Just play tough with him. Tell him he'll be suspended indefinitely until he shows up but will under no circumstances be waived or bought out

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Just play tough with him. Tell him he'll be suspended indefinitely until he shows up but will under no circumstances be waived or bought out

we are desperate for rugged players/rebounders davis can do this

im worried with curry frye james taylor they all sck at rebounding they can put the ball in the hoop but other parts arent good

i agree, but to me, we're not winning the title in 05/06 so let curry, frye, and james learn and become better rebounders. if they're still doo doo, then we make a move to help them out.

i'm not desperate for AD, although he will definitely help.

somebody...anybody..."man up to the mo taylor deal"...please!!!

guys the deal is, was and always will be that we're waiving AD. simple as that.

How I see it there are only 3 options:

1. Tell him stop crying, he is only playing in the worlds most famous arena, and being paid very well to do so. If he doesn't report suspend him until he does, that way the money comes off of our payroll.

2. Tell Chicago you will cut/waive him if only if they offer to throw in a pick or compensate us in some other way.

3. Arrange a buyout that is highly favorable to us, since he has no real leverage if he wants his 14 mill.

Posted by oohah:

I think AD will play. It is easy to assume a back-alley deal wheer we simply let AD go, but do we really want to eat his contract for no reason? Isn't he an expiring deal this year or next year?

Yeah, he has an expiring contract that I would never give up. I'd rather suspend him for the entire season until I could trade his expiring contract than buy him out and lose the trade asset. I'd obviously rather have him playing than suspended but if that isn't an option I'd rather suspend him than lose him for nothing. But if waiving him was an explicit component of the deal with the Bulls, you have to do it. You can't afford to ruin the integrity of your word around the league. I'm hoping it simply was not an explicit part of the agreement.

[Edited by - Bonn1997 on 10-08-2005 02:29 AM]

Like I've been saying since this trade went down...keep him so we can trade him after 30 days, suspend him if you have to, but do not waive him.

He is no superstar, and should be happy he's getting paid what he is with his skill set. He's no Vince Carter or even Alonzo Mourning.

Keep him...

for now.

CBA question: If the Knicks keep AD and he decides to retire, can we reject his attempt to retire and suspend him? Or can we keep his contract so that we can trade him to a team that wouldn't expect him to play for them but just wanted to clear salaries?

If he retires, he is not entitled to any of that $14 million. That's why I am not buying his bluff. He even admitted that. Why help him or the Bulls out. I would only buy out his contract for like $3 million. The Knicks have the extreme upper hand here. To be honest LB is screwing things up, he needs to stay out of this and let Isiah play tough. If the Bulls want him that much I would trade him to Chicago, may have to get a third team involve though. If not let him rot and suspend him.

why do we need AD'sexpiring contract when we already have Penny's? do we want dampier & francis that bad? I want to keep AD because he will add key incredients to our frontline