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yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

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Seriously. I can't believe they did that either.

Minimum salary... what's the big deal?

I don't get it the big deal either. Why would anyone care about Knicks giving guys guaranteed money that doesn't affect the salary cap? It's not coming out of our wallets, yet some people act like it is. If they want to sign an entire D-league team with guaranteed salaries to prevent them from going overseas or signing with another team, why would anyone care?

It's not remotely a big deal. Lou can be waived at any time and it will have minimal cap impact. He hasn't made the team yet and the Knicks are at the cap, so it doesn't move the needle in any way shape or form.

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

some one is going to have to completely blow the coaching staff away with their game9as far as the young guys), because rambis and phil have a hard on for this guy, maybe it's his work ethic, maybe is a good professional/role model, all I know is he is not what we need, I like the guy, but I don't like his lack of skills

knicks1248 wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

some one is going to have to completely blow the coaching staff away with their game9as far as the young guys), because rambis and phil have a hard on for this guy, maybe it's his work ethic, maybe is a good professional/role model, all I know is he is not what we need, I like the guy, but I don't like his lack of skills

Its not always about skill. Lou might be a great locker room/practice/off the court player. He's a 15th man. Yes the Knicks have a need at point guard but they only have minimum salary to pay. The Knicks have a stacked training camp roster right now. We need Lou to help push the guys that are here. If we have space for him to be that 15th guy again then he will be here. Like I explained that is a good thing

Chill out everyone. I'll explain it.

Knicks want be be able to play five 30+ year old players at one time.

They were short one player.

Now:

Courtney Lee 30
Sasha Vujacic 32
Carmelo Anthony 32
Joakim Noah 31
Lou Amundson 33

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

it means that there is less of chance that he gets cut and less of a chance of getting someone who can actually help instead of him who we know is basically just a suit and a good soldier. Oh and of course, he know the triangle

please explain the gain here instead of being insulting and why is the fact that its guaranteed being reported? Are you saying that this signing is meaningless if a camp invitee is playing well? There is zero hesitation on teams to cut guaranteed players (not discussing cap hits, just $$)?

I am assuming that he will make the team and I hope I'm wrong!

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

it means that there is less of chance that he gets cut and less of a chance of getting someone who can actually help instead of him who we know is basically just a suit and a good soldier. Oh and of course, he know the triangle

please explain the gain here instead of being insulting and why is the fact that its guaranteed being reported? Are you saying that this signing is meaningless if a camp invitee is playing well? There is zero hesitation on teams to cut guaranteed players (not discussing cap hits, just $$)?

I am assuming that he will make the team and I hope I'm wrong!

Correct. The guarantee part is meaningless, it's just a way to give the guy a bigger payday for the work that he did last year and anything he gives this year. The $300-500K that he would most likely make on a non-guaranteed contract amounts to peanuts in the salary cap world of $100M the Knicks carry.

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

it means that there is less of chance that he gets cut and less of a chance of getting someone who can actually help instead of him who we know is basically just a suit and a good soldier. Oh and of course, he know the triangle

please explain the gain here instead of being insulting and why is the fact that its guaranteed being reported? Are you saying that this signing is meaningless if a camp invitee is playing well? There is zero hesitation on teams to cut guaranteed players (not discussing cap hits, just $$)?

I am assuming that he will make the team and I hope I'm wrong!

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

it means that there is less of chance that he gets cut and less of a chance of getting someone who can actually help instead of him who we know is basically just a suit and a good soldier. Oh and of course, he know the triangle

please explain the gain here instead of being insulting and why is the fact that its guaranteed being reported? Are you saying that this signing is meaningless if a camp invitee is playing well? There is zero hesitation on teams to cut guaranteed players (not discussing cap hits, just $$)?

I am assuming that he will make the team and I hope I'm wrong!

Correct. The guarantee part is meaningless, it's just a way to give the guy a bigger payday for the work that he did last year and anything he gives this year. The $300-500K that he would most likely make on a non-guaranteed contract amounts to peanuts in the salary cap world of $100M the Knicks carry.

while it may be negligible, its still a factor (even if really small) when choosing between him and a youngster.

I don't like it ... I want to see kids given a shot or at least anyone with a touch of upside. Thats my take.

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

it means that there is less of chance that he gets cut and less of a chance of getting someone who can actually help instead of him who we know is basically just a suit and a good soldier. Oh and of course, he know the triangle

please explain the gain here instead of being insulting and why is the fact that its guaranteed being reported? Are you saying that this signing is meaningless if a camp invitee is playing well? There is zero hesitation on teams to cut guaranteed players (not discussing cap hits, just $$)?

I am assuming that he will make the team and I hope I'm wrong!

Correct. The guarantee part is meaningless, it's just a way to give the guy a bigger payday for the work that he did last year and anything he gives this year. The $300-500K that he would most likely make on a non-guaranteed contract amounts to peanuts in the salary cap world of $100M the Knicks carry.

while it may be negligible, its still a factor (even if really small) when choosing between him and a youngster.

I don't like it ... I want to see kids given a shot or at least anyone with a touch of upside. Thats my take.

well, when you want to get back to the real world, let us know.

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

it means that there is less of chance that he gets cut and less of a chance of getting someone who can actually help instead of him who we know is basically just a suit and a good soldier. Oh and of course, he know the triangle

please explain the gain here instead of being insulting and why is the fact that its guaranteed being reported? Are you saying that this signing is meaningless if a camp invitee is playing well? There is zero hesitation on teams to cut guaranteed players (not discussing cap hits, just $$)?

