Finestrg wrote:I posted this the other day and think it might be the most judicious way to use our cap space to address our needs:

5 - Lopez
4 - Porzingis
3 - Melo
2 - PJ Hairston
1 - Jerryd Bayless
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4/5 - Willy Hernangomez
3/4 - Derrick Williams
3/2 - Solomon Hill
2/1 - Wroten
1 - Yogi Ferrell (Marcus Paige, Russ Smith?)
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5 - Jordan Bachynski
4 - O'Quinn
2 - Terrico White
1 - Grant
1 - Calderon

Major facelift for the starting backcourt w/o overspending. Even though I like AA, I'd try to convince him to opt out. Hopefully he does. I'd like to move in a different direction at 2G. There'd be more firepower off the bench. I think Willy's gonna be a decent big and Wroten/Ferrell (Paige/Russ Smith?) leading a break with D-Will and/or Solomon Hill finishing could be DEADLY. Even the 3rd unit goes 4-5 deep in this scenario. Looking at improved guard play throughout the roster, an improvement at backup 4/5 with Willy H/Bachynski over Seraphin/KOQ, and finally a few more transition players to either team up with or replace D-Will. Hopefully Melo maintains his level of play or close to it, RoLo continues being productive and KP takes another step forward.

To conserve even more money for the summer of 2017 (Curry, Westbrook--hey no guarantees of course but we need to shoot for something, right? Westbrook would be more realistic) we could pass on Bayless and have Calderon steer the ship one more year (with Ferrell/Paige/Smith and/or Grant as understudies), pass on a long term deal for D-Will or re-up D-Will and see if he'd defer some money in yr 2 of his new deal, dump O'Quinn for a future 2/expiring contract(s)/cash etc., and maybe Melo and RoLo could be asked to defer a $1-2mm apiece (not sure how this works--does the CBA allow for something like this?). Then Calderon comes off the books and say the cap pushes slightly higher--all together, hopefully that puts is in position to offer a max contract in 2017 or damn close.

I think Terrico White, Bachynski, Smith and Hill all would be good value pick ups. Also, I think the Knicks should try to find away to draft gbinige. I think he would be a good fit. With Henangomez and Bachynski I think it might free things up to trade oquinn. My guess is that Lou has a shot at coming back.

dk7th wrote:

knickscity wrote:

dk7th wrote:jackson is not going to bring in poor defenders for the backcourt. been there done that. rubio and turner should be pursued. they both are long and rangy and are terrific passers.

Rubio should not be considered at all. His game is way too flawed. Turner really isn't a good player, but fits what the Celtics do. If they let him walk it will be because of salary, and we should do the same.

the knicks main flaw as a team is the backcourt defense. rubio and turner help the knicks with that main flaw, though they both are flawed in other areas. i say you live with what other flaws they may possess because they both address the main flaw which is backcourt defense.

I'd be happy with Rubio and Turner for sure if at least one of them could shoot. They both definitely play defense and i think Rubio's defense is under rated. We need to get at least one good shooter.