New York Knicks In the lead to land Tyson Chandler (UPDATE: Done Deal)

ESPN--Knicks think big with Chandler deal

Knicks think big with Chandler deal
New York throws more money around, but cap creativity opens up more possibilities

By John Hollinger

If I would characterize the New York Knicks organization in one word, it would be "impatient."

Over the past two decades, the Knicks have looked for every shortcut and thrown money at every problem. The ultimate result is that they've spent twice as much as everybody else, but the results haven't been much different.

So it was when they gave a fully guaranteed $95 million to Amare Stoudemire, an uninsurable (and thus untradable) player who has had two microfracture surgeries, and so it was when they threw in pretty much every useful asset they had in order to get Carmelo Anthony from Denver.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/stor...dler-deal-smart-free-spending-new-york-knicks

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Can someone please post the rest of this article....

 

Mediocre team/middle of the road like the Hawks.

 

Did they hire the head of the Sun's medical staff as well?

 

Agreed on the medical staff. I think Tyson's value just shot up after the championship and undeservingly so, he did great, but lets see his whole body ofwork. He has been a light double double, not great at blocks, but a solid option at the C. They are paying him close to max where as him deandre djordan have a similar skillset(tyson just has more experience). He has a reputation for underachieving and only being solid, they paid him like a star and expect him to change the landscape. I don't see how a guy who a year or two ago was being salary dumped twice is all of a sudden worth twice the money just because he played with championship caliber team and did what he has been doing his whole career, but just got more exposure

 

He can't score if he doesn't have a good PG...

Defense wise he's great but also can't really stay on the floor.