[Macri] TONS of good intel here, but this note on I-Hart is the biggest takeaway from @FredKatz ’ piece: “Momentum has shifted away from the Knicks, who sense that an offer of $72.5 million over four years, the highest New York could go, may not be large enough to keep” Hartenstein.
by zetiano
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All they could do is offer it and hope for the best
An extra $20 million is hard to say no to
Sadge
Been saying this for weeks now.
I don’t see how he doesn’t get 22, and it takes just one team to go to 23-24 a year and that’s just too much dough to pass up.
As I said elsewhere, it’s not exactly an unenviable position, but he’s gotta be a little torn. Gonna have all that money but looking back at how special this Knicks team could be?
This team has a chance to be one of the more rare occurrences we’ve seen in sport between the vibe, their style of play, their connection with the fans…
And all that in the Mecca of basketball.
There’s no amount of money that can buy that.
But that cant buy $20-25 million more over four years in the bank.
Been saying this for weeks now.
I don’t see how he doesn’t get 22, and it takes just one team to go to 23-24 a year and that’s just too much dough to pass up.
As I said elsewhere, it’s not exactly an unenviable position, but he’s gotta be a little torn. Gonna have all that money but looking back at how special this Knicks team could be?
This team has a chance to be one of the more rare occurrences we’ve seen in sport between the vibe, their style of play, their connection with the fans…
And all that in the Mecca of basketball.
There’s no amount of money that can buy that.
But that cant buy $20-25 million more over four years in the bank.
Once that Claxton deal came through, my hopes of keeping Ihart dwindled
Just read the article, the clarification for me was that if they S&T Precious to any team and make Bridges trade a 3 team trade with the Knicks now having more outgoing salary than incoming, they will not hard cap themselves at the first apron.
I think if Hartenstein is willing to take the 4/72M the FO will do what is necessary to adjust the Bridges trade to make sure we are sending out more salary whether that’s:
– Trading Deuce
– Trading Mitch
– S/T Precious
dolan where the hush money at you fuck?!?! gift ihart an art piece, buy it back for 20m via a proxy.
problem solved fuck it
Fuck the Nets for signing Claxton to $28 mil more than we can offer Hartenstein, who is a way better player
ugh so many damn curveballs. In the end I think ihart does the unselfish thing, but there are just so many damn obstacles
sorry, but i’m so high on og and mikal and our first round moves that this news, if true, won’t bring me down now.
It’s a real decision. If you could make $80,000 in NYC, or $100,000 in Oklahoma, you’d more than think about it.
But, if your wife can make $5,000 of that back for her work in NYC that she can’t do in Oklahoma, and she and you are happier here? It feels like you’d need onnnnnne more thing from your millionaire boss to stay. Some handshake deal or promise or stock option… employment with the team after retirement. Something.
Is OKC really going to give iHart a LONG TERM deal averaging 20m+ per year? They will have to pay the rest of their team in a couple of years and i just can’t see their owner wanting to be deep into the luxury tax like the warriors were or what the Knicks are going to be doing soon.
Get to tampering Josh.
Gotta take the bag if your I-Hart. One major injury and his career is over. His wife’s modeling career is peanuts to his earnings. If he gets 20M more on the contract he should take it.
IHart at $22mil is still an asset you can flip later.
hire his wife to model for 2mil per year
Worse case scenario iHart leaves and we still have Mitch
I’m so torn on making a prediction of whether he’ll resign or not.
He seems like such an NYC guy, and his wife would have a lot more opportunities here. If you have money, NYC is such a better place to live. He’s lived around the world and NYC is an international city.
And he’d be worshipped here if we won, and I truly believe we’re top-tier contenders. He’d probably have a lot more income opportunities too. And he seemed to have a great connection with the team, like you want to work with people you like.
But I get money is money. And that $20m is more than $20m because NYC reams you on taxes (I pay an extra like 10-12% a year in state/city tax). And it’s so expensive to live here that even a dude making $16m legit wouldn’t be able to live wherever he wanted in Manhattan (but many Knick guys live/d in NJ)
No way he passes up running it back with the Knicks. He’s going to sign.
It is so insanely easy for Dolan to pay iHart 20m in a way that can’t connect Dolan to it. We just need to get creative.
In the 2024 NBA, good centers are way more of a commodity whereas great wings are much harder to come by. Totally get how good ihart is, but look at how many good centers are on the trade block this year. Everyone is trying to adjust away from the highly paid center outside of a few Elite-level exceptions.
The knicks sacrificed a great center to continue modernizing the rest of the roster. I’m mostly just surprised we didn’t take a center in the draft.
it 100% IS reasonable to leave $4-$5mm a year on the table. Why?
You live in the city you want
You work with the people you already know and trust
You do not have to change every aspect of your life
You do not have to worry about your spouse/family adjusting to going from NYC to Detroit or O phucking K C
30% more sounds really nice. It may not be enough to buy him the life he already has and wants.
I make good money and live in the NYC suburbs and love where I am. If you offered me triple and guaranteed it for 5 years but I had to move to Texas I would say “no thanks” now you all go enjoy making fun of me. I’ll sipping coffee in my garden.
Leon already working with local modeling agency’s to get the wife a 20M+ modeling contract. Woj bomb incoming!
i mean if this is the case he was going to leave regardless. Honestly he’s a journeyman who found a home and a starting job in NYC and has a chance for a title. if that and $72m isn’t enough for him so be it. If he leaves it’s his 6th team in 6 years, at some point you’d think you’d get tired of it all and just want to have a stable home but everyone has different priorities.
I know this is an unpopular take. I love Ihart! He played fantastic this season. But I think he’s a product of this system. He’s going to get a huge contract with another team. He won’t be as effective with the new team. The Knicks will be so good defensively. That my 6 ft ass could get 15 rebounds a game. Knicks will acquire a suitable replacement.
So we traded the 26 pick to free up cap space for nothing?
He said that he was willing to take less to stay with the clippers. Hopefully he feels the same way about being here. This is a special team that’s about to win 5 championships in a row.
I’m sure he wants to be part of it