Put Some Hornacek On Our Game: 2016 New York Knicks Offseason Thread
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Carolina Slim
Superstar
We forming like Voltron 
GhostoftheMan
Superstar
that nikka in the corner looks like Acy :brrrha:
#SOG_soldier
New York knicks and phoenix suns stan
Kristaps has the POTENTIAL to be better than melo imo. He can be elite at both ends. It's up to him to realize that potential tho
Tape we ready
Is it me, or is this the first time we've seen the Knicks workout together this often?
Is it me, or is this the first time we've seen the Knicks workout together this often?
Nah, last summer, Melo took half the team to workout in Puerto Rico. But it's always a positive sign to see guys on the same team working out together, especially new teammates. Makes gelling & understanding each others games a quicker process as opposed to waiting until late September when training camp rolls around.
Miles Davis
Prince of Darkness
Nah, check the bottom right. Threw some shade in there. I wouldn't of caught it had you not quoted him
How many games are in the preseason?
We losing every game in the preseason plehboi
I believe 6-8 games.
Inside Knicks’ ‘high-energy’ workout as bonding gets started | New York Post
While president Phil Jackson is holed up at his Montana lakehouse, the bonding of his new Knicks began in a private gym in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Supervised by personal trainer Rob McClanaghan, Derrick Rose, Brandon Jennings, Kristaps Porzingis and Sasha Vujacic mixed it up during a spirited 90-minute workout. McClanaghan has been Rose’s offseason trainer since the former Bulls point guard matriculated to the University of Memphis in 2007.
McClanaghan has also trained Jennings for five years, though the two Knicks point guards had never worked out together until Thursday. Rose also never even had met Porzingis or Vujacic, two of the five Knicks players back from last season. The club will have at least nine new faces on the roster next season. Camaraderie wasn’t built in a day, but Thursday got it started.
“Everyone really came together,’’ McClanaghan told The Post in a phone interview from L.A. “All have a similar mindset — let’s just win here and do whatever it takes and sacrifice.
“The workout was high-energy, guys having fun, talking a lot of trash — even me. Derrick loved being on the court with Porzingis.’’
The four Knicks worked on a series of halfcourt drills. McClanaghan ended the session with a shooting contest.
“Then it got competitive and they came together,’’ McClanaghan said.
Porzingis was in L.A. for the ESPYs, prompting Rose’s invitation. Rose and McClanaghan have worked out in L.A. for several years.
Porzingis is back in New York now, but Vujacic, the former Laker, plans to work out with Rose and Jennings periodically into August. Coincidentally, McClanaghan is also the personal trainer of new Knicks shooting guard Courtney Lee, who is getting to L.A. on Aug. 1 with plans on working with Rose and Jennings.
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Rose has been in L.A. working with McClanaghan the last six weeks, since before the June 22 Knicks blockbuster.
“It’s the earliest we’ve started,’’ McClanaghan said. “Because it’s the first time he wasn’t in the playoffs.’’
Or injured. Rose’s two knee surgeries (ACL and torn meniscus) cost him a lot of offseason gym time — which is why this offseason is so huge in terms of working on actual basketball. McClanaghan has worked on all aspects of Rose’s game — pull-up jumpers being one of the areas of emphasis. Off the court, it’s been weight training and yoga.
“I’m not worried — he put in his work and time in,’’ McClanaghan said. “He listens to his body, which is important. Now he’s ready to make the extra jump out there. It’s been a solid six weeks. With the commitment and work he’s put in, he’s ready to have a great year. He’s excited about a fresh start.”
Last season was a good step as Rose played 66 games after a rough start with a freak eye injury. It was a big development from the previous three seasons. He missed the entire 2012-13 season after undergoing ACL surgery from the prior spring; he missed 72 games in 2013-14 because of a torn meniscus; and he sat out 31 games in 2014-15 because of ankle, hamstring and knee issues.
On the first day of training camp last September, Taj Gibson cracked Rose in the eye and he missed training camp with blurred vision.
“He was ready to go and it put a damper on things right away,’’ McClanaghan admitted.
Jennings, whom Jackson has challenged to win Sixth Man of the Year, will back up Rose and may come with more question marks than Rose. Regaining complete explosiveness after an Achilles tendon rupture is considered more arduous than ACL tears. Jennings sustained the rupture in January 2015 and didn’t play another game until nearly a year later — in late December last season.
“Last summer we couldn’t do anything,’’ said McClanaghan, who is based in Rhode Island during the season. “He’s getting back to old form. Brandon is the hardest worker when he shows up — no one works harder and I’m not just saying that.”
There’s more work to be done with Rose and Jennings before training camp, but McClanaghan feels good vibes.
“Everyone has their own great motivation, everyone wants to be together and win,’’ McClanaghan said.
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