Novak - $15 Million

[Slim]

Great to hear!

Signed for 4 years. Go Knicks!

[Bocephys]

That's nice payday for him considering how close he was to being out of the league about 4 different times.

[dwaderoy2004]

novak was never close to being out of the league.  shooters like him, especially at his size, will always be able to land a roster spot.

[GOO]

How much is guaranteed and how much upfront?  I'll be interested to see this, especially the guaranteed money.  Great news.

[MUBurrow]

How much is guaranteed and how much upfront?  I'll be interested to see this, especially the guaranteed money.  Great news.

arent nba contracts all guaranteed?

[Dreadman24]

arent nba contracts all guaranteed?

Yeap

[Bob "Big Daddy" Wild]

CBS article says no options...thus all guaranteed.

Congrats to Steve.

[MU82]

Very nice for a skinny, slow guy with no hops!

Goes to show that if you have a skill and perfect that skill, it can take you far in life.

[nyg]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8144662/2012-nba-free-agency-steve-novak-stays-new-york-knicks-4-year-15m-deal

ESPN article.

[4everwarriors]

No time to read this sheet now. Gotta go practice my jump shot.

[4everwarriors]

And to think he owes it all to Tom Crean.

[Golden Avalanche]

I'm happy to watch him up close out here with the Knicks but his worst portion of the season came at the end with a healthy Carmelo in the squad. Anthony is an offense killer and not sure Novak is best suited for the isolation game that Woodson wants to employ.

That said, $15 million is $15 million.

[StillWarriors]

With Lin and Kidd in the fold he'll see shots.

[LAZER]

novak was never close to being out of the league.  shooters like him, especially at his size, will always be able to land a roster spot.

Eh, he was pretty close there for a while.  Congrats to Steve though, this is probably a real big day for him.

[Jay Bee]

Another page added to I4's Media Guide!!!

[MUEng92]

It's nice to see him catch up salary-wise to the rest of us MU grads!

[jmayer1]

arent nba contracts all guaranteed?

No, most are, but not all. Sometimes guys coming off injury or fringe guys won't have fully guaranteed contracts. Novak's contract is fully guaranteed though.

[JD]

$45,731.70 Gross isn't bad per game! 

[Benny B]

I'm happy to watch him up close out here with the Knicks but his worst portion of the season came at the end with a healthy Carmelo in the squad. Anthony is an offense killer and not sure Novak is best suited for the isolation game that Woodson wants to employ.

That said, $15 million is $15 million.

Regardless of whether Steve lives up to his $15M payday, it's hard to dispute that he didn't earn every penny of it... the Knicks apparently think he has.

[avid1010]

did diener get the full ~$14 million he signed for....at least that's the number that comes to my mind...seems like a lot as i type it.

[LloydMooresLegs]

My sister and her son were at Steve's BBall camp when Steve and his wife rec'd the good news today.  They report lots of happy tears.  Very nice! 

[lurch91]

did diener get the full ~$14 million he signed for....at least that's the number that comes to my mind...seems like a lot as i type it.

From what I remember Travis signed with Indiana for $3-5 million over 3-4 years, think those numbers included a player or team option year.  Deiner got traded or was released before the contract was up,so I'm not sure he got all of that.

[Blue Horseshoe]

novak was never close to being out of the league.  shooters like him, especially at his size, will always be able to land a roster spot.

Getting cut by multiple NBA teams and spending time in the D-League literally means "out of the league."

[romey]

With Lin and Kidd in the fold he'll see shots.

Except Lin's not in the fold.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8133715/source-new-york-knicks-jeremy-lin-agrees-sign-offer-sheet-houston-rockets

[jmayer1]

Except Lin's not in the fold.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8133715/source-new-york-knicks-jeremy-lin-agrees-sign-offer-sheet-houston-rockets

Knicks will match.