The cap-space odessey that the Knicks are pursuing for the free agent class a year from now is not something I have a lot of faith in as a strategy to build a winning team. As JVG stated during tonight's game against Orlando, unless you're landing a Duane Wade or Lebron James - who are you counting on to be a difference maker? Chris Bosh already has a decent team around him - so what?
The very idea of once again throwing oodles of money at 'star' players who will inevitably disappoint is not something I look forward to.
Where I vociferously disagree with JVG is in he assertion that the Knicks are a team of second-stringers.
Although the season has been a disaster, the Knicks are making slow, steady progress. The team has fewer albatross contracts than in many years. And, like tonight, the Knicks are capable of winning against the best of the league.
Yes, we do have to get better at two positions to make the playoffs and at least three to be competitive. But this isn't contingent on the salary cap or the draft. It appears obvious that teams whose players look to be free agents in 2010 will be wheeling and dealing long before they lose a talent for nothing.
Walsh needs to take his time and not blink. We have a nice core of complementary players who can be mined in the right trade into a much more effective unit than we see today. I look forward ro the summer.
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Friday, April 10, 2009
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