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

[seemorecizzy]

alec burkes isnt a starting point guard in the nba. he has no playing making skills and isnt fast enough to get in the lane. this was a reactionary move. he wont last the month starting.


rose or quick should start.

 

[TOAD99]

Honestly shocked thibs did that

 

[Geordi]

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

There's too many people all over Knicks internet trying to get Ben Simmons in NY. What part of that is going to work out for us

They just want a guy with a popular name on the Knicks.

 

[OsO]

Then you even look below that and Luka Samanic has started like a bat out of hell in the G-league. He's averaging 26, 9, and 3 (56% from the field and 39% from three) in the early going.

 

[ogc163]

Trade Randle for draft picks

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

You are not getting good value for him, cut losses ASAP and focus on the young guys moving forward.

 

[mbewane]

There's too many people all over Knicks internet trying to get Ben Simmons in NY. What part of that is going to work out for us

They just want a guy with a popular name on the Knicks.

That's one thing I HATE about some Knicks fans is this obsession with trading for/signing big names. I don't want anything to do with Simmons

 

[23Barrettcity]

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

This made me choke on my jelly donut

 

[dave]

Thibs made the right decision. Pretty sure the analytics dept showed him the numbers.

Too bad for Kemba but coach had to do what's best for the team.

 

[Wargames]

Did he have to announce it like that. Like completely out the rotation is saying a lot.

 

[seemorecizzy]

Did he have to announce it like that. Like completely out the rotation is saying a lot.

well when he got benched tomorrow everyone would be askin questions and it would of been embarrassin for him. better he put it out there now

 

[ISO]

Trade Randle for draft picks

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

Those numbers don’t matter. They come with bad defense, high usage, inefficiency, and ball stopping. He’s barely a net neutral player on the floor overall not good considering this is a guy getting $20M and controlling a large portion of our possessions. He’s been worse this year than his first year here and y’all despised him then.

He’s also not a second option his optimal role is as a third or fourth option where he can focus solely on his offensive strengths and actually defending. Just being a power forward that can push the ball like a Green or Odom.

 

[Ironman]

Those numbers don’t matter. They come with bad defense, high usage, inefficiency, and ball stopping. He’s barely a net neutral player on the floor overall not good considering this is a guy getting $20M and controlling a large portion of our possessions. He’s been worse this year than his first year here and y’all despised him then.

He’s also not a second option his optimal role is as a third or fourth option where he can focus solely on his offensive strengths and actually defending. Just being a power forward that can push the ball like a Green or Odom.[/QUOTE]
Ego too big to see that and has horrible low iq moments

 

[g-ice]

The right decision in taking Kemba out was made.

I still feel like the next step is splitting Randle and RJ.

RJ as a 6th man would be ideal.

 

[ikbm]

The right decision in taking Kemba out was made.

I still feel like the next step is splitting Randle and RJ.

RJ as a 6th man would be ideal.

nikka WHAT?

all they gotta do is stagger minutes with him playing with the second unit. problem solved

 

[g-ice]

nikka WHAT?

all they gotta do is stagger minutes with him playing with the second unit. problem solved

I just said 6th man because he plays better with the second unit like you said.

Not like I said anything super egregious breh

We all know that him and Randle on the floor together is for the most part.