Free agency is nigh!

Then they might just be starting on the west coast and heading east.

Then again, Dziedzic is probably Donnie Walsh.

johnson’s contract will be an albatross within 2 years, he’s a ball-hogging bum that stops the whole offense when he needs to create shots. that may be mike woodson’s fault, but i don’t want to take the chance.

of course, i would gladly take amare.

Lebron obviously most likely means winning, given what Cleveland is without him (he’d automatically make the Knicks a 50 win team).

But the goal is to put together a winner. I personally don’t give a shit about one player..tho I’d love to keep David Lee.

But the goal is not one player. Anyone who thinks its simply one player or bust, is a bandwagoner that has no clue, not a Knicks fan, or should be castrated if they are a Knicks fan and believes that BS.

If Stoudemire/Johnson duo (+ others I’d hope) makes the Knicks a contender, hellz yea, get it done. I’d even throw Bosh/Johnson in there even tho Bosh has 4 lips.

it’s tough not to want the most intimidating player in the game. but i just want the chance to have a successful team, that ultimately can contend for the title. and i don’t really dig lebron’s bloated egotistical histrionics.

Johnson and Stoudemire? is it really that much better that Jamal Crawford and Zack Randolph? If it is, I’m pretty sure the difference is not worth everything we did to get to this point.

i’m good. They’re certainly haven’t won as recently as miami of chi-town. Get amped NY.

minus the chandler typo.

anyway this is a very interesting question, i think it depends on how much cheaper Lee really is.

wasn’t Cleve the team to beat last year. Year the Bron…how’d that work out. For whatever conspiracy theory there exists for his meltdown before finally coming back to earth 3 quarters too late into the last game, except for one half from mo, nobody stepped up or looked like they gave a shit. The only one whom it looked to me seemed to care a put forth an effort, and this is hard for me to admit, was shack. It CAN’T be about 1 guy. It can’t be about 2 guys. 3 – 4 guys couldn’t close it out with Boston. But a TEAM known as the Lakers closed it out cuz every guy about stepped up when they had to at some point in the series. 1st 2 – 3 games odom. Middle games Fisher. Closing it out was Artest. Gasol played steady and Kobe didn’t quite have it offensively so he drew fouls and grabbed rebounds. You gotta know how to do the little things to win. KG actually shows up the last 2 games it mighta been different. We need the little things, the role players, and superstar or not, we still gotta play games.

and I’m pretty sure he hates the Knicks. Looks more and more like a personal vendetta.

They spin more shit than a Whirlpool full of dirty diapers, all in hopes of scoring the big story. And if you want he latest scoop (read bullshit), you can become an insider (read Golden Girls Gossip Enima). They dis more people and dish more gossip, than a bunch of snobby ole hoochie mamas at a bridge table. I like CBS Sportsline (Ken Berger has a decent read there now, at least it’s his original opinion that he actually thought out) and some of SI (Peter King, now that’s a classy dude). It’s no secret things HWSNBN has said in the past, but at the same time, there is also no guarantee he’ll follow thru on it (regarding playing with Joe). Anyone can be right right now, even a baby who fingerpaints a pair of knickerbockers on a Lebron pic. Just some folks like to act like they got the inside scoop when they are as accurate as a magic 8 ball. And the beauty of life is, as much as we think we’re right, it’ll always throw us a looey (Lebron signs with team X, trips over Nate on a drive to the basket in a game against Boston, shreds his knees, game over).

i think they pull a norbit and wipe their ass with any deal concerning rose.

They are trying to use the rose noah deal to bring in talent.. now if the right trade is out there involving noah i think they pull the trigger.. but that is rose’s team over there.. But then again this is chicago and their FO is terrible.

the only 2 selling points of Chicago are Rose and Noah. What’s the point of Chicago without Noah or especially Rose.

Makes sense for Cleveland. Less sense for Chicago, and zero sense for HWSNBN. He seems like a dude that helps himself first anyway, so that’s probably not gonna happen.

the Knicks signing Joe Johnson right away, could be the piece that tells HWSNBN…NY it is.

Cuz no one like Chris Bosh, especially not any of these FA’s.

hwsnbn goes. Most of us here are looking for a better TEAM by summers end.

But JJ a ball hogger? and your saying you want to keep lee b/c he gets no respect?

hmmm..suspect reasons i guess..but thanx for ya input ranger man

The general consensus here is that while we definitely want Mr. Akron, He Who Shall Not Be Named (L.James), if he opts against NY, we still have high expectations.

Joe Johnson would be welcome, but few if any of us fel he should be signed for max money.
Amare would also be very welcome here, though paying him a max deal also seems a tough pill to swallow. I think both guys who do much more good than bad though.

The growing thought is to avoid a guy like Carlos Boozer due to questions on his injuries and as a team player. I personally put Chris Bosh in that category, minus the injuries. To me he is a egomaniac (LBJ is too) who values himself before the team. I am doing what I can to showcase that side of him as well. Plenty of people DO want Bosh in NY, but overall I think attitudes are split.

I’d be thrilled to keep Lee and bring in Amare though. I love that frontline.

We also really like Gallinari, so if you have any trades ideas, a good way to get ignroed and dismissed is to include Gallinari in a trade.

Lebron…really, everyone would like him, he’s the big prize..yadda yadda…we’re tired of him. And extremely tired of the "Lebron or bust " bullshit people want Knicks fans to believe.

Boozer sucks, yes. Keep Lee, yes. Amare’s max contract, closet “Bosh’ness” make me say piss off the Amare and keep Lee.

Ideally? Lebron + Joe Johnson + Lee. can it happen? Donnie Buckets will tell us.

he’s gonna sign an extension with Denver apparently (not official yet, but basically…)