Phil's Drunk Messin' With The Association Save Again: Knicks 2015-2016 Tryout / Off Season Thread

[Wargames]

this dude looks like a tall Nosferatu amongst the small villagers

 

[storyteller]

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/qa-kyle-oquinn-excited-to-join-new-york-knicks/

My mom, she’s in security mode right now. She’s happy for me, but she’s laying out ground rules. She wants it to be clear to people that this isn’t some big family reunion and that I’m not always going to be accessible. She’s telling me, ‘You aren’t coming home for a family reunion. You have a job to do and you need to work.’ I told her, ‘I know, I know!’”

We have a superstar in Carmelo Anthony, who is proven. We have Robin Lopez. We have Arron Afflalo, who I played with in Orlando. We have guys who have been there before and know what it takes to be successful. Those are the guys you can learn from. That would be great to make my playoff debut. I haven’t even thought that far, that’d be special. And to do it in New York, in front of my Mom and Dad? That would be so great. I want this season to go longer than my first three seasons went. I was watching these last playoffs and saying, ‘Man, I gotta get there. I need a taste of that.

I think I’ll have a solid back-up role at first and then I’ll just work from there. I’m approaching it like I’m coming in as a rookie and have to work hard and prove myself. I do think that back-up big man role is pretty open and I want to capitalize on that. I talked to Arron the other day when he heard the deal was going to go down and he told me, ‘This is an opportunity to play and get a more significant role.

“I’m working on the same things I always do. I’m trying to expand my game, learn from my mistakes last year and focus on little things like screen-setting, rolling out of screens faster, picking my spots on the pop shot. Of course, I’m working on my jump-shot, some go-to moves in the post, my conditioning and body, things like that. The biggest thing for me is sharpening up the things that I do well. I do want to get better at shooting corner threes. Last year, I was asked to do that and I want to keep working on that and expanding my range. I’m just sharpening everything so that I’m more comfortable and confident with my shot.

Kid'll be well liked here.

 

[storyteller]

Looks like someone gave Lurch from the Adams family a makeover and failed.

 

[Kitsch]

Would yall say he's better at the 2 or 3?

He's an NBA 2.

 

[Rev]

This is great.

 

[GhostoftheMan]

:wtftyler:

 

[The War Report]

SAS is a fakkit. That attitude of now is the reason why The Knicks have been shyt for so long.

 

[The War Report]

Melo has me cringing. :huhldup2:


Dan Patrick killing him. :shaqlols:

 

[puggle]

Remember When David Lee, Nate Robinson, Trevor Ariza And Channing Frye Dominated The Summer League And Went Undefeated LOL

Isiah was good at drafting talent. Too bad he sucked in everything else.

 

[Kings County]

I'm rooting for him.

he on our summer league team ?

 

[Kitsch]

he on our summer league team ?

Yes.

 

[Trip]

Whose fault is it we have no draft pick though? If we don't make the playoffs, it sucks, but oh well.

A better measure of success this season will be if:
1. Kristaps, Grant and any of the other young acquisitions show growth and potential.

2. The pieces brought in fit well enough to show that the system is effective. For example, if Derrick Williams can go from bust to a pay day next offseason, that's a great selling point to FA's.

3. The team makes a marked improvement in the win column, 20 more wins is what it'd take just to fight for a playoff spot. That's a lot to ask for from a 17 win team that is bringing in so many new players (especially when a chunk of them are young). But they do need to improve that mark by a significant amount.

4. The team establishes a real identity. It looks like Phil went for smart players who defend well (with the one obvious exception so far). If he can get those guys to establish a hard working, selfless identity for the franchise it will go much further to helping our future than bringing in guys who are flashy names but don't fit that mold. Those guys would cost more and while they might get us into the playoffs, signing one way players to massive deals has proven to be a failure for us. At best, we'd have a treadmill core that's hard to build around.

This team wont make the playoffs next year, but for many of the reasons you listed...it really doesnt matter. The Bargs trade my god.

 

[Kitsch]

 

[beenz]

Is porzingas OK???
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york-knicks/post/_/id/62580/porzingis-expected-to-play-in-summer-league

 

[storyteller]

Did I read that he got 4.5 milli...Orlando let KOQ walk and used that money to sign Jason Smith...