A Blown Knee & Flat Tires-Another NY Pothole Year: 17-18 Knicks Season Thread

[pimpineasy]

Miles Bridges could be that guy, he's a tweener but seems like he could be the good kind of tweener which is a dude that's SF size but is strong enough to guard 4s and athletic enough to blow by them.





Slow down on the winning, Knicks still need another top 10 pick in the draft.

It's nice to be right, been telling the Knick brehs that watching the development of young players can be a nice placeholder until the winning and playoff runs start

Yeah I am cautious to get carried away. I feel we would need to draft an overachiever at the 3 . And Frank needs a reliable 3point jumper in the worse way.
The future is bright as long as we remember to be patient

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

I just can’t describe how great it feels watching this squad. All hail Kristaps! He is that dude!!

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

This team is for real. Frazier needs to come up with something clever to rhyme porzingis with

"In-the-paint cunnilingus by Porzigis!"

 

[Malta]

Long term as in way down the line. It's not something they have to worry about now, especially when they have a center with promise in Hernangomez who looks good alongside Porzingis. Porzingis won't need to deal with moving to the 5 til the end of his 2nd deal.

Playing him at the 5 is to preserve his body, contrary to popular belief banging in the paint is a lot less taxing on the joints for a 7'3" guy than chasing around 6'8" guys on the perimeter. I wouldn't wait until "way down the line" to start putting together a team that can play him at the 5 in spurts, or start him there in the future.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Kristaps playing the 5 opens up so many doors in terms of how dynamic their offense could be in the future, especially if you draft someone who has PF size & strength but can check 3-5.

oh nikka it would be a wraaaaaap

 

[DPresidential]

Brehs...



Is....is our son already in that?

 

[Malta]

We can't just cut buy Noah out

They may just have to stretch provision him, even if he plays well that means he's cutting into the time of younger players.

 

[Derek Lee]

 

[Liquid]

He has that NY swagger on 9000.

He knows he has arrived

 

[seemorecizzy]

He just played the 5 against diesel ass Dwight, he doesn't have to play it fulltime, but having a team that can do both is what the goal should be.

hes cool with playin the 5 here and there, he played some last year as well
the issue is, will he commit to starting there
all signs point to no
it would be better for the team if we had a starting 4 who could play d and shoot the three, thats what the league is turning into
willy cant do any of that

 

[obarth]

I peeped that during the game

 

[DPresidential]

Kris is ready, brehs.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Even Dwight has to respect it.

 

[Malta]

hes cool with playin the 5 here and there, he played some last year as well
the issue is, will he commit to starting there
all signs point to no
it would be better for the team if we had a starting 4 who could play d and shoot the three, thats what the league is turning into
willy cant do any of that

That's why I'm saying they should draft someone who can play the 3-4 breh, if they're not drafting in the top 5 it puts them in the range for someone like Miles Bridges or Kevin Knox, dudes who could start at the 3, then when the matchup calls for it you play them at the 4.

I doubt they continue winning at this pace, but they look like they should be around a 30-35 win team, which would put them in the Knox range -

 

[GunRanger]

KP at the 5 is not something you wanna do right now. He's in a groove and you don't wanna mess with it. Don't waste Porzingis at the 5 because y'all dream of dropping 125 a night.

If he doesn't play the 5 tonight then Dwight dominates and The hornets win