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

[Wargames]

 

[ikbm]

Son got a lot of work to do. I've mostly enjoyed his three point stroke, ability to draw fouls, and the fact that he has a legit floater as a 6'9, 6'10 SF.

I can't help but look at some of the youth cores in the league and think we're among the weaker teams.

I want to see Knox eating very soon.

but we're not
everything looks greener on the other side
you compare youth of other teams to our youth....and they're all 2,3,4 years deep...with nba training. see the sixers for example
we literally are about to have 3 rookies playing 20+ minutes per night
one of which was undrafted...and another didnt even play organized basketball for an entire year
All of them have shown promise individually.
and a 20 year old point guard who is elite at one end...but wildly inconsistent on the other
if knox started a few games ago...we wouldve had the youngest starting lineup in nba history....and this is including the time span where kids could come out of high school
your expectations are too high and lofty.
we suck this year...but give valuable experience to the current players we have while getting another top pick.............. ....not even counting kp coming back and possible free agent acquisitions

your eye looking mighty lusty at sga

 

[JMurder]

I keep forgetting about the new lottery system. I just looked at the odds and it don't even pay to be the worst team anymore. You have the exact same odds getting the top pick being the third worst team as the first worst. We just need to be in the picture at the end

 

[Wargames]

I keep forgetting about the new lottery system. I just looked at the odds and it don't even pay to be the worst team anymore. You have the exact same odds getting the top pick being the third worst team as the first worst. We just need to be in the picture at the end

Yep it 1-8 that all have a decent chance at the top. It's why I kept saying lose last year cause this year who even knows

 

[JMurder]

Yep it 1-8 that all have a decent chance at the top. It's why I kept saying lose last year cause this year who even knows

Nah, 1-5 have the best shot... They're all double digits in percentage chance with a four percent margin. I still think it's a crap shoot beyond that

 

[Tim Dripcan]

Perfect breakdown to Frank's game in Orlando. Some casuals who don't watch basketball and continue to call the young man "trash". Are foolish.



OG perfectly broke down Frank's game.

 

[BornStar]

Frank: Frank ntilikina played 6 minutes...in that span he bricked two wide open three's and a midrange pull-up that continued his shooting struggles. He also turned the ball over twice, once when he was gassed off of a beauty of a block and tried to post up (an attack on a smaller ..

 

[MR. Conclusion]

There's still people doing the most to excuse Frank's poor play.

I guess he's the new Gallo.

 

[MR. Conclusion]

There's still people doing the most to excuse Frank's poor play.

I guess he's the new Gallo.

 

[storyteller]

I don't pull punches on these cats, Frank was really bad (offensively) in that five mins and the benching was warranted.

 

[storyteller]

Perfect breakdown to Frank's game in Orlando. Some casuals who don't watch basketball and continue to call the young man "trash". Are foolish.



OG perfectly broke down Frank's game.

I think he's giving Frank some breaks here but his final point is legit. Frank was bad, but EVERYONE was terrible and Frank was the only one that got punished. That's my big complaint and a reason I'm a little frustrated with Frank haters pumping hate for Frank's five minutes of play versus the other 43 minutes of game time where the team looked just as bad. If the kid was out there and the team struggled, then I could see making it about him. The real issue to me, is if you're looking for what's causing problems for the team then you have to pay attention to the whole 48 minutes. Things didn't get better when Frank came off which is a hint that he might not be a cause, but rather a symptom of some bigger issue. If it's lack of playmaking, then getting mad at Frank but not every other player that has the ball in his hands to create is being biased. If it's the spacing (that's been my focal point), then that's not going to resolve itself until we get away from the two big man rotations. Lack of transition? Coach has acknowledged that this is by design when he said he doesn't have the personnel to play at pace (I disagree with Fiz). Regardless, people are missing the forest for the trees imo.

Also I really like the NBK approach, style and aesthetic too. We finally have a group of Knicks bloggers that take deeper looks at the game. That opening bit about the importance of screens is really great imo. When you start honing in on how badly this team screens, and I mean everybody, it's mindblowing. Everyone slips except for Kanter and usually when he doesn't slip, it's to get post position which means the ball handler doesn't have much lane anyway. Mitch has been pretty bad on screening too but I'd like to see him get more reps at it because he'll at least do an earnest rim run.

 

[RickyGQ]

Also, idk if the guy was trolling (highly likely), but Wos on the basketball buds podcast said KD to NY is a done deal. (They intimated his source was Ethan Strauss). Apparently this Durant/Draymond stuff is pretty serious and would lend credence to why Bill Simmons (who has a relationship with both) keeps clamoring for the Knicks to hire Kleinman.

 

[MR. Conclusion]

Also, idk if the guy was trolling (highly likely), but Wos on the basketball buds podcast said KD to NY is a done deal. (They intimated his source was Ethan Strauss). Apparently this Durant/Draymond stuff is pretty serious and would lend credence to why Bill Simmons (who has a relationship with both) keeps clamoring for the Knicks to hire Kleinman.

I don't see Durant coming here without an established playmaker at guard. His entire career he played with Westbrook and Curry. Now he's going to play with Ntilikina? There has to be another deal in play.

 

[storyteller]

Let's go positive for a moment...and by positive I mean, looking at the light at the end of the tunnel because this month's schedule is lookin' tough. We're sitting in good position to land a top five pick where the talent is scary good with the Duke trio, Langford and Nas as super hype prospects imo. If you're pulling your hair out now, it's probably gonna get tougher before it gets better. So sticking around is gonna be about watching the guys that'll be here next year and figuring out what happens when we get KP back, draft another lottery talent and have the cap space to make a push for someone (this KD drama has even my eyebrows raised). If there was ever a year to want another frozen envelope; this might be it.



That boy is on a tier all his own with a handful of super promising youngsters to pick after. We should really take in the growth and development from rookies Knox, Mitch and Trier; sophomores Frank and Dot; and future microwave scorer THJ. If we managed to add Zion to that core and KP comes back before the end of the season to show he's still the unicorn then we actually have a case to make for any top notch player looking for a shot to make a run. MSG and the legacy that would come with bringing a chip to NYC won't hurt either, especially now that management doesn't look like a complete black hole to outsiders.

 

[storyteller]

I don't see Durant coming here without an established playmaker at guard. His entire career he played with Westbrook and Curry. Now he's going to play with Ntilikina? There has to be another deal in play.

KD been his own playmaker since the last couple of years in OKC. If something keeps him away it'll be that he doesn't think we're ready to win a chip and he wants a team that's gonna be a contender right away.