It's been one month and Noah is still un-signed.
Does anyone still think we should have held on to him for a trade?
Stretching him helps our cap figure a lot this summer.
If we don't use our cap space then stretching him was a mistake.
That's illogical.
Keeping Noah under any circumstances meant we'd have had lousy chemistry with an unhappy relic on the roster...an unhappy relic watching Mitchell Robinson, a mere puppy, getting all of his minutes, let alone Enes Kanter.
Also, as per roster slots?
How does keeping Noah impact the evolution of Robinson and Trier.
He didn't want to be here...didn't want to be a mentor. He had to go. The whole issue of whether or not we deploy our cap space this coming summer is irrelevant.
Again, if cap space means we might have a shot, however remote, at a Kevin Durant, well, you have to pull the trigger on Noah.
If, as free agents are falling by the wayside, there is no one worth extending our cap space on, or perhaps, secondary targets such as Kemba Walker stay put, calling the decision to jettison Noah a mistake is just over wrought.
As has been discussed, having any significant reservoir of cap space allows the Knicks to facilitate trades as a third party, wherein, our ability to absorb contracts, allowing the numbers in complex transactions to work, means we could receive additional #1 and #2 draft picks for our troubles.
You want to agonize over something?
Light some incense and a prayer candle on behalf of our own beloved Courtney Lee, that he might experience good health and a full recovery from a Ron Baker-administered neck injury, wherein he could strut his stuff out on the Garden floor, and thus engender a trade to Philly, who are in some need of bench depth and long range shooting with their recent trade.
Would be a great landing spot for Lee, and if we could get an expiring contract (whom we could immediately cut) and perhaps some sort of draft compensation, well, win-win all around...oh, and much more cap space next summer.
You are in tight with the Divine.
Make it happen Kam.
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