um, lee sucks. you guys can eat it.

seriously, walsh should have traded him and curry early in the season, PERIOD, since he is most likely NOT getting re-signed. We should have gotten several draft picks stockpiled up. Oh well.

Plus, you guys say all this nonsense about sticking to a plan, 2010 cap space is the plan, DLEE be damned. As one GM said one year, if you do not win the championship that year, YOU ARE REBUILDING. Is D. Lee really any better than Andy V from the cavs? nope. Is he a piece that can really shut down a gasol, bynum, or d. ho in the playoffs? Nope. I know d.lee scored a bunch of points versus orlandough earlier this year, and the knicks won, but would they in a series because of D Lee? Nope. Guy is a hustle player. As IT once said, if dude was black, he'd just be another player (I know that was about bird, but it applies to D. Lee too). See ya david!

Worst case scenario--if all other 2010 plans fall apart, at least we can just overpay Boozer and he'll come here and we'll have a slightly better version of Lee anyway. Or we can always sign Zach to a max contract the next year.

i am willing to bet MEM was not the only team interested in trading for D Lee... there's just no excusing this if he walks for nothing, it was a blunder on Walsh's part, period.

The Memphis deal from last year came to my mind as well. Starting to question the validity of the rumor.

First off, I love Lee. NYers either overrate their players or vastly underrate them, and Lee's been on both sides of it. If you can sign him for 8 mil per, I would love to see him back next year - and I agree it would suck to see David walk without getting anything in return.

That said, I think nyk already said this, but even if Lee does walk away, it may have been worth the gamble of not resigning him earlier. 16/12 are serious numbers, but yes I do think the system has a slight inflammatory effect. We all knew the man was a monster off the boards, and maybe those numbers don't seem AS impressive after getting used to it over the past few years, but he has seemed like he was willing to sacrifice on any attempt at helping on defense to make sure his man was boxed out and he could get the board. Hill definitely helps fill the void if Lee walks, and we will be ok without him.

I'd love to keep David or sign and trade him, but if nothing else, I can at least appreciate the fact that Walsh has a plan and he's sticking to it.

That said, I think nyk already said this, but even if Lee does walk away, it may have been worth the gamble of not resigning him earlier.

i agree it may have been worth the gamble of no re-signing him earlier, but still doesn't excuse the fact that we could have & should have traded him for value at the deadline last year... if losing D Lee via free agency was an acceptable outcome factored into Walsh's plan then it was a highly flawed plan IMHO... we should have gotten back a future pick at the absolute minimum.

I got a question. If we were able to trade Lee at the deadline, just to name a team say the Nets. Would the Nets retain his rights. Meaning that when he became a free agent, the Nets would have been able to match any offer sheet. Or would Lee automatically become a unrestricted free agent?

Posted by BRIGGS:

I will tell you what is asinine--believing that Jordan Hill is going to walk in and put up 16-12 in year 1. Have your wet dream there boys. If you don't believe what Im saying go find a tape of AZ last game of the season. Im not saying Jordan Hill is a bad pick but to suggest he is going to be a to be a 17-10 player out of the gate is not likely at all

Once David Lee leaves an in shape Curry becomes the best post player and that is not likely that he will be in shape. Face it David Lee is a fundamental foundation player of a team. He is no star but he is a rock a guy who surrounded by the right players can help a team win. Is it David Lee's fault that we acquire sht players to go around him? Nope Good luck Lee I will be rooting for you as a pure Knick fan who understands what you bring.

If we lose David Lee for nothing--I will begin to utter get Walsh out of here chants because that is NOT an acceptable outcome. You don't give players like David Lee away--hes a Knick for crying outloud.

Letting Lee walk for nothing will be awful. He wants to stay. I'm willing to bet he would give us a hometown discount. We need to do what we can, despite what his snarling agent says.

Let me ask you this. How bad do we look if we let Lee walk, and then soon after, we trade Curry for T-Mac. The reason people here don't want Lee is b/c of Curry.

That would be funny sheot.

Posted by Allanfan20:


Let me ask you this. How bad do we look if we let Lee walk, and then soon after, we trade Curry for T-Mac. The reason people here don't want Lee is b/c of Curry.

Giving us room for 2 max FA's and a guy like Nash? I'd survive.