Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2017.12.28)

By: Grocer

Grocer — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 01:28:49 +0000

I feel like there should maybe be backup refs. Like, call up a G League ref or something when a ref goes down to injury.

By: GoNyGoNyGo

GoNyGoNyGo — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 01:10:13 +0000

I like Rubio and buy low is a good way to go!

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 01:09:22 +0000

@82

It might just be, I also don’t have any idea… It’s not like he had a great offense to work with before, so specially the drop in free throws is very weird. Might be fucked up spacing, a lot of stuff. I would wait until the off-season at least to make a move on him unless it’s a fantastic deal.

By: Stratomatic says "NY basketball is back"

Stratomatic says "NY basketball is back" — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 01:03:45 +0000

I have always vouched really hard for Rubio and I still think he’s a valuable player, but his massive drops in FTr and AST% do scare me.

That’s what I meant by it being a function of their offense and not just Rubio. That doesn’t mean I am right. lol

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:57:47 +0000

I have always vouched really hard for Rubio and I still think he’s a valuable player, but his massive drops in FTr and AST% do scare me.

He was able to be a positive offensive player despite his shooting because he managed to get to the line (and shoot very well there) and have a great assist to turnover rate. Without both things, he’s a real liability on offense.
Incredibly he’s still 27, so it might just be a bad stretch.

By: Stratomatic says "NY basketball is back"

Stratomatic says "NY basketball is back" — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:06:22 +0000

I’m still a Rubio fan despite him having a bit of a down year. I think it’s mostly an issue of Utah’s offense being weak overall and not strictly a Rubio issue. Brian made a good point a few weeks back about it not being an ideal fit with Frank because Frank is not much of a shooter either. But I’m sticking by my guns and saying Frank is eventually going to be a very good shooter. He may not be great off the dribble, but long term I think it could work with Rubio and I think Rubio would be great for KP now.

By: geo

geo — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:41:30 +0000

yeah, ‘ol ricky kind of does make marcus smart look like a sharp shooter out there…

think though of how great it would be to hear clyde call him rubedo, ruberio, and, of course ricardo every once in awhile…

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:31:50 +0000

Burke is playing great in the G-League and is still only 24. He was the 9th pick in the draft and had pretty good numbers in college so there is a reason to think he could be a decent NBA player. They should call Burke up and give all the PG minutes to him and Frank.

By: hoolahoop

hoolahoop — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:29:51 +0000

rubio, rubio, rubio, rubio…

Rubio always was my dream PG for the knicks. But you really need a guy that knocks down 3’s in today’s NBA.

By: latke

latke — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:38:06 +0000

I think if we go all in on veteran players, we’ll be even more of a rebuilding team. We should trade Frank and some picks for like Marvin Williams and move KP to the bench so he can get better faster the same way we’re making Frank, Willy and Dotson better faster by keeping then on the bench. The key to improving your young players is to have as few as possible, and the key to making your team have a brighter future is having an older team. If we can get our average age up to like 32, we’ll have nowhere to go but up.