knicks1248 wrote:mlby1215 wrote:I think Lee is more or less a victim. Noah called him and he believed it then came. At the moment I hope he can go to a contender and they give us some picks in return. CrushAlot wrote:mlby1215 wrote:If they really want to tank, they should have already traded Lee.Knicks wants to win but no FA wants to sign here because they don't like here and/or they have no confidence.
Tanking teams would keep a solid player, such as Holiday, in a cheap contract then later trade him to his another brother Jrue, for example.
Indeed, tanking is good for Knicks but it is bad for Mills. It will be on his record as GM. One day people would use something like "LOL, this Mills went 80-166 too!! He sucked!" to against him. So why would he want to care about the long-term benefit of Knicks? He has no reason to do that.
I think they are trying to trade Lee. The urgency for that may have lessened with Holiday leaving. I don't think they were chasing free agents this year. Reports are they are telling agents that they want young guys willing to sign short deals.
Veterans like rasheed, kidd and camby sign short deals (and that's only for contenders, not baby sitting).
why would a young guy sign a short deal as if he's made all his millions already and his financial future is set, that's why every one is blowing mills off
Only young player signing a cheap short deal are UDFA and D leaguers, any dope knows that.
Derrick Williams, brandon Jennings, Affalo...........also there was more cap money available this year, or next.......
Good players who had something to prove as they were not getting great long term deals and believed they were worth more.
The players that "Rejected" the knicks went to teams more established and they got good long term deals. If the knicks reached out does not mean they tendered an offer, but likley wanted to see what they were looking for. In your "aw shucks, this is the worst year ever" its also upon us that we are not filling in needs but still growing an asset base. Grow your own, you can make trades. You also let players go, like holiday.
Good kid, but we still have 15mil left to spend, and it does not mean we spend it.
Teams with mulitiple picks TRADED AWAY PLAYERS FOR PICKS........When phil got here the cupboard was not full. JR and Shump, two starters were worth beans in the open market. Same for Tyson.
We tried with Larken, Clearanthony (shot) and some others but we did not hit a good up side cheap player. But we began a process. We got Willy!!!!! We could trade Willy for a player and a future first round pick.
Baker if he turns into a hornacek type player will have value on the court and as an asset.
This takes time. MIlls should continue this.
Too bad we could not move Rose for something last year, and perhaps we can get something in return for melo.
Yes, the 25mil big question. If we can move him via trade and not bring back much in salary our ability to absorb free agents or trades, in addition to KP, WIlly and hopefull Frank is the future.
You have to see that. Its not today, its a core process build out. And thank PHil for all his madness that he didn't starphuch that future.
If mills wants to continue that, great!!!
