Re: KOBE RANTS AGAIN, IS SHOT OPEN FOR KNICKS???

"Noah" <dontsendmeyerspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Jun 21, 11:20 am, "Glenn Greenstein"
> <glen.jack...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Actually, he is that smart.  He needs to sell his program to would be 
>> FA's.
>> How do you think "We are 3 years away from the point we can add enough
>> talent where we can compete" would go over?
>
> Until they are under the salary cap, the only FA's that Thomas is
> allowed by the league to sign are players who will work for the MLE
> (approximately $5M per season or less).  In his previous three
> summers, he's used that smarts and logic to attract (in order) MLE
> signees Vin Baker, Jerome James, and Jared Jeffries -- the last two to
> max MLE deals.
>
> That's smart?
>
So why is he even thinking of talking to Pau Gasol, Jermaine O'Neal, Kobe,

or Garnett? None of them would take a mid level exception as a deal.