As much as I appreciate the heroics and all that Houston has given to the organization and its fans, he has to realize that the organization and its fans have given him the same in return. He's been injured for the past two years but still earning one of the fattest pay checks in the league. More importantly his contract contains a no trade clause that the organization gave to him as a sign of appreciation for all his accomplishments.
Not that there were many suitors for his albatross of a contract when he had some tradeable value, but none the less his no trade clause made it virtually impossible for him to be traded. The Knicks were never able to include him in any possible trade scenarios in the past, that could've netted us some decent if not great players and/or salaray cap relief.
It would be sad for the Knicks and their fans to see him merely waived and then play for another team. You can't blame Houston for still wanting to play the game of basketball, but the Knicks need him to retire so that his contract can come off both the salary cap and luxury tax plus give the Knicks the ability to waive someone else's monster contract.
In doing so Houston would have to leave the game of basketball for atleast two years, which basically means for good since that would be a total of 4 years removed from the game. If he retires, the NBA insurance co. is liable for the remainder of his contract, but if he were to unretire then the NBA insurance co. will have to pay out the amount of games that he actually sat out.
What would you do?