there is no telling who will come after david lee and for how much. so don't dismiss any team or any price. he could be a knick, he could be a piston, he could be a thunder, he could even be a net...don't be scared. if he leaves, he leaves.

They are two years from the new arena and they might not want to make a splash too soon. Maybe the smart thing is to keep laying an infrastructure with youth and then look a year or two down the road to coincide with the move.

Lebron in Newark is not gonna work but Dwight and CP3 in Brooklyn would.

http://www.newsok.com/article/3431429

Thunder notebook: David Lee in OKC?
BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.com The Oklahoman
Published: January 12, 2010

Knicks forward David Lee sometimes is mentioned as a possible piece to add to Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook. Does Lee, a free agent in the ballyhooed 2010 class, feel he would fit in Oklahoma City?

"Any team that has cap space, you have to give thought to,” Lee said. "I got to spend time with all of three of them last summer at the Olympic camp in (Las) Vegas. They’re all good guys. I’ve known Jeff a couple of years. Anytime you have exciting young players, it would be a fun place to play.”

Even though Oklahoma City will be $14 million under the salary cap, Lee, who led the NBA in double-doubles last season and is averaging 19.1 points and 10.9 rebounds, realizes Thunder general manager Sam Presti’s long-term plan.

"They’re probably saving the Brinks truck for those three guys,” Lee said. "At this point there’s so much still to be seen. I’m just concentrating on helping this team, which can do some good things, then see how everything pans out this summer.”

face it guys, D Lee's gonna have plenty of great options this summer, he's playing himself into a big contract & he can still catch on w/a very talented team like the Thunder & still collect the big bucks... that midwest fanbase will absolutely love David Lee & he'd be a perfect fit next to Westbrook, Green & Durant... if the Knicks aren't prepared to pay market value for his services, they better be prepared to lose him.

TMS wrote:anyone still think Lee's gonna give us a hometown discount to keep him?

http://www.newsok.com/article/3431429

Thunder notebook: David Lee in OKC?
BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.com The Oklahoman
Published: January 12, 2010

Knicks forward David Lee sometimes is mentioned as a possible piece to add to Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook. Does Lee, a free agent in the ballyhooed 2010 class, feel he would fit in Oklahoma City?

"Any team that has cap space, you have to give thought to,” Lee said. "I got to spend time with all of three of them last summer at the Olympic camp in (Las) Vegas. They’re all good guys. I’ve known Jeff a couple of years. Anytime you have exciting young players, it would be a fun place to play.”

Even though Oklahoma City will be $14 million under the salary cap, Lee, who led the NBA in double-doubles last season and is averaging 19.1 points and 10.9 rebounds, realizes Thunder general manager Sam Presti’s long-term plan.

"They’re probably saving the Brinks truck for those three guys,” Lee said. "At this point there’s so much still to be seen. I’m just concentrating on helping this team, which can do some good things, then see how everything pans out this summer.”

face it guys, D Lee's gonna have plenty of great options this summer, he's playing himself into a big contract & he can still catch on w/a very talented team like the Thunder & still collect the big bucks... that midwest fanbase will absolutely love David Lee & he'd be a perfect fit next to Westbrook, Green & Durant... if the Knicks aren't prepared to pay market value for his services, they better be prepared to lose him.

what's the differenct between $14M in OCK and $10.5M in NYC with all of the other avenues of money and exposure?

Also, DLee has repeatedly said he wants to stay in NY.

TMS wrote:

martin wrote:

TMS wrote:anyone still think Lee's gonna give us a hometown discount to keep him?

http://www.newsok.com/article/3431429

Thunder notebook: David Lee in OKC?
BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.com The Oklahoman
Published: January 12, 2010

Knicks forward David Lee sometimes is mentioned as a possible piece to add to Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook. Does Lee, a free agent in the ballyhooed 2010 class, feel he would fit in Oklahoma City?

"Any team that has cap space, you have to give thought to,” Lee said. "I got to spend time with all of three of them last summer at the Olympic camp in (Las) Vegas. They’re all good guys. I’ve known Jeff a couple of years. Anytime you have exciting young players, it would be a fun place to play.”

Even though Oklahoma City will be $14 million under the salary cap, Lee, who led the NBA in double-doubles last season and is averaging 19.1 points and 10.9 rebounds, realizes Thunder general manager Sam Presti’s long-term plan.

"They’re probably saving the Brinks truck for those three guys,” Lee said. "At this point there’s so much still to be seen. I’m just concentrating on helping this team, which can do some good things, then see how everything pans out this summer.”

face it guys, D Lee's gonna have plenty of great options this summer, he's playing himself into a big contract & he can still catch on w/a very talented team like the Thunder & still collect the big bucks... that midwest fanbase will absolutely love David Lee & he'd be a perfect fit next to Westbrook, Green & Durant... if the Knicks aren't prepared to pay market value for his services, they better be prepared to lose him.

what's the differenct between $14M in OCK and $10.5M in NYC with all of the other avenues of money and exposure?

Also, DLee has repeatedly said he wants to stay in NY.

exposure? have u seen David Lee starring in any Nike ads in Times Square since he's been here? please... the guy can barely get enough recognition to make the Allstar team this year even tho he's been putting up stellar numbers... watch ESPN these days, do u see David Lee being featured at all?

u speak as if the difference between $14 mil per & $10.5 mil per is chump change... over the span of 5 years that's a huge difference you're talking about... if a team comes at him with a 5 year $60 mil type offer i don't see anyway we would be able to keep him unless we match it or come damn close... no one's leaving no $20 million dollars on the table.

both Lee's and Nate's jersey sales are top 15 in the league last year. That's called exposure. Knicks merchandise sales last year were #3 in the league and they sucked ass. That's exposure. And $.

djsunyc wrote:i thought jersey sales go to the team and not the player...

who cares, it's about the exposure. If Lee was selling jerseys last year, image what other types of products he could push. No way that same type of opportunity happens in OKC.

martin wrote:

djsunyc wrote:i thought jersey sales go to the team and not the player...

who cares, it's about the exposure. If Lee was selling jerseys last year, image what other types of products he could push. No way that same type of opportunity happens in OKC.

yeah, he's pushing so many products i can't even remember the last commercial i ever saw him in.

martin wrote:

TMS wrote:

martin wrote:

djsunyc wrote:i thought jersey sales go to the team and not the player...

who cares, it's about the exposure. If Lee was selling jerseys last year, image what other types of products he could push. No way that same type of opportunity happens in OKC.

yeah, he's pushing so many products i can't even remember the last commercial i ever saw him in.

excellent. Explain the jersey sales. And convince me that OKC is a better/same city for marketability over NYC.

jersey sales accounts for the popularity of the Knicks' franchise... what does this have to do w/D Lee's marketability as an individual player tho? do u see him in any commercials hocking Big Macs, American Express, Gatorade or the latest Air Jordans? where is he reaping the benefits of this enormous exposure that he's getting playing in NYC exactly? jersey sales is the best you can come up with? does he even see any of that money? how about you convince me that he's going to leave $20 million dollars on the table just so he can stay in NY while he barely gets any recognition from the national press as it is if he has a chance to go play in OKC instead & be on a damn good talented young team on the rise that just handed us our asses last nite.