u still dont get it....the last team anyone expected to win a Title was the Dallas Mavs. Whatever Kidd's stats were the year he won the Title does not matter, Kidds job was to get his teammates "Gellin & co-existin" as a winning team....they dont give stats on that.
We need Kidd's service to get Stat & Melo to co-exist in a lineup together, plus stop Stat & Tyson Chandler from positioning themselves backwards on offense/defense .... Kidd will teach Lin how to get Melo to start moving without the ball, plus to not let Melo get a touch on every offensive possession. TD & Shump passing game need a lot of Kidds help.
The Rox traded Lowry to the Raptors, Dragic went to the Suns. With our interest in Felton and Kidd, it's lining up that we lose Lin to the Rockets.
The Rox traded Lowry to the Raptors, Dragic went to the Suns. With our interest in Felton and Kidd, it's lining up that we lose Lin to the Rockets.
This is good, maybe great.
Tyson will definitely be getting those lobs.
Douglas will be gone.All I know is the Rox don't have a PG and we'll have too many with Kidd, Felton, Douglas and Lin.
Yup. I'm excited about this move, J Kidd mentoring him is exactly what Jeremy Lin needs to develop into a complete PG. I think he's still got something left in the tank. Dunno what he'll have left in year 3, but I really could care less at the dollars we get him for it's a deal we had to make. Now we need to shift our attention on getting Tyson a quality backup C. Do we have anything left to sign Camby?
if we can work the kidd deal into a s&t, then we'd keep our MLE of 3.09 mill. we could then offer that to Camby who may take that offer and back up Chandler would give us a nice backup C
the offer was 5 mil the first 2 years and then 9 mil in year 3 and then prob 11 mil in year 4 that is a team option....Knicks can match that easily.
Do you really think Dolan cares about luxury tax penalties when Lin generates so much money off the court?
Lin SHOULD be a Knick, if he isnt then there is something wrong with management.
The best part about Kidd is the respect he gets. You saw how a champion in Tyson Chandler changed the whole Knicks culture even without training camp.
Chandler is a champ, a champ with Kidd. One champ got tons of respect in the locker room. How much respect do two champs get? They know what it takes to win. They will garner respect, and Kidd will get all of the Knicks on the same page, and hopefully will teach Lin how to be more versatile to become the best PG he can be.
And another underrated quality about Kidd is that he is not a major mismatch when defending taller players because of his quick hands, strength and IQ. He gave Durant tough times and in the 2011 Finals he gave LeBron some trouble also.
No way they don't match the Rockets offer.
And as far as Kidd, his foul on Lin might've been what led to the knee surgery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQVPCYblJ5U
No need to bring Felton back here as a 3rd string point guard. Now all we need is to sign Camby and we're good but i think Jeremy Lin and Amarknee are the x factors as to how far we go. I have more confidence in the one who i I spoke of first, but nothings a guarantee. Anyone who accurately predicts Lins stats for next season should get green repped by every poster on this board