MS wrote:Money is great but quality of life is the most important thing to most of us.

As great as it is to make a ton of money, imagine driving 15 minutes to practice or 90 minutes. That’s time you can spend with your family, it matters when you’re traveling all the time.
That’s time you can be resting your body. Kobe used to take a helicopter to the staples center to avoid traffic so he didn’t tighten up.

Saying that you don’t care about your time because you’re making money is kind of short sighted. All things being equal would you rather fly under the radar with the Nets, make the same money and spend half the time commuting? The answer is probably yes, especially when you’re dealing with Jim Dolan.

The Knicks offer no advantages. Immortality if you win a championship? Not important to 99% of players.

MS wrote:Target or minimum wage? That has nothing to do what’s being discussed. Players aren’t working at target. Let’s be realistic, is $5K more in salary worth 90 minutes commuting each day vs 15 minutes? Is it worth losing that time with your family or time you could be in the gym?

If you’re a free agent you look at the organization first, one of the worst in the league for 20 years, the owner? He’s top 2 worst in the sport? The media? The taxes? Then practice facility that is not near the arena.

You’re catering to talent. You present advantages. The Knicks think they are a draw, that the building matters. When in actuality it’s all irrelevant.

You can't pamper every player if you are making millions dollars why complain about practice facility . By the way when carmelo anthony and amare stoudmire didn't complain about a practice facility location when they were playing here.

MS wrote:Weak argument. You’re talking about 9/10 years ago.

(Amare you have no knee cartilage left and no one will give you a max deal, welcome to NYC. Melo your concerned about one thing money, wait till the offseason and sign with the team and play on a contender with assets, nope I want the money!)

Role players now get paid 18MM a season, stars used to get 25MM, now that’s what they pay fringe All Stars.

So you want the team to say, stop being so pampered. That gets you Taj Gibson, Bullock, Ellington in free agency. Let’s keep the approach!

No you have weak argument melo and amare actually wanted to come to ny but you don't want to listen.Is a role player like ellington ,bullock ,and gibson complaining about practice facility being 90 minutes even though they are getting over over payed no they are not complaining.

The Knicks couldn’t get any top free agents, Amare was damaged goods and the only person dumb enough to give him 5 years was the Knicks. The TV deal hasn’t kicked in, social media wasn’t anywhere near as prevalent, player couldn’t monetize themselves the same way. You’re citing a player that chose the Knicks 9 years ago. He wanted his money and was ready to go the Nets in order to get it. That’s why Dolan stepped in and ****ed up the negotiations.

Who have we got since with our cap space? Not a soul. 9 years.

Payton complained about the commute as did a number of other players. It doesn’t make someone spoiled if they want a practice facility close to their home or family.

Durant and Irving have been throwing shade all season long. Players dumb on this organization every day. So the cards are against the Knicks. Who wants to play here Marcus Morris?

You control the narrative or you have to hire a company to rebrand the organization. Which is another example of the Knicks being out of touch.

MS wrote:No you’re actually way off base and have no idea what you’re talking about.

The Knicks couldn’t get any top free agents, Amare was damaged goods and the only person dumb enough to give him 5 years was the Knicks. The TV deal hasn’t kicked in, social media wasn’t anywhere near as prevalent, player couldn’t monetize themselves the same way. You’re citing a player that chose the Knicks 9 years ago. He wanted his money and was ready to go the Nets in order to get it. That’s why Dolan stepped in and ****ed up the negotiations.

Who have we got since with our cap space? Not a soul. 9 years.

Payton complained about the commute as did a number of other players. It doesn’t make someone spoiled if they want a practice facility close to their home or family.

Durant and Irving have been throwing shade all season long. Players dumb on this organization every day. So the cards are against the Knicks. Who wants to play here Marcus Morris?

You control the narrative or you have to hire a company to rebrand the organization. Which is another example of the Knicks being out of touch.

kyrie irving is the biggest drama queen look at the celtics better with kemba walker. Durant and irving are the biggest idiots and drama queens in the nba .Kyrie irving and kevin durant throwing shade at the knicks just shows how dumb they are couldn't handle the pressure of being a knick settle for little brother nets.

The Knicks aren’t relevant, haven’t been for a long time. 17 games of Jeremy Lim was the best part of the last 20 years.

You’re mad at role players, that we have to overpay just to come here because they don’t want to sit in traffic.

Understand the last time we were good, most young players were 5-7 years old. So no one thinks this franchise is cool or needs to play here.
You can make money anywhere, the living costs and taxes in NYC are insane as is the media scrutiny. If players want an easier commute, give it to them. Otherwise, we can trade away assets for cap space and listen to our incompetent front office and our owner slouched over telling the world that they have information that guys want to be here. That information was confirmed again this offseason. No one

Sambakick wrote:What is the most sure-fire way to make the Knicks 'cool' again and a target for Free agents?

Answer: If RJ Barrett becomes a great player.

So most of that is on RJ himself but why not invest in coaches and trainers and doctors and nutritionists and make every part of the organization part of the supporting cast? Ask HIM where he wants to live. Cater to your stars.

Who says we don’t have state of the art tech and medical? As to moving to facility for RJ? Maybe he is not about NYC quite yet. He is 19, not legal to club and might not be his scene. Some of these kids are introverts, like to game, they are way into their bodies and might even have their mom’s staying with them in stretches. Barrett did not grow up deprived, he grew up with a basketball pedigree and uncle Stevie Nash (godfather) there to lend a hand and guidance. I want to keep him happy and productive. I don’t want him going to Toronto as a star of Canada!!

Jmpasq wrote:Your missing the point its just one more reason for players not to sign with the team. When the money is equal these thigs matter