of two or three years from now. Working his buyout is gonna be SOB.

Posted by playa2:

Layden has just turned the corner boys and it's all down hill after this signing.I doubt if we hear anymore blunders on his account,even though he has made many. When he makes another blunder this yr HOLLA.


Ps The spree for Vanhorn deal was not a blunder he couldn't help this team by staying plus we already had a 2 guard getting paid top dollarz.

Layden is still turning around the bend....he hasn't made it yet. He needs to get rid of some of the fwds on the team for either a good center or some draft picks or something of worth, then and only then will even get a SHRED of credit. He's still Laydumb, Laydown, and Layoff to me.

And playa, before you even think of replying, don't, because you won't convince me otherwise. You are too trusting for your own good.

Yay. Lampe has all but been officially secured. I can't wait to see what he can do in pre-season. He could be a dark horse ROY candidate. It's kind of ironic that we'll have secured our "Nowitzki clone" while Milicic is having all sorts of problems.

I think the Knicks should be thrilled that they convinced Lampe that he'd be part of the long term future of the team. For 2nd round picks, those 2-year contracts make a lot of sense if they want to make the big money quick. The Knicks must have given him a nice handshake agreement that if he keeps improving at the rate he has, he'll be assured a sweet deal after 3 seasons.

Regarding Vujanic, from a financial and development standpoint, it really made more sense for him to sign in Europe. With the Knicks drafting FW and Vujanic at the same time, he probably figured there was only enough room to get one of them PT. They both have decent size for PGs, so I suppose they both have the potential to become combo guards. The trade of Sprewell kind of opens up the backcourt a little bit. It still remains to be seen what happens w/ Ward. We don't have too much time left to trade him (if that's the direction we want to go).

Why is it that you are saying time is running out on trading Ward (techno)
I had my heart set on dumping the dullest PG in the league.

Anybody find it weird that this has not yet been reported in the US?

This is great news though (If it is true!)

Yeah I agree NYKBocker....even the NY beat reporters don't have any reporting of this. Very strange.

Lampe confirms signing contract. The knicks have option on the fourth year and it is worth more than the 3 years 3.2 million.

http://www1.gazeta.pl/sport/1,35335,1616536.html

He is due in NY today or tommarrow to finalize the deal and return to Poland to practice with the national team.