yea i think the nuggets got the most value they could have gotten for melo in that situation. i didnt realize until last night that melo also went to syracuse which is in NY which is pretty cool. I saw a tweet that melo has to pass a physical to be able to play tomorrow night and even so, courtside seats are going for 9,550 and that doesnt even guaretee he will be in the game. this is the best thing to happen to this knicks in a very long time.
they lost a lot of size with gallanari and mozgov but they kept landry field which is huge and got a good PG in billups. theyre offense is gonna be dominiant but can they stop anyone? well see
it was a good deal for both teams, the knicks didnt wanna give up that much but the nets deal made them step up there offer. if it wasnt for this new cba agreement melo would have just walked at the end of the year like bosh did but he was afraid that if he didnt sign his extension he would lose out and a **** ton of millions. as of right now, there still only the 3rd or 4th best team in the east but definitly a good step. if they can get chris paul or deron williams in 2 years then this is a championship team. josh, r u sure they have enough cap room to sign another max deal guy?
#30? he is gonna look weird not in a 15 but whatever. also, idk about the 3rd guy until the new cba comes out. they might change to a hard cap so we wont no if there gonna be able to sign some1 else. but still with 2 top 10 guys in amare and melo thats a good squad
Yo Chad... love the chats and tweets... Can you please explain to Knicks fans that getting CP3 or another max-deal caliber player is highly unlikely? Thanks!
Chad Ford
(1:47 PM)
The Knicks won't have the cap space to do it. If the CBA stayed exactly the same, they'd have around $11.5 million in room. CP3 will be eligible for something in the neighborhood of $18 million. That's a huge paycut ... much bigger than the one Dwyane Wade or LeBron took. However, the CBA won't stay the same. Virtually everyone agrees that the cap will likely go down. Of course, so will max salaries and there may even be a roll back on existing player salaries. But it's hard to envision the Knicks having the room. But it's not impossible. I know CP3 wants to go there. He may try to force a trade and it's possible the Hornets could blink on a deal for something like Chauncey's expiring contract and Landry Fields and Toney Douglas. As we've learned the past week, anything's possible. But if you're claiming it's likely ... I don't see it.
