gunsnewing wrote:oh trust me I will enjoy it and probably sob with joy. I'm enjoying the heck out of this season just pissed that we lost to Boston and now Indiana and are slipping of late. It's all about this year for me. We might lose JR and the older guys in the off season. How we replace a guy like JR with no cap flexibility and only the $3mil LLE I don't know. This year is our best chance in the Melo/Amare(half amare) era
I don't think it is possible to replace the JR Smith of this year with the Mini MLE
It is possible to replace some of what JR Smith bring's prior to this year though or with the Mini-MLE 3m and our 2 draft picks, 1st rounder and 2nd rounder from King's that we got for Nate Robinson to Celtic's
If we cannot resign JR Smith because he can get a much better deal elsewhere, which we cannot blame if so, our best chances are for Iman to grow/develop under the guidance of Kidd/Hopla/Woodson in to what he bring's for us this year
If JR Smith does resign because he really want's to be in NY while he can get a much better deal elsewhere which he should if he continues with his play and depending on how he produces with the team in the post season, he would be backing up his words about loyalty and taking a pay cut in reference to his comment's on Lin last summer to Houston
I think our best chances of resigning Smith would be if Grunweld offered a a 3-5 year deal with a player option after the first year, in which we would gain his full bird rights vs early bird rights and be able to resign him for a greater amount
He should easily have team's interested for his services at 8m+ per year with his improvements he has made this year starting with DEF, penetration/ball handling, ability to create for others, and his ability to score and shoot which he always had with a teams that should have cap room like
Suns *with the money that they were going to spend on Eric Gordon at a max contract, I think they are would be very likely to have interest in Smith and JR's skills would fit in nicely with their young core and help Dragic as the 2ndary ball handler, DEF, ability to create for himself and the team, and of course his ability to spread the floor at starting SG* They play in similar tempo's and this year they are also missing Channing Frye's ability to spread the floor with Nash's smart's
Pacers
Dallas
Utah
Bucks
Atlanta
Houston *unlikely with his comment's towards Lin*
Cleveland
Hornets
Toronto
Bobcats
Kings
and crash a car and that will make Melo a man. Well what makes Garnett a man? Yes Melo can get mad if he wants to. and he can get mad all the way to the bank you see Melo still got his money and from what I understand he is a pretty good business man. So those who don't like Melo go root for another team because Melo is the Man in New York and will be here for a few years. He may retire a Knick and then they will retire his jersey. Then TKF can really hate then 
1/10/2013 7:39 PM