Splat wrote:

mreinman wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Splat wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Melo said in the postgame he was grimacing because his body parts were aching. This was day one at the 4

Month one of a super max contract that takes him through his sixteenth season

I consider this contract to be Amare # 2. Signing him to an untradeable 5 year deal for those numbers is just madness based on what he contributes, but worse is it is just another reckless roll of the dice, taking a big risk he can stay healthy late into his career. Melo has tons of mileage on his body already, just like Amare did. I doubt he will be chugging along the same in three seasons, but if he goes down with any injuries the club is screwed. This kind of gambling is just history repeating itself all over again.

I suspect when the new cba is negotiated, they will likely put in another amnesty clause, so hopefully we'll be covered.

wow ... good call. I wonder if Phil took that into account.

You still have to pay the player with amnesty though even if it no longer counts against the cap. That's still a lot of beans to just throw away.

If they did not blow it on billups, the knicks would have amnestied stat after year 2 or 3.

mreinman wrote:

If they did not blow it on billups, the knicks would have amnestied stat after year 2 or 3.

Not something I'll ever forget, but did you have to remind me?

mreinman wrote:

Splat wrote:

mreinman wrote:

If they did not blow it on billups, the knicks would have amnestied stat after year 2 or 3.

Not something I'll ever forget, but did you have to remind me?

as much as you have to constantly remind us how you despise melo and that you despise his contract.

Que pasa? I was lamenting wasting amnesty on Billups. It freed up cap to get Chandler, but ........ sigh, moving on

Oh, and, no, I don't admire Melo, but he'd be a great $10M a year player to have. But I live on Planet Equal Pay For Equal Play, so I'm an alien in these parts