CrushAlot wrote:

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Its improbable that Noah will stay away from injury--6 straight seasons with an average of 23 games missed. Its just another Knick move that resembles everything else the Knicks do. The Knicks DO NOT believe in grooming their own players and they have never learned about overpaying older players with injury histories. Noah--take the 20mm and run my friend--I dont blame you--the biggest sckr in NY is James Dolan.

Knicks traded an 8 yr vet and a 11 yr vet for rose. I liked Grant but I try to bounce things off friends that aren't Knick fans and the Grant portion of the trade was a no brainer in the opinion of guys that I watched the draft with. No picks were moved and a second rounder was brought back.

I still think that 14th pick should of come back to us instead the 2nd rounder. We could of grabbed another young guard and the trade would of been even

yellowboy90 wrote:

callmened wrote:i have no problem with the 18 mill. lopez was 14 mill and i think a (healthy) noah is better than lopez. in the new adjusted cap 18 mill is probably the same the old 14 mill. now lets assume noah is healthy (ehhh-- not sure but lets assume), then my only concern would be the LENGTH of the contract. i dont want noah at age 33-34

No it's not because Lopez's $13.5m would be applied in the new Cap. If this is true we know for sure the knicks gained $4.5m in salary and 3 yrs in age for a player that might return to something close to his level of play or he might spiral down even more.

I love Noah but $18m is a lot of money for another "hope sandwich"

meloshouldgo wrote:A lot of the people overjoyed with Noah and Rose were the same ones that criticized Phil for not talking to Thibs. Funny how that works. I don't want our cap tied up with players with high injury risks and that seems to be the path Phil is choosing. I guess MElo and his apologists will have finally run out of excuses. Win or STFU. These deals maybe worth it just for that.

Ha - I honestly didn't even think of that. But yes - I'm guilty of that first part. What can I say, I guess I liked that team... when they weren't playing the Knicks.

smackeddog wrote:Means we can 100% rule out Durant- knew that wasn't going to happen

Ya, I wonder how that works with Melo openly recruiting Durant. Did he get a "thanks, but no"?

callmened wrote:i have no problem with the 18 mill. lopez was 14 mill and i think a (healthy) noah is better than lopez. in the new adjusted cap 18 mill is probably the same the old 14 mill. now lets assume noah is healthy (ehhh-- not sure but lets assume), then my only concern would be the LENGTH of the contract. i dont want noah at age 33-34

I'm "okay" with Rose/Noah moves, as long as we'll have enough to max someone out next year.

Only negative with these moves (besides the obvious health question marks) is it'll jeopardize our draft position in the best draft in years. With these moves we'll be around a .500 team, we'll be picking around 15 instead of 5, and not have that quality stud of a player that can play with KP for a decade.

Of course this the Knicks way....mortgage the future for the mediocre now.