Posted by sebstar:

The Eric Gordon stuff is depressing. I really hope we didnt blow the '08 draft. I'm trying to stay level headed on this.

Posted by martin:

I think you underestimate Salmons big time, he is not a wash with JJ.

Posted by earthmansurfer:

Posted by martin:

I'll just add this in general to anyone who does NOT think JJ/Curry/Lee for Miller/Salmons is a good deal for the future.

With JJ/Curry gone, you GUARANTEE that the Knicks can sign 2 max free agents during the 2010 offseason; it's a lot of eggs in one basket, but why not shoot for the moon. You also get back a super solid 2-way shooting guard at low cost.

Your projected 2010 roster would be:

Gallo		3.3M
2009 pick	3.0M
Wilson		2.1M
Nate		6.0M
Salmons		5.8M
Duhon 		7.0M
FA#1		17M
FA#2		15M
-------------------------
		59.4M

Nice visual there. If the trade did happen then management needs it at the press conference at all the pissed off Lee fans. Really, that puts into perspective how little money we have for a supporting cast.
If Salmons is a good defender and can score then maybe it's not terrible, cause I just don't see how we are going to afford Lee and get two max free agents. Perhaps a 1st round pick to us would be the deciding factor.

It might be a lot easier and we could get better value for Lee to work on separate deals. Someone will bite on Curry. Jeffries I'm not so sure about. Management has there work cut out for them but they already did the impossible. Remember, it is waaaay easier to trade an athletic (albeit fat) center in a center deprived league than a max me first SF.

If the cap is $65 mil (the number thrown out there most often), then we'll have another $6 mil to play with too. Just dreaming of the best case scenario.

Posted by fishmike:

Salmons is a very good and polished NBA player. He's under athletic, but does everything well. He's worked hard and has become a good player, but he's peeking bigtime and his team isnt very good. I am fine with trading Lee but he's a 15/11 player in a rookie contract. You MUST get both young talent and pick(s) back.

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Posted by NYKBocker:

That is one messed up deal for us. No way I give DLee for Miller and Salmons.

the key is you'd rid yourself of curry and jeffries' contracts to end up being major league players in the 2k10 FA sweepstakes.

I overstand that but we would need a prospect and or a first round pick in that deal aswell.

I dunno.. i like the prospect of having room for 3 Max guys. This deal makes that possible. Of course, the other 10 players would have to be paid the minimum but so what. Bron, Wade, Bosh '10!

it doesn't really give us the cap space for 3 max guys since Salmons' contract extends into 2010 at midlevel dollars... more like 2 max guys & another 2nd tier guy... so we could feasibly at least make offers to Lebron, Bosh & Nash all at the same time in 2010... doesn't mean they'd take them obviously but at least we'd be a major player in that bidding... give those 3 an opportunity to play together u gotta think that idea would appeal to them.