Nalod wrote:
I don't like threads that bait.

If melo has a bad game its all about "the trade".

If he has a great game its the same.

A peak in to the future?

With Dolan running this team not as a fan but as a business man Im just not going down the emotional road with this team.

Im happy with the direction of the team but lets be real. We are one Isiah anouncment away from having to make a choice.

How much would it suck to have to root for your team run by a man you dispise?

Sorry, Im not taking the starphuch bait. Fill the damn roster out and lets watch the game.

We got 10 years of hate being correct to suddenly think some fairy tale happy ever after sheit gonna behold this franchise into some magic collective of fairy dust wonderment.

Last nite was great, we finally held Hansbro to under 29! Defense is looking good! Give MDA a prop!

...and lets give the bench and role players some props as well. Fields, shawne williams, douglas...even derrick brown.

CrushAlot wrote:

JrZyHuStLa wrote:Melo > Gallo, Chandler, Felton combined.

Period.

Add in Moz, the Randolph that is back to putting up big numbers in Minny a first round pick, cap space and it is a lot to give up. I love Chauncey and Melo but when I think about that trade I don't feel like the Knicks won that deal.

I believe Randolph was part of the Curry trade.

Knixkik wrote:For these haters, we could win 6 championships with Melo, but having Gallo, flexiblity, and some hope that we can become more than a .500 team with those young pieces we traded is more important than that.

This is only a slight exxageration. Some are really married to those young guys we gave up.

orangeblobman wrote:

Killa4luv wrote:

Knixkik wrote:For these haters, we could win 6 championships with Melo, but having Gallo, flexiblity, and some hope that we can become more than a .500 team with those young pieces we traded is more important than that.

This is only a slight exxageration. Some are really married to those young guys we gave up.

you're not winning a single championship, 6 is just lunatic talk.

especially not with Galo we're not. I can't wait til he's a FA, let the bidding war begin.

JrZyHuStLa wrote:Melo > Gallo, Chandler, Felton combined.

Period.

Sorry, disagree here, and especially not at the max.

knickstorrents wrote:

JrZyHuStLa wrote:Melo > Gallo, Chandler, Felton combined.

Period.

Sorry, disagree here, and especially not at the max.

Melo at the max is way better than these 3 combined. Think of what these are are going to be making per year. Felton at 8M, Chandler will make 8M or more this summer, and Gallo the same or better next summer. It is always better to have long term money committed to stars than it is that amount each to role players. So i would have to say Melo is better value and it isn't even close.

Knixkik wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:

JrZyHuStLa wrote:Melo > Gallo, Chandler, Felton combined.

Period.

Sorry, disagree here, and especially not at the max.

Melo at the max is way better than these 3 combined. Think of what these are are going to be making per year. Felton at 8M, Chandler will make 8M or more this summer, and Gallo the same or better next summer. It is always better to have long term money committed to stars than it is that amount each to role players. So i would have to say Melo is better value and it isn't even close.

100% agree.

markvmc wrote:Thanks to the pre-trade Knicks for ensuring we ended the season 2 games over .500.

wow. if it was THAT important then maybe mda would have played amear, chauncey and melo for the last few games. ya think?

Marv wrote:

markvmc wrote:Thanks to the pre-trade Knicks for ensuring we ended the season 2 games over .500.

wow. if it was THAT important then maybe mda would have played amear, chauncey and melo for the last few games. ya think?

And the Celtics probably play their starters. There's no guarantee we beat Bulls/Celtics healthy

Knickoftime wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:...and more money tied up in cap space for many years than most teams.

This is not true. Knicks have exactly 2 contracts that extend past 2011-2112 - Melo and Stat (3 of you count Balkman).

Yes, 2 max's take up a large percentage of the cap, but the knicks will have more than a third of their cap space freed up (if they decide to go that route in 2012) and (again, besides Balkman), not a bad, long-term contract in site.

Knicks in fact is pretty solid shape cap wise.

Cap wise there are only 9 teams that have more committed for the 2012-2013 season;

Hawks
Bulls
Mavs
Pistons
Lakers
Heat
Hornets
Magic
Blazers

There are 19 teams that have less in committed contracts;

Celtics
Bobcats
Cavs
Nuggets
Warriors
Rockets
Pacers
Clippers
Grizzlies
Bucks
Wolves
Nets
Thunder
Sixers
Suns
Kings
Spurs
Raptors
Jazz

The Heat are in the worst shape....$67 million + in guaranteed money to 6 playes; Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Miller, Haslem and Anthony with that figure going above $70 million the following year....ouch.