Posted by TMS:
Posted by Uptown:
I think we should try to get at or under the cap in time for 2010 but at the same time, we have to realize we have two whole seasons to play before the summer of 2010. We can't blindly look to dump slaries and leave the cubbard so bare that the only knicks standing when its time to offer James a contract is JJ2 and Mardy Collins.
Detroit, NJ and others are all trying to gear up for the summer of 2010 and all we will have to oofer the bright-lights and a dream of NY City. Detroit on the other hand will have young players wh have been through the grind, not to mention a winning pedigree and Mr.Dumars. NJ will have a handfull of young players who are better than anything we have right now (Harris, Yi, Lopez...0 and there will be other teams who will be in position to grab James and any other top FA.
If we can shed contract and inmprove at the same time, that will be the way to go. A Wallace for Curry trade for instance makes a ton of sense to me. Curry and Wallace a salary swaps. If Curry doent opt out, replacing him with Wallace is a great deal. We still have 2 long years to try and move Zach, Craw and JJ2. I'm sure we can attach Lee to one of the contracts and get back a shorter one. They way Zach is playing now, we might be able to move him at the trading deadline this year or next.
Wallace, Chandler, thie years 1st pick and hopefully a healthy Gallo would look more attractive than what we have now.
ur contradicting urself here unless u think someone's advocating dumping our young kids & 1st rounder to dump contracts? i never once advocated that & neither did anyone else around here.
if we unload Zach, D Lee & Curry for shorter length contracts & even a mid-late 1st round pick for example, we still have a great shot at having some nice young pieces that would appeal to any potential FA to play with... we'd likely have a higher lottery pick to take a better talent in the draft first of all... then we'd have Chandler, Gallo, Nate & Jamal still here getting more familiar w/MDA's system... u add in that other prospect u draft w/the extra pick u got from the trades along w/the cap space to target a FA in 2010 & another MLE signing, & u can't tell me that's even close to being a completely barren roster.
If we can get a lotto pick or even a mid first for what we have...then I'm all for it. I just dont see it, especially when we were being told to include our own first round pick just to unload Zach.
When Walsh said he wanted to be competitive all the while keeping an eye on the 2010 class, that read to me that he is not dumping players I.E. Randolph for second rounders and garbage. He seems to want value, and players who can play. With that said, I dont see the possiblity of us getting a higher lotto pick than last year because we are going to be better this year. If a move is made, I believe Walsh will bring in players who can play.....so again, I dont see our lotto status changing.
[Edited by - uptown on 11-11-2008 8:27 PM]
11/11/2008 5:59 PM