A. The Knicks plan to eliminate cap for the past two years was based on very little concrete evidence that anything could/would occur with the major players of FA. They can't cry after the fact but they need to move on quickly. We horsefcked the Jordan Hill trade and we didnt handle the last 2 drafts very well. You can say we tried to hit a home run but the bottom line is we are back to the drawing board needing to improve the team.

B. Someone from the Knicks management had a very big mouth the last week{spike Lee etc..)--maybe to drive ticket sales-- maybe somehow convince a 25 year old male icon what he should do with his life--well whatever--did not happen was never happening--but they did snicker some folks--you know what the rest of the NBA says about the Knicks--just another FU in their 10 years of FU's. No one cares.
The C's have a big 3 The Lakers have a Big 5 so the Heat now have a big 3--too bad. I think Yankee fans should be the first not to whine.

C. Knicks are on the clock here--no time to cry--they better start executing from Walsh to MDA--there is always a bottom line in business--there is no 4th place--either you got it done or you did not--thats the bottom line.

either way

life will go on

“I am just going to Vegas; if he wants to come great,” D’Antoni said of James.

fishmike wrote:seems to me Walsh has been extremely active as far as plan B goes. If you believe what you read about Lebron not coming why wouldnt you believe what you read about Walsh having 3 possible sign and trades on the table for Lee including a deal to get your guy Anthony Randolph?

Walsh said on the FAN today that even if the Knicks didnt get Lebron there were a tons of options to improve the team and that the Knicks would be good.

We didn't need to get under the cap to do S & Ts involving Lee

BasketballJones wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:I just bought 3 K shares of MSG stock @ 20.62--it should sell off on the news but should pump tomorrow+ volume is twice daily avg at 3PM

BRIGGS wrote:

OasisBU wrote:This is insanity - if he doesnt come to NY the broken hearts will be in the millions.

Is this all just a ploy to get the NY market to tune in? Or is the legit? Seriously, in todays information sge he wont be able to keep this a secret until the announcement tomorrow so at some point soon we should know the truth.

Done deal my man--dont think otherwise

BRIGGS wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:seriously, if lebron does all this crap just to stay in Clev it's going to deflate his image, like a boy crying wolf.

It's gotta be either NY with expectations of Melo in '11, or Miami. Anything else is a popped balloon, and not just for Knicks fans. Even Stern would piss his depends.

Nope hes going to the Knicks no conspiracy theory only fact--hes bot coming to CT to tell you hes a Cav He's going over to Conyers Farm to check out the 30mm houses

BRIGGS, don't jinx it man.

How can someone jinx fact?

http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=35586

BRIGGS wrote:

Pharzeone wrote:I guess the Bulls announcer has been getting the same ESPN alerts on his phone. I guess that is an example of the "huge" benefit of that service.

Boys LBJ is going to be Knick--trust me--I mean would I let you down---remember this is coming from Doc Pessimistic. LBJ is a Knick locked deal

http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=35628&page=2

Don't put crack in front of a crackhead

I will agree going to Miami as Wade's B#$$ch, would be a weak move.

My 2 cents.

The last 2 yrs are over with and forgotten, we have Amare Stoudemire, Lee as a SnT asset, Curry as an expiring contract, a boat load of money to get another free agent, young prospects like Gallo, Chandler, TD, Walker to either develop or use as nice trade pieces.

We have flexibility to do many different things to build a quality team which we haven't had in a long time.

The bottom line is that at least we had a chance. DW has done a great job in giving the team flexibility. Yes, perhaps there was a misstep or two along the way made due to the idea of getting LBj but overall, the Knicks are on an upswing.

To me, if Gallo is what we think he can be, then NY has 2 stars now. All they need is to make some smart moves. Lee for Randolph is a real good move next. If they can get a shooting guard who can defend and shoot it a little, then all of a sudden, the big 3 do not look so formidable.

Amare is already > Bosh.

Add a Paul/Okafor or Parker/Randolph then this team is up there...and I will take NY heart over Miami fluff.

If LBJ is afraid to go out on his own and make his way in NY, he is not the type of player NY needs. I will agree with Dolan and DW on that one. ANd make sure that if he opts out in 3 years with no RINGS, then I would say No Thanks to the next round of FA hype.

OasisBU wrote:For what it's worth Briggs - you almost had me believing he was coming, and I wanted to believe.

I think the Knicks will land on their feet. I am glad we got Amare and there are some interesting possibilities next year.

What will be interesting next year and going forward is that the #6 and #7 seeds will be more valuable than the #4 and #5 seeds. Why? Because it prolongs when you might run into LeBron's (not Wade's) Miami Heat.