Posted by 4949:
I hate being the carrier of not so hopeful news, but I think it's important that I point out the down sides of certain moves.
The contract situation and the whole idea of buying out between Roberson and Jr. is even worse then. You say he's 450 thousand, while Roberson is 800 thousand. Well that's even worse to our money woes. If in fact he doesn't pan out, then we are out another 1 million 250 thousand dollars.
Again, I ask 'when will it end'? I am more than willing to cut ties with Jr. and forget about of this nonsense if it means making this management fiscally responsible.
Being totally irresponsible is the foundation of 'ALL' of our problems!! When will a GM stand up finally and have some balls not to make any moves that will cost us more money??
This is bigger than Jr. or anyone else. This is about our future and that is the entire basis of my whole argument and the way we wheel and deal in moves. What to move and what not to move and when to do it. But the money has got to be the basis for all of that, plain and simple. That is the very heart of it all. The ultimate answers to whether we grow in the right direction or not. If 3 + 2 doesn't add up to 5, then don't do it. Don't take a chance and hope the number will be 7!
I will say one thing about this site. Of the sites I have been to, most of you guys (if given enough information for a period of time) seem to get it sooner or later and I expect you to get it sooner or later.
Again, I don't see how not buying out Jerome James is fiscally responisble. I explained in my last post why I don't see how it is. even if Ewing Jr turns out to be a waste and the Knicks wind up flushing 1 million or so dollars for one season, who cares? That's in insignificant amount of money in NBA terms. I'd still say it was worth the gamble. That's why I'd consider keeping him to be a low risk fair reward type of move. Like I said before, even though he doesn't have all-star potential, if we can sign a player who can be a contributor down the road for a small cost, why not do it?
As for your question of when will it end. My thinking is it would when the GM of our team stops giving out, or trading for, outrageous contracts to guys who haven't earned them, like Jerome James for example.
I mean, I agree that the Knicks shouldn't waste money or be financially irresponsible, I just don't think that cutting Jerome James falls into that category. However I do think that signing a player based off of a couple of good playoff games when he's been horrible his entire career to a 5 year 30 million dollar contract falls into that category. If Donnie Walsh did something like that, then I could see how the fiscally irresponsible argument could come into play, but I don't see how it does here.
If Ewing jr is cut I won't be that upset about it because I don't think he can be all that good. but I'd still disagree with it.
