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

[storyteller]

Sucks that Kemba didn’t work out. I seen some Knicks fan shyt on the front office for the signing but fukk that. Dude is making about 8 mil. You take that gamble every time. It didn’t work out this time. Oh well.

And the reality is that he can fill in when Rose needs rest. Burks isn’t exactly iron man either. If Kemba is cool with the demotion, opportunities will come to still rock and he won’t be visibly slower by the third game in any 7 day span.

 

[Typical Knicks Fan]

So Thibs is telling us Kemba is worse than Elfrid Payton? He gave him a full season at starting point. lol

 

[scorpino]

I feel bad for Kemba but this had to be done. All the grit, toughness and cohesion from last season was non existent whenever he was on the floor. I’m sure they’ll just cut him soon.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Had to be done. He was too much of a liability out there. That Atlanta game was our best defensive game all season and there was a reason for it

 

[seemorecizzy]

So Thibs is telling us Kemba is worse than Elfrid Payton? He gave him a full season at starting point. lol

he didnt play payton for basketball reasons
he loved that man as a human being and was willin to give him endless chances lmao

 

[seemorecizzy]

we were smart not to trade for kemba
at the end of da day it was a really smart gamble that didnt work out.

better we cut our losses early so both parties look good and can move on. the longer kemba played, the higher da chance his hometown fans built a resentment towards him.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

he didnt play payton for basketball reasons
he loved that man as a human being and was willin to give him endless chances lmao

I think Tibs generally liked Elfrid on defense

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Listen after CP3 was hunting Kemba on the switches mans was food … Thibbs had to do something… When the Knicks play GS wtf y’all think gonna happen? When Kemba gotta guard Curry?

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Damn you can tell Tibs really waited until the last moment for this

 

[scorpino]

Elfrid was a good defender and played an important role on offense: only pass the ball to Randle

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I believe if Mitchell Robinson doesn’t go down last year Elfrid Payton is probably still on this roster. Those two had good chemistry

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

 

[OsO]

Yikes

Oh well, time for that mentor/locker room/veteran leadership role for Kemba, with spot minutes if somebody gets injured. Hopefully McBride and Grimes get more PT outta this.

And ya'll stop worrying about Randle. He is what he is (a #2 option playing the role of #1). If the Knicks can grab another all star level player, Randle will be fine and the Knicks will level up.

Plus, who are the Knicks potentially trading him for? Ben Simmons

 

[OsO]

For draft picks at this point, can't ask for too much given that he's not that good.

And they likely get worse in the short run, with the potential to improve in the long run, independent of his mediocre play and contract clogging things up.

Trade Randle for draft picks

Yea let's hope some random 2nd round pick averages 20, 10, and 5.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Yikes

Oh well, time for that mentor/locker room/veteran leadership role for Kemba, with spot minutes if somebody gets injured. Hopefully McBride and Grimes get more PT outta this.

And ya'll stop worrying about Randle. He is what he is (a #2 option playing the role of #1). If the Knicks can grab another all star level player, Randle will be fine and the Knicks will level up.

Plus, who are the Knicks potentially trading him for? Ben Simmons

Pretty much. That elusive scorer is going to be hard to get though


With Demar Derozan on Chicago that dream of Zach Lavine is gone now