holfresh wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:holfresh wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:holfresh wrote:mreinman wrote:holfresh wrote:No Thanks...We need an impact player who can carry a team...We can't throw big money at supporting cast guys...Next please...
dude has heart and plays great defense. And he is improving fast.
perhaps the best leader type that we'll get.
And a role player...U don't max out role players...
You don't super max out role players. A mid max is okay especially considering the cap boom. said this once and I'll say it again the only way the Knicks or any team has a chance at getting high level RFAs away from their current team is to offer a similar contract as Chandler Parsons was offered by Dallas.
A 3yr deal w/trade kicker, 2nd yr opt out, and 1st refusal on trades. I would offer that contract to 2 of Leonard, Middleton, Butler, and Green. A short deal gets these players huge money now and also a quicker path to mega money later. I think this deal would work really well on Middleton if he wants more brand appeal.
I'm not sold on giving young guys huge deals off play in their contract years...16 mil per is a lot of coin for an unproven player..Way too risky for me...I can't see paying 3rd or 4th option player 16 mil per...Larry Sanders comes to mind..
Larry Sander had many more negatives than Green. Sanders wasn't efficient, couldn't pass, and was really an average rebounder for his position. The one positive was that he was a shot blocker but his overall defense sucked. He was similar to a poor man's version of Sam Dalembert.
Green is a worse scoring version of Paul Millsap. His passing at his age kind of make up for his inefficiency but this year he has been doing well. He might be a third option on offense but he is a 1st line defender.
Another thing is that he is Melo's size doing similar things to Melo, light..Do I want to tie up so much money at the tween SF/PF slot?
Yes, because he can take the better player on defense and switch when Melo gets lazy or anyone else calls for it. He can defend 1-5 which is very surprising considering his size(smaller than Melo). Defensively he has a lot of Denis Rodman in him. He doesn't have no where near the rebounding ability but probably only a few did.
Again, you are not paying for Green's offense. You're paying for his defense, rebs, stls, blks, and ast. The offense is a bonus. The ability to stay out of the lane by being an avg 3pt shooter is a mega plus.
