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

[Derek Lee]

 

[A-Train]

I wonder why DraftExpress has Frank falling to 14. There whole draft seems off but you would think they would know that he shouldn't fall past 9. I think it makes more sense to see Monk fall in that 11-16 range with Mitchell and Kennard trending upwards

 

[kurt]

I wonder why DraftExpress has Frank falling to 14. There whole draft seems off but you would think they would know that he shouldn't fall past 9. I think it makes more sense to see Monk fall in that 11-16 range with Mitchell and Kennard trending upwards

They do their mocks mostly by where they have the prospect ranked, vs where they think they will go.

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

Meh shoot for the fences and take Frank. I don't think dude is any good but he's such an obscure prospect that maybe there are strengths that you don't initially see.

 

[Monsanto]

To make a move with LA, we'd have had to give them an expiring for cap relief and eat that Mozgov monster. They're gonna try to bring in PG so that they can sign Lebron next offseason and go over the cap to keep George. We couldn't offer the expiring and I'm hoping if we do eat a salary for assets (something I've been supporting for two damned offseasons, so you know I'm with it); I'm hoping it's in a deal with Detroit or Portland for their lottery picks. Originally I was hoping to just get 20 from Portland; but LA just gave up a former top 3 pick who I'd say is worth a late lottery pick. That would make the price of absorbing a crap contract like Mozgov's (or Crabbe's or Turner's), a pick in that 12-18 range. If we're giving back a quality piece like Lee or O'Quinn, we might even be able to demand more depending on how the rest of the market is working.

Side note too: Butler turned down Cleveland. All signs point to PG going to LA. The trade market for a stud SF just dried up immediately. Hayward is still an option to teams with capspace, but once he signs, leftover squads might be more open to a Melo deal and I have to think Cleveland thinks about it long and hard now that their top choices aren't available.

This whole first paragraph

 

[RickyGQ]

But I do feel like this bodes well for what Courtney Lee could get us thursday night. Blazers, Spurs, Hawks, Jazz could all use somebody like him.

Exactly, my point is just that the Lakers top priority was to cut contracts

 

[I.V.]

To make a move with LA, we'd have had to give them an expiring for cap relief and eat that Mozgov monster. They're gonna try to bring in PG so that they can sign Lebron next offseason and go over the cap to keep George. We couldn't offer the expiring and I'm hoping if we do eat a salary for assets (something I've been supporting for two damned offseasons, so you know I'm with it); I'm hoping it's in a deal with Detroit or Portland for their lottery picks. Originally I was hoping to just get 20 from Portland; but LA just gave up a former top 3 pick who I'd say is worth a late lottery pick. That would make the price of absorbing a crap contract like Mozgov's (or Crabbe's or Turner's), a pick in that 12-18 range. If we're giving back a quality piece like Lee or O'Quinn, we might even be able to demand more depending on how the rest of the market is working.

Side note too: Butler turned down Cleveland. All signs point to PG going to LA. The trade market for a stud SF just dried up immediately. Hayward is still an option to teams with capspace, but once he signs, leftover squads might be more open to a Melo deal and I have to think Cleveland thinks about it long and hard now that their top choices aren't available.

Everything about this post just got me EXTREMELY hype. You are a real one.

I fukk with Donovan Mitchell.

Exactly, my point is just that the Lakers top priority was to cut contracts

Amen.

 

[DPresidential]

I absolutely love the shake up in the NBA.

I've been a predictor of a mundane NBA existence because of the Warriors but it seems that their dominance is actually going to make for a very interesting and "nothing to lose because we can't win" approach with many teams...

 

[A-Train]

Frank met with Knicks org and Phil this morning

 

[DPresidential]

@storyteller And as said by others, good comments above.

It seems outside of a KP trade, the worst thing that can happen is we release Melo before we have a chance to capitalize on the desperation of the teams who might be a great spot for him.

I'm hoping Phil can be competent and stay off the peyote until next month.

 

[A-Train]

Take with a grain of salt but Jonathan Givony is claiming that there is a big league wide dissonance regarding Frank and that he may fall past 14 if not taken at 8.

With that being said, Dennis Smith enjoyed his Knicks meeting (including Phil) and thinks he can thrive in triangle

 

[Derek Lee]

 

[ogc163]

Or the suns

 

[GhostoftheMan]

this nikka look old as hell

 

[DPresidential]

this nikka look old as hell

He legit looks like he could be J.R Smith's father**. Like Monk was a player in the 80's or something.


I'm intrigued by him, though. I would love to see him live up to the potential expectations of being a lights out shooter, I just don't know if I want to chance it here. If I heard he was more of a defensive maniac, I'd be for him, though.