Im just asking cause it seems pretty clear that Curry will never play as a knick again in his career and we should seize this free agent class opportunity that we have before us.

I don't think Eddy will take less money than 90% of what we owe him. So in the end, the cap savings is very small.

kam77 wrote:We have to be specific when talking about years. You can buy him out of his contract THIS YEAR. You will still have to pay him for the option he owns next season. You might be able to pay him 1 million less, on the theory that Eddy will make 1 million playing for somebody else (veterans minimum type deal). So that is 1 million less salary we are on the books for next season.

I don't think Eddy will take less money than 90% of what we owe him. So in the end, the cap savings is very small.

So you buy him out, you gotta pay for his option, still? That's absurd.

What if you wait until option kicks in? Then you buy it out. What then? When does the option kick in?

Answer that, kitty cat!

He has an option after this year, which he will use. And thats the 12 million that will count against our 2010 cap. Allowing no 2nd max player signing.

Must be really nice to be the one person, who takes the 12 million of cap space, by executing his option, that very well might be the reason LeBron is not coming here.

kam77 wrote:We have to be specific when talking about years. You can buy him out of his contract THIS YEAR. You will still have to pay him for the option he owns next season. You might be able to pay him 1 million less, on the theory that Eddy will make 1 million playing for somebody else (veterans minimum type deal). So that is 1 million less salary we are on the books for next season.

I don't think Eddy will take less money than 90% of what we owe him. So in the end, the cap savings is very small.

Yea, well then whats the point of buying him out? If you buy out the contract and the numbers still count against the books, then the only thing we are freeing up is a roster spot. That would be foolish to do. At least with Curry, next year he will be a sizable expiring contract with some trade value. If we buy him out, we still are restricted by his money against the cap and we have zero leverage.

Especially with the tight rotation Dantoni carries, it wouldnt make any sense to open that roster spot, gaining little to nothing in return.

orangeblobman wrote:

kam77 wrote:We have to be specific when talking about years. You can buy him out of his contract THIS YEAR. You will still have to pay him for the option he owns next season. You might be able to pay him 1 million less, on the theory that Eddy will make 1 million playing for somebody else (veterans minimum type deal). So that is 1 million less salary we are on the books for next season.

I don't think Eddy will take less money than 90% of what we owe him. So in the end, the cap savings is very small.

So you buy him out, you gotta pay for his option, still? That's absurd.

What if you wait until option kicks in? Then you buy it out. What then? When does the option kick in?

Answer that, kitty cat!

It is a foregone conclusion that he will pick up his option. He will never see 12 million dollars in one year ever again in his life. So of course hes gonna take it, ride the pine and complain about how he wants to be released from the team so he can get playing time. What a douche. Hes already complaining about playing time and wants to go somewhere else, but he has the power to do that if he wants to play so bad by not taking the option. Cant stand this guy.

Knickss208 wrote:

kam77 wrote:We have to be specific when talking about years. You can buy him out of his contract THIS YEAR. You will still have to pay him for the option he owns next season. You might be able to pay him 1 million less, on the theory that Eddy will make 1 million playing for somebody else (veterans minimum type deal). So that is 1 million less salary we are on the books for next season.

I don't think Eddy will take less money than 90% of what we owe him. So in the end, the cap savings is very small.

Yea, well then whats the point of buying him out?

Not much. Save 1 mil in salary. Save another mil in lux taxes. Open up a roster spot. That's all.

kam77 wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

kam77 wrote:We have to be specific when talking about years. You can buy him out of his contract THIS YEAR. You will still have to pay him for the option he owns next season. You might be able to pay him 1 million less, on the theory that Eddy will make 1 million playing for somebody else (veterans minimum type deal). So that is 1 million less salary we are on the books for next season.

I don't think Eddy will take less money than 90% of what we owe him. So in the end, the cap savings is very small.

So you buy him out, you gotta pay for his option, still? That's absurd.

What if you wait until option kicks in? Then you buy it out. What then? When does the option kick in?

Answer that, kitty cat!

Of course you have to pay for his option. If you owned an option for 12 mil wouldn't you want to get like almost all of it?

Right. What I wasn't clear on is what if you wait until the option kicks in and then buy him out.

But now I realize that even if you buy a guy out in his last year of the contract it counts against your cap. So there is really no way to get Curry off the books in time for 2010 FA period. Other than a trade, of course. Sounds effed.

orangeblobman wrote:

kam77 wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

kam77 wrote:We have to be specific when talking about years. You can buy him out of his contract THIS YEAR. You will still have to pay him for the option he owns next season. You might be able to pay him 1 million less, on the theory that Eddy will make 1 million playing for somebody else (veterans minimum type deal). So that is 1 million less salary we are on the books for next season.

I don't think Eddy will take less money than 90% of what we owe him. So in the end, the cap savings is very small.

So you buy him out, you gotta pay for his option, still? That's absurd.

What if you wait until option kicks in? Then you buy it out. What then? When does the option kick in?

Answer that, kitty cat!

Of course you have to pay for his option. If you owned an option for 12 mil wouldn't you want to get like almost all of it?

Right. What I wasn't clear on is what if you wait until the option kicks in and then buy him out.

As far as i can tell, it doesn't make a difference. Either way its not much savings.