Based on the entire rest of his career we can expect him to come into camp out of shape and, since he's now 38 years old, he'll stay out of shape the entire season. And then, because he's never happy on any team and even more so on a team that's only above average, he'll pout and mope and complain and not try at all just like he did on a Boston team that went to the Finals and a Pistons team that won 59 games two years before.

My point about Felton is that some people are expecting a guy who's been in the league for a while now to be a different and better player this year than he has the entire rest of his career. Kind of like they expect Wallace to be a different player than he's been his entire career. My point about Kidd is that some people a 39 year old player who was terrible last year to find the fountain of youth here and become an effective player again. Kind of like they expect Wallace to regain his youth even though he was awful the last time he played 2 years ago.

We needed a shooter. Shump and brewer are injured. Will Kidd hold up? We sign some Euro who hasn't been a top player overseas for years? Where does this leave Novak a 4MM per? No reason to let Lin go to sign Steve and Jason.

The only problem I have with these moves is they appear to have little blueprint or thought. Much the way buying out billups to get Chandler without a point guard or a shooting guard on the roster.

Sheed was good five years ago. Much like Steve Francis, Tracey McGrady and every other veteran we go after. thomas, Kidd included.

MS wrote:So we needed another power forward? If that was the case fine, but Melo plays best at the four, Amare at the five, you keep bringing in older vets with strong personalities and bad things will happen. We have three starters that are always amongst the leaders in technical fouls and you bring in the craziest player arguabley of his generation. For spot minutes years removed from contributing.

We needed a shooter. Shump and brewer are injured. Will Kidd hold up? We sign some Euro who hasn't been a top player overseas for years? Where does this leave Novak a 4MM per? No reason to let Lin go to sign Steve and Jason.

The only problem I have with these moves is they appear to have little blueprint or thought. Much the way buying out billups to get Chandler without a point guard or a shooting guard on the roster.

Sheed was good five years ago. Much like Steve Francis, Tracey McGrady and every other veteran we go after. thomas, Kidd included.

On offense, Melo is exceptional at the 4, but is a liability at the 4 on the defensive end because he is not big enough to guard legit, wide shoulder 4's in the paint. Depending on the opposition, Melo should only get spot-duty at the 4. When we are matched-up against a perimeter oriented 4 or a 4 who is not offensive minded, then I can see Melo get those left-over mins. But when we go up against David West, Garnett and other legit 4's, then we cold use Wallace's length on the defensive end.

Meanwhile, if this season ends without us seeing a Prigioni-Kidd-Wallace-Thomas-Camby lineup, I will be irate. Nickname ideas for this lineup here and on Twitter have included "The Expendables", "Space Cowboys" (my favorite, but apparently nobody else LOVES that movie), and Matt Moore's offering of "The Jurassic 5", which is pretty great.

I assume Sheed's deal will be guaranteed (making it the 14th such contract on the roster), but that hasn't been announced yet, so you never know. Either way, New York's training camp roster will hit the maximum of 20 mans. If they want to make another signing, they'll have to cut somebody.

Welcome to our team, Rasheed Wallace.

- Seth Rosenthal

The Answer Man double dares Charles Barkley to diss the Knicks one more time in the press. Without question, Rasheed will have a snappy reply.

We must protect this house.

I like the idea of having these old guys. It's never really been done like this before. Perhaps the closest is the Celtics, but this team has gone out of its way to add vets off the bench over young inexperienced players. Will it work? I have a hunch that it will. I think these guys know how to get it done and play the game at their pace. If Woody has this team focus on Post ups, player and ball movement and floor spacing in a halfcourt style of play, they'll get more FT attempts and higher % shots. All of this will help them defensively against younger faster teams.