Jerome Jordan
Chris Bosh
Rudy Gay
Wilson Chandler
Toney Douglas

That obviously wouldn't be our first choice on a starting 5 for next year but that wouldn't be terrible...I really think Chris Bosh should be our 1st priority come July 1st...He gets the first phone call if it was up to me, ahead of LeBron, for two reasons -- (1) We're gonna need to have Bosh firmly on board if we even have a remote crack at 'Bron and (2) in the even 'bron doesn't come, I want to build around him anyway..

Quick question -- do we have the room for 1 six year max and a 5-year max?? Is the starting salary in year 1 of a six-year deal more than what the typical 5-year max player could get? Just curious..

Finestrg wrote:Bosh & Gay is interesting...Bosh would be the man here (he did say he wants to be the man on his next team, whether he really believes that is another thing) but then still have that very good 2nd all star-level player playing next to him...That might be a good combination..A Bosh/Jerome Jordan/Rudy Gay frontcourt ain't bad at all...Using David Lee as a S&T chip for either guy might make this a lot easier for us (probably for Bosh - he's the better player over Gay and out of the two probably deserves that 6th year max deal a little more -- Gay should be satisfied with the regular 5 year max deal if he even requires the max) but I just don't see Lee wanting to go to either Toronto or Memphis...

Jerome Jordan
Chris Bosh
Rudy Gay
Wilson Chandler
Toney Douglas

That obviously wouldn't be our first choice on a starting 5 for next year but that wouldn't be terrible...I really think Chris Bosh should be our 1st priority come July 1st...He gets the first phone call if it was up to me, ahead of LeBron, for two reasons -- (1) We're gonna need to have Bosh firmly on board if we even have a remote crack at 'Bron and (2) in the even 'bron doesn't come, I want to build around him anyway..

Quick question -- do we have the room for 1 six year max and a 5-year max?? Is the starting salary in year 1 of a six-year deal more than what the typical 5-year max player could get? Just curious..

We definitely have room for Bosh and Gay. Gay has a lower max because he's been in the league fewer years. I believe his max is $12-14M. i've heard $12M and i've heard $14M, but Gay definitely can't get $16.8M like Bosh.

we should actually have enough room to sign Bosh, sign Gay and have have about $5M leftover to find a point guard. and we still have eddy's deal. and wilson becomes expendable if we have Gay, I'd think.

I'd really chase New Orleans and offer Curry + Wilson for Collison + Okafor.

Collison / Toney
Walker / Landry Fields
Gay / Gallo
Bosh / Gallo
OK4 / Jerome Jordan

Finestrg wrote:Bosh & Gay is interesting...Bosh would be the man here (he did say he wants to be the man on his next team, whether he really believes that is another thing) but then still have that very good 2nd all star-level player playing next to him...That might be a good combination..A Bosh/Jerome Jordan/Rudy Gay frontcourt ain't bad at all...Using David Lee as a S&T chip for either guy might make this a lot easier for us (probably for Bosh - he's the better player over Gay and out of the two probably deserves that 6th year max deal a little more -- Gay should be satisfied with the regular 5 year max deal if he even requires the max) but I just don't see Lee wanting to go to either Toronto or Memphis...

Jerome Jordan
Chris Bosh
Rudy Gay
Wilson Chandler
Toney Douglas

That obviously wouldn't be our first choice on a starting 5 for next year but that wouldn't be terrible...I really think Chris Bosh should be our 1st priority come July 1st...He gets the first phone call if it was up to me, ahead of LeBron, for two reasons -- (1) We're gonna need to have Bosh firmly on board if we even have a remote crack at 'Bron and (2) in the even 'bron doesn't come, I want to build around him anyway..

Quick question -- do we have the room for 1 six year max and a 5-year max?? Is the starting salary in year 1 of a six-year deal more than what the typical 5-year max player could get? Just curious..

Gallo is going to start next year regardless of who comes. And if we do get Gay, Chandler will either go to the bench or be traded. They are not a great fit to play heavy minutes together on the offensive side of the floor. Thats not going to create the type of spacing D'Antoni wants, neither of those guys is going to stretch the floor consistently, D'Antoni is not going to have the two wing players in his starting lineup both be average at best shooters as they are.(and honestly calling Chandler an average shooter at this point is charitable)

BRIGGS wrote:I guess it is easy to tell when BRIGGS gets in a foul mood about the Knicks

usually, the 3 threads you create per minute is a good giveaway.

we've all had good reason to be in a foul mood the past decade so whatever.

he is the belle of the ball now. miami will be recruiting him hard. ny will be recruiting him hard to pitch to lebron as a package. chicago will be recruiting him hard to pair up with their squad.

martin wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:not sure him and gallo on the court is a good thing

why?

It's like having marbury and iverson on the same team, there's really no balance just talent.
that would be a real IT move

Raymond Felton? No. He's good, not great. A slightly above league average point guard.

So we'll have Lee, Gay and Felton. How is this anything but a marginal improvement over our current team?