It's impossible.
Would it be possible to offer a 1 year mid level exception to a vet and resign one of our players this year in hopes off adding a them to a possible trade for Okafor?
What if we offered Turiaf 4mil, Fields500k , Billups 14mil, Mid Level someone another 5 mil I think for Paul 15mil and Okafor 11.5mil?
Us: Paul and Okafor 26.5 mil coming in.
Them: Turiaf, Billups, Fields, Mid someone Roughly 24mil coming in.
I suppose the numbers would work in that scenario but there is no way in hell New Orleans would agree to that deal.
We need to think of more realistic options. For example Billups + Fields + Douglas to Sacramento for Francisco Garcia + Beno Udrih + Jason Thompson
Remember if Chris plays hard ball like Melo did they wont have a choice but to trade with us or lose him.
I suppose the numbers would work in that scenario but there is no way in hell New Orleans would agree to that deal.
We need to think of more realistic options. For example Billups + Fields + Douglas to Sacramento for Francisco Garcia + Beno Udrih + Jason Thompson
Yeah, look how well that turned out for us. We gave up half our team and all our available picks.
Explain to me why NO wouldn't do that deal when they stand to lose Paul for nothing in FA?
If Paul tells NO he only will go to the Knicks and teams know he won't sign long-term, then NO will be forced to deal w us.
No other team will take him, while giving up pieces if they know he won't stay..
We'll be in a good position.
Or we could do a deal w Sac.. :|
You mean the exact same scenario we went through with Melo? The one where Denver stood to lose Melo for nothing but we got played into giving up all of our young talent and draft picks?
All this talk is eerily similar to the Melo talk last summer. Everyone said we could get Melo for Chandler + Curry.
But the circumstances are different. There will be no threat of a new CBA looming over Paul.
Because of that he can confidently say to NO, "I'll only sign long-term w the Knicks".
That should effectively end a bidding war as other teams learn he won't stay w them.
Let us remember the main reason Donnie felt compelled to do the Melo deal at the deadline was because he thought Melo would sign long-term w the Nets to avoid losing money due to a new CBA.
Barring any drastic changes, Paul and the Knicks will not have the CBA factor to deal w.
True. But that doesn't stop a team like New Orleans playing us the way the Nuggets and Nets did.
Trust me, it's going to take more than Fields to get us the best PG in the game.
*Edit - We may not have the cap space to sign CP3, so NO can play that card against us. They would probably let CP3 walk for a trade exception to another team in free agency than give him away for nothing. Rememer, teams are working in their best interests, not ours, or CP3's. Just like Denver.
Yes, but then Donnie can sit back and w a relaxed tone tell them, "You don't want to accept our fair (lol) offer?? Okay then, we'll wait and see what happens in FA..".
He should have the upper hand because everyone in the league knows Paul wants NY.
Yes it does, and I don't even think the Nuggets played us to be honest.. We were going to replace Felton with CP3 anyways and Billups has a bigger contract so it can be more useful if a trade goes down, Chandler was gone at the end of the season anyways, so we basically traded Melo for Gallo how is that getting played? I think we can sign Cp3 in free agency especially with a lot of our players contracts expiring in 2012.True. But that doesn't stop a team like New Orleans playing us the way the Nuggets and Nets did.
Trust me, it's going to take more than Fields to get us the best PG in the game.
*Edit - We may not have the cap space to sign CP3, so NO can play that card against us. They would probably let CP3 walk for a trade exception to another team in free agency than give him away for nothing. Rememer, teams are working in their best interests, not ours, or CP3's. Just like Denver.
Even in that case a sign and trade with NO would be our only option. I can almost guarantee that we wont have the cap room straight up to sign Paul in FA. I was trying to get a scenario where we might be able to have our cake and eat it too. But LJ is being a lil girl and getting all pissed because this thread involves CP3. If it was about a center he would be all for it. Its a Bball forum and we can all speculate and dream if we want to. :boohoo:
Even in that case a sign and trade with NO would be our only option. I can almost guarantee that we wont have the cap room straight up to sign Paul in FA. I was trying to get a scenario where we might be able to have our cake and eat it too. But LJ is being a lil girl and getting all pissed because this thread involves CP3. If it was about a center he would be all for it. Its a Bball forum and we can all speculate and dream if we want to. :boohoo:
Idk, I'd hate to think it's not possible. I mean, if we signed him for what Billups + Balkman + Turiaf make that'd be, what... bout 19 million. That's not that much less than what Melo and Amare are making.