tkf wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

dk7th wrote:when you are done laughing maybe you can answer whether the knicks imploded this season?

I'd let it go. If someone isn't willing to say that you and TKF by large were more correct than anyone else here in a year where you predicted disaster and the team is .350, then they never will.

They predict disaster every year...And you at back to team percentage huh...u paused last year...

I don't know what you mean by pause but they've still been more right than anyone else.
Maybe just take notes instead of calling them names (comment not aimed at you specifically but several here)

Year before last you quoted Mr. .470 constantly and stopped(paused)..Now you are quoting winning percentages again??..Guess quoting .659 isn't as much fun..Those two are constantly moving the goal post..dk7 predicted the Knicks would finish 3-7th seed last year..When they finished 2nd he claimed it was a "disappointing year"...He felt the Knicks should have beat Indy...He said losing 4-2 to Indy was an annihilation...I'm glad at least you have a handle on what he means and when he is actually right...

please show me respect for a change. i said all season long last season that it was that they were winning but NOT THE RIGHT WAY. at least not on a consistent-enough basis to make me believe they were conference finalists. i said kidd was the mvp of that team AS DID TKF. kidd went down and guess what happened: pretty much .500 ball club. and what is a .500 type ballclub going to do against a 7th seed in the first round without their best layer? STRUGGLE. and against a true 2nd seed? GET ANNIHILATED. they were overmatched by a team who actually was without their point guard for one of those games. so when i predict a 3-7th seed it is with playoff performance in mind NOT where they end up in the regular season standings. repeat that least sentence to yourself until it sinks in and please don't respond before that point.

when that has sunk in lets recall that kidd retires and guess what happens: LEADERSHIP AND ORCHESTRATING/FACILITATING VACUUM. did i not say they would implode? THEY IMPLODED. did carmelo really open his piehole and say he intended to test free agency? that is a fact. so when i say "implosion is a very real possibility" and then it happens it makes me look pretty insightful and prescient now don't it?

i am going to be frank... i am a nightmare for some people but for all the right reasons. please... show respect and we are cool.

if not i suggest you use the ignore button. it works for papabear and god knows who else over the years.

great post dk, but them admitting to kidd being gone as that big of an impact will only expose the lack of leadership we are not getting from our max CAT!!

Instead their focus is on calling me and you names and making guys like woodson the scapegoat....if bargs had hung around long enough, he would have joined in the blame as well.

bargs dipped on the season said "see you guys later, this really sucks"

dk7th wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

dk7th wrote:when you are done laughing maybe you can answer whether the knicks imploded this season?

I'd let it go. If someone isn't willing to say that you and TKF by large were more correct than anyone else here in a year where you predicted disaster and the team is .350, then they never will.

Uptown was laughing at DK blaming feltons horrendous play, jr's immaturity, and shump's regression all on Melo. You're a pretty rational guy Bonn. You can't actually agree with that.

you are distorting through false generalizations. homey don't play dat

Your words:

felton's drop in play is due more to his personal issues than what melo has done, but melo's announcing before the season started that he wanted to test free agency is not going to inspire felton to play up to his full potential. it's one thing to do your job and another to show up to a lost cause 82 times.

jr smith is a clown. that's on him mostly but melo, being the non-leader, non-mentor, non-committal type of guy he is, doesn't help clowns become less clownish.

trading away copeland and novak was grunwald's responsibility, but woodson is a big factor there since he disliked both these players. that's on woodson and grunwald, not melo.

shump's regression has nothing to do with melo, except he sees the hypocrisy, cronyism, and favoritism and as a young man with i presume a conscience is adversly affected by the malaise and dysfunction of the franchise-- of which melo is a key contributor.

you clearly have reading comprehension issues. at this point i find that amusing, and i bet i am not alone there.

now that the team has utterly failed i don't think there is much to discuss except giving credit where credit is due. bonn has the nuts and the graciousness. not ego-driven but truth-driven.

even mr. answerman flipflop has seen the light, however begrudgingly and stingily. i am pretty sure he represents the majority of knick fans who come here to observe or participate.

and then there are folks like yourself: you want to remain in darkness then know that at this point it is self-imposed. melo is not worth more than 12-13 million a season to the knicks.

I think he is worth more that that but I agree your not winning with him making 23 million a year.

my money is on Kevin Love in LA

mreinman wrote:

RonRon wrote:If Melo decides to stay in NYK and would be willing to take less for NYK for the team....
Wouldn't it make more sense for him to sign an extension instead of opting out?

So taking less in 2015, while making 25m next year, and bumping his salary back up in 2016 in the range of 23m+
For 2015, his salary could be anywhere from 12-15m, leaving significant room for NYK to surround him with the ALL STAR/STAR talent needed for us to become contenders with all the UFA's available to target 1 or 2 ALL STARs or 1 ALL STAR and/or 2-3 impact players....

IF STAT's contract is also a player option this summer, he could also opt out and sign a 8-9m 3 guaranteed deal, allowing us to have the 5m MLE to utilize this summer
I don't think he will make more than the vet min after his current contract, which would be the same exact thing but leaving more flexibility for NYK this summer

Especially if we can trade Tyson Chandler/Iman Shumpert this summer

Again it would be a chance of getting hurt and losing out on a long term contract. Would be great if he would but hard to expect that.

I think you are misinterpreting what I meant, I am not not asking Melo to wait to 2015 to resign, I am talking about giving him an extension this summer or the start of next season, whenever he is eligible to get that extension...

Knicks can actually give Melo an extension, a 3 year extension on top of the 1 year of next seasons contract, so he doesn't have to opt out and get the security he wants
However, if he is willing to take less, just take less for 2015, and basically have it backloaded so we can reload with UFA's on 2015

Though that move would force us to sign talent only for 2015 and not after 2016 where Noah and Durant could be UFA's and are both ALL STARs you can build around with