Stay away from the Whisky Vin.

Now they're saying it is a multi-year deal...

Posted by PhilinLA:

Now they're saying it is a multi-year deal...

2 or 3 year deal would be good. I'm glad (but not surprised) we beat out Cleveland who also wanted him

Posted by martin:

Posted by PhilinLA:

Now they're saying it is a multi-year deal...

I think a 2 year deal at maybe $3M per is not so bad a signing. Baker at the beginning of last year had some really good moments with Boston.

If he plays like the 15/7 player he was ten months ago and is a strong low post scoring threat, he's a steal for just part of the MLE. He actually played pretty well for the Knicks too for a man playing with an irregular heart beat that needed to be surgically repaired (and was this summer).

Posted by Rich:

I will reserve judgment until I hear the details of the contract.

Thanks for letting us know

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/sports/basketball/19knicks.html

...Baker, who signed a two-year deal worth about $3.2 million a year, will be counted on to play behind Mohammed. That is unless Thomas can find a way to pull off a deal for a big man, a notion he did not dismiss.

"We'll always continue to try and upgrade our team,'' Thomas said. "The difficult process that we're trying to do is restructure our team and not necessarily lose for three years while trying to do it. We're trying to get younger and more athletic. We got to continue to keep getting better. I'll keep working hard this summer to try and make us better and see if there are other pieces that we can add to make our team better.''

Still, Thomas came up short in his efforts to acquire Dampier, unwilling to give up the sort of package that Dallas appears ready to surrender. The Knicks are convinced that the deal with Dallas is done; otherwise, they would have held off on signing Baker, hoping instead to use the midlevel exception for Dampier.