So Gasol is going to basically take a vet min to play for the Knicks? He will probably miss half the season with knee problems. They will barely make it in the top 4 in the East if they are lucky.
Yeah. This clearly makes sense. Gasol can choose A, which has the best coach in the NBA in Pop, a deep team so he can rest, the best team in the NBA so he can win, and $5mil/yr in a city with no state taxes. Or he can choose B, which is a coach who used to just pass him the ball and stand in the corner, a team with no depth so he has to play major minutes, one of the worst teams last year so he's going to suck, and make $3mil in one of the heaviest taxed states in the country. But yeah, Phil > Everything.
New York can offer Anthony the most money of any of his suitors, a maximum contract worth $129 million over five seasons. Other suitors can offer Anthony a max contract worth $96 million over four years http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/11173392/new-york-knicks-meet-carmelo-anthony-la
