Again, Larkin obviously didn’t matter much, but to give up on him before he played a single minute just to clear up cap room was dumb and indicative of Phil’s whole dumb philosophy as Knicks GM.

Phil traded for Larkin and then renounced his third-year team option before Larkin played a single minute as a Knick. So Larkin became a free agent after his second season in the NBA (his only season as a Knick). This was because Phil didn’t want to have Larkin’s $1.6 million on the cap for the 2015-16 season because he needed as much cap room as possible in his mind. It’s the same dumb reason he wouldn’t take a first for Shump (because he needed to get JR attached to the deal to clear JR’s cap space).

Larkin obviously didn’t matter much, but to give up on him before he played a single minute just to clear up cap room was dumb and indicative of Phil’s whole dumb philosophy as Knicks GM.

I’m not sure I believe in the concept of a replacement level player as applied to basketball (I think basketball is a lot different than baseball in calling up replacements) but if that concept exists, Shane Larkin is probably representative of it. So not signing him to try out someone else is not that great a sin.

even though now he gets rotation minutes for a contender, just sayin’

Oh, you mean the guy that Phil renounced the rights of before he played a single minute as a Knick so that Phil could free up cap space to sign Derrick Williams?

Porter says he has already had meetings with the New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets and LA Clippers. He is scheduled to meet with the Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics on Friday, with other meetings potentially occurring in the next few weeks.