Knicks · Buycks pursuing nba opportunities (page 1)

CrushAlot @ 7/19/2017 5:01 PM
Veteran guard Dwight Buycks broke off negotiations on a two-year contract with Olympiacos in order to pursue NBA opportunites, tweets David Pick. Buycks, who last played a regular season NBA game in 2015 with the Lakers, was said to be drawing interest from the Knicks earlier this month.
GustavBahler @ 7/19/2017 6:22 PM
Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.
Knickoftime @ 7/19/2017 6:32 PM
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

GustavBahler @ 7/19/2017 6:41 PM
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Knickoftime @ 7/19/2017 7:01 PM
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

EnySpree @ 7/19/2017 7:05 PM
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

How much is Buycks worth? 15 mill a year? Or a training camp invite salary? If they keep him, he's not getting more than the minimum. You don't have to be under the cap to offer minimum salaries

GustavBahler @ 7/19/2017 7:12 PM
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Knickoftime @ 7/19/2017 7:17 PM
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Wouldn't be hard to any degree.

Minimum salary is what it is.

GustavBahler @ 7/19/2017 7:19 PM
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Wouldn't be hard to any degree.

Minimum salary is what it is.

They have enough cap room to offer more than the minimum.

Knickoftime @ 7/19/2017 7:37 PM
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Wouldn't be hard to any degree.

Minimum salary is what it is.

They have enough cap room to offer more than the minimum.

At the moment, they are $2.1m over the cap. Releasing Randle would leave them about $700k over the cap.

They have the entire room exception to Baker.

They don't have any cap room.

GustavBahler @ 7/19/2017 7:44 PM
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Wouldn't be hard to any degree.

Minimum salary is what it is.

They have enough cap room to offer more than the minimum.

At the moment, they are $2.1m over the cap. Releasing Randle would leave them about $700k over the cap.

They have the entire room exception to Baker.

They don't have any cap room.

Point taken. As you like to say, Its July. Melo being traded could free up some cap room. With the Knicks its never wrong to hope they dont find a way to overpay.

martin @ 7/19/2017 7:56 PM
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Wouldn't be hard to any degree.

Minimum salary is what it is.

They have enough cap room to offer more than the minimum.

At the moment, they are $2.1m over the cap. Releasing Randle would leave them about $700k over the cap.

They have the entire room exception to Baker.

They don't have any cap room.

Point taken. As you like to say, Its July. Melo being traded could free up some cap room. With the Knicks its never wrong to hope they dont find a way to overpay.

This baffles me some. Knickoftime had let you know that the Knicks were over the cap, and yet you still kept with the "They have enough cap room". Why didn't you just check or ask what the cap situation was instead of insisting on something you didn't bother to verify and were absolutely wrong on?

GustavBahler @ 7/19/2017 8:10 PM
martin wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Wouldn't be hard to any degree.

Minimum salary is what it is.

They have enough cap room to offer more than the minimum.

At the moment, they are $2.1m over the cap. Releasing Randle would leave them about $700k over the cap.

They have the entire room exception to Baker.

They don't have any cap room.

Point taken. As you like to say, Its July. Melo being traded could free up some cap room. With the Knicks its never wrong to hope they dont find a way to overpay.

This baffles me some. Knickoftime had let you know that the Knicks were over the cap, and yet you still kept with the "They have enough cap room". Why didn't you just check or ask what the cap situation was instead of insisting on something you didn't bother to verify and were absolutely wrong on?

This baffles me, what part of "point taken" did you miss? I thought there was more cap room, I admitted that I was wrong.

Frankly Im having trouble understanding your motivation for calling me out. You have always been too timid to call out the real trolls on this board. At least since you started taking ads.

TripleThreat @ 7/19/2017 9:22 PM
CrushAlot wrote:
Veteran guard Dwight Buycks broke off negotiations on a two-year contract with Olympiacos in order to pursue NBA opportunites, tweets David Pick. Buycks, who last played a regular season NBA game in 2015 with the Lakers, was said to be drawing interest from the Knicks earlier this month.


Base problem is he has too much actual NBA service time ( even as a journeyman) to qualify for a two way contract. Which is where he'd have the most value to the Knicks.

He forms a "Steve Blake Question" that happens to a lot of fringe guys. Blake was not as talented as TONS of guys on the fringe who can't make an NBA roster. But beyond talent, Blake understood how to play within his skill set and limitations. Courtney Lee is of the same vein. Rick Brunson. Brian Scalabrine. Lots of guys carve out careers by accepting a "role" even though they might have some talent to try to push through to be a rotation guy instead of a back of the roster guy.

Buycks has the talent to be in the NBA right now. He's had that talent for years. He's more talented than lots of guys edging on the back of rosters. He's just sort of an idiot.

He's undisciplined. The plays out of control and doesn't read the floor well. He has poor shot selection, takes way too many shots and refuses to accept he's not talented enough to take on a 6th man role. He draws attention because he's older, has experience against better talent, and is playing against a lot of fringe guys in Summer League.

People remember Mario Elie. He was a CBA success story ( before Zeke crushed and burned the Continental Basketball Association) Who people don't remember is Vincent Askew. Who came up the same year from the CBA as Elie. Don Nelson mined this guy and he carved out a nice little career, even earning the respect of Pat Riley along the way. Askew doesn't/did not have 1/100th the talent of Buycks. But he knew what his role would be, played within his limitations and had the humility to accept he was going to be a back of the rotation guy.

Buycks could have had Tom Tolbert's career. But it's likely too late now. Sometimes the talent you need most is humility and understanding how expendable you are in this type of cutthroat environment.

martin @ 7/20/2017 11:25 AM
GustavBahler wrote:
martin wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Knickoftime wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Saw him in SL, looked good. Was wondering if he was on the Knicks radar. Buycks is hungry, Im sure he wouldn't mind playing in a big market like NY. Just dont overpay.

At the moment, they can't

Cute as ever!

Not cute.

Literal.

They have no cap space.

Still cute. Buycks hasnt played in the league in 2 years, wouldn't be too hard to overpay.

Wouldn't be hard to any degree.

Minimum salary is what it is.

They have enough cap room to offer more than the minimum.

At the moment, they are $2.1m over the cap. Releasing Randle would leave them about $700k over the cap.

They have the entire room exception to Baker.

They don't have any cap room.

Point taken. As you like to say, Its July. Melo being traded could free up some cap room. With the Knicks its never wrong to hope they dont find a way to overpay.

This baffles me some. Knickoftime had let you know that the Knicks were over the cap, and yet you still kept with the "They have enough cap room". Why didn't you just check or ask what the cap situation was instead of insisting on something you didn't bother to verify and were absolutely wrong on?

This baffles me, what part of "point taken" did you miss? I thought there was more cap room, I admitted that I was wrong.

Frankly Im having trouble understanding your motivation for calling me out. You have always been too timid to call out the real trolls on this board. At least since you started taking ads.

It was just an odd exchange, figured you would have checked or double checked. "Point taken" was about 2 exchanges further out than I would have expected is all.

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