Already shared my thoughts on Noah getting 4 years. If Gordon is signed long term, Rose as well, Im quite confident that it means that Phil will be gone in the next couple of years. A roster filled with mostly injury prone starters on long term deals is a ticking time bomb. I doubt Phil will be around when it goes off. The next guy will have to clean up the mess, maybe Mills.
GustavBahler wrote:Already shared my thoughts on Noah getting 4 years. If Gordon is signed long term, Rose as well, Im quite comfident that it means that Phil will be gone in the next couple of years. A roster filled with mostly injury prone starters on long term deals is a ticking time bomb. I doubt Phil will be around when it goes off. The next guy will have to clean up the mess, maybe Mills.
Someone here gets the fears of going all in in a mediocre free agency class.
Sad thing is the snake is lurking right down the hallway once Phil says I'm coming home Jeannie...
fishmike wrote:EwingsGlass wrote:SwishAndDish13 wrote:Some would simply call this low risk, high reward. As many posted on the trade reaction threads, worst case scenario, this blows up and we get a pick. We are offering less money than anybody for FAs, so it's not a great sell. We had to gamble a bit but we have our pick and have to assume the system will be rectified in 2017. We should be in an advantageous position either way.
If it was low risk, high reward, why doesnt everybody sign lots of injured players? Its high risk high reward. Only hedge is the lotto pick.
I guess the real question is how many players have to remain healthy for them to be competitive and how many have to be injured for them to get a good lotto pick?
They do. Mosgov had tons of injuries... big money. Beal is a ticking timebomb, huge contract. Chandler Parsons had the Houston/STAT surgery... just got offered a massive deal. We could go on an on with this... teams 100% do sign tons of injured players and the reason is simple, impact talent is the hardest thing to acquire and keep. If Noah only plays 50 games but is reasonably healthy come playoff time (assuming the KNicks are in) he is a huge player for us.Every signing carries risk, but teams would rather have to manage injured talent than fail to attract it at all.
Good point. Not many low mileage Mercedes Benz out there at wholesale prices. Hopefully they are signed with some team options.
