Balkman is on the cap for a couple more years at $1.6M, you can probably move him later on if you send cash along with him, so it's dumb to cut him and lock his cap number in. Brewer is probably the 9th man right now, I'd say Carter and Mason and Rautins are all disposable.
Well there were rumors that after they acquired him they were trying to trade him (celtics being the team getting him) but the C's couldn't find a spot for Nate Robinson because the Knicks clearly were not taking him back. At least that was the rumor. Maybe they had a deal pretrade and it fell through once he was on their payroll? I wish they would have kept him around though because he plays defense.
That is true normally, but since the trade, he played Balkman a few games, he played Anthony Carter 20 minutes aginast Miami solely to defend Wade, and they just picked up Jeffries and Brown who are primarily defenders.
During the pre-game tonight, D'Antoni spoke about the Brewer situation. D'Antoni said that Brewer's agent was insisting that he be guaranteed a spot in the rotation, or else he was going to request his release. D'Antoni told him he couldn't make any guarantees, and like you said, they basically did Brewer a favor and granted him his release.
Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=6622321
Because why the hell would the Dolan's sell? They make money hand over fist and have infinitely more assets than Spike Lee.
I asked why Spike didn't form an ownership group. One that would have the assets to buy the Knicks. You're right to point out that Dolan may have no incentive to sell (depends upon the pricetag I suppose). But you'd think Spike would at least try. The guy is a Cuban-type fanatic.
I assume even if he is certain to leave NO, there are other teams with more cap space that can offer more $ than NY, right?
The Knicks can't do that. He really will lose $40+ million.
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Of course he can be a Knick if that's what he wants, he can sign there this summer for the minimum if he so desires. But I'm sure you understand the possibilities much better than Paul and whoever is advising him....
https://twitter.com/#!/sam_amick/status/142338126424195072
Yeah, the only way I can see that New Orleans accepts the Knicks package is if Iman Shumpert has an amazing, amazing first half of the season.
It'd also be true if a team like the Celtics or Clippers trades for him.
http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/33617022
This might be a dumb question, but is there any rule (or way to enforce a rule) preventing Melo/Amare being super nice buddies and giving Paul some extra money on the side. Maybe a really nice birthday present every year or something...
I don't know if the NBA can/would police this, but I'm pretty sure there are tax implications for the givers....gift tax, I believe. So they'd have to feel really, really generous.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure the new CBA makes it so Paul (and for that matter Howard) would have to take at least a $26 million dollar hit no matter what - if either of them signs with any team other than the one who holds his rights prior to free agency. This is a test case, for the new CBA. It is hoped that those millions will keep stars with their current teams, but there is a good chance it won't work. Whether Paul signs with the Knicks or another team Paul will still make huge money. With the potential Knicks deal, for example, he would still average nearly $15 million a year and the supposed $45 million deficit would be at least partially made up for the fact that he would become a free agent one year earlier (meaning over the course of 5 years the difference is more likely to be far less). In NY there would also be substantial revenue to be gained through increased advertising, further cutting down any difference. Its also important to remember that just last year Bosh and James each took $15 million dollars less to sign with Miami - so its not like taking less to win is unprecedented.
Right, the most a team with Paul's bird rights can offer is 5/$100M while the most a team way under the cap can offer is 4/$74M.
