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

[storyteller]

I was on vacation and haven't gotten to watch the Knicks in the past week...glad to hear Frank and Burke have been performing well.

 

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

@storyteller is still alive

 

[storyteller]

@storyteller I need this trainwreck to be over.

Who are we picking breh. Just give me a name right now.

Frank/Mikal/KP could form one of the NBA's best young defensive cores fam, that's where my mind's at. If we could skip up a few picks, I'm really big on Bamba for a similar reason.

 

[knickscity]

Draftwise it has to be a player who can defend and hit the three at the minimum, which is why I'm all for Mikal bridges, and I do think he'll be there to pick at our spot.

 

[the next guy]

we need mike porter in the worst way. mikal is fine. Just no trae young.

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Guy looks like a sleazy quack......get him outta here

This guy is actually trained Shaq and Shaq swears by this guy.

This guy isn't the doctor, so I wouldn't be worried

 

[nomoreneveragain]

If we hit on this draft pick and then we dont do anything stupid with our money. We can go all in Kawhi in the summer of 2019

 

[ProlificLurker]

Breh, I thought the same fukking thing.

Not only that, he REALLY seems like he's selling himself.

He's probably thinking, "if I could get this kid on the court on opening day...my fame is set in stone.

Like a bad infomercial. KP need to change that channel

 

[ProlificLurker]

This guy is actually trained Shaq and Shaq swears by this guy.

This guy isn't the doctor, so I wouldn't be worried

Shaq was routinely out of shape for most of his career

Not exactly a ringing endorsement

And yes, he's not the doctor that performed the surgery, he's KP's personal trainer. Still seems like a sleazy quack tho

 

[nyknick]

Shaq was routinely out of shape for most of his career

Not exactly a ringing endorsement

And yes, he's not the doctor that performed the surgery, he's KP's personal trainer. Still seems like a sleazy quack tho

Training Shaq should be considered a success story because other two people they mentioned were Allan Houston and Andre Agassi who always had back problems.


He just gives off that a$$hole vibe, he's who I imagine Trump would hire to be his personal trainer

 

[storyteller]

Knicks coaching rumors: Hornacek unlikely back next season; Blatt, Jackson options?

It's been another tough season at Madison Square Garden. Not only have the Knicks already been eliminated from the postseason -- making it five straight seasons in which they'll miss the playoffs -- but their star big man, Kristaps Porzingis, went down with a torn ACL.

Porzingis' injury, as well as the general lack of talent on the Knicks roster has made things difficult for coach Jeff Hornacek. As the losses continue to pile up, Hornacek's days in charge of the Knicks are reportedly numbered. According to the New York Times' Marc Stein, Hornacek is unlikely to make it to the end of his contract, which has one year remaining.

Stein reported that in addition to the losing, the Knicks are eager to move on from Phil Jackson, and he was the one who brought in Hornacek. Per Stein, Mark Jackson and David Blatt are two names that could come up in the search for a new Knicks coach if they do end up firing Hornacek. Via Stein's newsletter:

Jeff Hornacek has one year left on his contract, but good luck finding league observers who believe he will survive to see it out.

The former Knicks guard Mark Jackson keeps coming up as a hot name to succeed Hornacek, amid a growing belief the Knicks' new front-office chief - Scott Perry - will want to install his own hand-picked choice heading into next season.

It's difficult to fault Hornacek for much of the chaos that has engulfed the Knicks during his two seasons in charge. But there's no avoiding the fact he was a Phil Jackson selection, which could well doom him now that the organization seems intent on cutting every non-Porzingian tie to the Phil era as possible.

Another name to file away here: The former Cleveland coach David Blatt has a longstanding relationship with the Knicks' president Steve Mills dating to their days as Princeton teammates. You wonder if that'll finally earn Blatt his first meaningful look from an N.B.A. franchise since the Cavaliers fired him in January 2016 while sporting a record of 30-11.

The problems in New York the past few seasons really aren't Hornacek's fault, but it's not surprising that the Knicks would be potentially looking to move on. Sometimes you just need a fresh voice and ideas in the locker room, and the fact that he was Phil Jackson's guy certainly isn't helping Hornacek's cause.


It would be most interesting if the Knicks actually brought David Blatt back over from Europe for another go at the NBA head-coaching role. The guy certainly knows how to coach basketball, but he never really had the trust of LeBron James when he was in Cleveland, which doomed him from the start. Seeing what he could do with a young Knicks team would be quite intriguing.

I know I'm hella late and I saw some discussion on Jackson a few pages back, co-sign the "hell no" crew on him. I don't want that drama in the locker room and organization. He has the exact opposite of the personality we should have to get rid of that dysfunctional vibe. Blatt though, that's a lot more intriguing a coach than his Cleveland run would have you think. That dude was in hostile territory off the bat. His success all over europe is impressive and considering who our top young prospects are, maybe it'll help him understand wrinkles from their developmental years. I like him a hell of a lot more than Jackson. It'll be easier to be a hardnosed coach with a young up and coming team, he could set a strict culture from jump without worrying about the biggest primadonna in the game.

 

[ProlificLurker]

Training Shaq should be considered a success story because other two people they mentioned were Allan Houston and Andre Agassi who always had back problems.


He just gives off that a$$hole vibe, he's who I imagine Trump would hire to be his personal trainer

 

[ProlificLurker]

Frank/Mikal/KP could form one of the NBA's best young defensive cores fam, that's where my mind's at. If we could skip up a few picks, I'm really big on Bamba for a similar reason.

What are your thoughts on Wendell Carter Jr?

A lot of draft boards have him in the top 10, in that 8-10 range which is where the Knicks will likely end up. Idk about him tho

 

[ikbm]

 

[Miles Davis]

What’s the catch? Frank playing the 2 so that’s the first one.