Comments on: Observations On The Eve of the Summer of Our Discontent (Conclusion)

By: Card Consumer Counseling Credit Credit Debt Through

Card Consumer Counseling Credit Credit Debt Through — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:35:43 +0000

Is Consumer Credit Counseling All That It's Cracked Up To Be?

Once upon a time there was a man named Jack who was an average kind of guy. He was married, living in the suburbs in a typical 3 bed room house which he was paying off to the bank.

By: KnickerBlogger.Net » Blog Archive » There Are No Grown Ups Here

KnickerBlogger.Net » Blog Archive » There Are No Grown Ups Here — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:06:02 +0000

[...] Only the Knick ?family? is lucky enough to have three such uncles laying face deep in potato salad, each having passed out trying to out-drink the other two. No amount of sensible advice can convince them to give up these childish games, especially since none can hear past the sound of his own slogans muffled by potato salad. [...]

By: Bennyb

Bennyb — Mon, 22 May 2006 14:03:50 +0000

I find it unbelievable that we are 7-10 days into the latest Larry Brown/Knick fiasco and no one has found the energy to post a comment or blog entry on it. It’s almost sad how beat down Knick fans are – a hall of fame coach is getting chased after one year, and potentially getting paid as much as $40 million to go away and it is all met by a collective yawn from Knick fans. It’s almost as if everyone is resigned to us sucking for the next three to five years, so no one really cares how or why we suck. Dark days in Knickville indeed.

By: David Crockett

David Crockett — Mon, 15 May 2006 19:13:40 +0000

The fugazi thing…

Man, I had repressed that. Seriously, I had completely forgotten about that until this very moment. The fugazi thing. How funny.

By: Goo

Goo — Fri, 05 May 2006 16:09:18 +0000

Hey, KB, since Tim Thomas is playing so well in the playoffs for Phoenix, what’s the over-under on Isiah using the MLE on Thomas this summer? That, and acquiring Kenyon Martin, if not just to re-live the whole “fugazy” thing from a few years ago? It’d be a classic Isiah move, that’s for sure…

By: Paul M

Paul M — Tue, 02 May 2006 17:28:50 +0000

I don’t really have anything to say on the Knicks issue, but I was wondering if Knickerblogger was going to put up a playoffs stat page like in years past.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 02 May 2006 13:22:27 +0000

i absolutely disagree with a zero growth budget, in the past 2-3 seasons the knicks have gotten their core from expiring deals eisley, ward and mcdyess became marbury with penny , trybansky mutumbo and othella became jamal crawford Tim thomas’ expiring deal made eddy curry possible and penny’s made getting francis happen.

the team is right now a bad fit, it has too many scorers and not enough of other things , but if it can change mo taylor’s and jalen rose’s contract into a good post defender(or 2) and a good defender at small forward the team would be fine or at least substantially improved.

i say keep adding talent just taper it to what the team needs at this point , and use the MLE to help get another good defender.

i would put a muzzle on larry brown about the talent on the team and give what he asks for and if he still has trouble then he should go.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:39:21 +0000

Sure, it’s nice if you clear cap space in the year that the guy who is about to win back-to-back MVPs comes onto the market AND his old team for some reason decides not to resign him. The Suns caught lightening in a bottle; they’re not a case we can generalize from. Many teams have sat there for years with cap space and no one to take it.

I’ll bet dollars to donuts that the superfabulous free agent class people have been looking for when LeBron’s rookie contract is up will not materialize — their teams can offer them the most money, and LeBron, Melo, Wade, and Bosh will sign extensions with their teams before they ever go on the market. Nash was only there because the Mavs allowed it. I believe that cap space is overvalued on the market given the lack of incentive for high-level talents to even test free agency; it makes sense to trade cap space for talent.

By: KnickerBlogger

KnickerBlogger — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:37:12 +0000

Marc R Said:
April 29th, 2006 at 10:48 am e

“I still think that the best way for the Knicks to take advantage of their singular situation of wealth and an owner willing to pay the luxury tax is to find teams with one good (or, in any event, desirable) player who are looking to get under the salary cap and then trade for that player with some of the team?s expiring contracts. The key, of course, is not picking a big-name, but overrated, player. (I?m looking at you Stevie!)”

Oddly enough that tactic seems to work better for teams that are getting the cap relief (see the Suns).

By: Marc R

Marc R — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:48:35 +0000

“For example, Tim Thomas?s contract is still on Chicago?s cap but the amount they paid him to go away is not.”

So the idea is to take on other teams’ contracts and then buy out the players? Sure, this clears the roster and we have the benefit of never having to watch Steve Francis toss the ball into the stands if he’s bought out. But how does it help the salary cap situation?

This was actually a tactic that Layden did a lot. For example, the Knicks were paying Luc Longley and Muggsy Bogues long after they stopped playing in the NBA and those contracts contributed to the Knicks’ being over the cap. Forgive me if I don’t look back on those years as the good old days.

I still think that the best way for the Knicks to take advantage of their singular situation of wealth and an owner willing to pay the luxury tax is to find teams with one good (or, in any event, desirable) player who are looking to get under the salary cap and then trade for that player with some of the team’s expiring contracts. The key, of course, is not picking a big-name, but overrated, player. (I’m looking at you Stevie!)