I'm down with that foreign PG as a backup.

earthmansurfer wrote:Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't want Nash here. First, I want Lin to be our PG. Second I don't see how he helps Melo, Stat yes and Chandler yes. If a player better than Fields is available at the full MLE then we take that road but I did like Fields, think his shot will come around. As others have said, we can probably get a player better than Fields at the full MLE.

I'm down with that foreign PG as a backup.

I concur, Iman needs to stay in NY. Should target by trade, Beasley or Felton with some of our players, and try to still have a full MLE to use to target another player.

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CrushAlot wrote:

crzymdups wrote:yeah, i'm fine to let Fields walk.

i'm worried this overpaying means toronto thinks

A) it'll ****block nash to NY (which it will) and

B) if deron goes to Brooklyn, suddenly Dallas overpays Nash and then Toronto offers Nash money to Lin, now having Lin's best friend, largest asian population in league and landry's couch. (more worried about option B)

I agree about Fields. He cashed in on his situation. He is not worth the money and I don't think Nash is worth 36 mil. I thought the poison pill to Fields meant Toronto wasn't going after Lin. Good chance Kidd takes 3 mil over 1.9 in NJ in my opinion.

Nets dont have the $3mil LLE. They already used the $5mil mle. You dont get both. All they have is vet mins and $3mil trade exception and kidd is not coming vja trade. We can still get Kidd. We can offer more playing time and more money than the Nets

Andrew wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Nets dont have the $3mil LLE. They already used the $5mil mle.

Who did they sign?

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Since the Nets are using the non-taxpayer mid-level, their payroll cannot exceed $74M under new rules.

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The Nets will use the non-taxpayer mid-level to sign Bosnian Mirza Teletovic: 3 years, $15.675M. Means no mid-level for Jason Kidd.

Andrew wrote:If I'm the Knicks I match Fields offer even though he would be overpaid. At this point the only bad thing that comes of it is Dolan pays the luxury tax. The inflated salary doesn't prevent the Knicks from signing anyone (3M exception), which is what they would have either way. You need to retain your assets.

but is he really still an asset if he's incredibly overpaid?

Andrew wrote:If I'm the Knicks I match Fields offer even though he would be overpaid. At this point the only bad thing that comes of it is Dolan pays the luxury tax. The inflated salary doesn't prevent the Knicks from signing anyone (3M exception), which is what they would have either way. You need to retain your assets.

Not this year, but after year 2, the penalties get much worse, as I recall. We really can't stay hovered over $74 million every year. The new CBA isn't a hard cap, but it's about as close as you can get to a hard cap without actually having one. You can't afford to pay that kind of money unless it's for a starter with the current CBA.

Solace wrote:

Andrew wrote:If I'm the Knicks I match Fields offer even though he would be overpaid. At this point the only bad thing that comes of it is Dolan pays the luxury tax. The inflated salary doesn't prevent the Knicks from signing anyone (3M exception), which is what they would have either way. You need to retain your assets.

Not this year, but after year 2, the penalties get much worse, as I recall. We really can't stay hovered over $74 million every year. The new CBA isn't a hard cap, but it's about as close as you can get to a hard cap without actually having one. You can't afford to pay that kind of money unless it's for a starter with the current CBA.

also - but not matching, we have the full mle to use now.