Give him whatever he wants for next year with an expiring option for 2011. It wouldn't interfere with the future plans, enables the knx to retain control of the player, gives Lee security. The guy plays his heart out, is a walking double double all the while playing out of position.

if ur D Lee why would u sign a 1 year deal when u can easily get longterm offers this season?

He defense since Zach has gone has got a lot better. We are starting to hold team under 100 points a game and he stopped Biedrins cold. Does he have a lot of work to do absolutely. It strikes me funny today I think he tied the Knicks record for most consecutive double-double and he is top ten in rebounding but most fans think Jeffries or any guy in the draft can do what he is doing. DO you sign Lee for 10 or lose him for nothing. Funny thing is you could have got him for 8 or so by signing him early.

Posted by Cosmic:

Is LEE worth 10M a year given the total lack of defense and jump shot? He does everything else terrific though.

It's a tough question. If someone decides to go nuts and offer him a deal starting at 12M then he's a goner.

With what he's doing is he not worth 9-10M a year? He probably is given the market.

Then the question is can we REALLY win with him? Or do we want to spend that 10M+ a year on a "better player"?

Tough decision with Lee, very tough.

Same thing with Duhon and rest of the team--Lee we CAN keep because he is our RFA. If they are smart they will offer him 6 yrs 54mm as soon as they can do it again.

Posted by King1:

Give me 5 players that makes what Lee makes that can be top ten in rebounding? Even if you get someone else your going to have to pay them. Your going to have to pay Duhon 10 million someday also. You dont get double-double cheap like you can 15 a game scorers.

dude, u'r consistently missing the point here... u sign D Lee to $10 mil per & you severely hamper ur chances of signing 2 top FA's in 2010... D Lee is a flawed player as much as i like the guy... he's not worth the money he's gonna make... u've been on record many times in recent weeks saying exactly the same thing... u keep harping on the fact the Knicks missed out on their chance to lock this guy up longterm & now will be forced to overpay him if they want to keep him, so why the sudden change in reasoning? do u think he'll be overpaid or don't u?

Most players that make 8-10 million are flawed players. If they dont have that flaw they make 10-15 million. I totally understand the Knicks problem. That is why I say Walsh royally screwed up by not trading him last summer because now you wont get anything for him and it will be a typical Knicks trade which should be called a salary dump. I am sure Bosh wants to come to New York and dave Gallinari and Jeffries as his four man I am sure he would never get doubled. He would also have to expend his energy getting all the rebounds since thoes guys cant.

Posted by King1:

Most players that make 8-10 million are flawed players. If they dont have that flaw they make 10-15 million. I totally understand the Knicks problem. That is why I say Walsh royally screwed up by not trading him last summer because now you wont get anything for him and it will be a typical Knicks trade which should be called a salary dump. I am sure Bosh wants to come to New York and dave Gallinari and Jeffries as his four man I am sure he would never get doubled. He would also have to expend his energy getting all the rebounds since thoes guys cant.

so your logic is lock up D Lee longterm & forego any shot of signing Bosh instead? i don't get that type of reasoning at all.

all this talk about how we won't have any supporting cast for a FA to come here, so your reasoning is we should lock up our flawed players longterm & just go to battle w/what we got instead... doesn't make sense in my book.

Every single player on the Knicks team is flawed. Every player with the exception of about 15 are flawed in the entire NBA. All I am asking is give me 5 players that can average double digit rebounds that you dont have to pay a lot of money to that the Knicks can get.

Posted by King1:

Every single player on the Knicks team is flawed. Every player with the exception of about 15 are flawed in the entire NBA. All I am asking is give me 5 players that can average double digit rebounds that you dont have to pay a lot of money to that the Knicks can get.

i would be willing to sacrifice 3 rebounds a game & replace it w/defense & shotblocking any day of any week.

You could go get a guard Lebron, Duhon, Wilson, Gallinari and Jeffries isnt better than what he has at Cleveland

if u add Amare, Bosh or Dirk & whoever we pick in this year's draft to that, it wouldn't be better? i disagree w/u on that one.

anyway, i don't fault Walsh for keeping his options open on D Lee... he had to see how this team played & how D Lee would fit in the new system before he locked him up longterm... he tried to trade him on draft night & had a deal in place for OJ Mayo pretty much, but it didn't work out... no one can blame him for that... now he's gotta let the market determine D Lee's price which would be a mistake on his part, i'll agree w/u on that part, which is why i think it's imperative to trade him before we get to the offseason & get that pick from some team looking to shore up their frontcourt... if we end up losing him for nothing then it's a horrible turn of events, Walsh cannot let it get to that point.