Put Some Hornacek On Our Game: 2016 New York Knicks Offseason Thread

[seemorecizzy]

#stayme7o

this has nothing to do with basketball or the knicks not making the playoffs
he can holla at Phil about that

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

this has nothing to do with basketball or the knicks not making the playoffs
he can holla at Phil about that

Fam it was a joke

 

[ZackMorris]

Why is Melo even going to the Olympics? He has his gold medals. He needs to give up his spot to a younger guy. Bron & CP3 ain't going.

You're right but Olympic Melo tends to stay around the season after the Olympics. We need that version

 

[nieman]

You're right but Olympic Melo tends to stay around the season after the Olympics. We need that version

We got that version. He only really had 1 bad season and that was this past season. Year before he was hurt and the year prior to that, they wasted an MVP type season from him with trash for teammates.

 

[Miles Davis]

We got that version. He only really had 1 bad season and that was this past season. Year before he was hurt and the year prior to that, they wasted an MVP type season from him with trash for teammates.

He wasn't even bad this season, he was heating up in Jan and then that ref came

 

[I.V.]

Fair enough, that's all I asked.

Really, I'm not even a "fat melo" dude -- I think there have been years where he's been more serious about his conditioning and years where he has been less serious about it -- but I think his diminished explosion has more to do with age, really. He's played a LOT of nba games. It takes its toll.

I am actually worried that he'll be a little rundown post-olympics. He's about to turn 32.

That being said, I really do think having a young talent like Porzingis on the team really has rejuvenated him a little.

If we're keeping Melo, it's better that he plays. He's a notoriously slow starter (could be due to aforementioned not coming into camp and season in great shape but that's speculation) but his best performances have been after spending half a summer with team USA which keeps him up to speed. Even the injury concerns don't bother me, worst case scenario we're in the tank for what's being sold as a really deep draft.

I also think there's real value in him playing every day against the best in the league/world. That kind of competition is a motivator.

He wasn't even bad this season, he was heating up in Jan and then that ref came

Ehh. "heating up" is probably an overstatement, seeing as a season consists of hot streaks and cold streaks. But I was more impressed with his play this year than I have been in a few years, stylistically.

 

[Miles Davis]

Ehh. "heating up" is probably an overstatement, seeing as a season consists of hot streaks and cold streaks. But I was more impressed with his play this year than I have been in a few years, stylistically.

I mean the reason I liked the January period is cause he was heating up and it was really helping his team, look at his assists compared to Calderon. People were getting great shots cause of how he was distributing the ball.

 

[I.V.]

I mean the reason I liked the January period is cause he was heating up and it was really helping his team, look at his assists compared to Calderon. People were getting great shots cause of how he was distributing the ball.

Yeah. Definitely. He was doing that AFTER he got hurt, too. Probably some of the best team ball he has ever played.

 

[Miles Davis]

Yeah. Definitely. He was doing that AFTER he got hurt, too. Probably some of the best team ball he has ever played.

Oh definitely, people don't really mention how good he was playing all around for the better part of the season.

 

[Wargames]

Its really not that different than the triangle, I can see why Phil made this hire.

Also like I said before I have a feeling he'll use this and add a few triangle plays and the knicks will look a lot better next year

 

[storyteller]

Joakim Noah, lifelong Knicks fan, just told the Bulls he's outtie. Dude hasn't been healthy in two years and our needs are in the backcourt. But dammit...that's the type of personality I want in our locker room. If teams were to shy away from him because of the injuries and make him a cheaper option than expected, I might take the flier just to add someone who wouldn't let these guys play with zero energy like they did at times last season. I doubt he ever gets cheap enough to be worth it though. I want an intensity guy on our bench dammit.

 

[Typical Knicks Fan]

I wouldn't mind having Noah on the team if he takes a dirt cheap contract.

 

[storyteller]

These overlooked Knicks will get huge boost from Jeff Hornacek

No Knicks player will salivate more than Grant at the thought of an up-tempo pace and pick-and-rolls. Grant is long, athletic and thrives in those kind of sets. And despite a largely uninspiring rookie campaign, he showed flashes of ability when he started the final six games, averaging 3.7 assists and 14.5 points on 49.3 percent shooting, 36.8 percent from 3-point range.

His shaky jump shot is what caused him to be available to the Knicks in the draft, and it’s largely what he’s been working on for weeks in two-a-days at the team’s Tarrytown facility with ex-Nuggets shooter Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.

“Jerian, this guy gets in the gym and he puts the work in,” his father said. “You have to be on the floor, you have to be on the floor and you’ve got to work through your mistakes and get that confidence. The last 12, 14 games the fans in New York got to see what Jerian can do.”

The rest of the article is nice but nothing really new. Two-a-days with Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf to work on his jumper....that's an exciting tidbit.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Why is Melo even going to the Olympics? He has his gold medals. He needs to give up his spot to a younger guy. Bron & CP3 ain't going.

I agree. I'm surprised he's going, tbh. I think he needs to focus all his attention on the team changes right now, the olympics are an unnecessary distraction at this point.

 

[Trip]

I agree. I'm surprised he's going, tbh. I think he needs to focus all his attention on the team changes right now, the olympics are an unnecessary distraction at this point.

Melo is a distraction