I'd rather invest in NBDL type guys, and hope one of them develops into a role player/starter.

Knixkik wrote:It's bad. Will make Noah deal look like a steal considering they are basically the same age.

Noah's contract is way worst. At least Mozgov stays on the court and will produce over the majority of the 4 years.

ChuckBuck wrote:

Knixkik wrote:It's bad. Will make Noah deal look like a steal considering they are basically the same age.

Noah's contract is way worst. At least Mozgov stays on the court and will produce over the majority of the 4 years.

Noah is just bottom line a much better player. Anyone can get hurt at any given time. Noah, while more susceptible to injury, does nearly everything better than Mozgov, and his leadership adds to his value on and off the court. Mozgov was most teams plan B to a guy like Noah, and they will be getting paid almost the same amount. Mozgov is steady, a poor man's Lopez, but nothing more.

meloanyk wrote:Lopez play and below market contract had alot of value on the trade market. Jax wasted that chip on a one year rental or another stupid $ resign of a rather average pg. Forward planning was needed since the start of his tenure. Bad time to have a GM learning on the job

fishmike wrote:

meloanyk wrote:Lopez play and below market contract had alot of value on the trade market. Jax wasted that chip on a one year rental or another stupid $ resign of a rather average pg. Forward planning was needed since the start of his tenure. Bad time to have a GM learning on the job

Lopez was the building block for a title team and Phil let him go for trash

Knicks were winning a title by 2019-2020?

With who?

SupremeCommander wrote:Noah getting what they're talking about doesn't seem so crazy now...

If the Knicks signed Mosgov to a 16 mill a year deal I think we all would be done as knick fans...

meloanyk wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:

meloanyk wrote:Lopez play and below market contract had alot of value on the trade market. Jax wasted that chip on a one year rental or another stupid $ resign of a rather average pg. Forward planning was needed since the start of his tenure. Bad time to have a GM learning on the job

My goodness. I agree. How could we trade the MJ of centers for a nobody in this league?

Does that generic "I hate whatever the Knicks do" argument give any sort of pleasure? Because, wow, last year people thought we overpaid for a role player in Robin. Then the season ends and he is nice but won't get us anywhere. Now you move him for a former MVP on a contract year and every player we traded reached sainthood.

Forward planning is trading for a star PG in a contract year who can either take your team to a whole new level with his play or simply expire and let you participate on the 2017 FA extravaganza. GM learning on the job who actually is a basketball mastermind with a plan in place and who has already put us in a way better position than we were before we arrived. Oh, but yeah, fans know more about the league and the markets better than the guys actually running the show.

Former is past tense. Dont know if you've been watching any Bull bb but Rose has been nothing more than a former name with a average game. Chicagoans liked the roots but not his play and overwhelming majority saw the merits despite the emos. Nice to promote style but substance is what wins games. Fandom results in delusions when emotions run amok. A frontline of Rolo, KP and Melo was a trio that was a stronger and cheaper base to supplement than Melo, KP and Rose when you talk about getting to a higher level . This idea that we can simply let Rose and his $21 walk to sign a fa in 17 is rather simplistic and naive to market forces. You dont ship a well priced and productive asset away so flippantly. The only way Jax salvages this is to sign Noah to a contract that isnt ludicrous.

You do realize that the market available was for big men. No option to improve our starting PG this offseason vs. improving our frontline with the available big men. You also realize that Rose, while indeed no longer an MVP, is still much more than the "average player" you promote. That is funny considering Robin was promoted as an "average center" when he was signed to the "overpay" some shouted last season.

The 2017 plan might indeed sound simplistic because you are looking at it like that. Truth is, the Knicks DO want to see if Rose is indeed trending back up after his injuries, because they know a healthy Rose, even past his MVP years, is still miles better than most options out there at PG. That is why they are moving to get Noah and an SG: to compete this year and give themselves options moving forward.

Have to figure that Luke Walton remembered what Mosgov did last year in the finals, because he only played 25 minutes in the 2016 finals, and half of that was in the second game blowout.

I'm also not sure of Timmy's legs at this point- it will be interesting to see how he holds up.

I thought we might try to get him, but we are clearly trying to create a team based on friendship and familiarity, and Rose, not Melo, seems to be the focal point.