EwingsGlass wrote:

shinmen wrote:Read that OG will be exploring free agency and will listen to other team's offers. I really hope it's just to avoid tampering charges when we sign him 10 mn after free agency starts. Him leaving for nothing would be catastrophic.

Can't tamper with yourself...I think.

Hold my beer

EwingsGlass wrote:

shinmen wrote:Read that OG will be exploring free agency and will listen to other team's offers. I really hope it's just to avoid tampering charges when we sign him 10 mn after free agency starts. Him leaving for nothing would be catastrophic.

Can't tamper with yourself...I think.

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

shinmen wrote:Read that OG will be exploring free agency and will listen to other team's offers. I really hope it's just to avoid tampering charges when we sign him 10 mn after free agency starts. Him leaving for nothing would be catastrophic.

Can't tamper with yourself...I think.

Hold my beer

Prior to the OG trade, I mentioned my only concern regarding trading for OG.
My thinking was that it seemed OG wanted out of Toronto because he wanted a bigger role.
Wants to be a 1A somewhere. Which would not be the case here with JB and Randle.
And of course the cost of his upcoming deal.
I would love to run it back but feel that will be tough with the cost projected to keep everyone.
Including OG.
Unlike some who feel the path is to give up draft capital for guys like Bridges or DM, I feel the only path may be to use the draft picks to find someone in this years draft who can be a solid value contributor. Which will leave enough salary space to sign guys like OG and IHart. Not to mention, leave money for extending JB. I am hoping Rose bundles draft picks to move up, is able to resign OG and goes and finds a couple more value FAs. Which he is very good at doing.

HofstraBBall wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

shinmen wrote:Read that OG will be exploring free agency and will listen to other team's offers. I really hope it's just to avoid tampering charges when we sign him 10 mn after free agency starts. Him leaving for nothing would be catastrophic.

Can't tamper with yourself...I think.

Hold my beer

Prior to the OG trade, I mentioned my only concern regarding trading for OG.
My thinking was that it seemed OG wanted out of Toronto because he wanted a bigger role.
Wants to be a 1A somewhere. Which would not be the case here with JB and Randle.
And of course the cost of his upcoming deal.
I would love to run it back but feel that will be tough with the cost projected to keep everyone.
Including OG.
Unlike some who feel the path is to give up draft capital for guys like Bridges or DM, I feel the only path may be to use the draft picks to find someone in this years draft who can be a solid value contributor. Which will leave enough salary space to sign guys like OG and IHart. Not to mention, leave money for extending JB. I am hoping Rose bundles draft picks to move up, is able to resign OG and goes and finds a couple more value FAs. Which he is very good at doing.

Knicks can absolutely keep everyone core. They'll just be up against the second apron and then some different types of decisions need to be made.

jaydh wrote:Just retain our current team, and draft a ball handler and athletic PF. Any trading the Knicks do, should be to move around the draft to get the players we want.

I’m here unless Mitchell or Bridges are available. Btw, Mitchell just built a gym in Greenwich, CT. I am in favor of bringing the man home.

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martin wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

shinmen wrote:Read that OG will be exploring free agency and will listen to other team's offers. I really hope it's just to avoid tampering charges when we sign him 10 mn after free agency starts. Him leaving for nothing would be catastrophic.

Can't tamper with yourself...I think.

Hold my beer

Prior to the OG trade, I mentioned my only concern regarding trading for OG.
My thinking was that it seemed OG wanted out of Toronto because he wanted a bigger role.
Wants to be a 1A somewhere. Which would not be the case here with JB and Randle.
And of course the cost of his upcoming deal.
I would love to run it back but feel that will be tough with the cost projected to keep everyone.
Including OG.
Unlike some who feel the path is to give up draft capital for guys like Bridges or DM, I feel the only path may be to use the draft picks to find someone in this years draft who can be a solid value contributor. Which will leave enough salary space to sign guys like OG and IHart. Not to mention, leave money for extending JB. I am hoping Rose bundles draft picks to move up, is able to resign OG and goes and finds a couple more value FAs. Which he is very good at doing.

Knicks can absolutely keep everyone core. They'll just be up against the second apron and then some different types of decisions need to be made.

Rose and the Knicks have shown hesitancy going into the first or second apron. Cost includes restrictions placed to teams in either apron. Second tier gives less flexibility for trades if the original plan gets foiled due to injury or because players drop in production. One thing is for sure. If they resign “everyone” they will be in the apron. As much as I want to “run it back with everyone ”, my gut is that Rose knows that certain role players can be had to replace the production of guys like Ihart, Precious and Burks. As for our big three. Hope rumors are true about OG. That along with extending JB and Randle will signal Roses feeling on those three being enough to win a chip. Which I think is a good take. A take that can always be abandoned in a couple of years if proven to be a wrong one.