Knickoftime wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:2014 1st round pick lottery protected +3mm in cash for Turiaf to another team bang--cap space is taken care of--you lost minimal.

Chandler, Williams, Turiaf, protected 2014 draft pick (plus $1m more somewhere) is not "free".

Not sure why people keep responding as if I'm saying the Knicks can't create the space to sign Melo. I'm not and haven't and keep saying so.

All I'm saying signing him as a free agent will cost them no less than 3 current rotation players and maybe more.

good gravy. this is like the jordan hill trade all over again.

guess what? if you want to add a (really, really good) player to a 15-man roster, most likely you are going to have to get rid of a player or two. that's why there is a salary cap and that's why there is a roster limit of 15 players per team.

you're right, melo won't be "free"... we'll also have to pay him in dollars which aren't free. he'll also win us games which aren't free.

we get your point - we won't be able to hold onto every single player on the roster.

but what you don't seem to get is that this is about protecting the core and adding melo to it. if you lose one piece from the core, in chandler, and add melo - you are doing pretty well.

crzymdups wrote:guess what? if you want to add a (really, really good) player to a 15-man roster, most likely you are going to have to get rid of a player or two. that's why there is a salary cap and that's why there is a roster limit of 15 players per team.

you're right, melo won't be "free"... we'll also have to pay him in dollars which aren't free. he'll also win us games which aren't free.

we get your point - we won't be able to hold onto every single player on the roster.

but what you don't seem to get is that this is about protecting the core and adding melo to it. if you lose one piece from the core, in chandler, and add melo - you are doing pretty well.

What gives you the impression I don't get that?

Have I ever said the Knicks shouldn't do that if they get the opportunity?

I'll say it AGAIN... ALL I've said is 'Melo can't be signed for "free". Nothing more, nothing less.

This notion that I'm suggesting the Knicks shouldn't sign him in the off-season is entirely of your own invention.

Knickoftime wrote:

crzymdups wrote:guess what? if you want to add a (really, really good) player to a 15-man roster, most likely you are going to have to get rid of a player or two. that's why there is a salary cap and that's why there is a roster limit of 15 players per team.

you're right, melo won't be "free"... we'll also have to pay him in dollars which aren't free. he'll also win us games which aren't free.

we get your point - we won't be able to hold onto every single player on the roster.

but what you don't seem to get is that this is about protecting the core and adding melo to it. if you lose one piece from the core, in chandler, and add melo - you are doing pretty well.

What gives you the impression I don't get that?

Have I ever said the Knicks shouldn't do that if they get the opportunity?

I'll say it AGAIN... ALL I've said is 'Melo can't be signed for "free". Nothing more, nothing less.

This notion that I'm suggesting the Knicks shouldn't sign him in the off-season is entirely of your own invention.

Donnie Walnuts: "Melo, we would like to sign you for free !"
Melo: "You can't sign me for free man, I don't even know what that means. . ."