martin wrote:Woooooooooooo!!!!

I hope I am wrong, yet to be on most things Knicks , but I have said that this type of deal for Bridges is overpaying for a role player. IMHO.

Only way Nets do this deal is if I am right.

Was this offer made to the Cavs? Anyone else?

Knixkik wrote:2 summers ago the jazz wanted RJ, IQ and all of the picks for Mitchell. Knicks ended up getting both OG and mikal combined for the same package essentially

It was even worse than that.

M.Rob, RJ, Obi, 3 unprotected for Mitchell 😲 😱

TheMTL wrote:

nycericanguy wrote:Mitch for a future 1st, even a late 1st, would make sense to replenish some draft stock.

I understand that Mitch is often injured. But he is crucial for particular matchups. We don't get past Philly without him. He also makes me feel confident when going against Milwaukee and Cleveland too

cant keep everyone, its a $ thing.

nycericanguy wrote:

TheMTL wrote:

nycericanguy wrote:Mitch for a future 1st, even a late 1st, would make sense to replenish some draft stock.

I understand that Mitch is often injured. But he is crucial for particular matchups. We don't get past Philly without him. He also makes me feel confident when going against Milwaukee and Cleveland too

cant keep everyone, its a $ thing.

Technically at this time, we can right? There is nothing stopping us from signing(over paying) for OG and IHart?

nycericanguy wrote:

TheMTL wrote:

nycericanguy wrote:Mitch for a future 1st, even a late 1st, would make sense to replenish some draft stock.

I understand that Mitch is often injured. But he is crucial for particular matchups. We don't get past Philly without him. He also makes me feel confident when going against Milwaukee and Cleveland too

cant keep everyone, its a $ thing.

At this point it’s all but guaranteed one of iHart and Mitch are gonna go.

We've done right by him, I mean who would have thought the Jhart trade two years ago was going to start all this?

Next year we are all in, but the year after next, Bridges will be on the last year of his deal and some tough decisions will need to be made...

Swishfm3 wrote:This is a GREAT trade!

OG was a great fit for the Knicks but paying 35-40 million for an oft injured, 3rd option, would have been insane.

The picks, at the very least the first 2, would be high FRP.

Love this trade for the Knicks.

Now, if the Knicks are indeed moving on from OG, lets all hope he doesn't land in Philly

I hear you, but keeping OG should be priority #1 to pair him with Bridges to gives us an elite defensive wing combo. Not to mention, neither of them are ball stoppers and both provide spacing

I like Mikal a lot and love this trade for the team in the short term but this was an overpay. I'm completely against trading unprotected picks years from, especially 5-7 years from now, unless it's for a franchise level player like Jokic, Giannis, ect. We've seen what these type of trades does to teams in the past.

But it's done. We'll worry about 2029 and 2031 when we get there I guess. NGL I'm also so glad it was Mikal not LeBum or KD.

In the present, there was no better piece to add to this existing core than Mikal. He fits perfectly! He has the skillset we need and will have that Villanova connection. Assuming we bring back OGA, we're right there with Boston if we're healthy.

Uptown wrote:Wow...didn't think the Nyets would trade their best player across the bridge...I guess Bridges kind of forced their hand. We get instant chemistry with another Nova star, but we emptied the draft-pick clip on this all in deal. Usually, trading away so many picks comes back to bite the team ( see Bk twice.)

Next year we are all in, but the year after next, Bridges will be on the last year of his deal and some tough decisions will need to be made...

Yea once someone besides OG wants that legit 40-50M max it kind of explodes everything it seems. Brunson looks like he's gonna take a mega discount to play with his buddies. Randle will have to do the same if he wants to stay and Mikal also. If not, there will need to be cap clearing maneuvers and shrewd Aller-esque maneuvers to get some low cost quality depth pieces.

Boston has an expensive starting lineup and then it's bargain bin after that. You can't pay 7-8 guys all 20+ with guys making 40+ at the top.

martin wrote:

nycericanguy wrote:hopefully this also means Brunson takes the cheaper extension now that we went out and got ALL his boys.

We've done right by him, I mean who would have thought the Jhart trade two years ago was going to start all this?

I’d be 100% confident that that juncture has been crossed.

When those rumors started about Jalen extending off his current (instead of opting out like OG), IMHO Mikal was a done deal for the Knicks to make an all-in offer on Mikal. That’s a fair exchange to me.

i agree, and that just sweetens the deal even more. This core should be together 3-4 years at least.