BRIGGS wrote:That was a STEAL of a trade. Absolute steal of steals for a restricted #1 pick in the future??? Maybe Kanter doesnt quite have the lateral quickness for our team? Maybe his 23-12 potential is just not enough? We need a stiff like Omer Asik!What a bruising team they have Kanter Adams Mcgary--the guys i the best GM in basketball. We shouldve spent 12 mm on him but he would not do what Dolan says--he would try to make us win!.
Why not wait until the playoffs are over? See if he gets hurt or not. See if his playoff performance rates him a large raise in the eyes of the market or not. See if the Thunder sit him in critical moments over his defense.
What happened to your revelation that the Knicks shouldn't go spending hog wild on any one player? ( Kanter is going to want the max he can possibly get)
The problem with your methodology ( and it's yours to have, your right to it) is that the constant seeking the latest guy to have a big game mentality is that it negates a buy low situation. If Kanter has a horrible playoffs and a horrible rest of the season ( its not over yet), his price goes down. If you believe in a player, but he doesn't perform after being a deadline trade pickup, there's an opportunity to jump in and buy low.
Your methodology simply functions as buy high/sell low ( i.e. lets give Rodney Stuckey more money than anyone else or offer him a contract out of whack to market because he had a good stretch that will likely be unsustainable for the rest of his career and against his career trends) For a team so short on talent like the Knicks, they desperately need the reverse, buy low, sell high.
There's nothing wrong with wanting the new shiny thing, when it shines brighter now than something that was shining bright yesterday, but just be aware of the long term cost of that as a pursuit model.