Making Melo a lifer and waving at Felton in Rikers: Knicks offseason thread

[JMurder]

Looking like Melo is preparing to play the position he's supposedly not long for...

http://nypost.com/2014/08/13/melo-getting-into-triangle-shape/

While I'm glad he's doing this because it'll be better for his health and career... This definitely means Bargnani is getting minutes now

 

[DPresidential]

Brehs...Not just the title...

But everything predicted by @Hawaiian Punch in that first post happened.


Breh... be careful w/ that smilie...your shyt has voodoo in it.

In more important news though...

Looking like Melo is preparing to play the position he's supposedly not long for...

http://nypost.com/2014/08/13/melo-getting-into-triangle-shape/

While I'm glad he's doing this because it'll be better for his health and career... This definitely means Bargnani is getting minutes now

#TheBuyIn

#SyracuseWeightAndSpeed

 

[23Barrettcity]

Looking like Melo is preparing to play the position he's supposedly not long for...

http://nypost.com/2014/08/13/melo-getting-into-triangle-shape/

While I'm glad he's doing this because it'll be better for his health and career... This definitely means Bargnani is getting minutes now

You gotta look at it like this Melo needs the scoring load lifted some and bargs can do that some . Let's be honest he wasn't that bad last year his three point shooting was though

 

[DPresidential]

Brehs... Priggie Smalls shot chart last year...

source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2162424-trading-pablo-prigioni-would-be-mistake-for-ny-knicks

 

[JerseyFinest!]

Those aren't reasons, those are opinions. And poorly defended opinions, at that.

This team is worse than it was last year. There is less talent on the roster. I hope they play well, I'd always rather root for a good team than a bad team. But we're not competing for a championship... not even close. Some of you kids need to wake up to that. This season is all about NEXT year, freeing up salary cap, giving us flexibility to get more talent. And the best, and easiest way to get cheap talent is through the draft.

So let's see how the season plays out, we're still months away and the East has opened up. But that doesn't make the Knicks a better team...

I think sometimes you guys get lost in "Yo we could get a 5th-6th seed " That's not success... that's being the hawks. Extended mediocrity is not a goal, not for me at least.

I was in DR so I've been M.I.A

But you're right those were opinions, but so was yours...Did you see how hurt KD was over one news paper article, it takes a special type of person to handle NY media as a face of a franchise, it's one of the reasons I love Eli, the criticism they throw at him doesn't faze him. Not everybody is built for it.

Boston is the only team in history of the NBA who you can say tanked and won a ship, and they got lucky they were able to flip it into getting KG.

You win in this league with a Star and putting talent around them and a system that fits that player, the last 4 NBA champs are examples of that

Stockpiling assets has never helped any team win a ship and thats FACT

You think waaay to highly of your own opinion homie, and lol at "kids" im probably older then you

 

[JMurder]

You gotta look at it like this Melo needs the scoring load lifted some and bargs can do that some . Let's be honest he wasn't that bad last year his three point shooting was though

I don't think he was that bad either...I just don't think there's enough room for two injury prone bigs playing significant minutes that don't have an ounce of defensive awareness

 

[Danie84]

1st game with the Bulls, then Cavs, then Hornets, then Wizards...thank you Basketbal:Gawds

...watch us go 4-0, and be the no.1 Eastern Conference team early

 

[DPresidential]

1st game with the Bulls, then Cavs, then Hornets, then Wizards...thank you Basketbal:Gawds

...watch us go 4-0, and be the no.1 Eastern Conference team early

Danie... you're such a child thinking like that...

But call me a Toys R Us kid too... because I'm thinking the same thing. Let's go Knicks.

 

[ikbm]

Danie... you're such a child thinking like that...




