and now, this.

i just can't really wrap my mind around it. it's surreal.

i got back into knicks hoops after the isiah years with a lot of hope. you know, i watched those david lee teams lose, and it was fun.

i watched our team this year, finally, start to break through. they were balling hard, running through the league.

then, the traded rumors. morale suffered. and we still managed to have a winning record. and now, look. just look.

2011-2019, rest in peace, another knicks decade buried.

markvmc wrote:We're over the cap. Only free agents we can get would be MLE or Vet min types. Assuming the new CBA still allows those.

We have a ton of money coming off the books. The big question is what to do with Billups. I don't see the Knicks picking up the option at that price. We shall see........

markvmc wrote:We're over the cap. Only free agents we can get would be MLE or Vet min types. Assuming the new CBA still allows those.

orangeblobman wrote:just a month or so ago we had one of the youngest teams in the league, ton of quality ballers, cap flexibility, a winning record, feeling good.

and now, this.

i just can't really wrap my mind around it. it's surreal.

i got back into knicks hoops after the isiah years with a lot of hope. you know, i watched those david lee teams lose, and it was fun.

i watched our team this year, finally, start to break through. they were balling hard, running through the league.

then, the traded rumors. morale suffered. and we still managed to have a winning record. and now, look. just look.

2011-2019, rest in peace, another knicks decade buried.

Yeah we sure were running threw the league.

"Hello mister Amere you wanna score 30 points in about 30 games to carry this team of Yoots..........."

Pssh his knees keep telling me he'll get back to me in the offseason. LOL

markvmc wrote:Funny how all this happens with Amare as soon as the trade is made though, huh?

When the trade was first made, his FG % and scoring went up. He looks shot recently.

orangeblobman wrote:

MSG3 wrote:

93BUICK wrote:The Lakers sucked w Shaq and Kobe until Phil Jax got there - This may look better in time-

Fair point

Kobe before Jackson was still coming up. His first three years with Shaq, which were the years before PhilJax, he dropped 7, 15, and 19 points per game.

They also had Eddie Jones and then Glen Rice, and a bunch of good role players - including our old Derek Harper, Derek Fisher, Horry, Rick Fox - the same guys who dominated the next year. I'm just saying this ugly ball could be pretty ball someday. I hate losing the way we are but it might come up roses.

tj23 wrote:

markvmc wrote:We're over the cap. Only free agents we can get would be MLE or Vet min types. Assuming the new CBA still allows those.

How are we over? We should have around 10-15 million free depending on the new cba and which options are accepted/declined. (Assuming we buy out Billups)

I dont know what people are talking about. This is the best cap situation we have ever been in. The only long term commitments we have are to 2 stars. How many other teams can say the same thing? Miami definitely can't. They have the terrible contracts of Mike Miller just for starters. We have the unique opportunity to hand-pick the role players we want to put around Melo and Stat over the next couple of years. How could it get any better? Again, the negativity is just puzzling.

Knixkik wrote:

TheGame wrote:If Walsh can find some role players, I have no doubt this team will be a contender. It has too much talent not to be. We just need 1 or 2 key guys to fill in what we are missing. Also, am starting to think we need a different coach.

Coaching aside, this is the key to this team, getting those right role players. And we have the chance to do that because we are only committed long-term to our two star players. We couldn't be better off.

No making sense allowed 2012/2013 the Knicks are locked into STAT, Melo, Balkman and whoever we draft this summer. They also have an option for a little over $2 million on TD. These guys are supposed to want others to come here and play, we shall see but I'm confident.