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Par For The CourseTO BE A KNICKS FAN IS TO SUFFERIt only gets WORSE.
Knicks have supposedly been trying to offload Kemba Walker, Nerlens Noel and Alec Burks in trades. No word on Derrick Rose.
Members of this online commnity are quite familiar with Noel's gimpiness, let alone Rose's and Kemba's, which kept these vets sidelined for significant periods of time last season.
Team Options heading into the summer of 2023. Walker and Gibson's deals expire after this season.
For 2022-23. This is what they are due.
Rose: $14,520,730
Burks: $10,012,800
Noel: $9,240,000Walker: $9,165,471
Gibson: $5,155,500For those of you keeping score at home, that's
$25,457,530 due Rose-Burks-Noel in 2022-23, and
$14,320,971 due Kemba and Taj.
A total of $39,778,501 Rose & Perry have committed to our veteran core in 2022-2023.
If ever there were an argument against going all in for the 2022-23 season, there it is.
I'm not talking about tanking, for fuck's sake, by committing more fully to our pups.
We are NOT GETTING Jalen Brunson. I do not want to committ to Malcolm Brogdon, another gimp in waiting, due $22,600,000, $22,500,000,$22,500,000 for the next three seasons. The same Malcolm Brogdan who turns 30 this December and who since 2017-2018 has played in...48, 64, 54, 56 and 36 games. AND WHO IS THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER ON THE PACERS.
Fuck Malcolm BrogdonFor those of you bemoaning the commitments in 2022-23 to Julius and Evan of $23,760,000, and $18,000,000, I mean,
GET A GRIP.
If I Were King, I would get Rokas Jokubaitis on the next plane to NY and let him compete with IQ and Deuce for minutes at the point, treating Rose like a piece of fine china.
I would NOT SQUANDER ASSETS [particularly Reddish] in a vain attempt to move up in the draft.
I would reup Mitchell and draft the best talent at #11, irrespective of need.
I would not redo the mistakes of the summer of 2021 by going all in on more veteran win now fixes.
I would have Julius and Obi practicing all summer as our twin towers, to get more offense and pacing on the floor.
I would PRAY that Thibs doesn't give in yet again to his vets obsession. We have a legit pool of talent that needs to be allowed to play through their mistakes, without looking over their shoulder for the HOOK.
But then, I'm NOT THE KING. 
Oh, by the way...
Did you hear that Alec Burks had foot surgery today and will not be ready by opening day of training camp?
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