Posted by boomann:

I still think he should be traded becuase his contract is holding this organization back.

How exactly does his contract hold the orginization back? I must ponder this statement and I will respond accordingly after I get a snack.

Posted by boomann:

I still think he should be traded becuase his contract is holding this organization back.

How exactly does his contract hold the orginization back? I must ponder this statement and I will respond accordingly after I get a snack.

Posted by rvhoss:

guys, the "contract holding us back" line is played...it can only be applied to players that don't play.

This is New York...there is no such thing as a contract holding us back.

Look at Atlanta, what contract is holding them back?

Posted by SlimPack:

yeah just like I said, we could be under it at the end of next season, although I would like to know how much curry will make then.



[Edited by - slimpack on 12-01-2005 3:57 PM]

Posted by rvhoss:

here is what they have for us:
http://hoopshype.com/salaries/new_york.htm

and even that is incomplete.

Believe it or not, we are headed in the right direction...look at the Nets, they have 3 highly paid stars (over $15 mill) and the rest are under $mill players.

That's basically us, our big three (assuming H20, etc. come off books eventually) marbs (just like kidd imho)...well, only marbs...I think curry is over $10 mill, jamal won't reach 10 mill until 2010.

I mean, we aren't in that bad of shape, we're just still picking up the pieces from mistakes of the spend easy period that all teams had (not just layden and the knicks)

There is nothing we can do with these salaries, there isn't any team out there that has a player in the last year of their contract that wants marbury.

so to say we should trade him for an expiring contract is really just wishful thinking.

we have two expiring this year and two expiring next year (if you count shandon) and so on.

I'm willing to wait that long for a title.

The quick fix hasn't and doesn't work IMHO.

Let's let Isiah stay the course, because if there is one thing we know he can't do, and that's evaluate trade talent

But if we practice patience, enjoy the growth of our team, we may get there sooner than you think.

I mean, LB is maximizing Rose's talent more than anybody could have imagined. He may actually be worth the $6 million he's being paid a year...well, maybe not, but that's what we had to take on to get Lee.

You trade marbs contract, you are going to get garbage in return unless the team really really really wants marbury, like the new york knicks did.

Nobody else on our team is really really wanted by another team...LB has the ability to improve trade value...so MoT and Rose may actually fetch us some quality role players or a Star.

To keep thinking that someone is going to hand the knicks over the star player, without including garbage that keeps us over the cap for another 5 years, is fools gold.

Let's just quietly get better over time and if we are contending when marbs is here, we are, if not, I'm pretty sure he'll pull a shaq and restructure his deal to allow additions.

i mean, honestly, is shaq worth $27 million this year?