There are many out there who believe that the Knicks will score a serious free agent in the next couple of weeks to pad a struggling Knicks roster. We are lacking depth at both point guard and center and there have been several names that have been tossed out that has had eager New York fans writhing in excitement. These names are pipe dreams and there are three main reasons why we will never see them on a Knicks roster:
(1) The stars on the list (below), aka the ones we actually want, would not accept the veteran's minimum (currently around 1.2 million) or mid-level exception and that is the only possible way the Knicks could afford them (they need an exception to sign a new player since they are already over the salary cap and outside of players formerly on the roster these are basically the only exceptions that apply).
(2) Any restricted free agent can have his offer matched by his current team and the Knicks cannot win any bidding war because of the money they have stuck in other players.
(3) They could not sign one of the players on the list for a one year contract because these players will be seeking a payday and security, and the Knicks would need a 1-2 year contract in order to sign Chris Paul or any other marquee players (Dwight Howard) they are coveting from the class of 2012.
Here are the names of free agents we have no chance of getting, in order of my level of excitement:
Nene Hilario
Andre Jordan (restricted)
Marc Gasol (restricted)
Jamal Crawford
Tyson Chandler
Samuel Dalembert
J.J. Barea
Aaron Brooks (restricted)
Rodney Stuckey (restricted)
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