lee's jumper has improved greatly. he can score close to the basket with either hand. and he can take bigs off the dribble from outside. defensively, we haven't seen him really do anything there.

bosh's jumper is sweet and he attacks and gets to the line at a high clip. but he also plays with his back to the basket and causes double teams. so he has that added dimension to his offense that lee does not. defensively, he's ok, good when motivated but regardless, he does give you a block a game.

one will cost in the $10-12 mil range, the other will be max. it's up to a gm to decide who is worth it. if the knicks get lebron, wade or joe, i think bosh is the better choice b/c at that point, money doesn't matter. BUT, if they can't get that prime time guard and are looking at a rudy gay type player, then maybe lee is a better choice b/c of his pricetag and possible future ability to add talent with a lower payroll.

It wont be a situation like when Marbury led the suns to 43 wins then the very next year Nash leads the same roster to (i think) 60 wins.

King1 wrote:Lee at 10 million and manu at 7 million is better than bosh at 17

i wouldn't mind going that route either, but #1 priority needs to be on landing Lebron... so whatever it takes to get him here, we have to do... if it takes signing Bosh to get Lebron to NY, that's what we need to do.

crzymdups wrote:

King1 wrote:Lee at 10 million and manu at 7 million is better than bosh at 17

yeah, i'm sure manu will take $7M from the knicks when the spurs are paying him $10M this year and he has an offer of $13M on the table from real madrid. but i'm sure he'll cut the knicks a big discount.

We have Wil, Gallo, Giddens and Walker. If we're not getting LeBron or Wade, or even JJ or Gay, what's the point in getting Manu for that much if we already have our guards and small fowards?

TMS wrote:

King1 wrote:Lee at 10 million and manu at 7 million is better than bosh at 17

i wouldn't mind going that route either, but #1 priority needs to be on landing Lebron... so whatever it takes to get him here, we have to do... if it takes signing Bosh to get Lebron to NY, that's what we need to do.

That's it in a nutshell right there. When you get right down to it, signing Lee at $10 mil. and having the extra $6-7 mil. left over to use on another player/players or conserve for the following year would probably be the smart way to go (most bang for your buck) but in the end, LeBron may like Bosh a little more than Lee and I think you gotta do what you can to appease the guy and make the situation as attractive as possible for him (even if 'Bron really wanted Joe Johnson as that recent rumor suggested, a guy most of us really don't want any part of, they gotta look hard at it and probably pull the trigger). Hey, LeBron may surprise us all and say, "I'm coming, I want NY but I understand Lee's a crowd favorite and and good player too -- I want him to stay." Nobody knows. Maybe LeBron feels there not much of a difference between the two and he'd rather have Lee PLUS the extra $7 million in cap flexibility. If there's one thing LeBron's shown me it's that he's far from stupid and has a good understanding on a lot of different issues...Very high maturity level, rare for a young guy..

Bosh is actually a little younger than Lee, about 1"-2" taller and when you get right down to it, he is the better player, so we really can't go wrong that way either.

Having his team close to .500 is a concern though. That Toronto team has talent at almost every position, it's not like they don't. They should be better...I think if you flip flopped LeBron and Bosh, Toronto would be the team to beat and the top team in the East right now, not Cleveland. It just shows how good LeBron is -- he's the top FA out there by far. We need to do everything possible to get him.

djsunyc wrote:there is something that alot of you are not taking into account, when you look at each team in the playoffs, there is one common thing they all have - a perimeter player that either 1 or 2 in fg attempts and ppg. the closest guy on the raptors is 3rd in hedo and he's a distant 3rd in both categories. that is the #1 reason why the raptors are around .500 right now...especially after the bosh injury. so take that into account if you're going to use the team's record in relation to bosh.

Ae you saying we would have a better record if he was here instead of LEE