dido: please make ur thread titles a little more descriptive.

a clause that would give teams that pay the luxury tax the option of releasing one player and removing that player's salary from their luxury-tax number.

Its about freakin time.

Posted by DarkKnicks:

I honestly have to say I feel bad for Allan.

Why? He is getting $40 million over the next 2 years! He will get over being released after seeing that money in his bank account.

Posted by diderotn:

Are you kidding me??? dude, if you get fired today, do you know that all that you are entitled to is $300 worth of unemployment comp

Posted by DarkKnicks:

I honestly have to say I feel bad for Allan.

He is from Europe so he gets more than $300, and I am sure he feels bad for Alan because he will be pushed out the door. I dont think its that bad at all. It will help the team cause the money comes off the cap. If its coming off the cap, this is a no-brainer.

Posted by DarkKnicks:

Ok, ok, I know he already has got more money than anyone of us. But I really liked him as a player, in fact he was one of my favourite players. It's not about the money, I feel bad because I wanted him to play with the Knicks, even if it were 20 minutes pero game.
It doesn't matter to me how much money is he going to receive.
I understand the decision that has to be made, I'm just sad that I wont see Allan playing with the Knicks anymore.

I agree with you but the move does make sense. I like Allan and would have liked to see him retire as a Knick even if it meant being a bench player at 15 mpg.

Posted by DarkKnicks:

It's not about the money, I feel bad because I wanted him to play with the Knicks, even if it were 20 minutes pero game.

I dont think you will see him play 20mpg either way. I think he is done. I dont think he can recover and play an entire season's worth of games even at 15-20mpg.

Bonn: You would never see Houston retire a Knick. If they cannot release him or force him into retirement, the first thing they will do in his last year of contract is trade it for a good player. I bet a $21 million expiring contract which is worth half your cap is very very valuable to other teams.

I can see why you guys are sad but Houston wont retire a Knick nor play at 20mpg. He would be very effective in that strictly jumpshooting kinda role but his knees hurt.

Houston's contract will still count against the cap.

Well Isiah brought in nothing but winners..........

Mo Taylor, Crawford, Marbury.....so i think losing is in the makeup of the team

Posted by SkyWalker:

How does this make the Knicks a better team besides for not having to think about when Houston will be back and open up a roster spot?

Do you need another reason? And trust me, you are not going to get a sure thing. A roster spot is enough for me.

Posted by technomaster:

This is good news for the Knicks organization financially... plus it'll open up another slot on our roster.

I'm not worried about Allan--- he'll be getting a lump sum of 40 million... what's the problem?

Think of it as doing him a favor and giving him options for his future.
After this, he'll be allowed to sign a veteran's minimum contract with the contender of his choice, maybe come off the bench and win a title.
Hey, if we're awesome, we can even invite him back on our own title run.

good post.

Hey, if we're awesome, we can even invite him back on our own title run.

I especially like this part.