prophet_of_rage wrote:What do you think the Knicks goals are?NoDopeOnSundays wrote:GONYK wrote:
Who said anything about significant? These deals are easy to get off of if we need to, either as a pieces in a larger trade to fill salary or quickly clear cap space.
The Magic getting to move off of Fournier the minute they wanted to, at a similar salary to what he's making now, kind of proves that.
Do you think the Knicks think this is a contending roster with Randle as the alpha? That's really the only question that matters.
If the answer is yes, then sure, they f*cked up.
If the answer is no, which I think it is, then they didn't do anything other than try and be competitive with Julius while they bide their time for a bigger fish to hit the market.
But I'll ask again, what is the alternative? I concede that they could have held off on the extension. That's totally valid. But they probably would have still made all the other moves, because they want to remain competitive.
The Magic were able to dump Fournier because his contract was expiring at the end of the season, it gave the team trading for him a chance to see what he had, and they decided to move on. He has 2 full seasons left on his deal after this one, that is not an easily movable player.
The answer is no, and they should have let him play out this season, there was no reason to lock him up when we did. A shrewd/smart front office doesn't that, especially not after the playoff series he had. Nobody would have faulted the front office for taking a wait and see approach to Randle. The alternative was realizing he had a career year in a contract year and putting him in competition with the lottery pick who plays the same position as him. Do you think he'd be as lazy on defense right now if he weren't locked into a deal and had Obi breathing down his neck?
If your team isn't a contender with Randle, why build a competitive team around him? You're delaying the inevitable. If this season ends with us in the lottery then resigning him was a mistake, right?
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Emulate what the Nets did, putting a "competitive" team on the floor that can get free agents to sign here, but unfortunately guys are all locked into deals which eliminates the free agent superstar signings. They hired Leon to woo free agents but didn't see the shift coming of guys taking deals and then forcing trades. There are several teams with more assets than us that can jump on any disgruntled stars out there.
We're always playing behind the 8 ball.