ArksNetsSince99 wrote:bkkrh wrote:Wallace_Wallace wrote:
I respect the premise of "don't overpay", but the Knicks will likely get team-friendly extensions for Brunson (already done), Bridges & Hart. The Knicks can use the cap space for already establish piece to strengthen their team which could be more valuable than draft picks.
Yeah, pretty much. Things can go wrong. Things have gone wrong for some teams, as the mentioned Rockets. It is still relatively easy to bounce back if you make the right moves at the right time.
It's similar with cap space. On paper OKC did a crazy overpay for Hartenstein this offseason. It still made sense since this might be the last time the next few years they had the chance to make a big offseason signing, they could weaken another up and coming team and they addressed a need. Until now he looks as if he might even justify the offer based on his performance alone.
In the end having a successful team involves decisions similar to playing a poker game. You won't go anywhere if you have the winning hand each round but fold because you are afraid to put your chips in the middle.
As you said, there were reasons beyound Bridges performance to make this trade, like the Villanova connection, him being a guy that never misses games when we already have some injury prone players, him already being part of a team that made it to the finals. Were the amount of draft picks an overpay? Most likely yes. Could we afford it? Since we had spent otherwise zero 1st rounders on any player that was on our roster the last 2 seasons before, definitely. Every other player was either drafted, a free agent signing, or came through a trade that didn't involve any 1st rounders. Bridges and KAT were the first 2 and it made sense, since we had the foundation to become a contender, so the right moment to go all in. If you see it from the perspective that overall it cost us 6 future 1st rounders to trade for KAT, OG and Bridges, it already sounds a bit different.
Yeah good analogy and explanation
You bought Ferrari and Maclaren for 5 bucks each ( Kat OG )
Then the deal was so good you took this old rusty Ford for 500K ( Bridges)
Old rusty Ford? Are you sure we talking about 28 year old Mikal Bridges and not Pierce, Garnett & Terry in their late 30's?
