crzymdups wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:For a one year rental at 5 million, this is a good deal. Sorry to see Williams go in part because we yet again lose a good healthy player, and getting another one with knee problems.

Still, Dwill might not have come back, and Phil can bail on our PGs if Westbrook is interested in coming to NY. This team will have some attitude next season, hopefully more wins as well.

I honestly think that there is a greater chance Jennings sticks here than DRose.

Don't sleep - Jennings has vocally dreamed of being a Knick his entire career. I don't think he will let this opportunity pass him by. He's gonna be very very very good here.

Love the Jennings add. No reason and he can Rose cant coexist long term on the same roster.

Huge props to Phil. He has stepped outside his comfort zone and given Hornachek full chance at getting strong point guard play to let him run those early offense he wants. The team will still run Triangle but with much more emphasis on dribble penetration and 3 point shooting vs post ups or post entry dumps.

I love this. I don't even care whether the team is not a contender or possibly one. We have a lot of talent and can push the ball and be a fun team to watch play.

CrushAlot wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:In other news, the other DWill did just get 10M for one year from the Mavs to stay with them.

I am really glad the Knicks got Jennings. One of my friends is a huge Nets fan. He always says the difference between Rod Thorn and Billy King is that Billy King traded for Deron Williams and Thorn got Kidd.

The Jennings deal was a solid get. But according to the article I read Deron turned down more money on multi year contracts to stay with Dallas. Guess the home teams do get a discount at times.

Finestrg wrote:I guess the Jennings deal was OK. I've never really been a fan, always thought he was kind of a chucker--low % with some of the worst shot selection I've ever seen, but I'll try to look at the positives: only a 1 year deal, quick and talented enough, a nice threat to have on the floor while Rose is getting a blow, should add nice scoring punch on that 2nd unit, a nice starting caliber PG to have around should Rose miss any time, could probably play alongside Rose at times. Not bad. Any lingering health concerns with him we need to be concerned about? I know he missed a little time last year..

I actually think the deal was good in the current because he made himself into a risk and basically cost himself 40 mil by being uncoachable in the past. He has the physical tools to be a good player in this league. He has upside. If he can buy in and play more under control (he tried at times last year) he can add value.

In regards to injuries, I think he only missed time from the prior year (Achilles). He should be fully healthy this season.

Finestrg wrote:I guess the Jennings deal was OK. I've never really been a fan, always thought he was kind of a chucker--low % with some of the worst shot selection I've ever seen, but I'll try to look at the positives: only a 1 year deal, quick and talented enough, a nice threat to have on the floor while Rose is getting a blow, should add nice scoring punch on that 2nd unit, a nice starting caliber PG to have around should Rose miss any time, could probably play alongside Rose at times. Not bad. Any lingering health concerns with him we need to be concerned about? I know he missed a little time last year..

I don't think you can say we are a free agent destination, although we had a very nice offseason.

We gave Noah 72MM and don't even know if he's healthy, 50MM for Lee isn't bad, but no a bargain either. The names certainly provide more excitement and buzz, but let's see if Rose and Noah can make it through a season first. Both guys have been as fragile as anyone in the league at their position.

Love having Lance back but everyone we signed this offseason has missed significant time and can't stay healthy. That also goes for Melo and KP who missed over 10 games a pieces.

Certainly optimistic but everyone has reason for concern.

Andrew wrote:

MS wrote:We gave Noah 72MM and don't even know if he's healthy

Maybe you and I don't know if he's healthy....but certainly the Knicks would.

Noah most definitely has a knee issue and I suspect it will eventually need to be worked on. I'm positive the Knicks know all about it and what the risks are. He will need rest over the course of the season and really they will limit his minutes as they did with RoLo early on. I expect KP to play a decent amount of C this season. Depending on how successful that is it will impact Noah's minutes.

Hornacek will have to keep Rose minutes under control and having Jennings makes that an easier thing to do. The Knicks stated what they needed and went out and executed. That's all we can hope for. Both Rose and Jennings have motivation to play well this season.

MS wrote:The Knicks unfortunately know ****.

We have watched Allan Houston, Dice, Curry, Amare, Barngani over the years so we can't give them the benefit of the doubt just yet.

CrushAlot wrote:

fishmike wrote:

MS wrote:The Knicks unfortunately know ****.

We have watched Allan Houston, Dice, Curry, Amare, Barngani over the years so we can't give them the benefit of the doubt just yet.

One big difference between this crop and at least Dice/Curry/Bargs is we didn't use any picks to get this current roster. If Noah/Rose/Melo all combine to play in 30 games next year and the Knicks win 20 games we will have a great draft pick, and will have that with great players potentially coming back.

Also, when the Knicks traded for Dice, Curry, and Bargs they paid top price. Like those guys didn't have injury problems. Amare was a panic move by Walsh. His contract couldn't be insured.

This is my thing - if a previous Knicks administration made that DRose trade they would have included a first round pick or maybe two.

Then I would be absolutely despondent. But that is not what happened.

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Ouch, losing Williams is really really going to hurt. The other guys I can live with.
If we cut Williams we can't offer him that raise. That was our small chance of keeping him.
I'm sure Phil did all he could and had spoken with him anyway. But, I'm sure he would really really like to play here.
Maybe another 1 year deal? Free up some space by trading O'Q for a draft pick...

Nobody wanted Derrick Williams when we signed him. He's probably going to get 10 mill per anyway. We could only offer him 6... let it go. The Knicks will find a capable replacement.... Probably Lance Thomas.

derrick won't get 10 mil per year. 8 or 9, maybe. but not 10. the market is drying up

There's still plenty of teams with plenty of money still to spend so i wouldn't doubt if he gets $10

from who?

Philly, Nets, Dallas, Utah, Phoenix, Denver...here you go this is the teams that still have plenty of money to spend.....

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwisgYai89zNAhUCSyYKHbysCfMQFggoMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spotrac.com%2Fnba%2Fcap%2F&usg=AFQjCNGLtnIf145nyvpBxevlXPftRbTlPQ&sig2=aWYRQpZKkmeoNLxymTpiaw

Remember that these teams have to spend at least $84 million of the $94 million cap.