West not ready to break up Warriors

They Are Not The Lakers, Bro.

I don't get the fascination with the mini back court and why they wouldn't want to break it up. Its not like they have even sniffed the playoffs.....what are they waiting for? Do they think ellis or curry is going to have a growth spurt>?

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Originally posted 10:50 AM ET  02.12 by jgb

I don't get the fascination with the mini back court and why they wouldn't want to break it up. Its not like they have even sniffed the playoffs.....what are they waiting for? Do they think ellis or curry is going to have a growth spurt>?

The question for you is will you overpay Linsanity or let him test the free agent market?

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Originally posted 11:56 AM ET  02.12 by Doctor Pepper

The question for you is will you overpay Linsanity or let him test the free agent market?

I don't think that he can be 'overpaid'
not sure what the rules allow him to make- but if he keeps up what he is doing over the next 20-30 games, then NY will pay him as they have no reason not to
but I don't think he is eligible for a 15 million dollar contract

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Originally posted 12:01 PM ET  02.12 by jgb

I don't think that he can be 'overpaid' not sure what the rules allow him to make- but if he keeps up what he is doing over the next 20-30 games, then NY will pay him as they have no reason not to but I don't think he is eligible for a 15 million dollar contract

It may not be a $15 million a year contract but it will be very high for a 3rd year player who just proved that he can be a very good PG. There will be teams who will be trying to sign him this summer and if NY really wants him real bad than they will have to overpay. This kid will be making $5-9 million per year...

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Originally posted 12:05 PM ET  02.12 by Doctor Pepper

It may not be a $15 million a year contract but it will be very high for a 3rd year player who just proved that he can be a very good PG. There will be teams who will be trying to sign him this summer and if NY really wants him real bad than they will have to overpay. This kid will be making $5-9 million per year...

at this stage- If I had any say in management-
and assuming he continues to play as well as he has-
come april- they should offer him a 3-4 year deal at the 4-7 mil range per

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Originally posted 12:13 PM ET  02.12 by DJRoxalot: Prayers for Ethelyn

They suck.

Yes they do.

I don't see why West won't break them up. The team and players they have haven't won anything. The team doesn't deserve to have the fans they have. Those fans kept coming to see the team play and thought that a 25-30 win season was a great season.

Then when the draft comes. They see the team draft another jump shooter. Or a 6'10 power foward that can play with his back to the basket. But he would never see any time off the bench because out of touch Don Nelson could never coach a player who was taller then 6'6.

Blow this team up and start from the ground up West. You know how to build a team from the ground up. In the past is the owner has given West 100% control to run the team. West can make a winning team.

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Originally posted 12:58 PM ET  02.12 by RussFastBrook

Now on to Lin and Fields. Lin and Fields are both eligible for the so-called ???Early Bird Exception.??? As an Early Bird player, Fields can be offered a contract that starts at 175% of his current salary or anything up to the average NBA salary (which is roughly $5 million). They can pay Fields this money without affecting their mid-level exception. However, if Fields just signs a one year deal for anything up to the average salary, then the following season the Knicks will have his full Bird Rights and then can re-sign him to a salary larger than the average salary. It really depends on how well Fields plays the rest of the year to determine what kind of deal he signs. Lin is also an Early Bird Player. Lin???s Bird Rights remain intact as if he were traded from the Warriors to the Knicks. So the Knicks can offer Lin a contract that starts at 175% of his current salary or anything up to the average NBA salary (which is roughly $5 million). They can pay Lin this money without affecting their mid-level exception. However, if Lin just signs a one year deal for anything up to the average salary, then the following season the Knicks will have his full Bird Rights and then can re-sign him to a salary larger than the average salary. -it comes down to- unless they are really cheap and unwilling to pay him 5 million a year he will be a Knick next year- unless he plummets down to earth and cant take the rigors of playing every day in the NBa---remember he is fresh in a year when everyone else has been run ragged----lets see his legs in a month

fields will be the casualty of the cap if there is one
shump is the future at SG and signed- and though I like fields all around game if lin proves he isn't a fluke and someone has to go- then lin>fields

