martin wrote:crzymdups wrote:martin wrote:crzymdups wrote:Nalod wrote:martin wrote:crzymdups wrote:What cap money would they use to have interest in Gasol with? This is why I advocated dumping Billups and using that cap money to chase Gasol.
Ah well.
2 problems: 1) Gasol a restricted free agent, so Memphis can match whatever. 2) You buy out Billups and Knicks have something like < $6M in cap space, no starting PG, no shot at Gasol, and no MLE (if it exists).
details details details!
nevermind that those details are almost all wrong. but sure, details are important. i feel you.
feel free to detail the details you think are wrong.
i did in the post above. but to recap: the "<$6M " cap number is off, the memphis owner has said they would only sign gasol if he wanted to come back and billups is hardly a solid bet to stay healthy.
look, it's obviously moot because they picked up his option in large part because of the uncertainty the potential lockout brings - but i think it's not necessarily the best decision. i understand it, but you can't act like bringing back billups for $14M is a great move. i'd honestly rather have $9-11M in cap room. but with the lockout i understand keeping billups - though it seems like it mainly keeps them from bringing in real help for another year. and i'm not in the group who thinks we are getting CP3 or deron.
you are completely and utterly wrong on the $9-11M cap space. Do the math: Billups buyout counts about $4M. Turiaf gonna pick up his option cause he aint getting better deal. #17 pick is about $2M. Empty spots got around $1M holds.
Even with at cap near $62, best Knicks would have is around $6M.
And then you still would need to find a starting PG.
Bringing back Billups may not be a great move, but it's a move of necessity, and there are no better options.
I thought I had seen the math and it was $9M - I'll admit that could be wrong.
I agree they had to sign Billups - it is a move of necessity - primarily because they only had 5 days to make the decision. There simply was no other choice. I just think that they would have been better served by the cap room in a perfect world. But obviously with the uncertainty of the lockout and with Walsh's contract, the world is far from perfect.
I do think they need to draft or make a move for a penetration PG who can play 20 minutes or more per night behind Billups or next to Billups. This offense NEEDS a PG who gets to the paint and Billups has never been that guy - it's just not his game. Maybe they explore a move for Sessions or hopefully they can find a kid in the draft who can do that.
Look at Dallas with old Kidd and young Barrea - could be a decent model for the Knicks to follow. Of course, Dallas got Tyson Chandler, too.
