#KNICKS DIDNT OFFER KD MAX FULL#
#KNICKS DIDNT OFFER KD MAX FREE#

#KNICKS DIDNT OFFER KD MAX FREE#

Restricted free agent Bobby Portis is high-energy big who can play both forward spots and is ambitious for more. Signing versatile Julius Randle to a two-year deal with a team-optioned third is a sound approach that keeps them flexible and agile for future moves. When they missed out on LeBron James in 2010, they signed AmarвЂ™e Stoudemire knowing he possessed bad knees and a bad back, then added a desperate Carmelo Anthony via trade instead of waiting for 2011 free agency, depleting themselves of critical assets and role players. They didnвЂ™t take on an aging veteran with bad and long money just to claim activity. Still, the Knicks wouldвЂ™ve taken both with open arms and hoped for the best.Д«ut Knicks president Steve Mills and GM Scott Perry didnвЂ™t follow Knicks lore and try to cover a big swing and miss by hitting an infield single and calling it a triple. ThereвЂ™s a real chance he wonвЂ™t come back as the same player he was - one who challenged for the top spot in a golden era of talent. Knowing that, the Knicks still seemed ready to take him on, as an elite talent who perhaps needs to be around more people he can trust to better develop his leadership skills.ДurantвЂ™s Finals injury was chilling to watch and his recovery is the biggest unknown in the NBA. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant will be in New York, but not playing for the Knicks.

Irving also has to wear some of the stink that came from BostonвЂ™s underwhelming finish in the postseason, although he was a convenient scapegoat with some of his fortune-cookie metaphors and motivational techniques. Will IrvingвЂ™s body hold up on the floor? HeвЂ™s played 70 games once in the last four years and missed considerable playoff time in two of those seasons.

#KNICKS DIDNT OFFER KD MAX FULL#

If he emerges at full strength in a year, the torches will be out from a Knicks fanbase thatвЂ™ll feel tortured.Д«ut for different reasons, Durant and Irving come with questions. Whether the Knicks didnвЂ™t offer Durant the max because of his Achilles injury is immaterial he took less to fit DeAndre Jordan in with the Nets, to play with his friends in a city he clearly adores. Make no mistake, theyвЂ™ll have to waddle in this for some time, and when Durant and Irving address the media for the first time as teammates, weвЂ™ll get a glimpse into why they preferred one franchise over the other. The jokes have flown and will continue to fly the KnicksвЂ™ way, watching the unassuming Nets swoop in and snag two players everyone believed to be destined for MSG, but hereвЂ™s the rub: The Knicks didnвЂ™t exacerbate the situation by putting themselves into cap hell to justify missing out on two superstar talents. The cheers will be heard all the way to Midtown from Atlantic Avenue, harkening back to the audacious mural of Jay-Z and Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov on 34th Street and Eighth Avenue - towering near Madison Square with the caption вЂњBlueprint for Greatness.вЂќ Well, not exactly, as Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are relocating to New York, but they wonвЂ™t be playing on Broadway, instead opting for the Brooklyn Nets. ItвЂ™s tradition, to mock and point, to blame and hang another banner of failure in Madison Square Garden alongside the rest, as another July 1 comes and goes without a marquee name willing to call New York home. NEW YORK - It seems appropriate, to put the clown shoes on the New York Knicks to go along with the big red nose.

Knicks didnt offer kd max