specifically in regards to the Knicks, if they were to get 2 of those guys they would then be a lot more attractive destination for 2011 and might be able to work out a forced trade or sign and trade with somebody like Melo by using Curry's expiring contract
signing nobody leave them twiddling their thumbs
and i would definitely not offer sign and trade contracts to any of those guys, the extra money and extra year arent worth it
somebody correctme if im wrong, but heres the salary breakdown for a max deal with a new team for this off-season with a salary cap of $56.2M approx
Max deal is 25% of the salary cap(again, if im wrong let me know)
Year 1 $14.1M approx
Year 2 $15.228M approx
Year 3 $16.356M approx
Year 4 $17.484M approx
Year 5 $18.612M approx
Also take into account that the salary cap will almost certainly be higher in 5 years. my guess would be in the $65M range, and those 2 players are only taking up a little more than half your salary cap space, not a death sentence even as they age