The knicks can sign and trade Fields without it but to sign and trade Lin, they would need to use the MLE.

I might be wrong though - just my take.

loweyecue wrote:Ok let's stop with this trading Lin idea already. The kid has enough skills to warrant being a long term solution. We are trying to build a basketball team not manage a portfolio of assets. Signing STAT to $100 M was a bad move, now trading Lin to move STAT is like throwing good money after bad money. STAT is a sunk cost - you either keep him or you get bad contracts back. But you don't give up a promising young player like Lin to move that bad contract.

Who said anything about trading Lin? We were just talking about how a sign and trade works under the CBA

loweyecue wrote:IDK - posted on the wrong thread - but I read some posters suggesting we use Lin as trade bait to move Anare. STUPID thing to do.

Doesn't it depend what is gotten in return? There is a price for everything.

His trade value should be very high as he is productive in ways off the court few players can match.

His value can actually be measured in dollars and cents. He will cost 5mil a year but how much revenue can he bring in?

Thats before we look at his projected statistics and intangible on court skills.

Nalod wrote:Lin will print money for MSG.

His trade value should be very high as he is productive in ways off the court few players can match.

His value can actually be measured in dollars and cents. He will cost 5mil a year but how much revenue can he bring in?

Thats before we look at his projected statistics and intangible on court skills.

I agree Lin is priority one--Im hopeful he will take a smaller dealer looking for a bigger deal than the MLE the following year. He can play ball--Im sure he can afford to. Im not interested in trading Lin UNLESS the price was enormous --I mean top 5 draft pick + very good vet player coming back--then Id listen.