Anotha Knicks fan wrote:sinjz wrote:I read the first forty pages or so, then skipped through a bunch of pages, so I apologize if this has already been discussed in length.
Does keeping Lin negatively affect our ability to sign players or make trades in the next three years? I'm currently of the belief that it does NOT. I think we are are pretty much set as a team for the next three years REGARDLESS of whether we match Lin or not; We are capped out regardless. If that's the case, I don't see why there is any debate over this, we would need to match Lin.
Does this push us from MLE to a MMLE? If not, then it looks like the only difference on the basketball court would be Lin or some guy off the street. If that's the choice how do you not choose Lin? At worse, if he sucks we trade him for a 2nd rounder or something. At best he helps us go for a championship. If he's something in between, he's a trade chip.
Off court stuff - if you complain about the luxury tax, you can't ignore the fact he'll bring extra attention and cash to the club; probably MUCH more than what the luxury tax would cost.
So basically can somebody explain to me basketball management wise, why we aren't bringing him back.
YAY! more sense!!!
Yeah. My question is the same. So we are getting penalized but we will be over the cap anyways. Does going from 9 mil to 15 mil make that much of a difference in cap penalties?
