David Lee question

ruben_lero · Post #1 » by **ruben_lero** » Wed Jul 7, 2010 10:54 am

If Lee has Bird rights, is posible that after the Knicks get two max players resignin Lee with the 12 millions(more or less) remainin from the cap(56) to the luxury(68)???Thanks for answering and sorry for my english!

Dunkenstein · Post #2 » by **Dunkenstein** » Wed Jul 7, 2010 4:46 pm

ruben_lero wrote:If Lee has Bird rights, is posible that after the Knicks get two max players resignin Lee with the 12 millions(more or less) remainin from the cap(56) to the luxury(68)???Thanks for answering and sorry for my english!

Since the Knicks already have some $18 million in salary commitments for next season, the only way the Knicks can sign two max free agents is to renounce their rights to Lee. So at that point he will no longer have Bird rights with the Knicks. Unless he is the other high-priced free agent the Knicks sign along with Amare (which is unlikely), the Knicks will not have the cap room to re-sign Lee.

ruben_lero · Post #3 » by **ruben_lero** » Wed Jul 7, 2010 9:27 pm

Dunkenstein wrote:
ruben_lero wrote:If Lee has Bird rights, is posible that after the Knicks get two max players resignin Lee with the 12 millions(more or less) remainin from the cap(56) to the luxury(68)???Thanks for answering and sorry for my english!

Since the Knicks already have some $18 million in salary commitments for next season, the only way the Knicks can sign two max free agents is to renounce their rights to Lee. So at that point he will no longer have Bird rights with the Knicks. Unless he is the other high-priced free agent the Knicks sign along with Amare (which is unlikely), the Knicks will not have the cap room to re-sign Lee.

Thank you!