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Originally posted 12:58 PM ET  02.12 by RussFastBrook

Now on to Lin and Fields. Lin and Fields are both eligible for the so-called ???Early Bird Exception.??? As an Early Bird player, Fields can be offered a contract that starts at 175% of his current salary or anything up to the average NBA salary (which is roughly $5 million). They can pay Fields this money without affecting their mid-level exception. However, if Fields just signs a one year deal for anything up to the average salary, then the following season the Knicks will have his full Bird Rights and then can re-sign him to a salary larger than the average salary. It really depends on how well Fields plays the rest of the year to determine what kind of deal he signs. Lin is also an Early Bird Player. Lin???s Bird Rights remain intact as if he were traded from the Warriors to the Knicks. So the Knicks can offer Lin a contract that starts at 175% of his current salary or anything up to the average NBA salary (which is roughly $5 million). They can pay Lin this money without affecting their mid-level exception. However, if Lin just signs a one year deal for anything up to the average salary, then the following season the Knicks will have his full Bird Rights and then can re-sign him to a salary larger than the average salary. -it comes down to- unless they are really cheap and unwilling to pay him 5 million a year he will be a Knick next year- unless he plummets down to earth and cant take the rigors of playing every day in the NBa---remember he is fresh in a year when everyone else has been run ragged----lets see his legs in a month

Lin is a free agent come summer time. Warriors released him at the beginning of the season and Houston picked him up. Houston finally released him about 3 weeks ago and than NY ended up picking him up and signing him to 10 day contracts. NY brought him to the DLeague and then called him back up. He was on his last 2 days of his 2nd 10 day contract when he got his big break. He was 2 days away of looking for another team until he got his break. NY has his rights until the end of the season but he will be free to shop around this summer that's why NY would have to overpay to get his service.

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Originally posted 12:58 PM ET  02.12 by RussFastBrook

Now on to Lin and Fields. Lin and Fields are both eligible for the so-called ???Early Bird Exception.??? As an Early Bird player, Fields can be offered a contract that starts at 175% of his current salary or anything up to the average NBA salary (which is roughly $5 million). They can pay Fields this money without affecting their mid-level exception. However, if Fields just signs a one year deal for anything up to the average salary, then the following season the Knicks will have his full Bird Rights and then can re-sign him to a salary larger than the average salary. It really depends on how well Fields plays the rest of the year to determine what kind of deal he signs. Lin is also an Early Bird Player. Lin???s Bird Rights remain intact as if he were traded from the Warriors to the Knicks. So the Knicks can offer Lin a contract that starts at 175% of his current salary or anything up to the average NBA salary (which is roughly $5 million). They can pay Lin this money without affecting their mid-level exception. However, if Lin just signs a one year deal for anything up to the average salary, then the following season the Knicks will have his full Bird Rights and then can re-sign him to a salary larger than the average salary. -it comes down to- unless they are really cheap and unwilling to pay him 5 million a year he will be a Knick next year- unless he plummets down to earth and cant take the rigors of playing every day in the NBa---remember he is fresh in a year when everyone else has been run ragged----lets see his legs in a month

Lin is a free agent come summer time. Warriors released him at the beginning of the season and Houston picked him up. Houston finally released him about 3 weeks ago and than NY ended up picking him up and signing him to 10 day contracts. NY brought him to the DLeague and then called him back up. He was on his last 2 days of his 2nd 10 day contract when he got his big break. He was 2 days away of looking for another team until he got his break. NY has his rights until the end of the season but he will be free to shop around this summer that's why NY would have to overpay to get his service.

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Originally posted 10:47 AM ET  02.12 by I Love LA

They Are Not The Lakers, Bro.

They aren't? HOLY S-H-!-T!

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Originally posted 10:47 AM ET  02.12 by I Love LA

They Are Not The Lakers, Bro.

Jerry did a pretty good job in Memphis -- they weren't the Lakers either.

Warriors don't have a big man, or a big front court, they rely heavily on their backcourt w/c I think is too short to play defense. D'antoni is perfect on them no D, but can run and run.