But call me a Toys R Us kid too... because I'm thinking the same thing. Let's go Knicks.

i ride for my knickas...fukk it

 

[I.V.]

fukk you writing books and explaining yourself for?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

The idea that you 'touched a nerve' is amazing. Based on what? That you wanted a response and eventually got one? You asked for attention, and when I came back to the thread, I saw it... I don't check for you... I don't know who you are. And I can't imagine a world where a few sentences amounts to "books"

my WPM 8 zillion+ :ulohan:

 

[I.V.]

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But you're right those were opinions, but so was yours...

No. Having a better draft pick gives you a better chance at more talent... that's a fact. Not an opinion. It is math.

Did you see how hurt KD was over one news paper article, it takes a special type of person to handle NY media as a face of a franchise, it's one of the reasons I love Eli, the criticism they throw at him doesn't faze him. Not everybody is built for it.

The largest myth in fandom. It's the kind of thing media/fans invented to make themselves feel better about not being chosen.

Boston is the only team in history of the NBA who you can say tanked and won a ship, and they got lucky they were able to flip it into getting KG.

The Spurs did it. The cavs just sucked and are about to become a great team. OKC/SEA tanked two seasons and now has a contender.

You win in this league with a Star and putting talent around them and a system that fits that player, the last 4 NBA champs are examples of that

Yeah, you have to GET TALENT to surround the star with. And you need a star whose game fits into the successful system... my point exactly.

Stockpiling assets has never helped any team win a ship and thats FACT

Boston Flipped those assets for a championship. Miami used their assets to sign and trade for Bosh. Picks, players, and money are assets... You could make the argument that assets have led to every championship in the least decade. What are you talking about.

You think waaay to highly of your own opinion homie, and lol at "kids" im probably older then you

Maybe, but you're a moron... so who cares?

 

[I.V.]

1st game with the Bulls, then Cavs, then Hornets, then Wizards...thank you Basketbal:Gawds

...watch us go 4-0, and be the no.1 Eastern Conference team early

#knickstape

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Why you bring this negativity into the thread. Save that ether for the trolls & clowns who come in here popping sh*t. The reason the Knickstape is so strong on this board is because of the big number of us & the vast knowledge of basketball that we ALL posses.

 

[I.V.]

Why you bring this negativity into the thread. Save that ether for the trolls & clowns who come in here popping sh*t. The reason the Knickstape is so strong on this board is because of the big number of us & the vast knowledge of basketball that we ALL posses.

:rufio:

 

[I.V.]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/08/the-lakers-and-knicks-are-on-national-tv-way-too-much-again

USA TODAY:

The Lakers and Knicks are on national TV way too much (again)

Curse you, major American TV markets!

The NBA schedule was released on Wednesday evening and lovers of the Lakers and the Knicks rejoiced at their teams getting plenty of national airplay. Lovers of quality basketball, on the other hand, did not.

The Lakers (27-55 last season) will play on national TV 28 times this season, the fifth-most of any team in the league. The Knicks (37-45 last year) will play on national TV 23 times.

The defending champion San Antonio Spurs, who were 62-20 last year and finished first in a loaded Western Conference, will play on national TV 25 times. The sad thing is: I’m surprised (and delighted) that the number is even that high.

In the big scheme of things, it’s totally understandable why the league does this. The Lakers and the Knicks are some of the most beloved teams in the league, they come from the biggest markets, and both have hugely popular stars in Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony, respectively. People will always want to watch the teams play, and despite their quality (or lack thereof) it’s still exciting to see Madison Square Garden or the Staples Center rocking.

The Lakers will have Bryant returning, and with the pickup of Julius Randle in the draft, they might be decent? The Knicks have a new GM in Phil Jackson and Anthony stuck around, so you know, maybe they won’t be awful, either.

For basketball junkies who like watching good teams play, though, this stings. The Lakers will be on national TV more than the gunning Warriors, the massively entertaining Rockets, and both the Knicks and Lakers will be on more than feel-good teams like the Raptors, Mavericks and the Blazers. Guess it’s just another way the NBA is enticing people to buy its League Pass.

In other news, the Boston Celtics will be on national TV four (4) times this year.

Stay mad. We're on national TV.