Ron Baker Officially Signed

[DOT]

When you over pay a player with a history of some success that may be stupid but at least its understandable. When you over pay someone that literally can't play the game of basketball it will go as one of the worst ever. No question. You will read about his contract 15 years from now talking about Knick mistakes.

Baker's salary is about 2.5% of the Knick's overall budget. Get over it.

First of all there is a difference between a budget and the cap. I think you must be talking about the cap in this situation. It doesn't matter if its 2.5 percent or 25 percent. When you overspend on an unnecessary asset it will become apparent when you can't spend on a necessary asset. Every cent matters. It's a shame you don't know that.

Except in this case, Baker's contract didn't impact our ability to spend on necessary assets this year since he was signed to an exception, and next year we'd be over the cap unless Kanter opts out, in which case Baker's contract will be the difference between 7 million and 2.5 million dollars. What player will we get with 7 million that we can't get for 2.5 million? And even then, if we really had to, we just trade him to a team for a top 50 protected 2nd rounder or something, it literally doesn't affect us.

[NoStatsGuy]

told ya

[BasicBall]

Never understood this signing. Dude is not NBA caliber guard

Yes he is....

In what way? How? Please explain?

Underrated athletically, solid defender, can hit the open 3 and can play on the ball or off. Plus you know he's just a solid guy in the locker-room. You can see he understands the game. Yes he's a 4th guard off the bench. But to me, he's a lot like Lance Thomas who signed a nice deal and some would say he isn't an NBA caliber player either. But if you saw the Pacer game, you saw what a guy like Lance brings to the table. I like his game and style of play...but that's just me!

[Savageknick2190]

Baker's salary is about 2.5% of the Knick's overall budget. Get over it.

First of all there is a difference between a budget and the cap. I think you must be talking about the cap in this situation. It doesn't matter if its 2.5 percent or 25 percent. When you overspend on an unnecessary asset it will become apparent when you can't spend on a necessary asset. Every cent matters. It's a shame you don't know that.

Except in this case, Baker's contract didn't impact our ability to spend on necessary assets this year since he was signed to an exception, and next year we'd be over the cap unless Kanter opts out, in which case Baker's contract will be the difference between 7 million and 2.5 million dollars. What player will we get with 7 million that we can't get for 2.5 million? And even then, if we really had to, we just trade him to a team for a top 50 protected 2nd rounder or something, it literally doesn't affect us.

You're just not very smart are you? It's ok. I understand

[DOT]

First of all there is a difference between a budget and the cap. I think you must be talking about the cap in this situation. It doesn't matter if its 2.5 percent or 25 percent. When you overspend on an unnecessary asset it will become apparent when you can't spend on a necessary asset. Every cent matters. It's a shame you don't know that.

Except in this case, Baker's contract didn't impact our ability to spend on necessary assets this year since he was signed to an exception, and next year we'd be over the cap unless Kanter opts out, in which case Baker's contract will be the difference between 7 million and 2.5 million dollars. What player will we get with 7 million that we can't get for 2.5 million? And even then, if we really had to, we just trade him to a team for a top 50 protected 2nd rounder or something, it literally doesn't affect us.

You're just not very smart are you? It's ok. I understand

Says the guy who kept insisting Frank wasn't an NBA player

Seriously, tell me how Baker's contract is going to stop us from signing anybody. We have 94 million in committed money next year out of 101 million. And if we really need the cap space, somebody would gladly take Baker off our hands for us.

But too bad you can't debate my point. Keep banging your head.

[Savageknick2190]

Except in this case, Baker's contract didn't impact our ability to spend on necessary assets this year since he was signed to an exception, and next year we'd be over the cap unless Kanter opts out, in which case Baker's contract will be the difference between 7 million and 2.5 million dollars. What player will we get with 7 million that we can't get for 2.5 million? And even then, if we really had to, we just trade him to a team for a top 50 protected 2nd rounder or something, it literally doesn't affect us.

You're just not very smart are you? It's ok. I understand

Says the guy who kept insisting Frank wasn't an NBA player

Seriously, tell me how Baker's contract is going to stop us from signing anybody. We have 94 million in committed money next year out of 101 million. And if we really need the cap space, somebody would gladly take Baker off our hands for us.

But too bad you can't debate my point. Keep banging your head.

Please don't post things I didn't say. If you are going to quote me then actually quote me. Don't post lies.

