Knicks · Courtney Lee has agreed to a four-year, $50 million deal with the Knicks (page 4)

Uptown wrote:

Welpee wrote:Noah got his first assist:

Ian Begley
ESPN Staff Writer

The Courtney Lee deal "would not have happened without Joakim Noah," a source close to Lee says. Lee had several offers to decide from and chose New York in part because of Noah's recruitment. "Courtney understands what playing for the New York Knicks means," a source close to Lee says. "He wanted to play in New York and Joakim Noah was instrumental in recruiting him. Would not have happened without Joakim. Courtney couldn't be more excited."

Beat me to it...Think Lee jumps aboard if it was Lopez who was doing the recruiting

Sure, the way he has been built up since being traded Lopez would've convinced Durant to sign with us.

I like the signing. I would have liked 4 for 40 but the cap increase has made the market insane

CrushAlot wrote:

reub wrote:How much money do we have left? I would love a lights out 3 pt shooter like Seth Curry!

Not sure but Curry would be awesome and would be a nice fit as the back up point guard.

I don't understand how much money we have left. My understanding was we had $29m if we didn't renounce DWill. Noah got $16.5m year 1, Courtney Lee would be around $11m year 1 with raise to get to $50 over 4. So I think we might have DWILL's cap hold plus maybe a million? Curious to see if we target DWill or a backup PG

With the way the rest of the roster is set, now I would feel good going after Seth Curry. Now if Sacto matches, we aren't screwed. Just move on to the next option.

Lee is about as good a pickup as we can expect given our funds I was afraid he would take more elsewhere.
At least the starring 5 is set.

could have worse.

He does not pass the ball and as a starter he would have learn how to be much better passer. He also attempts very few free throws

I still might have tried to go big and sign Crabbe to an offer sheet by trading O'quinn for cap space. That could have created $19m or so in funds.

yellowboy90 wrote:I still might have tried to go big and sign Crabbe to an offer sheet by trading O'quinn for cap space. That could have created $19m or so in funds.

We will need that cap space to find a backup PG and a backup SG

yellowboy90 wrote:I still might have tried to go big and sign Crabbe to an offer sheet by trading O'quinn for cap space. That could have created $19m or so in funds.

The Nets may do that. It will be interesting to see if Portland matches.

dwiley20 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

TLover wrote:Still would like to find a way to attain Austin Rivers

I don't know if it will be Rivers but we absolutely need a legit backup point guard and it should be at the top of our list now that we signed C.Lee. There's some pretty good guys that would be really good backups out there and a couple i like are......

A.Rivers
M.Chalmers
S.Curry
J.Crawford
K.Martin
R.Sessions
G.Vasquez

K. Martin doesnt play PG....Vasquez, Chalmers would be great

+1

Uptown wrote:

Welpee wrote:Noah got his first assist:

Ian Begley
ESPN Staff Writer

The Courtney Lee deal "would not have happened without Joakim Noah," a source close to Lee says. Lee had several offers to decide from and chose New York in part because of Noah's recruitment. "Courtney understands what playing for the New York Knicks means," a source close to Lee says. "He wanted to play in New York and Joakim Noah was instrumental in recruiting him. Would not have happened without Joakim. Courtney couldn't be more excited."

Beat me to it...Think Lee jumps aboard if it was Lopez who was doing the recruiting

ha yea exactly.

Hey who doesn't dream of playing with the worlds slowest lumbering bloodline!

mreinman wrote:could have worse.

He does not pass the ball and as a starter he would have learn how to be much better passer. He also attempts very few free throws

compared to who? What type of litmus test are you putting out there?

Lee had more FTA and assists than Danny Green, compatible type of role.

meloshouldgo wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:I still might have tried to go big and sign Crabbe to an offer sheet by trading O'quinn for cap space. That could have created $19m or so in funds.

We will need that cap space to find a backup PG and a backup SG

They only have 4.3m left to find both unless they trade O'Quinn. They may find someone but I'd rather they invested in a young guy with upside instead of a 4yr contract to a guy over 30. He's an okay player so it is what it is

Anyway we can still get Seth Curry?

yellowboy90 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:I still might have tried to go big and sign Crabbe to an offer sheet by trading O'quinn for cap space. That could have created $19m or so in funds.

We will need that cap space to find a backup PG and a backup SG

They only have 4.3m left to find both unless they trade O'Quinn. They may find someone but I'd rather they invested in a young guy with upside instead of a 4yr contract to a guy over 30. He's an okay player so it is what it is

I think they want to win now and saw Lee as the right guy. Fournier resigned with the Magic. I think Portland matches an offer to Crabbe. I don't think Rivers was leaving the clips/dad. Waiters may have been attainable but I think Lee is a better choice. Batum resigned. I think Lee was the guy. Maybe Holiday continues to develop. Not much out there. Marks may make an offer to Crabbe and if the Blazers don't match we can certainly second guess the Lee signing.

yellowboy90 wrote:I still might have tried to go big and sign Crabbe to an offer sheet by trading O'quinn for cap space. That could have created $19m or so in funds.

I like Crabbe, and he is 6 years younger with a greater upside, obviously, but Lee has some significant playoff experience in his favor, is a similar player in many ways, and he's been a starter before.

Crabbe has started all of 17 games at this point in his career.

I would've been very happy if we had been able to grab Crabbe, but Lee was a VERY solid catch.

yellowboy90 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:I still might have tried to go big and sign Crabbe to an offer sheet by trading O'quinn for cap space. That could have created $19m or so in funds.

We will need that cap space to find a backup PG and a backup SG

They only have 4.3m left to find both unless they trade O'Quinn. They may find someone but I'd rather they invested in a young guy with upside instead of a 4yr contract to a guy over 30. He's an okay player so it is what it is

The idea is to put a vet group of starters together with KP. Phil had the same thing with Bynum when they went to the Finals. He said that he wasn't really on board with having Bynum cuz he didn't think he was ready but they were able to win and it changed his mind about having a young up and coming player in his starting lineup.

The Netsdaily guy, used to post on njo sports forums as netincome, is really pushing for the Nets to make an offer to Crabbe. I hope they do. I am curious as to whether the Blazers match especially after the Evan Turner signing.

Thanks for the good times, Courtney. Best of luck in New York.

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mreinman wrote:could have worse.

He does not pass the ball and as a starter he would have learn how to be much better passer. He also attempts very few free throws

that's because he's a spot up shooter who does not get too many shots as he plays within the offense.

Love this signing- he was the best fit available, and seems to be one of those players who helps his teams win (remember his first playoff season with Orlando- he played very impressively for a rookie), also a great price. Makes Noah contract less bad, as if we had paid Noah less, it would have just meant we would have paid Lee more.