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>they seem to be in a situation where they'd have to gut the
>roster of role players (delfino, patterson) thru trades just
>to get in position to get the mega star they need (with no
>guarantees even if they do that)

Jeremy Lin was cut to make room for Dalembert and is a knick cause of the Chauncey Amnesty.
Novak became a Knick cause SA cut him and they needed a body on the end of the bench.

both those dudes turned roster turnover into financial security.

there are a lot more examples, the point being"gutting" your roster of role players to make cap room or bring in stars is the nature of the beast. there are role players all over the place you can get to replace the ones you lost. Whether they're productive depends on your scouting, personnel, and scheme.

I dunno if it's your intention, but you make it seem like a bad thing, and it's not.

>iono just doesn't seem that likely to me
>it's revisionism since he was signed before harden....but that
>lin contract is coming back to fuck them in the ass already
>imagine if they had went after felton at that $4 mil cap hit
>instead
>more flexibility and more money to attract the type of star
>they need
>instead they are a mediocre team with 1 star and some , but
>not enough, cap room
>looks like a recipe to reach and sign above avg. role players
>for too much money
>
felton was signed and traded for, not signed outright. no way they woulda looked at felton based on what they're looking to do. And for all the problems it seems Jeremy Lin presents, no one talks about the 4 years and 32 mil george hill's getting thru 2017.




btw they're not going with a max level 5. they have a double double big man at 26 for 5 million this year and next.

why fuck that up? specially with montejunas as a capable young backup.

their main issue is they have no one they can give the rock 15 feet from the basket above 6'8" who can get their own.

j.smith, millsap, possibly ilyasova. gotta see wsup at the deadline and who's looking to get rid of a deal.