[Savageknick2190]

Yes he is....

In what way? How? Please explain?

Underrated athletically, solid defender, can hit the open 3 and can play on the ball or off. Plus you know he's just a solid guy in the locker-room. You can see he understands the game. Yes he's a 4th guard off the bench. But to me, he's a lot like Lance Thomas who signed a nice deal and some would say he isn't an NBA caliber player either. But if you saw the Pacer game, you saw what a guy like Lance brings to the table. I like his game and style of play...but that's just me!

It's definitely just you.

[Savageknick2190]

You're just not very smart are you? It's ok. I understand

Says the guy who kept insisting Frank wasn't an NBA player

Seriously, tell me how Baker's contract is going to stop us from signing anybody. We have 94 million in committed money next year out of 101 million. And if we really need the cap space, somebody would gladly take Baker off our hands for us.

But too bad you can't debate my point. Keep banging your head.

Please don't post things I didn't say. If you are going to quote me then actually quote me. Don't post lies.

As far as your point goes, I can't tell you who the Knicks would sign or would not be able to sign. Why you ask? It's in the future. No one knows the value of any player yet. The free agency period hasn't opened. Just stop posting. You make yourself look more ridiculous with every post.

[DOT]

You're just not very smart are you? It's ok. I understand

Says the guy who kept insisting Frank wasn't an NBA player

Seriously, tell me how Baker's contract is going to stop us from signing anybody. We have 94 million in committed money next year out of 101 million. And if we really need the cap space, somebody would gladly take Baker off our hands for us.

But too bad you can't debate my point. Keep banging your head.

Please don't post things I didn't say. If you are going to quote me then actually quote me. Don't post lies.

Bitch please, you've been sh*t talking Frank since you started posting

And you still haven't given any argument to "debate" my point, just acted like you won the argument by saying "Baker sucks, you're an idiot" and trying to call me out for not trying to debate you, then giving single sentence replies with no substance to them

[Savageknick2190]

Says the guy who kept insisting Frank wasn't an NBA player

Seriously, tell me how Baker's contract is going to stop us from signing anybody. We have 94 million in committed money next year out of 101 million. And if we really need the cap space, somebody would gladly take Baker off our hands for us.

But too bad you can't debate my point. Keep banging your head.

Please don't post things I didn't say. If you are going to quote me then actually quote me. Don't post lies.

Bitch please, you've been sh*t talking Frank since you started posting

And you still haven't given any argument to "debate" my point, just acted like you won the argument by saying "Baker sucks, you're an idiot" and trying to call me out for not trying to debate you, then giving single sentence replies with no substance to them

There is no need for offensive language. Don't let a post on this site get you upset. It will be ok.

[TrueWarrior]

I'm not going to pretend I watched every game down the stretch last season, so I believe I missed some of Ron's better games, but it seems like he had many of the same strengths and weaknesses as Frank. Only, he's not as good.

Doesn't mean Ron can't eventually find a place on this team, but Frank and Dotson should be higher on the chain so he has some work to do to even crack the rotation again. Gotta find that jumper though.

[Capn'O]

Please don't post things I didn't say. If you are going to quote me then actually quote me. Don't post lies.

Bitch please, you've been sh*t talking Frank since you started posting

And you still haven't given any argument to "debate" my point, just acted like you won the argument by saying "Baker sucks, you're an idiot" and trying to call me out for not trying to debate you, then giving single sentence replies with no substance to them

There is no need for offensive language. Don't let a post on this site get you upset. It will be ok.

You get what you pay for. Report a post when you've literally just posted a personal attack in the quoted text. And I quote:

You're just not very smart are you?

[Savageknick2190]

Bitch please, you've been sh*t talking Frank since you started posting

And you still haven't given any argument to "debate" my point, just acted like you won the argument by saying "Baker sucks, you're an idiot" and trying to call me out for not trying to debate you, then giving single sentence replies with no substance to them

There is no need for offensive language. Don't let a post on this site get you upset. It will be ok.

You get what you pay for. Report a post when you've literally just posted a personal attack in the quoted text. And I quote:

You're just not very smart are you?

I reported offensive language. Was what you quoted offensive language?

[evevale]

I guess the Knicks are willing to pay 9mil for a living meme. I just don't understand.

[Daaaarryyl]

Just home from work-

Why was this thread bumped???

I never liked the signing but what happened, did I miss something today?