Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2019.07.18)

By: Ingmarrrr

Ingmarrrr — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 06:46:57 +0000

Sorry to hear about your losses, my friends Geo, Jack, and JK. I wish you all better times.

By: geo

geo — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 06:32:53 +0000

I wonder if presti felt relief when he got the call from the clips…

I thought russ would go to the heat…it’ll be interesting watching him and harden play together…

I’m not sure I remember any one else acquiring that many picks – definitely not in that short a span of time…it’ll be interesting to see how it plays out for them…

not sure either on that jerami grant trade…probably should have held on to him…

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:40:23 +0000

In reply to Jack Bauer.

And yeah, yikes, guys, sorry that a few of you’ve been through some rough times recently. I feel for you!

By: Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:00:22 +0000

@68 all good, thank you KFINJ

By: alsep73

alsep73 — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:43:36 +0000

Yeah, Presti has a million picks from other teams. And while this configuration of the Thunder won’t contend for a title, they’re at least going to be competitive. Plus, no big free agent is coming there until those draft picks start paying off — and maybe not ever — so Paul’s contract isn’t that onerous compared to how it might be in another market. If he can get value for Paul, he’ll do it. Otherwise, might as well let him play.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:29:47 +0000

In reply to Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats.

I don’t believe Presti is interested in using picks to get rid of Paul. I think he’ll either wait for value for him or just hold on to him.

By: Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats

Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:26:34 +0000

What if it’s possible that by December 15, the team is interested in trading Ntilikina, Portis, and Ellington (Knox too, if they want him) to OKC for Chris Paul and a pick? I don’t see how either team says no to that considering how badly OKC wants to get from under CP3’s contract. I’ll gladly take an aging Paul if he comes with a pick or 2 attached. He’d be invaluable to guys like Trier,Dot, Mitch, Randle, Barrett, and DSJ

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:42:44 +0000

In reply to Z-man.

No, as long as the player is paid, they don’t care. It literally just happened this year with the Cavs and JR. Their only objection is when teams try to dock pay (like some team did with Marbury. I think it was a team after he was with the Knicks. Yes, Marbury was somehow banished by multiple teams). Essentially, if you pay them, you have the right to do whatever you want with them.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:38:38 +0000

@69 My understanding it that is generally frowned upon by the union to prevent a player from playing by not waiving him. (Can you think of a player who was healthy enough to play but told to stay away yet kept on the roster indefinitely? ) So the only actual alternatives were to waive him with or without stretching him. And my understanding is that the decision has to be made at the time of the waiving.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:29:25 +0000

In reply to Dink.

Let us never forget that this FO stretch-waived Joakim Noah months before free agency. For cap space that eventually netted them Bobby friggin’ Portis.

Yeah, to reiterate, there was NO financial advantage to waiving Noah before the season. It freed up zero extra cap room versus stretching him after the season. All it did was open up a roster spot for a back of the roster player.

They could have just kept him from the team like a number of other teams have done with a number of other players.