Forget about the fact that the Sixers got called out on THREE OF THE TOP 10.

If james is our only mishap, I'm cool...until somebody comes up with a better option, keeping in mind we needed to fill the gaping Nazr/Kurt hole with SOMEBODY, then you have to say JJ was the best signing.

I'm still pretty ecstatic about it...an actual center to assist in patrolling the paint while our fun and gun scorers abuse the backboard.

Craw, Q, Marbs, Nate, TT, chuck and duck.

We like to feed the post, when seattle fed the post (which ONLY occured in the playoffs) James excelled...and I'm saying he excelled DOUBLE what we need from him.

So, someone wants to make it the worst free agent signing of the offseason? Some people hated Team America and the South Park Movie, they're still my favorites as well.

One man's trash is another man's treasure. And getting Half the amount of money as Dalembart (whom we would have loved to have), I'd be happy with HALF the stats.

Which if I'm not mistaken in somewhere in the neighborhood of 6.9 pts, 6.6 boards and 1.7 blocks a game...

Oh, my mistake, that's Dalembert's CAREER AVERAGES!!

This kid is a steal, and he didn't play in high school, so we should get our money's worth out of those knees of his.

our money's worth = 7 pts, 7 boards, 2 blocks (sam's career numbers for half the price)

the thing is...I can't think of anybody that got a better deal that indicates we actually overpaid for him.

The length of contract is up for debate, but by then, we'll be in the eastern conference finals and he'll be stuffing shaq's dunk back down his throat while Ariza holds Wade to no points in the fourth.

When I watch Bruno I expect him to be Rony Seikly!

It was a terrible signing. We had no right even speaking to James, if we wanted to use the whole MLE on a center. We might as well have gotton Hunter.

Lets look at it this way. This has been a typical Knicks move. It's right up there with signing Spoon longterm, trading Rice for Eisley and Anderson, trading multiple draft picks for guys like Othella Harrington and Mark Jackson and close to giving Houston 100mm. It was extremely short sighted. Yes, we needed shotblocking and defense, but we needed it from a guy who can stay on the floor. We needed it from fresh legs. And if we couldn't have gotton it in that way, then it would have been best to gut it out. It would have been 10X smarter to just extend Ariza and see how Frye can do with Sweetney, whether he's ready or not. If we ended up sucking, at least we get a great lotto pick and maybe a shot at Josh Boone or Rudy Gay. So lets say James stays the way he has been his entire career. Guess what, we're paying someone 30mm to play 15 minutes of basketball.

[Edited by - Allanfan20 on 08/10/2005 11:13:50]

And on August 15th, the New York Knicerbockers use the amnesy clause to sign Allaaa, no wait, I can't believe what I'm seeing, they are waiving Big Gay, Jerome James. The sad part is I bet any other team would do that.

yeah, you guys are kind of ridiculous.

It's one thing ot continue to bash the guy, but to offer no alternatives is even weaker.

such babies sometimes.

If we are talking about "big money" and the Knicks players then Jerome James should be one of the last names out of anybody's mouth.

has anyone forget that we won 33 games?

We arent filling needs for a playoff run. Thats why SA added Nazr. We should just be stockpiling talent.

YES, Sar would have been a better piece to have. As would Swift, Gadzurich, the young guy the Hawks signed (Z.P), etc

At this point we should only be targeting 2 types of player IMO
Guys that are young and guys that will have a high resale value. A 27 year old career 20/8 player like Rahim making the MLE would have high resale, and I could see him taking pressure off the backcourt scoring like Jamison did for Hughes and Arenas last year.

either way he's a good piece to have.

hey.. I like JJ, maybe even for 2 years and $10mm. But for $30mm? Hows this for an alternative option: NOTHING

Like I said, go back to Vin Baker. For 2 years it was a fair gamble. He was really solid at the start of the season with Boston. Taking a gamble that he could recapture some of that was fair. It didnt happen and he was a total bust, but you can live with a two year deal. Now picture Vin Baker is still a Knick and has 4 years remaining on his contract at $5-$6mm per. Hows that sit with you?

How many times have we seen this with Spoon, Travis Knight, Eisley, Shandon.... its nuts. You dont give role players 5-6 year deals at big money. It ALWAYS blows up.