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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4295377, member: 1969"]
I think you might be adding a bit too much sunshine to the sequence of moves.  I think the moves overall are fine, but not the same as your ledger in your last sentence.

I sort of view Hartenstein as a stand alone MLE signing who is not really part of the sequence of moves of clearing space (see below)  Not a move done by clearing cap space, so I disconnect it from the moves above.   Perhaps only semantics to not include it on my end - still an addition by the Knicks and I do like the signing ... I would have been happy with Hartenstein on the Raps  (although satisfied with Otto Porter)

1) You can't just add two net first rounders on one side of the ledger, without adding in the cost of getting those two net first rounders on the other side of the ledger.  The Knicks traded the far superior draft asset - the 2022 #11, for three inferior draft assets.    To analyze that move as the Knicks adding two first rounders on one side, and no cost on the other is a bit flawed.   I'm OK with the move itself, but your ledger is not fully capturing what happened.

2)  I don't believe Hartenstein was signed with Cap Space, but with the MLE ( but I stand to be corrected on that part)   [I]The same MLE they would have had if they had not done all the moves to clear cap space which is why I am not connecting them to the series of moves (semantics maybe, its sitll a postive add for the Knicks)[/I]

I think the sequence of moves was as follows.
1) Sign Brunson with cap space
2) Sign Robinson to an amount above his cap hold, bring you back above the cap line and to provide the Knicks with the MLE again (MLE is not available to teams below the cap line)
3) Signing Hartenstein to the MLE
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