First things first, LET CARMELO LEAVE!!!!!! The salary used to keep him could be used to sign two-maybe even three quality additions to the team. Players that actually play defense, and don't think that the offense should revolve solely around his jump shot (insert screwface here). Secondly, do whatever you have to do to purge the roster of Raymond Felton, Iman Shumpert, JR Smith, Amar'e Stoudemire & Tyson Chandler. I'm not saying that any of these players are bad players, hell some of them still have significant value; but their contributions to the NEW YORK KNICKS do not match their impact on the payroll. Doesn't matter what you get for them, just get rid of them. Use your special Zen Counseling to encourage Amar'e & Carmelo to exercise the Early Termination Clauses in each of their respective contracts. Trade or Buyout the rest. When the smoke clears, all that should be left is young Tim Hardaway Jr. & the Big Man Andrea Bargnani (assuming that he can be re-signed for a price that makes sense). There are a multitude of other options out there, via Free Agency. Surely the opportunity of playing for The Great Phil J should be able to lure at least Three or Four of these guys to town, and inject some life into this once great franchise again. To make your work easier for you, here's a short wish list of quality contributors that are currently available. Make us proud Phil...
- Kyle Lowry 17.9 ppg 4.7 rpg 7.4 apg
- Eric Bledsoe 17.7 ppg 4.7 rpg 5.5 apg
- Lance Stephenson 13.8 ppg 7.2 rpg 4.6 apg
- Isaiah Thomas 20.3 ppg 6.3 apg
- Luol Deng 16 ppg 5.7 rpg
- Pau Gasol 17.4 ppg 9.7 rpg
- Trevor Ariza 14.4 ppg 6.2 rpg
- D.J. Augustin 13.1 ppg 4.4 apg
- Ramon Sessions 12.3 ppg 4.1 apg
- Emeka Okafor 9.7 ppg 8.8 rpg
- Mario Chalmers 9.8 ppg 4.9 apg