newyorker4ever wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Gallo was just too young and free of injuries.

And waaayyyyy over rated

I agree. Galloway would have been tradeable at $5-$6 mil. We should have signed and trusted that we could move him later if needed.

Bonn1997 wrote:What is his new contract? This is disappointing loss for us. If we wanted to preserve cap space, this seems like one of the silliest ways to do it.

Exactly, the only out for Phil is if Gallo didn't want a long term deal at $6m but instead wanted to bet on himself. You don't just give up useful players for nothing when they can be had on reasonable deals. Gallo is a useful rotation player without being able to shoot. How useful would he be if he actually improves like other young players.

yellowboy90 wrote:

Welpee wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Is there one decision that Phil has made that you considered not smart. Gallo is a useful player especially given the amount the knicks would have to pay him.`To give up a player just for the hopes of getting another player is not smart especially when you can make room one way or another down the line.

Is there a decision Phil made that you didn't gripe about? And next season if we couldn't sign a player we needed because of cap room you'll be the first to complain about why Phil didn't create enough flexibility to sign players down the line.

You probably thought the world was coming to an end when we let Chris Copeland walk, didn't you?

Yes, I loved both the Lopez and O'Quinn moves. I liked Jennings as a back up player at $5m. I do not really like Jennings as a player but he can be a useful passer. It's still just a one year deal so the knicks will need to look for a back up pg next year. I give Phil credit when he deserves it but for the most part he has been undeserving.

I had only disliked the Melo contact before this off season. Now I am going to add trading Rolo and Noah's contract to that. Lee and Jennings are both good value for what we paid for them.Selecting.KP also stands out. I am not sure what direction we are going now, reading between the lines neither does he. It's a hedge, he both sacrificed salary cap (Noah) and maintained flexibility (Rose). If the team reaches the ECF do we keep it intact? Huge question marks remain about health. If the team ends up winning 37 games did we accomplish anything? The maneuvering he did this year was very tricky and he pulled off a lot. But it looks like we are entering a period of frequent overhauls and no continuity. Very short term thinking in my opinion, and probably not conducive to KP's growth.

meloshouldgo wrote:If the team reaches the ECF do we keep it intact?

I'll sign up for that dilemma.

If the team ends up winning 37 games did we accomplish anything?

Nope.

But it looks like we are entering a period of frequent overhauls and no continuity.

So brining back last year's team was your preference?

meloshouldgo wrote:I have already started my precedence. Hasn't changed from two days ago.

That's fair enough.

I have no idea what you stated, of course, but I believe you probably did.

meloshouldgo wrote:That breaks my heart, you don't read every word I type?
I guess I will just have to live with the disappointment.

I have no idea how you feel about it, just that you assumed I had.

Bonn1997 wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:The more I think about it the more I'm okay with it. I think Galloway was a great find. It will really be hard to find another player as good as he was off the scrap heap. But do we really want to allocate $6 mil (or whatever) to him? I think thats fair but he's not really valuable anymore at that price.

Well, we don't really have anyone other than KP who is valuable at their salary.

KOQ @ 4M
Jennings @ 5M
Lance @ 6M

Melo is making the same as Bradley Beal in the new landscape.

Some definite unknowns in Holiday, Minda, and even Noah until his health is made known; but overall I think our cap management is looking pretty ****ing good. Unless we're going the social justice route and talking about how athletes shouldn't be making more than doctors or teachers and all that.

Bonn1997 wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:The more I think about it the more I'm okay with it. I think Galloway was a great find. It will really be hard to find another player as good as he was off the scrap heap. But do we really want to allocate $6 mil (or whatever) to him? I think thats fair but he's not really valuable anymore at that price.

Well, we don't really have anyone other than KP who is valuable at their salary.

yellowboy90 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:What is his new contract? This is disappointing loss for us. If we wanted to preserve cap space, this seems like one of the silliest ways to do it.

Exactly, the only out for Phil is if Gallo didn't want a long term deal at $6m but instead wanted to bet on himself. You don't just give up useful players for nothing when they can be had on reasonable deals. Gallo is a useful rotation player without being able to shoot. How useful would he be if he actually improves like other young players.

Reportedly getting a deal between 5 and 6M per year with a player out after year 1. That's probably too much for a 5th guard...and a slot the Knicks could likely fill with a vet min after the dust settles. Maybe if the contract had a team out after 1 the knicks would spend that $.

How else would the Knicks preserve cap space right now other than to not sign someone?

Jose reportedly traded to LA...last year on his contract (7.7M) and the bulls had to send 2 second round picks with him....while receiving basically nothing in return. Not the road the Knicks would want to face next year to get rid of Galloway if they needed to sign a FA.