Last 18/19 NY Knicks season transmission: "F*** all the haters from you to SAS" See y'all in '20

[Miles Davis]

Have no idea why breh still coming in here hating and shyt

Easier to spread hate than love

 

[Liquid]

Have no idea why breh still coming in here hating and shyt

 

[nyknick]

Have no idea why breh still coming in here hating and shyt

 

[Derek Lee]

 

[storyteller]

Spoiler

This is dead on. What's incredible about this kid is that he's winning some position battles on athleticism alone. He has really good hands, great touch and incredible feet...you add technique to the mix and it's going to be overwhelming. Footwork and weight training will turn this guy into a high caliber starter and he seems to have the necessary mobility to chase guys around in defensive schemes that would pull him away from the basket periodically.

 

[storyteller]

Let it be known that on this day, Marc Berman actually showed up Moke Hamilton in writing a prospect hype piece (So rare). But they both managed to show hype for a Knicks prospect that we haven't seen since KP debuted and I can't recall hype for anyone before it that lives up to this.

Here's Moke with a couple of quotes:
The NBA Already Knows the Name of Kevin Knox

He competed at both ends of the floor and showed the traits that the more dominant players in this era of “position-less” basketball possess—he’s rangy, athletic and can handle the rock. He excelled playing both in the middle of the floor and on the wing and as both a pick-and-roll ball handler and finisher.

It was impossible to not notice.

Riddle me this: what’s more dangerous than a talented kid with these tools?

Answer: a talented kid with these tools and something to prove.

That skillset will have every opportunity to find itself at the NBA level. More than ever, teams will employ forward-heavy rotations that rely on the versatility that players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetkounmpo and even Jayson Tatum bring. Call it a stretch, but in today’s NBA, coaches value individual traits more than traditional rotations. Eventually, we’ll see a lineup featuring five players between 6-foot-6 and 6-foot-10. A ball handler, a rim protector and slashers who can finish at the rim and space the floor—those are the five requirements for such a unit.

Most teams in the NBA aren’t blessed to have five such players in the same unit, though the Milwaukee Bucks seem close.

At this point, Knox doesn’t belong in a conversation with those players, but the potential is what tickled the fancy of the front office in New York. On Saturday, it tickled everyone else in Las Vegas, too.

Now that's some hype. But Moke kept it at a "let's remain calm" level. Berman went and found NBA scouts to push us into potential overhype position...but it's more fun that way.

https://nypost.com/2018/07/09/knicks-lottery-pick-needs-two-games-to-show-scary-potential/

“When is Kevin Knox going into the Hall of Fame?’’ one NBA scout asked a New York reporter Monday at Thomas & Mack Center.

The talent evaluator was jesting, but it’s evidence of the buzz created among NBA cognoscenti by the 6-foot-9 Knicks lottery-pick forward at the Las Vegas summer league after just two outings.

“It’s a matter of development — it’s about when it happens,’’ an NBA assistant coach said of Knox rising into an All-Star caliber player. “But it’s going to happen. I don’t see any red flags. He’s a great, great prospect.’’

“He’s taking that progression — you saw in Kentucky he can dribble and shoot and has the physical tools for today’s game,” the scout said, “but you see it more. The Knicks got themselves an excellent player.’’

“I’ve always liked his length and athleticism, but he also likes to play,’’ an NBA personnel director said. “That’s a big thing to me. He likes to play the game. One thing that stood out when I studied him in college to now is I think he’s grown an inch. He’s gotten bigger. That’s scary.”

“It depends on the GM — some value potential three, four years down the line, what is he going to be?’’ a personnel director said. “Some GMs value how much they can help you now or have they spent three years in college under a good coach. Everyone has his own ideals. With a guy like Knox, he could’ve been higher if someone projected him to become really good faster than two, three years away.’’

Nobody seemed to have much worry over his slight build — take a look at Kevin Durant — or his defensive shortcomings at Kentucky. Knox is listed at 215 pounds.

“Nah, he’s got great size,” the GM said. “The defense will come. Most players you have to learn to play defense in this league. His offensive skills are tough to teach and he’s got them.”

“It’s another positive for me,’’ the GM added of Knox being 18. “Everybody slots these kids and he was a late lottery guy and he moved up and he should have.’’

 

[FishNGrits]

My Knicks look like they finally going in the right direction.

 

[010101]

20.esco gods.son*

 

[Ironman]

Let it be known that on this day, Marc Berman actually showed up Moke Hamilton in writing a prospect hype piece (So rare). But they both managed to show hype for a Knicks prospect that we haven't seen since KP debuted and I can't recall hype for anyone before it that lives up to this.

Here's Moke with a couple of quotes:
The NBA Already Knows the Name of Kevin Knox





Now that's some hype. But Moke kept it at a "let's remain calm" level. Berman went and found NBA scouts to push us into potential overhype position...but it's more fun that way.

https://nypost.com/2018/07/09/knicks-lottery-pick-needs-two-games-to-show-scary-potential/

 

[Knicksman20]

I started calling him Hard Knox Life during the ATL game lol

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Damn brehs we got a young squad...... low key

KP
Mitchell
Knox
THjr
Ntilikina
Dotson
Troy williams

 

[RickyGQ]

 

[ISO]

 

[JerseyFinest!]

I’ve missed the summer league games. How has Dotson looked out there?

 

[Miles Davis]

I’ve missed the summer league games. How has Dotson looked out there?

Looked great the first game, then he deferred too much in the second.