My Posse's On Broadway: Official NY Knicks 2016-2017 Season Thread

[Malta]

Ball is a better fit for this team I believe. Fultz is more ball dominant. Simmons said it the best, 10 years ago a lot of these guys would be shooting guards. But cause of AAU, the best player always dominated the ball so we just kept calling them PGs. Not saying I'd be mad if we drafted Fultz, but I just really love Ball's ability to run an offense. The difference he's made for a UCLA team that wasn't good last year is night and day.

The problem though is that while Ball is great at moving the ball, Fultz is much better in the PnR than him both as a passer and as an attacker. Also, building around Fultz would be more straightforward, with Ball to really maximize his talent you'd need to get some athletic wings to run with him, he's going to need a team with athletes to push tempo. I like Ball's game a lot, but he's not the homerun can't miss prospect people seem to think he is. It'll take a smart FO to put the right pieces around him, and ultimately pairing him with Porzingis would probably mean you'd need to speed up Kristaps transition to C.

Those two fukking wins are going to come back to bite us, again.

Maybe, I think the Knicks will get to 4 though, the Sixers are really competitive and will win a few more unless they shut down Saric. Henningan is trying to save his job so I'd expect them to keep at it until the final game, and the Kings get two lottery picks so they aren't that pressed to tank either, the Knicks have to get to that top 4.

 

[Wargames]

Nets To Pursue Kentavious Caldwell-Pope In Free Agency - RealGM Wiretap

Not for nothing the Knicks should make a run at KCP too...... especially if they pick up a PG in the draft

 

[Malta]

Nets To Pursue Kentavious Caldwell-Pope In Free Agency - RealGM Wiretap

Not for nothing the Knicks should make a run at KCP too...... especially if they pick up a PG in the draft

Pistons would be stupid to let him go, my guess is they try and move Reggie this summer for pennies to get his salary off the books.


The Knicks can also take a swing at Otto Porter too, same thing, but at least the Wiz are loaded with salary and could make it difficult to match some poison pill type offer.

 

[Wargames]

Pistons would be stupid to let him go, my guess is they try and move Reggie this summer for pennies to get his salary off the books.


The Knicks can also take a swing at Otto Porter too, same thing, but at least the Wiz are loaded with salary and could make it difficult to match some poison pill type offer.

I actually look at it the opposite way and assume that the Wizards will match Porter because they are winning due to his talent finally emerging. I think they already shredded some salary to be able to keep him. I was actually in here in October talking about Porter and I've given that up because its clear to everyone he is a good player.

Whereas Detroit isn't actually winning shyt (and at in the draft 14 right now is literally the worse place a team can be) and SVG is smart enough to know that paying KCP a Max on a team with Drummond and Reggie already eating up cap space isn't going to fix that. They should let Reggie go for pennies, let KCP go if he is offered a max (we seen what happens with the Blazers when you automatically max) and look to build around Drummond with a max to a legit PG and see is Stanley Johnson is actually decent. Like Detroit needs to figure out where they are going before they Max KCP

 

[RickyGQ]

The pistons tried to trade KCP at the deadline so I'm hoping that means he's gonna be available this summer.

 

[DPresidential]

I actually really like how real Horn keeps it.

Others would be OD political in their answers.

 

[I.V.]

I actually really like how real Horn keeps it.

Others would be OD political in their answers.

Yeah, he strikes me as a guy who wants an honest shot to run a team that plays competitive basketball.

 

[Liquid]

The Sixers aren't that pressed on tanking, they have swap rights with the Kings this year and get an unprotected first next year from the Lakers if they don't get it this year.

The Knicks need to lose out, cause the Magic only have 2 more real winnable games vs the Nets and that's not a given cause the Nets play hard. The Sixers have 2 against the Nets as well, the Kings have the Mavs, Lakers, Suns and Pelicans.

That last game of the season is Sixers vs Knicks at the Garden, shyt is a must lose

Hornacek and Phil about to throw Carmelo and Rose out there for the full 48

 

[Liquid]

Both fighting for a 4th spot.

Let's see how this plays out on National TV

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

Hornacek says he's gonna play the young guys more

 

[qnsfinest]

Not liking the way the first quarter is going

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

Not liking the way the first quarter is going

Don't worry, its coming...

 

[nomoreneveragain]

I don't know what the Knicks are doing but they need to fukking stop right now

 

[Derek Lee]

That second foul on Porzingis was bullshyt, but whatever.

 

[ikbm]

stellar ending to that first half