gunsnewing wrote:

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:We cant focus our attentions a handing one player the full mle. No one who is out there is worth it in full except Nash who is 39 and will prob get close to 10mil from phx or a sure fire contender. Use the mle wisely on a pg, sg & pf and the team is 2nd in the east behind miami

Viable options if you're gonna go that route??

PG:
SG:
PF:

Also I thought the whole point of the MLE was that you could use it to go over the cap to sign ONE player..not that it gives you $5 Mill to use however you please.

PG: Kidd
SG: Belinelli, Lee, Gerald Green
PF/SF: Odom

its in my sig

Danny Green is another great option

No way that's happening with $5 million total.

Kidd will get at least $3
Belinelli will also get at LEAST $3
and Odom is vet min.

Bottom pricing for the 3 combined is around $7. And that's BOTTOM, meaning their agents were out to lunch on the same day.

ATrain wrote:Both SAS and Brussard say that LA either Lakers or Clippers are Odom's top destinations. They say after that, it is still a risk with him.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, the expectations for Odom would be too high here. And, we're forcing another "savior" situation.
So instead, management looks at what Odom could bring: passing, mid range game, ball movement, IQ at the 3/4 spots: and look for other ways to make that happen, even if you sacrafice a little bit.
He's a gamble any way you look at it. If he lands in NY, fine, but if not, fine. Adding him alone will not make or break the season and the potential of the club. That relies on the teamwork and leadership of the guys already on the club.

callmened wrote:I disagree...all the pressure is still on melo to be our savior

As it should be IMO. Lots of people call him the best scorer in the league. So keep that, add leadership and defense, and let him take us there.

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:

MSG3 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Another huge aspect of acquiring odom is finally having someone who can compete defensively against lebron. So Lebron can't do whatever he wants with the ball

Odom is 2 years older since his last good year in LA. I'd love to sign him ut I don't know if he can guard LeBron even if his head is right and he's in shape. The Key isn't stoppinf LeBron, because you can't. The key is good solid team defense and smart rotations. We have the makings of a good defensive team. But STAT puts a huge crux in that.

sad but true. i feel like defensive awareness isn't something a player can work on solo during the offseason. if only amare had woodson coaching him from day 1 of his career

Very true, but it IS something that can be worked on with Tyson Chandler in there for the first full training camp! Wouldn't it be amazing if him working with Amare leads to a major change next year defensively. It could, he wasn't DPOY for nothing.