This is the definition of low risk. What is at risk here? There's not much worse than 1-9 with Duhon.

kam77 wrote:What is the downside to signing AI to a one year minimun contract? We can try him out and waive him if we don't like what he brings. You can't officially sign guys to 10-day contracts until Jan 5th, but we could always waive him after ten days if that is what we want.

This is the definition of low risk. What is at risk here? There's not much worse than 1-9 with Duhon.

You don't actually think A.I. will sign a 10-day, do you? You think waiving A.I. would just another NBA transaction that would occur under the radar? He ain't Juan Dixon.

This move is risky because the Knicks could:
- lose focus on our youth while placating a star
- lose focus improving our defense issues
- lose sight of low-cost, low-risk upgrades
- give Marc Berman a new texting buddy

And how much better are you with him? 10 wins? Why waste the time?

Other threads are killing Walsh because he didn't do his homework on Jennings or not making this trade or that. But if Walsh brought in A.I. and it turned into a cluster**** with tremors of bad press & disgruntled players into the offseason that these same people would give him a pass on that?

IMHO, A.I. will not make us exponentially better as we imagine a LeBron would.

And if we pass on A.I. and he signs with someone else and he's still got it and we suck, will the grass be greener? Probably.

BUT THAT'S MY POINT!

Signing A.I. is a knee jerk response to a crappy start. If we are truly rebuilding, is this what a rebuilding team would do?

orangeblobman wrote:let me give you just one warning...

we sign iverson, i quit UK. so you think about that when you vote on this poll. let's have another poll.

It would be a shame to lose you just to get Iverson, but it may be a sacrifice we'll have to make.

Sign A.I. for the remainder of the season because:

- this team sucks right now and I want to watch us with a former All-Star,
- it will lead to a few more wins than we are on track for, and more watchable games for Knicks fans, and that's what matters right now,
- the wins won't get us in the playoffs but his gritty play & winning desire will likely rub off on our yoots,
- if don't go well in the locker room we can just waive him,
- even if this worst-case scenario happens, it is very unlikely there could be negative ramifications for the upcoming offseason

Am I on target here?

Because I'm willing to concede the possibility of a Nate, Toney Douglas or Gallo catching a vibe offa A.I.'s swagger. Which may be a good or bad thing in the eye of the beholder.

I argue the 10 extra wins (tops) don't do much. A shallow "feel good" losing season that ends in April based on rent-a-talent.

But who can convince me that D'Antoni & his system will benefit from this transaction? Because along with our yoots, he's supposed to be here next year too.

And do you really want that media circus? I wouldn't put it past the Post to plant guns on this man, they would have such a hard-on to make this guy look like a thug.

AI is not the model coach's dream, no question, but he's not gonna be signed for a longterm deal here... u want a model coach's player, then keep Duhon & play him max minutes... let's see how better off this team is going that route... come on fellas, let's get real here... Duhon was always a stopgap solution, he filled his purpose last year, this year he's not... we need to find a new stopgap option, & AI is the best one available.