Dagger wrote:holfresh wrote:Moonangie wrote:holfresh wrote:I don't even pay attention to Amare when he is on the court..It's like he isn't even there..He is done...Melo says he is trying to recruit players to come here...Maybe he thinks/knows Amare will retire if he can't go this season..
Wishful thinking? This would be a very respectful thing for Amare to do, particularly since he will still get paid. Doubt it helps our cap situation, but his contract will be expiring anyway.
The respectful thing for him to do is cut a deal with Dolan to work in the Garden the next few years and get paid the balance of his contract...His deal expires next year ...We can't improve until he is gone..What's happening with him is very disruptive..Woodson has to find time for him because of his contract..
So you want him to be an indentured servant to Dolan to make up for his contract? What?! I mean I think his contract is a monumental burden on the franchise and there's no way he's lived up to it in any way, but just because a guy gets injured doesn't mean he has to stick around with the franchise to pay off his debts or something. Amar'e the Peanut vendor, I can see it now! It's not like he has any great knowledge to pass down basketball-wise either- "Listen up team, if you use your freak athleticism to drop buckets and be phenomenal no one will pay attention to your defense!".
Besides, I can't imagine a worse punishment than servitude to Jimmy Dolan.
Trying to earn the balance of the 45 million dollars owed in the front office without being an anvil around the team's neck the next two years is now an indentured servant?? You think H20, Starks, LJ, and Herb feels they are Dolan's servants??..If you are not independent wealthy, you have to answer to someone...
I'll sign up for some indentured servant type work at the Garden for a tenth of that contract..