Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by fishmike:

Walsh's history is he awards his players that perform well with big contracts. The Davis boys, Croshere, Jalen Rose, Artest, Brad Miller, Jermaine Oneil, et al Walsh's history shows he pays his players and isnt cheap. It also shows he's perfectly willing to trade you to make the team better.

My gut feeling is Nate gets like 6 years $50mm (starting at $6.5mm) and Lee gets 6 years and $68mm (starting at $8.5). Something like that

And I agree.. its money well spent.

I cant fathom trading away either of these players. Also--IMO--we should see if we can sign AL to a 3 years 24mm$ extension. Yes he had a couple of snafus but overall the guy has been great--best ball of his career. A guy that I never liked. He is absolute money when he shoots from 14-16 feet. He rarely misses a mid range jumper.

so go to war the next 3 years with the same cast while not signing anyone in 2010? should've just kept isiah...

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by King1:

I think what your going to find is the Gallinari draft is going to haunt the Knicks for a long time. We could have had a piece for a team instead of a piece of %&$^. I think Lee will get resigned and Duhon and Wilson will be around. Everyone else will be history. Get a max guy in 2010 and one in 2011 and then you have a team.

What a disaster. He's still has to play--we have to get him PT this year to hopefully get him used to the speed. Practicing in the off season is not the same. He can work on strength in the off season. If he looks like this next year or if his back has one issue--I would not exercise his 3rd year contract or dump him for a 2nd rounder. He's got to come in stronger healthier and ready to play. Getting part time minutes now is critical. My hope is we see something different next year--a guy a lot stronger and more explosive for what he does. 9 months later the back is an issue?

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by Pharzeone:

I get the feeling that Walsh and D'Antoni would keep Nate and trade Lee if push comes to serve. Just the feeling I get from listening to various media outlets. I think both believe that Lee is more of a product of D'Antoni's system. Listen to the guy miked up when he told Dan Weber you created a "offensive" monster when refering to Lee while he basically says Nate does what he do naturally. I also think both believe they can plug a guy in here that can give you similar stats. If Troy Murphy was a free agent it would get interesting this summer. I also believe that other players around the league feel the same way.

I think if you are going to lure a big time free agent like Lebron, his preference is to play with a Nate. Superstars like him and Kobe have went out their way to praise Nate rather than Lee. Same with coaches.

I think the exact opposite. Lee was a good rebounder before this year and was always good at getting easy baskets near the hoop. His numbers are up but you can't say that he's just a byproduct of the system. Nate on the other hand is in a system where he can shoot as much as he wants and play at a fast pace which fits his game. He's not asked to play defense or run an offense, as he might with most teams.

If you're planning on adding a big time scorer who has the ball in his hands a lot, why would you keep a guy who is also looking to score a lot and needs to have the ball in his hands to be effective, over a player who doesn't need the ball at all to be effective?