ShairanXIII, intelegence
shit... my "intelegence" is being questioned by the ignorant... i was talking about in 2004 - 2005 when we signed him... the point was that Isiah's plan fell apart then and we're suffering for it now... we were already OVER the cap when we signed him... remember? crawford added to our numbers beyond 2006 (when H20's contract expired)... but his signing didn't suddenly put us over the cap... c'mon dude... lemme explain forums to you... READ... ANALYZE... DEVELOP A RATIONAL COUNTER-ARGUMENT... RESEARCH (If necessary)... REPLY... btw... it's INTELLIGENCE...
my question to you though... who would you trade 'Mal for?
My whole pointabout the cap, is the knicks are willing to put up with these underachieving players getting overpaid salaries, just so they have a flashy game or some big names and overlook the role player that can actually help. It's a Sickness us knickfans have. We want the star player, we want the big name, that is why we are so high over the cap, and will never get the big name while he's any good, Teams only trade those players when they stop being cost effective and NY collects them and signs them to these crippling contracts. In that cap remark i made, i stated
so much over the cap, Meaning They are over, but now they are more over, they are paying more than they would for lux tax than if they didn't have him. It's a general statement about the knicks philosophy, Isaih, when he got here was given green light to go against the cap. I mean he can keep adding salary in sign and trades, and getting guys like crawford, that other teams aren't interested in for that kind of money. To get our cap under control, and go in the right direction, isiah should be looking to add the role player, the regular guy, not another bloated contract for an overhyped guard such as crawford, that doesn't fit the system. Who by the way, bought into the system because it allowed him to shoot like a mad man. It made him second option and put ball in his hands most of the game. Anyway, not having jamaal would put the knicks heading in the right direction, and if we keep going the other way, by adding more jamaals...we'll never be a championship contending team again, and you can kiss glory days goodbye. So if they had not signed jamaal, let those contracts expire and signed cheaper guys that fit better in the system, we'd still be in the same mess? It's the aattitude of, well we're over already might as well as tack on more, burden our future. Besides the fact that jamaal isn't a good sg, he's overpaid. He contributes to a bigger problem the knicks have with the cap. Contribute meaning, he's not the only problem or cause of problem, but he adds to it. He gets paid to much for to little. It was a half sarcastic statment, stating that the knicks, need to pay more to lux tax because if they didn't they'd miss it. That paying the luxary tax was part of jamaals appeal to the knicks.
These past few years the knicks haven't been surviving, they haven't been close to .500 in years. They've been a joke, even the year they made playoffs, no one was worried about the knicks, no one feared the knicks, like the good old days. You call the jamaal crawford error surviving? Ha!
If detroits offense is so predictable, why are they in the playoffs every year? You don't think the free agent lose of ben wallace on defence, has anything to do with detroit not winning? Did you forget webbers contributions to detroit? R.Wallace's inside and outside game? billups doesn't set anyone up, he never drives and kicks out to RIP R.Wallace or PRINCE, there are no dishes to McDyess webber or a cuting prince or rip? They didn't have one of the most ballanced offenses this past year? Your insane.
I will say, darkos contract is crazy! is it really 3yrs 21mill? Maybe he'll have a decent year and the knicks will trade for him to, over rated, and overpaid, perfect for crawford. maybe when crawford awful contract is ready to expire, they can trade for darko. Better yet it will probably be a sign and trade, knicks to far over cap to sign him in 3yrs, and the knicks will give up their draft picks(only place isiah can judge talent) and probably best low salary player with decent overpaid player, with expiring contract for darko.
Who to get for jamaal, i don't even care. I just think he cloggs up the offense, excludingto many other talented players, marbury Q and frye all took steps backward in there offensive game, the only one he helps is eddy curry. Commits to many turnovers to have the rock all the time, and I've just had enough, Trade him for a draft pick, or if his contracts expiring soon let it.. Clear some cap room(i know that won't fix it, but it's a step in right direction)
We need to start clearing Cap room so we can offer a stud free agent worth aquiring an appealing contract. Let some young palyers with potential(that isiah seems to be able to pick) develope. Rebuild. I like watching young players. Ditch the high priced dead weight. J.James, J.Jefferies. Although they aren't dead weight, crawford and Q, they are overpaid. and haven't produced.