Free Agency. Day 3 and 4

In the third day we had Dirk committing with the Mavs. The contract is for 4 years/$80 million. Now everybody can breathe and Cuban/Nelson can focus on shopping Ericka's ending contract around

Today, day fourth, Joe Johnson finally committed to the Hawks. I'll get back to this

Everything was very quiet until this Sunday afternoon. It was reported that the Knicks got a second meeting with Lebron's people ( sans Lebron) to "make sure they know about how much cap room we have" ...yeah, like that wasn't in the presentation. This is how is going. Follow me here. Amare apparently was offered a 5 year/$100 million contract by the Knicks but still we haven't heard of Amare "accepting" it. But Mr. Stoudemire is already doing some recruiting for the Knicks. Chris Broussard reported that the Knicks put that offer on the table for Amar'e with the condition that it will remain on the table as long as Lebron doesn't sign with them and he chooses another player as his sidekick. So, if Lebron goes to New York and he wants to play with Bosh or Boozer or whoever then Amar'e is shown the door, not the money. Amar'e still have meeting with the Bulls and the Nets on Tuesday, he is well aware of all this.

This was the point when JJ said to himself " Fuck it, Lebron is not going to choose me. I can't play with Wade, I'm staying here!" I think Johnson's choises outside Atlanta were only New York and Miami. I really don't see Jerry Reinsdorf maxim out JJ. As a matter of factor I only see him giving max money to Bosh if Lebron's a Bull.

So, the second meeting the Knicks had with Lebron's people was just to clear that subject. Amar'e is plan B, he can be there with Lebron if Lebron wants too, but nobody has signed anything. As simple as that.