Miles Davis
Prince of Darkness
Ainge wasn’t making that trade, he was fukking around
"Who are the Knicks? Brunson, Brunson and some other Knickas" " - Official '23 NYK Offseason Thread
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They’ve been tanking every season for THAT ONE GUY and some of us predicted accurately that SGA would be too good for them to get to the bottom. This draft has maybe the “one guy” of all “one guys” so it’s not crazy for us to think they’d want him.
It’s gonna be KAT next summer
storyteller
Veteran
Not only that, it literally just came out last week that he’s losing patience with the Thunder’s rebuild.
storyteller
Veteran
My recaps gonna double-up the two late games so no recap for last night’s game but…a quick mention on what worked and what I’m looking for in this second game:
- rotation down to 9 and everyone had better rhythm for it
- passing lane defense was way better, don’t just look at the steals and reflections too. Watch how often a shooter didn’t catch the ball in their sweet spot bc a passer had to adjust their angle. That small stuff can really make a difference!
- Also watch the quick outlets in this game. Rebounders didn’t dribble up themselves as often, but ripped passes to half court right away and the team thrived in those quick set-ups.
- the Jazz not having rim protection helped. This team is so much better inside-out than reversed.
- IQ, Obi, and Sims were massive off the bench.
- cam and Brunson were epic for the starters.
- rotation down to 9 and everyone had better rhythm for it
- passing lane defense was way better, don’t just look at the steals and reflections too. Watch how often a shooter didn’t catch the ball in their sweet spot bc a passer had to adjust their angle. That small stuff can really make a difference!
- Also watch the quick outlets in this game. Rebounders didn’t dribble up themselves as often, but ripped passes to half court right away and the team thrived in those quick set-ups.
- the Jazz not having rim protection helped. This team is so much better inside-out than reversed.
- IQ, Obi, and Sims were massive off the bench.
- cam and Brunson were epic for the starters.
I have a question
It seemed that the hang up on the Mitchell trade was QG but why would yall not pull on the trade if he wasn't going to be in the lineup?
He seemed untouchable in the summer
It seemed that the hang up on the Mitchell trade was QG but why would yall not pull on the trade if he wasn't going to be in the lineup?
He seemed untouchable in the summer
FishNGrits
Superstar
Knicks brass seemed to think they were the only ones that could put together a decent enough package of picks and young players that ainge wanted and overplayed their hand. Cavs came out the stands like a fcking WWE match and closed the deal.
Plus grimes seems to have an on and off injury thing and getting back into the swing of things
Knicksman20
Superstar
Like we've said before, the Jazz had no intention of doing business or negotiating in good faith. They were pissed the Knicks FO went to their playoff game last season & wanted to either rape us, or give the organization the middle finger which they did
storyteller
Veteran
Grimes' foot problems popped up right at the start of preseason, but all signs pointed to him being the starter for defensive reasons before that. So they may have just run into bad luck with the way Grimes got injured, or at least the timing.
But I also have a conspiracy theory that they really kept Grimes out of the discussion because they were worried he'd fail a physical and his foot injury would wreck the deal and become public knowledge. It's flimsy, but this FO has been weird as hell.
Knicksman20
Superstar
Good faith meaning he had no intention of trading unless he handicapped the Knicks
I think it was the fact Ainge wanted pretty much ALL of the young core is when the Knicks said no; not just Grimes
I'm not mad at the Knicks for not doing the Mitchell trade... but I will say Donovan is straight COOKING teams this year. Sun really looks unstoppable on offense.
A small backcourt with him and Brunson would have been just fine, they're doing it in Cleveland with Garland. Yea Cleveland has better defensive bigs, but who gives a f*ck if this dude is putting up 30+ a game with EASE.
A small backcourt with him and Brunson would have been just fine, they're doing it in Cleveland with Garland. Yea Cleveland has better defensive bigs, but who gives a f*ck if this dude is putting up 30+ a game with EASE.
I did not see that…
But idk why I’m defending why we thought SGA could become available. Y’all did the same shyt calling us dumb when we mentioned Mitchell as a possible target just last winter. This league is fickle as hell. Everyone not named Giannis or Jokic is a possible potential target at one point or another. (Notice i didn’t even mention luka cause they’re another playoff exit or 2 away from him starting to get antsy in Dallas.)
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Youhadasparkwhenustarted
Superstar
The rumored final package was like RJ, Grimes or IQ, and three picks. I would've did that shyt all day, and its not too much considering any team would laugh at that offer now.
Also I think we're hyping Grimes up too much too. He'll be a good role player but this summer was his "sell high" moment, and we missed it.