I am assuming that he will make the team and I hope I'm wrong!

Correct. The guarantee part is meaningless, it's just a way to give the guy a bigger payday for the work that he did last year and anything he gives this year. The $300-500K that he would most likely make on a non-guaranteed contract amounts to peanuts in the salary cap world of $100M the Knicks carry.

while it may be negligible, its still a factor (even if really small) when choosing between him and a youngster.

I don't like it ... I want to see kids given a shot or at least anyone with a touch of upside. Thats my take.

well, when you want to get back to the real world, let us know.

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Lou is a d-league player. Cut him and make him a coach after camp.

thought we could use a vet PG (like Steve Blake?), or sign Randle or Baker (type) if they had a good camp. Lou's deal is guaranteed.

dude, it's like you got your head in the sand and all you do is keep posting. Others have already said it: Lou's deal is guaranteed and just means he gets the full year's worth of money, doesn't mean he makes the team. He can get cut at any time and any other of the guys can be signed.

it means that there is less of chance that he gets cut and less of a chance of getting someone who can actually help instead of him who we know is basically just a suit and a good soldier. Oh and of course, he know the triangle

please explain the gain here instead of being insulting and why is the fact that its guaranteed being reported? Are you saying that this signing is meaningless if a camp invitee is playing well? There is zero hesitation on teams to cut guaranteed players (not discussing cap hits, just $$)?

I am assuming that he will make the team and I hope I'm wrong!

Correct. The guarantee part is meaningless, it's just a way to give the guy a bigger payday for the work that he did last year and anything he gives this year. The $300-500K that he would most likely make on a non-guaranteed contract amounts to peanuts in the salary cap world of $100M the Knicks carry.

while it may be negligible, its still a factor (even if really small) when choosing between him and a youngster.

I don't like it ... I want to see kids given a shot or at least anyone with a touch of upside. Thats my take.

It's not even about kids developing,it's about utilizing the roster spot with a player who can help you win games if called upon,and Luoy ain't that dude.

If you going to spend money on a Vet, spend it on someone who's been through the trenches, someone with a winning pedigree, the Kurt thomas,Camby, Rasheed types, players who are respect right off the top.

What pisses me off even more is that Lou is not even getting better, hasn't added sht to his game, it's like he's ok with it..

If you want youth or some one with a winning pedigree.... who would you sign?

The Knicks have signed plenty of youth and talented vets.... when it comes to minimum salary and camp invites I really don't understand why there has to be all this crying.

IT'S TRAINING CAMP TIME! What's so hard to understand about this? They can carry extra players so they will. Lou is a guy they know and like so they gave him some decent money. Nothing about it makes him more likely to make the final roster. But even if he did they can still check out young players on the D League roster. The 15th spot is not a big deal. They've been keeping it open since Phil took over.

Look at the guys on the roster and it's clear some are going to the D League.

Player	                 Age
1.  Derrick Rose	 27 
2.  Courtney Lee	 30 
3.  Carmelo Anthony      32 
4.  Kristaps Porzingis   21
5.  Joakim Noah          31
6.  Brandon Jennings     26
7.  Lance Thomas	 28
8.  Justin Holiday       27
9.  Kyle O'Quinn	 26
10. Mindaugas Kuzminskas 26
11. Willy Hernangomez    22
12. Maurice Daly Ndour   24
13. Sasha Vujacic        32
14. Chasson Randle       23 
15. Ron Baker            23
16. Marshall Plumlee     24
17. J.P. Tokoto          23
18. Lou Amundson         33

After Sasha the 14th and 15th spots are all that's left. It's most likely a guard gets one of the spots. Why are people crying about the 15th man?

Well, let's see...

We've exhausted the off-season Melohate; I mean, we even have the likes of ChuckyBooBoo hedging his bets...

Rose the filthy pig disgusting rapist has apparently gotten Chucky banned or warned or something, and that thread's essentially degenerated into mreinman talking to himself. I had hoped it was going to out-page the Tony Wroten thread, but...

Noah is now an overpaid injury just waiting to blow up. And it's just certain he came here to waste the last two years of that ridiculous contract. All our hard-earned fanboy cap money going down the toilet...

Now we have Lou Admundson hate for having the audacity to get minumum NBA wage and taking up the 15th chair, when our Somberfolk are absolutely, positively sure there's got to be a younger, more youthful version of CP3/Jeremy Lin II just waiting to be signed for Lou's peanuts, and would love the opportunity to sit behind DRose, Jennings and Handle and possibly Sasha.

The UK. When all else fails, play the negativity card.

Sure, why not....

Everyone on the internet knows how to build a better team than Phil Jackson.

fishmike wrote:Everyone on the internet knows how to build a better team than Phil Jackson.

Well duh. 16 rings vs one killer thread? Not even close.

GustavBahler wrote:

fishmike wrote:Everyone on the internet knows how to build a better team than Phil Jackson.

Well duh. 16 rings vs one killer thread? Not even close.

well those rings are old history. This is the new NBA. They didn't have advanced stats when Phil was winning rings so those guys were basically fumbling around in the dark

fishmike wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

fishmike wrote:Everyone on the internet knows how to build a better team than Phil Jackson.

Well duh. 16 rings vs one killer thread? Not even close.

well those rings are old history. This is the new NBA. They didn't have advanced stats when Phil was winning rings so those guys were basically fumbling around in the dark

Back then advanced stats were for rotisserie league players.