crzymdups wrote:none of these articles mention that the knicks have $17.9M committed for next season. none. when the knicks cleared down to $17.9M committed, they JUST BARELY had enough for two maxes according to the national media. now the bulls are at $22.9M - $5M more - and they somehow have enough for two maxes... according to the media (but not math).

and the knicks don't get mentioned among the teams with cap room to sign two maxes? only chicago with $30M cap room and miami with $27M cap room are mentioned? not NY with $35M - aka the only team with enough money to sign two maxes at $33.6M??

i don't think many in the media want lebron or bosh in NY next season. this is sickening.

The Celtics/ESPN definitely do not want NY becoming a threat in the east.

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After pre-draft deals, here's one team's projection of summer cap space: Knicks, $34.2 million; Bulls, $29.1 mil.; NJ, $27.2; Miami, $26.2.

crzymdups wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

crzymdups wrote:none of these articles mention that the knicks have $17.9M committed for next season. none. when the knicks cleared down to $17.9M committed, they JUST BARELY had enough for two maxes according to the national media. now the bulls are at $22.9M - $5M more - and they somehow have enough for two maxes... according to the media (but not math).

and the knicks don't get mentioned among the teams with cap room to sign two maxes? only chicago with $30M cap room and miami with $27M cap room are mentioned? not NY with $35M - aka the only team with enough money to sign two maxes at $33.6M??

i don't think many in the media want lebron or bosh in NY next season. this is sickening.

The Celtics/ESPN definitely do not want NY becoming a threat in the east.

The reporting is just blatantly wrong. The Chicago Bulls are almost $4M short of having two max slots. It belies a serious bias. Or it's just noise coming from World Wide Wes's camp.

Yeah I'm with crzy here --- not only do they look like they'd still be short cap-wise but what's with this 'the trade needs to be consummated on or after July 8th' stuff? First off -- why is that exactly and second, I mean what if these FAs don't feel like waiting around for an extra week+ for the Bulls to get their act together? Crzy's spot on -- we are still the only one out of these few teams with legit room for 2 max contracts as of right now....That's July 1st --- in the meantime, it's up to Donnie to draft like a mo-fo and possibly pull off a trade that does nothing to hinder cap space, only enhance the roster and make it more attractive. Okafor/Collison, Rudy and #22, Tony Parker, dare I say Chris Paul...There still remains a few intriguing possibilities out there...We'll have to see what goes down...Really looking forward to tonight! A little over an hour to go!!

Finestrg wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

crzymdups wrote:none of these articles mention that the knicks have $17.9M committed for next season. none. when the knicks cleared down to $17.9M committed, they JUST BARELY had enough for two maxes according to the national media. now the bulls are at $22.9M - $5M more - and they somehow have enough for two maxes... according to the media (but not math).

and the knicks don't get mentioned among the teams with cap room to sign two maxes? only chicago with $30M cap room and miami with $27M cap room are mentioned? not NY with $35M - aka the only team with enough money to sign two maxes at $33.6M??

i don't think many in the media want lebron or bosh in NY next season. this is sickening.

The Celtics/ESPN definitely do not want NY becoming a threat in the east.

The reporting is just blatantly wrong. The Chicago Bulls are almost $4M short of having two max slots. It belies a serious bias. Or it's just noise coming from World Wide Wes's camp.

Yeah I'm with crzy here --- not only do they look like they'd still be short cap-wise but what's with this 'the trade needs to be consummated on or after July 8th' stuff? First off -- why is that exactly and second, I mean what if these FAs don't feel like waiting around for an extra week+ for the Bulls to get their act together? Crzy's spot on -- we are still the only one out of these few teams with legit room for 2 max contracts as of right now....That's July 1st --- in the meantime, it's up to Donnie to draft like a mo-fo and possibly pull off a trade that does nothing to hinder cap space, only enhance the roster and make it more attractive. Okafor/Collison, Rudy and #22, Tony Parker, dare I say Chris Paul...There still remains a few intriguing possibilities out there...We'll have to see what goes down...Really looking forward to tonight! A little over an hour to go!!

Well, just to address the 'feel like waiting around' -- there is a 7 day moratorium where free agents can talk to other teams but cannot sign contracts. I am with you that now is the time to pretty ourselves up for the potential suitors.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

martin wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:The Knicks are terrible for my health. I think they've taken years off my life.

must learn to cut back on your passion for the Knicks.

The Greekness in me is hard to contain.

LOL

kam77 wrote:Miami, Chicago, New York

one of these teams gave away draft standing and players for major dissapointment.

I don't get why people think CHI-town will be left holding the bag.

Could easily be us. We are NOT in the drivers seat.

yup. it's a three team race for two guys: Bron and Bosh. i see chicago getting Bron at this point. i don't know what Bosh wants to do. I'd love to see him in NY. we'll see.