Sure but paying $40 million to OG on a rebuilding team isn’t the right move. He’s more valuable to a true contender as an ultra elite 3&D guy playing off Randle and Brunson than he is as a guy getting iso touches to “expand his game” with the Raptors. We need to see guys like Quickley, RJ, Gradey, Scottie, Ochai, etc get the opportunity to expand their games, OG just doesn’t fit this timeline tbh.
Azenethi
Practically speaking, no.
kyle_993
There’s definitely a way, but there’s also a reason why we traded him. We could renounce Trent and Brown and salary dump Boucher and that would get us up to the cap space needed but I think the trade was a mutual split so I don’t see him coming back
krypto9er
That’d be the biggest fleece, but I hope to see OG get the biggest bag somewhere else. Dude deserves it for what he adds on the defensive end of the game.
CanadaBBallFan
We chose to pay Scottie Barnes over him. Time will tell if it was the correct move.
CazOnReddit
Even in a scenario where…
-We decline Brown’s option
-We renounce our Bird Rights to Gary Trent Jr. and others
-No one offer sheets IQ
We still would have below the 40 million that Philly, Detroit and others can offer
I get that we’re now looking for our Anunoby replacement but it’s just not feasible, although it would be very funny to get O.G. back for essentially free after trading him
Dabadabade
With the money we paid Scottie? I doubt it…
pdappadon
We’d be crazy to offer OG a max
playthegame7
we can, but why would he willingly return to a rebuild when he will likely get what he’s looking for from several contenders
jonastradamus
Besides renouncing everyone but quick, they’d have to dump CB and perhaps mcdaniels somewhere too.
Beneficial-Luck-5078
Trade Jak and draft a Center and then maybe OG comes back
HankScorpio4242
Do people really think OG is leaving New York?
Unless I am mistaken, he can sign a better deal as a free agent than as an extension.
Raptors887
I hope not
Emergency_Rub2621
All I know is If if signs here, the Raptors will make playoffs automatically.
willieb3
He’s just declining it because he knows he’ll get paid more in FA right? He’s not actually gonna leave the Knicks?
Late-Channel7899
Why? To be a play-in team again
VZYGOD
I think that ship has sailed. I’d expect the Knicks to give him a bag and trade away Randle this off season. Despite OG having a history of not being healthy we’ve already seen the kind of impact he can have in a good defensive scheme like Thibbs.
Rakkuuuu
I’d rather he re-signs with the Knicks so GMs don’t put us on their shitlist for future trades. “How can we be sure X player will re-sign with us when OG didn’t?”
PriorVariety5744
OG left Toronto for a reason. Why would he want to come back? We don’t even have the $$ to bring him back based on what he would want.
ebrian78
Why would we bring him back? He’ll have made close to $90M before the team is even remotely competitive.
Dear-Divide7330
He’s declining the player option so that he can sign a new contract and get more money. I doubt the raps will bother to peruse him. Not enough money to spread around, and I’m not sure he’s worth it either.
DistributionNo9968
It doesn’t make basketball or financial sense for us to bring him back. He’s expensive without appreciably raising our ceiling.
djnelley
I highly recommend watching this video from pensare basketball on youtube that sums up the OG situation perfectly and why I think there’s a chance OG coming back isn’t so far fetched
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There’s a way, but there’s probably not a will.
Sure but paying $40 million to OG on a rebuilding team isn’t the right move. He’s more valuable to a true contender as an ultra elite 3&D guy playing off Randle and Brunson than he is as a guy getting iso touches to “expand his game” with the Raptors. We need to see guys like Quickley, RJ, Gradey, Scottie, Ochai, etc get the opportunity to expand their games, OG just doesn’t fit this timeline tbh.
Practically speaking, no.
There’s definitely a way, but there’s also a reason why we traded him. We could renounce Trent and Brown and salary dump Boucher and that would get us up to the cap space needed but I think the trade was a mutual split so I don’t see him coming back
That’d be the biggest fleece, but I hope to see OG get the biggest bag somewhere else. Dude deserves it for what he adds on the defensive end of the game.
We chose to pay Scottie Barnes over him. Time will tell if it was the correct move.
Even in a scenario where…
-We decline Brown’s option
-We renounce our Bird Rights to Gary Trent Jr. and others
-No one offer sheets IQ
We still would have below the 40 million that Philly, Detroit and others can offer
I get that we’re now looking for our Anunoby replacement but it’s just not feasible, although it would be very funny to get O.G. back for essentially free after trading him
With the money we paid Scottie? I doubt it…
We’d be crazy to offer OG a max
we can, but why would he willingly return to a rebuild when he will likely get what he’s looking for from several contenders
Besides renouncing everyone but quick, they’d have to dump CB and perhaps mcdaniels somewhere too.
Trade Jak and draft a Center and then maybe OG comes back
Do people really think OG is leaving New York?
Unless I am mistaken, he can sign a better deal as a free agent than as an extension.
I hope not
All I know is If if signs here, the Raptors will make playoffs automatically.
He’s just declining it because he knows he’ll get paid more in FA right? He’s not actually gonna leave the Knicks?
Why? To be a play-in team again
I think that ship has sailed. I’d expect the Knicks to give him a bag and trade away Randle this off season. Despite OG having a history of not being healthy we’ve already seen the kind of impact he can have in a good defensive scheme like Thibbs.
I’d rather he re-signs with the Knicks so GMs don’t put us on their shitlist for future trades. “How can we be sure X player will re-sign with us when OG didn’t?”
OG left Toronto for a reason. Why would he want to come back? We don’t even have the $$ to bring him back based on what he would want.
Why would we bring him back? He’ll have made close to $90M before the team is even remotely competitive.
He’s declining the player option so that he can sign a new contract and get more money. I doubt the raps will bother to peruse him. Not enough money to spread around, and I’m not sure he’s worth it either.
It doesn’t make basketball or financial sense for us to bring him back. He’s expensive without appreciably raising our ceiling.
I highly recommend watching this video from pensare basketball on youtube that sums up the OG situation perfectly and why I think there’s a chance OG coming back isn’t so far fetched
[https://www.youtube.com/live/c9i58dd6iYs?si=dCMaSW117sBq1z8p](https://www.youtube.com/live/c9i58dd6iYs?si=dCMaSW117sBq1z8p)
I wouldn’t mind making a max offer just to fuck with New York