Posted by King1:

I thought Lee deserved 40-45 million how is that star money?

Then we are in agreement!

oohah

But on the open market someone will over pay and then the knicks lose him just like free agency in baseball someone will offer 60 and then you have to go find another big which you could have had for 9 million a year.

Keep in mind...teams with space that overspend next year probably eliminate themselves from the bigger FAs in 2010.

Posted by Andrew:

Keep in mind...teams with space that overspend next year probably eliminate themselves from the bigger FAs in 2010.

Exactly, no one is going to overspend for Lee, with the 2010 class on the horizon. Atlanta gambled with Josh Smith and was able to resign him for a reasonable rate. This is not a bad move by Walsh.

Posted by King1:

Most of the free agents for 2010 will resign with their own team. if all 30 teams save the money for 2010 and five of them move what does the other 25 teams do? I think you do it like portland get rid of the idiots and go build a team from there.

But DLee is a RFA in 2009.

Posted by Hoopsmeister:

After seeing that Walsh and Lee's agent agreed to let the deadline pass without an extension, then I think that a deal can be done before the season is over, Lee really wants to see this team turn things around, he wants to be apart of it.
Contrary to popular belief, I think that Lee is one of those rare players who isn't in it to make a killing at the bank, he will take a reasonable offer by Walsh and stay with the team. Call me crazy but I do believe this will happen, it's a gamble but it will happen.

So now you want to throw away Knicks draft picks? They are not allowed to discuss any agreement during the season or face the wraith of Stern.

Posted by Vmart:

To give anyone on this team a contract would be rewarding them for the 23, 33 and 23 wins the last three years. I think this is a good move let Lee and the team prove they are winners, whats the point of giving these guys contracts if they prove to be losers.

Besides I not gonna give Lee a contract and jepordize a possible 2010 free agent signing.

DING DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER.

Can Lee defend? If not, his upside is Zach Randolph. Once we overpay Lee, we're screwed. Lee deserves 7mil to start and he should play Defense this year if he thinks he is worth 10+. Players like Lee can be found every year, and in the 2nd round.

Posted by kam77:

Posted by Vmart:

To give anyone on this team a contract would be rewarding them for the 23, 33 and 23 wins the last three years. I think this is a good move let Lee and the team prove they are winners, whats the point of giving these guys contracts if they prove to be losers.

Besides I not gonna give Lee a contract and jepordize a possible 2010 free agent signing.

DING DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER.

Can Lee defend? If not, his upside is Zach Randolph. Once we overpay Lee, we're screwed. Lee deserves 7mil to start and he should play Defense this year if he thinks he is worth 10+. Players like Lee can be found every year, and in the 2nd round.

If lee could defend he would be one of the top 3-5 PW in the league. If grandma had a dick she'd be grandpa. So, other than d you are saying that 2nd round has a bunch of guys like him. High bball IQ, superb rebounding, exceptional hustle, does not need to monopolize the ball to score, finishes with either hand, can shoot the jumper, great chemistry guy, best outlet passer on his team, shoots free throws better than most players in the league, WORKS ON HIS GAME AND ADDS SOMETHING NEW EACH SUMMER. Maybe we should just trade every 1st round pick we get from now on for 2nd round picks and pick up multiple guys like him every year if we can. Then we can trade them for superstar players, just gotta do like a 3 for 1 type of deals.

Paul Millsap, Udonis Haslem, Chuck Hayes, David Lee. Good players. Not lotto picks.


David West > David Lee

If lee could defend he would be one of the top 3-5 PW in the league. If grandma had a dick she'd be grandpa. So, other than d you are saying that 2nd round has a bunch of guys like him. High bball IQ, superb rebounding, exceptional hustle, does not need to monopolize the ball to score, finishes with either hand, can shoot the jumper, great chemistry guy, best outlet passer on his team, shoots free throws better than most players in the league, WORKS ON HIS GAME AND ADDS SOMETHING NEW EACH SUMMER. Maybe we should just trade every 1st round pick we get from now on for 2nd round picks and pick up multiple guys like him every year if we can. Then we can trade them for superstar players, just gotta do like a 3 for 1 type of deals.

Top 3-5?!!?!?. He might be top 3-5 in the Atlantic conference. He has not shown he can shoot the jumper. Quite the opposite. Lee has turned into a good free throw shooter, not great. He is limited in his offensive skills.

You're overstating the player Lee has been. maybe you are making a prediction?

Kam's list of player's like Lee is pretty good. To that I will add Biedrins.

oohah





[Edited by - oohah on 24-10-2008 3:31 PM]

Udonis Haslem has a 54 million dollar contract and he is much better than Hayes and Millsap. David will sign for more than Millsap and Hayes combined.