fishmike wrote:

TMS wrote:we can't overspend, the NBA has a hard cap... we have to try & maximize value out of the cap space we use up this offseason... once we get the FA's in the fold, then u can go full on starphuch mode & trade for longterm contracts if u like, but that can't happen first.

thats where your wrong... NBA has a SOFT cap. NFL is hard... meaning you cant go over it. If your over it you gotta cut people. NBA you can go over.

The real choice is if you strike out this offseason do you try again the following?

Do you use your cap space to take on a big contract that already exists?

Its a lot easier to get better when your already good.

Its impossible to speculate who will be available via trade next year, but you have Curry and JJ's expiring contracts to package to a team thats capped out or financially strapped.

I'm talking about this season... we can't go over the cap to sign any FA's... it's only after we land the FA's we want that we can go ahead & trade for big contracts & go full starphuch mode, not before... if u sacrifice ur cap space now to take on contracts like Monta Ellis, etc., then u no longer have the cap space to sign max FA's like Lebron, etc.

Nalod wrote:Here is a scary thought:

Nets get healthy, get the no.1 pick AND sign Lebron and Bosch.

Lopez
Bosch
Lebron
Courtney Lee
Harris

Oh, John Wall?

You got trade possibilities to fill in all the blanks off the bench. Nets can even trade the no. 1 pick for what ever lebron needs.

Fear the Russian!

My hopes are with the knicks, but the Nyets have some crazy potential. Their lease in the swamp is crazy cheap and fill it with Lebron and it will sell out. The Russian don't need the money but a crazy team in the Meadowlands will draw ENOUGH until the arena is done in Brooklyn.

LeBron has too much respect for the Knicks to do that.