fishmike wrote:bigbasketballs wrote:fishmike wrote:bigbasketballs wrote:fishmike wrote:Lance is great so long as we dont pay him like Shandon Anderson or Jared Jefferies. As a vet min or low exception he's great. Part of what is making him so good is cost.
If he's come this far in an offseason, why put a cap on what he'll be by the end of this season.
Let's not make the same mistake and assumed he's reached this ceiling.
Knicks fans talk a big game about defense, they just never want to pay for it.
arent you the guy that says 8 games means nothing?
Yes, but the defense isn't new. It's always been there.
Offensively, yes, it could be an aberration. Who the hell knows. 8 games is not enough. But no sense in determining his market value now, is my point.
You dont want to undervalue your own guys, but you dont want to overpay them either. At least not the role guys.
In a $89-then-$109 cap league, state-of-the-art Lance Thomas is worth more than $1.6m. Salaries are relative. ALL salaries are going up, significantly. Not just the max guys.
agree... but the max guys are the most important, and we are looking at a situation where we have a lot of cap space. Land a big fish or shore up the spare parts? tough call
Might not matter all that much. I believe the Knicks will own his early Bird Rights. And while he'll be a UFA, depending on his market, the Knicks could maintain his low cap hold, do their business (cap out), and then pay him up to $6m, which is 104.5% of this season's estimated average.
That'll cost you cap room the NEXT season when it jumps again, but he might be worth it.
11/11/2015 5:53 PM