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

[DPresidential]

An enjoyable article about Ron Baker -

https://theknickswall.com/ron-baker-s-w-d-8c6e3f261400

Scrappy White Dude is a sub-genre of fukk shyt Up Guy, but forget the nomenclature. My point is that there aren’t a lot of players that dictate the attitude of games, and that’s the exact function of F.S.U.G. Off the top of my head, there’s maybe 20 in the league, and Ron Baker is one of them.

I love rooting for players I actually like personally.

 

[tremonthustler1]

The NBA is all about the best players that's not by accident

Did the Cavs have a "culture" pre Lebron?

What culture did okc have when Westbrook and Durant got there?

Did the Bulls win anything pre Jordan?

Rockets pre Hakeem?

It's about the players

Yes culture helps but the NBA is a players league

There's talent and then there's those guys. There's a reason why they're considered transcendent players. Merely having good talent isn't enough because losing breeds losers. Culture is why you could send Anthony Bennett to the Spurs on a max deal and think it might not wind up being the dumbest move ever. Sometimes great talent is either wasted or you wind up realizing they're not the talent you thought they were

 

[Frump]

There's talent and then there's those guys. There's a reason why they're considered transcendent players. Merely having good talent isn't enough because losing breeds losers. Culture is why you could send Anthony Bennett to the Spurs on a max deal and think it might not wind up being the dumbest move ever. Sometimes great talent is either wasted or you wind up realizing they're not the talent you thought they were

Culture can be the difference on your team being this years Heat or the Knicks

Culture can get teams to overachieve and make the playoffs

It will not get you a title with lesser players

Transcendent stars win titles not cultures

 

[DPresidential]

There's talent and then there's those guys. There's a reason why they're considered transcendent players. Merely having good talent isn't enough because losing breeds losers. Culture is why you could send Anthony Bennett to the Spurs on a max deal and think it might not wind up being the dumbest move ever. Sometimes great talent is either wasted or you wind up realizing they're not the talent you thought they were

Hypothetically speaking,

If, on some Magic: The Gathering shyt, you're about to pull a card w/ a random NBA situation on it, considering the current state of the league,

What are you're chances you're going to pull a Popovich: +4 Team Culture card?

What are the chances you're going to pull a Karl Anthony Towns: +3 Team Contender card?

I mean, KAT is as rare of an NBA talent that you can get...but getting a KAT is less rare than an Exec or Staff that translates into transforming an entire team's culture.

If I owned a team... I would feel somewhat confident that I could get people to develop guys...but, starting from scratch, as if your James Dolan the day after Phil Jackson leaves, how confident are you that you'd be able to find the guys to develop elite level organizational culture?

Culture can be the difference on your team being this years Heat or the Knicks

Culture can get teams to overachieve and make the playoffs

It will not get you a title with lesser players

Transcendent stars win titles not cultures

Yup. And I hate that this is the case but, it is what it is.

 

[Derek Lee]

 

[Kitsch]

 

[Derek Lee]

 

[Wargames]

I mean at least he isn't as bad a deal as Chandler Parsons

 

[storyteller]

I wish we could get him to retire and collect that money as an advisor on some A-Rod ish. I do think he'd make a good mentor for our young bigs, but we could really use that cap space. Complete pipe dream but Noah retiring but sticking around to mentor bigs; flipping KOQ and a second for a late first and adding Swanigan to the crew that Noah mentors would be great for me (I'd really love Bam Adebayo also but dude is gonna go top 20). Swanigan as a real PF with defensive potential to go with the offensive games of KP/Willy would have me hype for our front court future.

 

[Wargames]

I wish we could get him to retire and collect that money as an advisor on some A-Rod ish. I do think he'd make a good mentor for our young bigs, but we could really use that cap space. Complete pipe dream but Noah retiring but sticking around to mentor bigs; flipping KOQ and a second for a late first and adding Swanigan to the crew that Noah mentors would be great for me (I'd really love Bam Adebayo also but dude is gonna go top 20). Swanigan as a real PF with defensive potential to go with the offensive games of KP/Willy would have me hype for our front court future.

I keep wondering if maybe the Blazers would trade one of their earlier picks for O'Quinn. shyt we could use our cap space to absorb Festus too who make double what Kyle makes (for 1 year) but stays injured. They got 16, 19, and 26 for this draft, are a luxury tax team and would probably value some veteran help as a playoff team.

At 16 odds are either OG or Justin Jackson would be there.

 

[Miles Davis]

Damn, Noah fleeced us

The hell was Phil thinking with that contract

 

[DPresidential]

Another injury while recovering from an injury?!

lol, sorry, I had to be the first to use it. shyt is perfect.

 

[Kitsch]

I ain't mad at Noah.

 

[Montez]

30 for 30 for the Noah's first year as a Knick

 

[seemorecizzy]

knick gonna end up winning tonight