Felton Signs With Knicks

Rich4114 · Post #61 » by **Rich4114** » Thu May 6, 2010 3:20 am

In all seriousness though, what do people actually think will happen - not what they think should happen?

countryboi · Post #62 » by **countryboi** » Thu May 6, 2010 3:36 am

my gut tells me felton is going to walk and end up in new york or miami and murder the bobcats everytime we play

Rich4114 · Post #63 » by **Rich4114** » Thu May 6, 2010 4:38 am

countryboi wrote:my gut tells me felton is going to walk and end up in new york or miami and murder the bobcats everytime we play

that would be a kick in the nuts

Fred Williamson · Post #64 » by **Fred Williamson** » Thu May 6, 2010 1:01 pm

countryboi wrote:my gut tells me felton is going to walk and end up in new york or miami and murder the bobcats everytime we play

yeah, his 4-16 shooting will really bother us

Post #65 » by **fatlever** » Thu May 6, 2010 2:11 pm

i honestly have no idea...

countryboi · Post #66 » by **countryboi** » Thu May 6, 2010 3:07 pm

Fred Williamson wrote:
countryboi wrote:my gut tells me felton is going to walk and end up in new york or miami and murder the bobcats everytime we play

yeah, his 4-16 shooting will really bother us

the bobcats have gotten murder by guys less talented than felton before....

Post #67 » by **BigSlam** » Thu May 6, 2010 4:36 pm

Rich4114 wrote:In all seriousness though, what do people actually think will happen - not what they think should happen?

I think it will be Ben Gordon V.2 and he will walk for nothing.

Rich4114 · Post #68 » by **Rich4114** » Thu May 6, 2010 5:27 pm

Fred Williamson wrote:
countryboi wrote:my gut tells me felton is going to walk and end up in new york or miami and murder the bobcats everytime we play

yeah, his 4-16 shooting will really bother us

That is Felton of the past, Felton this year had LOTS of games shooting above 50%. He just takes better (less) shots now and also finishes at the rim a little better. He can't for the life of him shoot on the move though other than the floater.

One thing I wish he did more of was go to the mid range jumper game. I think he can create his own shot and score that way, we could've used that this year.

Rich4114 · Post #69 » by **Rich4114** » Thu May 6, 2010 5:28 pm

BigSlam wrote:
Rich4114 wrote:In all seriousness though, what do people actually think will happen - not what they think should happen?

I think it will be Ben Gordon V.2 and he will walk for nothing.

I think this is possible, unless the Bobcats feel like they can offer him the same exact deal as last time. I think we've done this in the past with Wallace.

Post #70 » by **fatlever** » Sat May 8, 2010 12:20 am

im just now getting around to my bill simmons reading for the past few weeks

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ons/100429

123. Ray Felton
Made Jameer Nelson look good enough that I left the Magic series thinking, "Either Nelson has gone to another level and I need to reconfigure my 'Orlando can't make the Finals without a real go-to guy' statement, or Ray Felton is a career backup and should not earn more than $2.35 million a year."

Post #71 » by **Paydro70** » Sat May 8, 2010 4:14 pm

I don't think ownership wants to pay the tax, and as we've all realized for months that means keeping only one of Thomas or Felton. I think the playoffs made it pretty clear which one could be a vital part of this team going forward and which one can be replaced.

Benjamin Linus · Post #72 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Sat May 8, 2010 4:55 pm

You guys know way more about capspace than me, if we decide to let Felton go and give Thomas the qualifying offer, would we have enough space / what are our chances of signing someone like Steve Blake or Luke Ridnour?

nugentrk · Post #73 » by **nugentrk** » Sat May 8, 2010 7:28 pm

Benjamin Linus wrote:You guys know way more about capspace than me, if we decide to let Felton go and give Thomas the qualifying offer, would we have enough space / what are our chances of signing someone like Steve Blake or Luke Ridnour?

We would have about $3 million to spend on 3 players. So we probably can't afford to sign Steve Blake or Luke Ridnour either.

The will probably trade Nazr Mohammed expiring contract for a PG. Our starting PG next season will probably be Ramon Sessions or TJ Ford. or if we are lucky Devin Harris.

Post #74 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Sat May 8, 2010 8:58 pm

I would happily welcome Devin Harris. Definitely one of my favorite players.

Post #75 » by **BigSlam** » Sun May 9, 2010 12:41 am

Walt Cronkite wrote:I would happily welcome Devin Harris. Definitely one of my favorite players.

Really? I watched him a lot this year and I really wasn't blown away by him at all.

What is it about him/his game that you dig so much?

countryboi · Post #76 » by **countryboi** » Sun May 9, 2010 1:38 am

devin harris looked like he was going to be great a few seasons ago...but now i dont know if he is much better than felton

Post #77 » by **BigSlam** » Sun May 9, 2010 2:54 am

So as of today, what is everyone, each individual poster, comfortable in offering him?

Personally if it were me making the offer I would start the negotiation at 4 years/15 million with the last year a team option and cap it at 4 years/20 million with the last year a player option and be ok if it lands some where between those two points.

If he threated to walk if I din't go past 4/20, I'd thank him for his contribution over the past 5 years and wish him well for his future.

Rich4114 · Post #78 » by **Rich4114** » Sun May 9, 2010 3:41 am

Felton is worth more like 6m/yr. 5m/yr would be a good deal for us. Regardless of that last playoff performance, basing his value on the overall season he's worth 6 and could probably get more from us or another team when it's all said and done.

Of course if we got him for 4/15 or 4/20 then that's awesome, but I don't see it happening.

Post #79 » by **Diop** » Sun May 9, 2010 3:43 am

BigSlam wrote:So as of today, what is everyone, each individual poster, comfortable in offering him?

Personally if it were me making the offer I would start the negotiation at 4 years/15 million with the last year a team option and cap it at 4 years/20 million with the last year a player option and be ok if it lands some where between those two points.

If he threated to walk if I din't go past 4/20, I'd thank him for his contribution over the past 5 years and wish him well for his future.

I'm with you Slam, I wouldn't pay more than 5 million a year.

nugentrk · Post #80 » by **nugentrk** » Sun May 9, 2010 4:31 am

BigSlam, how can you offer less than what he made last season?

If Rod Higgins can work his magic and trade Nazr Mohammed and D.J. Augustin (and/or Gerald Henderson) for a future 1st rd pick & a trade exception. To "that team", that strikes out in free agency. Then I will offer Felton 5 years/ $30 million with the 5th year as a team option.

If we can't trade some salary first, I will not make him an offer.