Posted by Cosmic:

Posted by arkrud:

Hmm...
So we have one sure thing on this messy team and one decent person on this garbage organization and we want to get read of him because he will cost 10M per to mister Donkey?
Some people on this board still think that 2010 free agents are dreaming to join this circus. Get real, they are not idiots.
If Walsh and coach D will be able to make this pure thing respectable - this will be inside job and Lee can be a part of the solution.

You do not pay a player 10M a year when his resume reads:

FRONT COURT PLAYER WHO:
Great rebounder, except, he constantly leaves his man early to be in position for said rebounds, leaving him vulnerable to get scored on via an O-Board 3+ times a game.
Lazy ass passer turning the ball over 3 or more unneeded times a game.
Near zero offensive ability. Stuffed regularly. Litteraly no creativity on offense.
ZERO defense in fact giving up far more than he ever scores in any game.

You just do not do this unless you know you're going to acquire a superstar FC player to put along side him. And don't say Bosh cause that front court would get MURDERED any given night. I'm talking Dwight Howard, Shaq or Duncan in their prime, etc.

So do you really put your next DECADE of Knicks basketball in those hands? Hoping to acquire a superstar FC player so that Lee looks good doing the blue collar work?

I wouldn't.....

Keep David Lee

Posted by GKFv2:

Posted by Pharzeone:

Everyone wants to keep him but not at $10 million. Walsh should have given him that damn extension during pre-season. His plan backfired.

So are you the new isles now?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/sports/basketball/12knicks.html?ref=basketball

Lee and Robinson were eligible for extensions last summer, but no serious negotiations took place because of each player’s initial asking price. According to a person who was briefed on the matter, Lee’s agent was seeking about $10 million a season, and Robinson’s agent was asking for about $6 million.

I don't want Lee back for more than $6 million per season. And that is if we will upgrade at the position and try to sign/trade a top PF by 2010. Lee is a 6th man on a good/great team. He is an overrated starter on a bad one like this.

Posted by GKFv2:

Posted by arkrud:

Posted by GKFv2:

Posted by Pharzeone:

Everyone wants to keep him but not at $10 million. Walsh should have given him that damn extension during pre-season. His plan backfired.

So are you the new isles now?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/sports/basketball/12knicks.html?ref=basketball

Lee and Robinson were eligible for extensions last summer, but no serious negotiations took place because of each player’s initial asking price. According to a person who was briefed on the matter, Lee’s agent was seeking about $10 million a season, and Robinson’s agent was asking for about $6 million.

I don't want Lee back for more than $6 million per season. And that is if we will upgrade at the position and try to sign/trade a top PF by 2010. Lee is a 6th man on a good/great team. He is an overrated starter on a bad one like this.

Lee agent asked for 10 mils because this was the price for this kind of player at a time. Is it too much? Of course it is. But in NBA players are getting much more money that they deserve. Even players completely useless like... Eddy, Zack, Craf, Q, Jeffries... and countless others.
Is the setup different now after all America, NBA included, suddenly realized that we are long time running on empty? Probably it is.
Walsh wants to see what other NBA teams will offer for Lee. And I don't think this will be 10 mils per. 7-8? Maybe, but no guaranty...
Then we can really easily bit it by offering some 6,7,8,9,10,12 or 6,7,10,10,10. And who cares how much David will cost to Dolan in 2011 and beyond.
So David will not go anywhere.

I care. It's about salary cap space and I don't think it is prudent to waste significant cap space on a role player who plays no defense.

[Edited by - gkfv2 on 04-12-2009 2:01 PM]

David will be always tradable this way or another so he is pretty safe to handle in any way it will happen to turn.
The only problem we still have is Eddy and Jeffries to some extent.
Otherwise the flexibility we have is amazing.