we have to cut someone, but not necessarily by the amnesty deadline. we can apply the amnesty rule to shandon's contract so we save something, and jsut cut someone after we see what we have in training camp, probably houston or penny, or butler.

Hmmm interesting thoughts - I didnt realize it could apply to Shandon...and Penny doesnt seem happy here. I say give H20 a chance to come back because he has more talent then those 2 at this point (and Shandon cant contribute for obvious reasons). If there is a remote chance he can come back then take the risk and use the amnesty on Penny or Shandon.

what, nobody happy until they put a rope around a tree and find a horse?

Posted by Nalod:

what, nobody happy until they put a rope around a tree and find a horse?

Easy on the lynching refrences, please.

I'm not sure who we will amnesty, there's always Mo Taylor and his redundant none-defense playing $19mil behind. Although Larry employed Corliss for a year for his instant offense he may do the same with Mo. Shandon is another favorite of mine to get cut but cutting him doesn't even free up a roster spot. Penny or Allan.. i'd cut Penny and save Allan for next year.

As to being surprised that Isaih and Dolan haven't made the move yet?
There could be a lot of serious internal discussions going on about the direction Larry wants to go in. There could also be another reason: Why show your hand before you have to? Announcing Allan being cut, might prompt NJ to go after him right away, instead of going out and getting someone else. The longer Allan is off the market, the less time the enemies have to prepare.

This week is traditionally a big week for season ticket sales (schedule is out, renewals are already in, etc.). You'll notice more advertising for tickets and things of that nature which leads me to believe they'll wait until next week to make the cut in case there are any Houston fans out there since cutting him would not inspire anyone to go buy seasons.

As far as the idea of cutting Penny or Shandon's contract, I completely agree. Again everyone has to remember the only one who benefits from Houston being cut is Dolan and I'm not worried about Dolan's money. Houston could get healthy and contribute in some manner or become a valuable trading chip. Like someone else wrote, purely in basketball terms we should absolutely not cut Allan Houston.

Dolan would rather save 15-20 Million than 5 or 6...

[Edited by - bobs3304 on 08/09/2005 11:55:44]

Posted by fishmike:

Shandon's deal saves you $15mm and you lose nothing. I'm not going to sit here and say Houston or Penny are going to play a valuable role, but at least there is a player attached. That means maybe they play, maybe their contract is trade fodder... who knows. I do know that Shandon is nothing but blot of ink on checks going out.

including butler, though, we have 16 players on our roster so someone has to go. i can see us using the amnesty on shandon's contract, but we do need to dump an actual player at some point, or houston can retire.

I guess I never considered the Garden a place where the team would have to worry about season tix to the point where they would hold onto Allan Houston just to get a few extra tix sales. Especially in light of the recent draft, new coach, etc. I could be wrong though...

I thought I read somewhere recently that NY was in the top 5 or 10 in overall attendance anyway?

Oh well, I think they are just delaying the inevitable just out of respect for Houston or are still trying to convince him to retire so they can have insurance pay. If that happens, I bet they cut Shandon's contract.