I think O’Quinn is almost as good as Kanter. He’s not the scorer, but he makes up for that with his better defense. So even though I love Kanter’s personality, and I think he is younger, I’d have to say trade whoever gets us more in return.

I would WAY rather trade Kanter than any other player on the team.

1. I’m not convinced Kanter is the C of the future given that his defense is below average and he’s not a rim protector. He’s
going to cost more than he’s worth.

2. We already have a player similar to him in Hernangomez who is both younger and a LOT cheaper.

I’d rather role with Willy, Noah, and some other young player next year.

If we move O’Quinn I’d want to start giving Noah minutes in the energy/defensive role that O’Quinn is in now. There’s no point in having him buried on the bench for 3 years or stretching him when he might still be an excellent 20 minute player that someone would be interested in before then. To have any chance of moving him, he has to show what he has left. If there’s nothing left, so be it.

JJST Memorial Fun Fact of the Night
Only two rookie guards in NBA history have ever had a game with at least 10 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds, and 2 blocks, while shooting at least 50% from the field and 100% from the FT line:

Michael Jordan
Frank Ntilikina

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Posted by bluecheese999 on Jan 15, 2018 | 4:53 PM

Per @bball_ref:Frank Ntilikina is the first Knicks rookie to tally at least 10 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks in the same game since 1964— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) January 15, 2018

Watching Trey Burke make Jahlil Okafor come over to help after he beat his man made me appreciate Raymond Felton in ways I never thought I would. I think Trey Burke’s presence just solidifies the idea of letting Frank be the Jason Kidd in our offense. The Draymond Green of shooting guards, if you will. Put Frank and Baker at the two and just let them harass offenses and outsmart defenses with the quick pass and timely 3 pointer. The Knicks’ guard situation next situation should be Jalen Brunson and Trey Burke at the 1 and then Ntilikina and Baker at the 2. Unless Frank proves he can consistently beat defenses off the dribble, we should use his talent and basketball IQ to run the offense off the ball the way Kidd did in 2013.

re: Frank — some Lonzo-like look-ahead passes were great to see. The other thing I liked were the distribution of his 10 assists — no cheapies there other than maybe the KP dunk. His assists all led to dunks/layups/3’s.

1 -> Lance look ahead layup in transition
2 -> McDermott 3
3 -> KP 3
4 -> KP 3
5 -> KOQ dunk
6 -> Beasley layup
7 -> Beasley layup
8 -> Baker layup
9 -> KP dunk
10-> Beasley dunk

Watching these guys it is unbelievably obvious that we need to trade Lee and O’Quinn. Frank can play either the 1 or 2, Baker can play the 1 or 2, Jack will get some minutes, and Hardaway will play a lot of minutes at the 2 or 3. That’s not even counting Dotson who I would love to see play more. And KOQ is a no-brainer to trade with our front court glut. If we can get even solid 2nd round picks for those guys without taking back $ beyond this summer, we should do it.

How many PG’s are actually better than him on defense right now?

Real talk, he might not be the best defensive combo PG on his own team