nixluva wrote:You have to prepare for any eventuality. This way we can be ready to make a deal if it's there. The Heat is a poor example of what having 3 stars can do for a team. I much prefer the Celtics. When you put guys together that make sense it's much more successful. STAT, Melo and CP3 WORKS! I'm not saying it's gonna happen or that it will guarantee a title, but I think it would have a better chance of working than the Heat big 3. The Heat succeed despite the fact that they don't really blend that well. It's not a good fit to have two ball dominant players trying to figure out how to play without the ball.

Paul, Williams, and Carmelo are as ball dominant as Lebron and Wade

Not if D'Antoni's offense is in full effect.

CrushAlot wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:What is the issue? We picked up Billups option, practically taking us out of the running for some of the free agents this year. You guys are complaining because NY won't sign talent that while good will not automatically make us contender and to a MLE we still don't know if we will have? And you'd rather have Dalembert extended to multiple years than a chance at CP3, Dwight or Deron?

Im not the biggest fan of waiting for stars, but when you can and don't lose much, you do it. NY will still try to bring talent and some will be available on 1-year deals and it will be good as anyway we will have a new team next season. Melo and Amare starting a season instead of just catching up with the season underway, Billups healthy and the young guys will make a difference.

Next will be exciting and if Dallas proved many wrong and won it all, you know its not just another lost season until we get the star. Any team with two stars, good role players and a sound plan will have a chance. I say we may be a defensive assistant and a couple of 1-year signings away from having a really solid season where who knows what happens.

The plan to get free agents last offseason cost the Knicks a lot and didn't work out the way it was supposed to. Having the cap space doesn't guarantee that you get the player. I also worry that the Knicks will package Shumpert with Balk and the 2016 first round pick to get cap space at the trade deadline.

I'll grant that last point, but the situation is a little bit different this time around. Last time, the sell was basically to try to get LeBron James AND somebody to complement him, but even I'll admit that New York was lucky to come up with Amar'e, but when you consider that Chicago got Boozer, GS got David Lee for the same price, and that Miami spent 100 million on Bosh, it's hard to argue with the signing.

Still, the Knicks have the best situation right now to sell to Deron, Howard, or CP3 assuming the money comes through. Come play with Amar'e and Carmelo for five years at max money is a lot better than what New Jersey or Orlando's offering.

CrushAlot wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:What is the issue? We picked up Billups option, practically taking us out of the running for some of the free agents this year. You guys are complaining because NY won't sign talent that while good will not automatically make us contender and to a MLE we still don't know if we will have? And you'd rather have Dalembert extended to multiple years than a chance at CP3, Dwight or Deron?

Im not the biggest fan of waiting for stars, but when you can and don't lose much, you do it. NY will still try to bring talent and some will be available on 1-year deals and it will be good as anyway we will have a new team next season. Melo and Amare starting a season instead of just catching up with the season underway, Billups healthy and the young guys will make a difference.

Next will be exciting and if Dallas proved many wrong and won it all, you know its not just another lost season until we get the star. Any team with two stars, good role players and a sound plan will have a chance. I say we may be a defensive assistant and a couple of 1-year signings away from having a really solid season where who knows what happens.

The plan to get free agents last offseason cost the Knicks a lot and didn't work out the way it was supposed to. Having the cap space doesn't guarantee that you get the player. I also worry that the Knicks will package Shumpert with Balk and the 2016 first round pick to get cap space at the trade deadline.

No, trading for Melo cost a lot. Signing a free agent only costs cap space.

martin wrote:what does everyone thing of Aaron Gray? Poor man's Marc Gasol. I may offer MLE to him.

I don't understand why hasn't been given more of a role... he is excellent in the low block

knickstorrents wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:What is the issue? We picked up Billups option, practically taking us out of the running for some of the free agents this year. You guys are complaining because NY won't sign talent that while good will not automatically make us contender and to a MLE we still don't know if we will have? And you'd rather have Dalembert extended to multiple years than a chance at CP3, Dwight or Deron?

Im not the biggest fan of waiting for stars, but when you can and don't lose much, you do it. NY will still try to bring talent and some will be available on 1-year deals and it will be good as anyway we will have a new team next season. Melo and Amare starting a season instead of just catching up with the season underway, Billups healthy and the young guys will make a difference.

Next will be exciting and if Dallas proved many wrong and won it all, you know its not just another lost season until we get the star. Any team with two stars, good role players and a sound plan will have a chance. I say we may be a defensive assistant and a couple of 1-year signings away from having a really solid season where who knows what happens.

The plan to get free agents last offseason cost the Knicks a lot and didn't work out the way it was supposed to. Having the cap space doesn't guarantee that you get the player. I also worry that the Knicks will package Shumpert with Balk and the 2016 first round pick to get cap space at the trade deadline.

No, trading for Melo cost a lot. Signing a free agent only costs cap space.

I think its short sighted to not at least consider signing guys - especially if they can fill a need.

I mean, if we could sign a Marc Gasol - unless the dollars are aweful, I think you do it, especially if he wanted to play here (not saying he does).

Knicksfan wrote:Anthony Randolph and Kwame Brown are two different animals. The first really had no position because even at 6'11 he didn't have the strenght to be a true C and he didn't even play like a big man. Brown, for what is worth, has the size and strenght of a C and showed last season that he can rebound, block, defend and even chip in points down low.

At the minimum and for 1-year, I say give it a go to Brown and a rotation of Turiaf, Jordan and Harrellson.

Center by committee works for me, and I could live with this group. You figure that 2 of them will emerge as the players most complimentary to Amare and Anthony, 1 of them will get injured, and 1 will turn out to be useless except for the fouls they can give.

He'd be the guy I would target.