If the Clippers dip their toes into the free agency waters, they won’t have any cap space and could only use the taxpayer midlevel exception, worth $5.9 million, to sign a player.

Wish, the tax payer mle is way smaller than non taxpayer. That pretty much means Reggie is a goner, no way he resigns in that range, but 20 million per would be an overpay.

MS wrote:How about a trade with OKC

SGA for both picks, Toppin, Quickly?

Gives us the best young backcourt know the league to pair with Randle and Mitch…

I would love to get SGA, but I think he's the player Morey targets- people think he'll go after Lillard, and he might, but I think SGA is the sleeper player he goes after as he tries to re-create the Harden trade he did when with the rockets.

Also i think it would be foolish on expecting much change from Simmons. He certainly hasn't done it of his own accord or when he was making less money

i don't think that tiger will change his stripes.

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Doesn't sound like he's leaving

Show him the money on a 2 year deal. He’ll be loving NY

gradyandrew wrote:

Chandler wrote:i can't see the Spurs chasing Ben Simmons.

Also i think it would be foolish on expecting much change from Simmons. He certainly hasn't done it of his own accord or when he was making less money

i don't think that tiger will change his stripes.

What does he need to change? Popovich just asks players to do what they are good at. DeRozan is a good example. His Last year in Toronto about 20% of his fga we're 3s. His first year in SA- that number plummeted to 3%. Ben gave up on the 76ers because he got tired of being the scapegoat for poor coaching.

even ben, reluctantly, agrees he has huge holes in his game on the offensive end

waaaaay over-priced and a liability at the end of a game

gradyandrew wrote:He scored 42 vs. Utah earlier in the season. The issue is playing with Embiid.

If the price was right, why not?

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Jimbo5 wrote:Part of the Knicks offseason plans revealed, if they are to be successful to trade for a superstar like Dame or Beal they plan to also sign Obre giving them a potential Randle, oubre, dame/Beal.

I guess a signing of Allen from the Cavs is very possible to replace mitch. This can be a very competitive starting 5. In this scenario i think its better to keep all 4 draft picks to fortify the bench. It might not be a bad plan but I do think RJ can reach close to the height/status of both Dame or Beal. Is the trade worth getting a 5 year championship window? Or is it better to stay on the current path and build a long term contender the way the warriors did it?

Offer Julius and a couple picks straight up for Lillard.

That's like trading Lebron for Wade..The purpose is to add an additional star, no swap them..

Aligned on this. No reason for bringing / paying a 31 year old Lillard as your "Batman" without keeping Randal as the "Robin". In addition, I'm for Lillard only if RJ is not part of the package and the picks that go back are spread out over a number of years instead of giving all our picks for this year.

Obi would take over at PF

A trade of Lillard for Randle and a couple of picks are a BIG Knicks steal!
Lillard has been a all-star leader since his rookie season.
Randle and Barrett's talents are best at the SF position, they both are individual players having a low b.ball IQ. Don't let their performance in Covid-19 empty stadiums fool you.
Obi & MitchRob need to be paired up as our offence/defense frontcourt paint protectors in a lineup for next season to get on the same-page as the Knicks above the rim tandems for the future.
Lillard, D.Rose, and Quickley could run the guard rotation next season.

IDK, Lillard is in the Space Jam movie with Lebron and posse. My guess is that if he goes anywhere it will be on the West coast. Nor do I think it would be just Randle and a couple of picks.

It seems to me that there's an Occum's razor solution to the Knicks summer changes. Sign Reggie Jackson and Oubre and draft judiciously.

As for other FAs, how about any combination of David Nwaba, Harry Giles, Caruso... who did I miss?

Draft? Ziare Williams? Chris Duarte? BJ Boston? Queta? McBride?

Nalod wrote:Not sure I understand why spacejam factors into his desire to be west coast.

Because it's the NBA and if at the end Lillard wants to be a Lakers, somehow it will happen.

I keep going back to the zero sum nature of the NBA. Knicks caught some breaks this season, a little less luck could have them drop into the play in round. With Carisle coaching Indiana and McMillan coaching a full season in Atlanta, expect those wins to be tougher.

Now the Knicks are in a good salary cap situation with several competitors in tight spots.
Namely Atlanta, Indiana, Charlotte, and Miami all have restricted free agents With low cap holds they would prefer to deal with after they have already done some other transactions. New York is in a great spot to either steal, young up coming Players or hamstring our rivals into being out of the free agent game. Evan Fournier is also available for the right price Boston is close enough to the luxury tax that there's a limit to what they are comfortable offering him.

Why go after Reggie and Oubre when some combination of Collins, McConnell, McDermont, Monk, Graham, Nunn, Duncan, or Fournier gets you just as close while weakening the competition.

gradyandrew wrote:

Nalod wrote:Not sure I understand why spacejam factors into his desire to be west coast.

Because it's the NBA and if at the end Lillard wants to be a Lakers, somehow it will happen.

I keep going back to the zero sum nature of the NBA. Knicks caught some breaks this season, a little less luck could have them drop into the play in round. With Carisle coaching Indiana and McMillan coaching a full season in Atlanta, expect those wins to be tougher.

Now the Knicks are in a good salary cap situation with several competitors in tight spots.
Namely Atlanta, Indiana, Charlotte, and Miami all have restricted free agents With low cap holds they would prefer to deal with after they have already done some other transactions. New York is in a great spot to either steal, young up coming Players or hamstring our rivals into being out of the free agent game. Evan Fournier is also available for the right price Boston is close enough to the luxury tax that there's a limit to what they are comfortable offering him.

Why go after Reggie and Oubre when some combination of Collins, McConnell, McDermont, Monk, Graham, Nunn, Duncan, or Fournier gets you just as close while weakening the competition.

So NBA players want to be a Laker? Salary wise how can that happen with AD and Lebron? They seem a bit thin to make a trade.
Clippers exist but what trade capital do they have to fit his salary in?

Also, Dame has no leverage. He has years left on his deal and does not own a "no trade clause". No threat to "not sign" if traded leverage.
Again, what does a movie he made last year have to with him being in LA? He has not made a demand.
McCollum makes sense to trade now.

Logic says if Dame is not happy POrtaland needs to reboot to some extent and get the best deal they can. That might be OKC but does the thunder then have an unhappy player?
Sometimes you can have the money or the chip. Sometimes you pick one or the other. Not every player chases a ring to complete them.
There is a logical path for something with Boston for Jaylen Brown. Paired with Tatum that might be a good thing. Boston can go there or to Wiz with Beal.

I really think the PG play is Ball or Colin Sexton (worst case R. Jackson on cheap deal).

jskinny35 wrote:I really think the PG play is Ball or Colin Sexton (worst case R. Jackson on cheap deal).