"Who are the Knicks? Brunson, Brunson and some other Knickas" " - Official '23 NYK Offseason Thread

[Wargames]

Fire Thibs!

The next two games is the Cavs and the Hawks. If they win the Knicks will be on a 4 game losing streak, three of them at home games, and will have a record of 10-15. Even if they don’t fire Thibs (which they should) the media will begin calling for his head which is at least is progress.

I didn’t want Thibs hired because he is exactly what I was worried about. He was the wrong coach for where they were as a team, and them not reversing course is the most blatant bullshyt the current FO has done.

My greatest fear is everything with the Knicks is so interconnected to CAA and Leon Rose’s people that they’ll just grind this season out, trade Fournier, and run it back next year because they are all in it together.

 

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

Even if Leon Rose and Thibs gets fired, who can really turn this team around? We need a gm who's gonna pick a direction at least, but even then there are no win now moves that can be made at this moment, so a gm who wants to come in and win is just stuck with this roster.

For once, this team needs to embrace a rebuild. This franchise has done literally everything else, yet it still faces the bottom after 20 something years. Just rebuild, and it's gonna take Dolan giving the okay first.

 

[Peter Popoff]

What “upside” do the bulls have? Who is their young star or superstar?

We're stuck with RJ and Randle on long term contracts plus Thibs and rumors of trading iq and Obi. We're beyond fuqqed.

 

[Peter Popoff]

No they don't. No picks, no cap, locked into to two players with no knees and one more fighting father time. They ain't shyt

True but we got 2 bums on long term contracts and a FO and coach insistent on starting them every game. We're fuqqed.

Coby White, Derozan, Lavine >> RJ, Randle.

 

[Peter Popoff]

Remember when I said moving a couple dudes and leaning into a tankish, rebuild with the young guys?

3 years in, time to give up. Fuq this team.

 

[Ironman]

True but we got 2 bums on long term contracts and a FO and coach insistent on starting them every game. We're fuqqed.

Coby White, Derozan, Lavine >> RJ, Randle.

Shut ya pessimistic ass up fam

 

[GunRanger]

Even if Leon Rose and Thibs gets fired, who can really turn this team around? We need a gm who's gonna pick a direction at least, but even then there are no win now moves that can be made at this moment, so a gm who wants to come in and win is just stuck with this roster.

For once, this team needs to embrace a rebuild. This franchise has done literally everything else, yet it still faces the bottom after 20 something years. Just rebuild, and it's gonna take Dolan giving the okay first.

We have all our picks and a bunch of from other teams. This is actually the ideal spot for a gm to come in because they can trade everyone and reset with a full deck.



I think leon drags this out for a while so that firing thibs can be seen as the remedy and he can buy more time for himself with a new coach. But that will lead to a panic trade for a shyt star.

 

[Peter Popoff]

We have all our picks and a bunch of from other teams. This is actually the ideal spot for a gm to come in because they can trade everyone and reset with a full deck.



I think leon drags this out for a while so that firing thibs can be seen as the remedy and he can buy more time for himself with a new coach. But that will lead to a panic trade for a shyt star.

Can this team get a top 5 pick?

 

[Wargames]

Can this team get a top 5 pick?

Yes but I doubt It. It’s probably another 8-11 pick. I would say trade up but it might be better if they get more kids. Who knows who will be traded out.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

What “upside” do the bulls have? Who is their young star or superstar?

they got Lavine, DD.

 

[Peter Popoff]

Yes but I doubt It. It’s probably another 8-11 pick. I would say trade up but it might be better if they get more kids. Who knows who will be traded out.

If we're gonna do that, we must give the kids more playing time to sell them though.

 

[RickyGQ]

Remember when I said moving a couple dudes and leaning into a tankish, rebuild with the young guys?

Hypothetically speaking, would you play Wemby at the 4 next to Mitch? Like the Cavs and Mobley?

 

[ISO]

 

[storyteller]

Hypothetically speaking, would you play Wemby at the 4 next to Mitch? Like the Cavs and Mobley?

Absolutely. I'd want to see them experiment like crazy in a world where Wemby's on the Knicks. But I'm not counting top-4. I just think it makes more sense to be bad than watch play-in tournament loss delay the inevitable cleaning house.

 

[Miles Davis]