The conversation seems to imply that Leon wants to go into the second apron and is being overruled by Dolan, who called going into the second apron “suicidal.” How do we know that Leon even wants to, or thinks it would be sound strategy? Do we know what Brock Aller’s thoughts are on the matter?

We have ample evidence that with Dolan it’s never just about the money, or about the money at all. But with Leon, Aller, Wes, and Perrin, we are mostly in the dark because they don’t say shit. But what they all seem to have in common is that they don’t give a shit about allegiance to fans, and to a lesser degree, to the players. I doubt that they are just gonna run it back because of “feel good” reasons, although who knows?

I would love to know what people here think about what Leon and Brock think about going into the 2nd apron.

Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if Leon, Brock, and Dolan were all on the same page. Brock is the one of best cap-ologists out there, if not the best. He has pulled shit out of his ass that no one here expected to squeeze deals through, most recently at the trade deadline. Not that all have panned out (Hi iHart!) but it seems that the prime directive has been “Thou shalt not go into the 2nd apron under any circumstances!”

Put differently, is it possible that they had a plan for next year that was not going to be affected by whether this team won a championship or not?

I remain staunchly pro-Mitch. -36 is ugly thiugh.

What kind of plus minus did the starters put up in the playoffs and finals?

Mitch’s best game was game 5, and he was a good contributor in that game. For the rest of the series his shifts were mostly poor.

But if he doesn’t, how much worse would we be with vet min Drummond? Probably not a whole lot worse.

I think it would be worse by a lot. To the point that if we had Drummond instead of Mitch we would have lost to the Spurs quite easily. So it’s basically championship determining.

2. James Dolan is a stupid asshole, so if he decides not to spend the money, there’s not a whole lot anybody can do about it.

3. A player like Andre Drummond or others like him might be a reasonable contingency plan. If James Dolan decides to be an asshole, as is his wont, perhaps there are solutions that wouldn’t kill you.

4. Maybe he’ll decide not to be an asshole, and he’ll go into the second apron. Which would be great! But if he doesn’t, how much worse would we be with vet min Drummond? Probably not a whole lot worse.

5. Maybe the actual Drummond wouldn’t be available, which means you gotta rummage around in the vet min reject bin some more. And maybe you wouldn’t get somebody as good as Drummond.

Let’s say we could bring in Andre Drummond on a vet min.

The question remains:

Why would we shoot ourselves in the foot like this?

Next year is the first year of Brunson’s pay cut. And we’re going to reward him by saving money?