Finestrg wrote:

VDesai wrote:Yeah the idea here is whe can sign someone for slighly more than the MLE starting salary (3.6 mm vs 3.3 mm) via a sign and trade. Its a win win for every because the player gets more and the team that loses him gets free cash. Might help us beat out another team for a player that would otherwise be going for that MLE slot.

Ok, understood (yeah, that 300k difference could very well make a difference in acquiring a player I suppose).. Thanks for taking the time to clarify..

But just to be clear -- so we have 2 pools of money available to sign FAs -- the $3.3mm mini-MLE AND the $3.6mm trade exception? We can use them both, each on a different free agent for example, but just not combined together. Is that right?

CrushAlot wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Finestrg wrote:

VDesai wrote:Yeah the idea here is whe can sign someone for slighly more than the MLE starting salary (3.6 mm vs 3.3 mm) via a sign and trade. Its a win win for every because the player gets more and the team that loses him gets free cash. Might help us beat out another team for a player that would otherwise be going for that MLE slot.

Ok, understood (yeah, that 300k difference could very well make a difference in acquiring a player I suppose).. Thanks for taking the time to clarify..

But just to be clear -- so we have 2 pools of money available to sign FAs -- the $3.3mm mini-MLE AND the $3.6mm trade exception? We can use them both, each on a different free agent for example, but just not combined together. Is that right?

exactly... we can use both

Do the knicks need to move something (i.e. the 57th pick) with the exception to get a player for that amount?

Im about 99% sure we can do the trade for just cash. We don't ave to include a player. This along with the MLE should allow us to add some nice depth potentially. We need a couple of bodies to play center at the very least.

VDesai wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Finestrg wrote:

VDesai wrote:Yeah the idea here is whe can sign someone for slighly more than the MLE starting salary (3.6 mm vs 3.3 mm) via a sign and trade. Its a win win for every because the player gets more and the team that loses him gets free cash. Might help us beat out another team for a player that would otherwise be going for that MLE slot.

Ok, understood (yeah, that 300k difference could very well make a difference in acquiring a player I suppose).. Thanks for taking the time to clarify..

But just to be clear -- so we have 2 pools of money available to sign FAs -- the $3.3mm mini-MLE AND the $3.6mm trade exception? We can use them both, each on a different free agent for example, but just not combined together. Is that right?

exactly... we can use both

Do the knicks need to move something (i.e. the 57th pick) with the exception to get a player for that amount?

Im about 99% sure we can do the trade for just cash. We don't ave to include a player. This along with the MLE should allow us to add some nice depth potentially. We need a couple of bodies to play center at the very least.

can't you just deal for - in theory - cash considerations?

newyorknewyork wrote:You can also take back 3.6mil extra in trades without having to match the salary I believe.

That's the point I was keying on too. It's possible for LA to resign Pau and trade him to us for a Player that won't make as much but is covered by the amount of the trade exception. I think that is the way it can also be used.

newyorknewyork wrote:You can also take back 3.6mil extra in trades without having to match the salary I believe.

COuldnt we say trade Dalembert, Odom, Shumpert and get back a player making 11 million. Dalembert is non guaranteed at 4 mil , shump makes 1.6, and Odom gets 1.4. Thats 7 million in salary plus the exception gets u to 10.6

nixluva wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:You can also take back 3.6mil extra in trades without having to match the salary I believe.

That's the point I was keying on too. It's possible for LA to resign Pau and trade him to us for a Player that won't make as much but is covered by the amount of the trade exception. I think that is the way it can also be used.

Thats a good idea.

smackeddog wrote:

EnySpree wrote:It's the trade that keeps on giving

ha! Not a bad haul really- Calderon, Dalambert, Ellington, a first rounder from last year in Larkin, plus 2 2nd rounders (which we used to select two promising players), a trade exemption and we got rid of Felton and Tyson (both of who I grew to despise). Hated the trade at first, but we did get a a lot out of it!

Wow! The way you've laid this trade out is fabulous! I would have never imagined that by giving up so little, we could completely change the flow and direction of our team! It's like re-discovering air! Ditto on that Felton and Tyson hate

i don't want to google nothing i want it raw from the crew