Cartman718 wrote:Jmpasq wrote:Frank was great tonight, not enough minutes. I don't get this coaching staffs obsession with Mudiay. Are we really going to give him a long-term deal. Im going to lose my **** if we give him 4 years 60 million
4 years 60 million?? Where did that come from?
Any team that signs Noah, Lee, Thomas and Hardaway Jr at their AAV/contract length when they didn't have to do it will raise some eyebrows in general.
Something no one wants to talk about is that many NBA owners make the final decisions on personnel. And they shouldn't. Steve Kerr pointed this out when he was ousted from the Suns as GM, that you could spend weeks/months putting together a strong deal and the owner decides randomly he doesn't want to do it anymore. Or he could really want Player X and demand the front office sign him to X dollars/X years. Many owners have relationships with the more powerful agents.
While Perry might clearly understand the limitations of Mudiay, will Dolan?
Case in point, after Moneyball came out, many owners wanted Moneyball players. The KC Royals owner wanted Mark Teahen badly, he was in the book. Against advice of his front office, the Royals traded Carlos Beltran to the Astros ( could they have resigned him? Hard to say...) with Teahen being the big piece coming back. But he was IN THE BOOK! And everyone was talking about the book. The A's were happy because half the MLB GMs didn't want to trade with Beane, since the book made it look like they were all his bitches on call.
Giving Mudiay 4/60 is insane. But the only real question is if Dolan is that insane/stupid/crazy/****ed up. Look at his history with this team, nothing should surprise fans now.
Ever see the Scorsese movie, Casino? Where Sharon Stone is a high class whore and she tries to steal from a high roller and when he catches her, she throws all his chips in the air? And Robert DeNiro looks at her and knows she will be trouble but he can't help his raging Oneitis for her. Then the movie ends and she dies in a hallway after some bikers pump her out and overdose her on purpose to steal what was left of her money. And in the middle of the movie she ties her daughter in a closet so she can go party. And this was after trying to convince Pesci to kill DeNiro. After trying to break into a bank to steal all the money in the safe deposit box.
The point is, DeNiro's character shouldn't be surprised. Someone ****ed to start will always do ****ed up things. Dolan has always done dumb **** with this team. You can't be surprised if a bunch of bikers highball freight this guy and he's crawling down a hallway on his hand and knees demanding the Knicks sign Mudiay to a dumb ass deal.
Never underestimate the power of a total ****up to find a way to **** everything up. For most people here, just look at your in-laws, then it all starts to make sense.