New York Knickerbockers

[bubuy]

brooklyn nets will have the upper hand on lebron.. and im betting everything in my pocket right now (not really that much) that lebron would be out of cleveland when he turns a fa in 2010.. jay-z has been busting his ass trying to influence lebron and befriending him, so..

[pajac24]

brooklyn nets will have the upper hand on lebron.. and im betting everything in my pocket right now (not really that much) that lebron would be out of cleveland when he turns a fa in 2010.. jay-z has been busting his ass trying to influence lebron and befriending him, so..

 

sir i heard that lebron prefers the knicks in an interview given the chance and not only lebron the nets are pursuing come 2010, they will also pursue chris bosh and dwayne wade to form a championship caliber team, 2010 will be an interesting year for the nba

[pajac24]

Correct me if I'm wrong, di ba ang New York Knicks ang pinakamataas ang Value sa lahat ng NBA Teams? Parang nabasa ko ito sa Forbes Magazine eh, nagtataka lang ako kung bakit mataas ang Value ng Team kapag binenta, samantalang hindi naman sila as successful as the Celtics and the Lakers?

 

they have rabid and loyal fans in new york even though the knicks has been losing for the last couple of years, still the fans kept coming and still support their team, even had a lot of sell out games..unlike in boston wherein the fans came back because they are winning again and not because they love their team....hehehe d halatang new york fan noh? hehehe peace! ciao out for now

[pajac24]

cris duhon just been signed by the knicks, it looks like stephon marbury is on the way out literally hehehe

[sliderule]

Been a Knicks fan since they showed those old black and white games on local TV. Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Dick Barnett, Dave Debbuscher, Bill Bradley and Red Holzman. Best year was the lockout season of 99. If only Ewing was healthy....alas. Another year was when they figured in a brawl with the Heat, and so many players were suspended, they had to stretch the suspensions to 2 matches. In my opinion that was the year NY had their best shot. Which is the reason why P.J. Brown (the ass**** who started the fight) will forever be my hatest player of all time.

[gift_of_game]

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if we went by sheer $ alone (as in pera-pera lang ang laban), the Cavs have the biggest chance of signing the King since they can outbid anyone for his services.

any max contract from any other team tops out in the 120+ mil/5 year range (under present league rules and the CBA).

 

on the other hand, the Cavs---if they decide to pony up the dough---can come close to coughing up a package in the 140+ mil/6 years range.

 

ultimately, the choice to be made may rely on which club has the pieces in place to help him compete for a championship.

assuming that Ferry doesn't make any earth-shaking moves over the next few, LBJ's as good as gone.

and it will be the two NY area teams competing for his services (or at least, that's how it looks right now).

 

I'd say that the Nets probably have a better chance to get it done given the players they have (Devin Harris, an old VC, some promising young guys) and the flexibility that management has on its hands.

 

the Knicks just have way too many misfit/overpriced pieces right now that I don't really see them moving forward without Donnie Walsh holding a couple of fire sales.

 

but we'll see how the new regime handles its business and maybe, just maybe, Mike D'Antoni can make bball in the Big Apple fun again.

[webslinger]

para sa akin so far im interesting in d'antonio style of game. how can he play knicks w his run and gun w curry is d center much far of amari style of game and pg duhan and marbury how he will create d passing of art did nash in suns offence... also there perimeter shooting so far crawford is d only guy who could shoot 3's on d wing....

[mistergold]

yah thats the interesting part of the story how coach mike will do the plays like what he did in suns with a great guard nash

....hehehehehe.. will see.........

[bubuy]

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if we went by sheer $ alone (as in pera-pera lang ang laban), the Cavs have the biggest chance of signing the King since they can outbid anyone for his services.

any max contract from any other team tops out in the 120+ mil/5 year range (under present league rules and the CBA).

 

on the other hand, the Cavs---if they decide to pony up the dough---can come close to coughing up a package in the 140+ mil/6 years range.

i think the reason why lebron, wade and bosh opted to sign "shorter" contracts (by today's standards) was because the CBA would be renegotiated before 2010. they're hoping that the increase in salary cap during that time would compensate for whatever difference their current teams and interested suitors would be able to offer or at least that's what i read during their last contract nego.

[mazinger]

what a mess isiah thomas did to the knicks........ :thumbsdownsmiley:

Edited July 9, 2008 by mazinger

[gift_of_game]

that's true master B as there has been talk of reworking the current CBA in the near future.

just not too sure if owners will let that one pass though since it's one of the few leverages small and medium market teams have when resigning their own FAs.

[bubuy]

i think they should just increase luxury tax from the current dollar for dollar to 1:1.5 or something.. hopefully to prevent the big market teams from overspending, well except maybe NY. :upside:

[webslinger]

well fully loaded sila w curry, randolf, crawford and specially marbury around.... masyado malaki ang sweldo nila pero d naman ok every yr....

[Eddy Syet]

well fully loaded sila w curry, randolf, crawford and specially marbury around.... masyado malaki ang sweldo nila pero d naman ok every yr....

 

I believe they're looking to ship Marbury out... malas eh!

[gift_of_game]

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not a bad option there...hehe.

good luck nalang sa coach at teammates niya, kung sino man yun.

 

a year ago, he said that that he planned to finish up his career in Italy.