Posted by fishmike:
my point was cap space alone means crap. If you dont have good players to build around signing a good FA doesnt help you anyway. Look at what cap space did for the Bulls, they thought they were getting TMac, instead they got Eddie Robinson.
The Knicks wont be bad enough to add the cheap impact players you get with high draft picks. Now your talking about if one of your players (Sweetney) blossums its actually a negative because you will have to pay him? What kind of backwards thinking is that?
You dont need cap space to execute in the draft and make smart trades and scout extensively. The Knicks can afford to overpay and buy other team's late picks in cash deals. Other teams dont have that luxury. Instead of paying $30mm for TT and Penny wouldnt you rather use of that money to draft guys like I mentioned? Guys like Earl Watson, Duhon, Josh Howard, Marquis Daniels, David Harrison, Ariza, Arenas... will every extra pick be a guy like that? Of course not, but MSG can afford to pay Shandon $8mm not to play they can certainly afford to cut a guy in a low paying rookie contract.
I agree with what you are saying. Though you shouldn't use the Bulls. There were other factors involve. Top free agents didn't flock to Chi town because of his Airness. I know T'Mac thought that. But you are right, we could be under the cap for any reason and people won't come. Look at the Jazz. I mean Carlos B. and Okur were their big sign for 2 years under the cap. But I would hope people would want to come here but there are other factors involve. Money ain't a issue just playing under the cap restricted rules is.
2/23/2005 4:29 PM
