NardDogNation wrote:Dude WTF! Why could **** like this not have happened when we had cap space in 2010 for LeBron or in 2011 when we needed role players.

Papabear Says

Because the league is structured to play against the Knicks. If it was structured like Major league baseball we probably would have won a championship by now.

dk7th wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:.@LarryCoon projecting unexpected jump of $5M in salary cap for next year. If that holds, it's a game changer for Melo & his CHI/HOU options

so this makes it justifiable to pay him the max i suppose. you cannot be serious. we already overpaid once and now you want to find a way to justify overpaying a second time?

I am on vacation and just have my iPod. It was from Windhorst on twitter. I posted it because it increases the chance melo leaves. Where did you come up with anything regarding my opinion based on someone else's twitter post?

dk7th wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:.@LarryCoon projecting unexpected jump of $5M in salary cap for next year. If that holds, it's a game changer for Melo & his CHI/HOU options

so this makes it justifiable to pay him the max i suppose. you cannot be serious. we already overpaid once and now you want to find a way to justify overpaying a second time?

I am on vacation and just have my iPod. It was from Windhorst on twitter. I posted it because it increases the chance melo leaves. Where did you come up with anything regarding my opinion based on someone else's twitter post?

obviously b/c it gives any franchise including the knicks more wiggle room to accommodate already overpaid players in this case a second time.

Chicago, Houston game changer and options were in the short tweet. Not sure how you leaped to where you did or saw an opinion of anyone other than the person that posted the tweet.

Papabear wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:Dude WTF! Why could **** like this not have happened when we had cap space in 2010 for LeBron or in 2011 when we needed role players.

Papabear Says

Because the league is structured to play against the Knicks. If it was structured like Major league baseball we probably would have won a championship by now.

You're right but I don't think it is nearly as sinister as you make it out to be. The cap and other spending protocols are all designed to handicap teams like the Knicks but I don't see the league personally trying to piss on our heads. For the record though, I do think that the draft is rigged and that Stern's hate of Dolan screwed us in the 2008 draft. Isn't it a bit odd that Chicago got the first pick, to select a Chicago-born product (Derrick Rose) despite having less than a 2% probability of getting the pick? Isn't it a bit odd that we had one of the 3 or 4 worst records in the league and dropped to 6 in a top 5 heavy draft?

dk7th wrote:again... how much do you want to see carmelo anthnony paid to remain a knick. simply question and calls for a simple answer. be his advocate and name his price.

dk7th, cut it out. Crush made clear he was just posting info, don't take it elsewhere.

dk7th wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:.@LarryCoon projecting unexpected jump of $5M in salary cap for next year. If that holds, it's a game changer for Melo & his CHI/HOU options

so this makes it justifiable to pay him the max i suppose. you cannot be serious. we already overpaid once and now you want to find a way to justify overpaying a second time?

I am on vacation and just have my iPod. It was from Windhorst on twitter. I posted it because it increases the chance melo leaves. Where did you come up with anything regarding my opinion based on someone else's twitter post?

obviously b/c it gives any franchise including the knicks more wiggle room to accommodate already overpaid players in this case a second time.

From what I understand the increase in cap doesn't affect the Knicks/Carmelo situation at all. Next season The Knicks are already over the cap, so the fact that it is 5 million more means nothing. NY can pay Melo 125 or 129 or whatever it is regardless of what the cap figure turns out to be. A higher cap has absolutely no bearing on what the Knicks can pay Melo. For _other_ teams who have almost the max to pay a player, an increase in $5 million means a whole lot because now they can in all likliehood offer Melo a max contract if they so desire. Hence the tweet saying it's a big deal for HOU/CHI. Ie: Because both those teams who could offer Melo just under the max can now max him if they want. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.

I have trouble explaining this type of stuff so I hope that made sense.

gunsnewing wrote:They can offer max but he can only get superdupper max $129m from the Knicks. If anything it raises his price in signing with us

I think it raises the pay cut he can take. Instead of 18M they can comfortably offer him 20-21M for the first year then decrease his salary to 18-19M in 15' without struggling to fit in anyone next summer.

I personally think next year is a top 4 eastern team with a different coach and better rotation selection. I doubt the next coach will play Felton or Bargs if they start off so slowly. Hopefully one of them will be gone or Felton is a back up.