Bonn1997 wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:Didn't Donnie help to clear the salary cap that allowed us to get in the game for all the players we have now. That seemed to have been the single most significant move the Knicks have made in a decade

If you're willing to trade away enough picks, anyone can clear cap space. Donnie used that cap space to give $100 mil uninsured to Amare. It would have been better if he'd been just a zombie who did nothing but let our players' contracts expire actually.

Hmmmm...Jerome James gone. Eddy C gone. A zombie would have waited for those two to become Robinson and Duncan. A zombie would have truly lasted 5 minutes in the IT/Starbles error aftermath.

In case you haven't noticed, your management approach only plays well in places like OKC and Santone. Which, last time I checked, were not here in the big top. Boston, LA, Miami, even to some extent Chicago all play the Starphucque game now.

tj23 wrote:Duhon
Crawford
Q rich
Lee
Z Randolph

Nate
Chandler
Gallo
Can't remember exactly who else.

I remember this team got off to a hot start and they made the tough choices. In the end it seems to have paid off. But gotta give credit to MDA also at least with this group. They were smoothe offensively and were a Professional unit from day 1. Most of these guys weren't halfway developed yet either. He made duhon an assist machine and made Jamal and Zach consistent 20 pt scorers.

Thank you! I get so tired of posters slagging on the Walsh/MDA cap clearing days. Comments like "we finally have a solid coach". With all the crap that Walsh n MDA had to endure just to get this team ready for 2010, the lack of appreciation is mind boggling. Guys like Walsh n MDA HATE LOSING! Just look at the negative impact it had on their legacy. The only consolation for them is the money they got and the fact this roster isn't possible without their work at the beginning! No need to kick dirt on them for inheriting the mess and doing the dirty work while not being able to receive the glory when the team is finally finished.

Bonn1997 wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:Didn't Donnie help to clear the salary cap that allowed us to get in the game for all the players we have now. That seemed to have been the single most significant move the Knicks have made in a decade

If you're willing to trade away enough picks, anyone can clear cap space. Donnie used that cap space to give $100 mil uninsured to Amare. It would have been better if he'd been just a zombie who did nothing but let our players' contracts expire actually.

Bonn, we sat in salary cap hell since the day we traded Patrick Ewing. It was Donnie who got the ball rolling in the right direction. If a Zombie could do it, why wasn't it done back in 2000?

As for Amare. I would not have given him that huge contract but......Without him we would not have Melo, Chandler etc. We'd still be sitting here watching the likes of Nate Robinson etc. Amare told the world that NY is a place to play again. You had to overpay the guy to start the momentum. We could not walk away without a big name free agent last year. We had too.