In a summer that promises to make a lot of players a lot of money, no free agent seems poised to lose more than David Lee.
That of course is quite unfortunate for this high-energy rebounding machine. Lee really has done more than just endear himself to the Knicks faithful; his hustle has been the one consistent good memory throughout the past five seasons of basketball purgatory.
Lee's numbers have flourished in Mike D'Antoni's system, as he became a legitimate "20 and 10" power forward this season.
Yet, Lee is not a complete player: He's slightly undersized, he is not a very good defender, and it is unclear whether he can carry a front line offensively, rather than just thriving off garbage buckets and fast breaks.
This means that Lee can't expect to book the kind of paycheck that a Carlos Boozer or Chris Bosh is looking for. Lee wasn't able to find a lucrative deal last year either, as nobody—including the Knicks—wanted to commit the money that they had been reserving for the LeBron/Wade sweepstakes.
Lee will again struggle with being an afterthought this summer. ...
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