"Death to the Pessimistic State of Mind" - Nas Voice: NYK '23 Pre-Season Thread

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I agree on last year, I was and advocate for tanking the year prior because that was an elite draft. However the chase for playoffs is connected to Dolan raising ticket prices. So they didn’t tank, and now tanking makes even less sense because they have players to assess to see if they can be any good.

I also think they aren’t seriously in the running asset wise for a star. They have a lot of picks, but the protected picks aren’t valuable in helping get a star player. They aren’t even that valuable when it comes to moving up. Using one or two to get a starter level player they can add to a trade package is valuable. They might trade for a high quality player, but teams might not make one available this season.

Depth wise, the issue is Thibs. If he played the starters 30-35 minutes a night like most teams the bench would eat more. I am hoping he “trusts” the kids and stops running the starters into the ground. I never thought his job was in danger except when RJ got injured on some bs play after playing 40 minutes two games in a row. If he is smart he’ll play all the starters less so the kids can get at least a quarter of game time every night.

I won't blame Dolan for them overachieving. That was a combination of Randle overachieving for his extension and some luck as far as our health compared to other teams. As a sidenote: our luck with health came back to bite us between injuries and quarantines this past season. You'd hope things level out this time, especially since the quarantine timing kept screwing the momentum of young players.

They spent this offseason trying to create packages for Dejounte Murray, Jaden Ivey, and Donovan Mitchell. Those guys aren't just starters. Even Brunson could be argued as the number-2 guy on a successful team. I don't think they need or care to add another starter level player. They have enough starter level players and future starter level prospects to leave a couple of those guys in DNP land. The only starter-level guy they added was Hartenstein who coincides with Taj and Noel being sent off.

Thibs is definitely the problem, but giving him an additional guy that needs minutes without addressing current logjams is a waste of resources. I'm not counting on him changing his ways. The FO ought to have learned that after the Reddish trade, bringing in another mid-tier guy would only exacerbate the same problem. Especially a guy who slots in where RJ and Randle are ear-marked.

 

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Looks like Grimes is in a boot in a team picture today from practice

 

[Glorious]

Foolius Handles and Coach Thibs working together with the front office to secure a Knicks loss.

This Alex fool still gets me heated. No way this would ever happen in reality. And no way the coach would approve of it either. Why they try and make the black coach an idiot? Alex getting jumped right there by the whole gym.

 

[Ironman]

Looks like Grimes is in a boot in a team picture today from practice

He had to have tweaked it today

 

[Peter Popoff]

This Alex fool still gets me heated. No way this would ever happen in reality. And no way the coach would approve of it either. Why they try and make the black coach an idiot? Alex getting jumped right there by the whole gym.

Thibs would. Randle would throw the thumbs down to the crowd after telling the ref he fukked up.

 

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[Glorious]

Maybe this is why Thibs gave it to EF.

 

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[Peter Popoff]

Man I don't fukking like this bytch nikka Thibs. Now he looking real funny.

 

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[Peter Popoff]

9. Remove Randle.

 

[Ironman]

Might as well remove pace, play off the pass, and move without the ball cause Randle isn't doing that