Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.01.27)

By: GianaDani

GianaDani — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:26:07 +0000

@67, Lee & O’Quinn will help them get through Toronto and vs GS. IT needs the ball every possession to be IT, who tore up the league and was an MVP candidate, and so does LBJ. Back in Miami days, DWade gave up the ball and played off LBJ. IT won’t do that in contract year. Can’t blame him either. Kyrie trade will haunt Cleveland.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 12:39:55 +0000

I’d rather stay away from Isaiah. Lee is fine for now, let’s roll with Burke. Crowder is OK but I doubt that Cleveland gives up on him, he would be a critical player for them in the playoffs.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:29:34 +0000

@63 – it has occurred to me that Jae Crowder is a buy-low candidate right now. Would fit in well on our team assuming that he comes close to his previous level of play. I’d do that trade even if we don’t re-sign Isaiah (I would not re-sign Isaiah) just to get Lee off our books in favor of a player who is more of a positional and age-fit.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:26:59 +0000

Not 100% sure the Pelicans wouldn’t go for that KOQ trade.
They are desperate to make the playoffs — AD can be an unrestricted free agent in 2 years, and they have no guarantee that Boogie is coming back next season or will even re-sign with them — so they can’t just blow off the rest of this season, which is their best chance to make the playoffs in forever. They’re the 6 seed right now out West. Their net rating WITHOUT Boogie on the floor is actually a +2 — not that bad. Where they are really terrible is when they have neither Boogie nor AD on the court – a -9.9 net rating where they are stuck playing Omer Asik at C.

In addition – KOQ makes about $1MM less than Ajinca this year which gives them valuable room under the tax to make other smaller signings. Taking Ajinca also clears $5MM off their cap next year.

We would be giving them lottery protection in case the thing blows up, so their bets are hedged there.

I dunno – I get the sense they are pretty much all-in for this season regardless of the Boogie injury. Not sure what other assets they have other than that 1st round pick to get good players and/or get $ off their cap.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 05:20:56 +0000

Why do we need Steph Curry? We got Trey Burke!! Tell me, who was better at age 25?

http://bkref.com/tiny/Kb2cf

By: GianaDani

GianaDani — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 05:10:54 +0000

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y734frr4

Does this make sense. I don’t see how IT & LBJ coexist.

By: kevin5318

kevin5318 — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 04:29:07 +0000

Curry would’ve lit up the garden too many times to be in any Melo trades.

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 04:27:31 +0000

Part of me thinks there’s no way he would have survived the T Mac and Melo trades, and the other part thinks there’s no way D’Antoni would have gotten his hands on Steph Curry and not made him a monster from the beginning.

By: Cock Jowles, Living through the Melo Era All Over Again

Cock Jowles, Living through the Melo Era All Over Again — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 04:25:30 +0000

Steph Curry is a perfect example of why those April wins can come back to haunt you.

He would have been in the package to get Carmelo, or a package for some other scrub. The Knicks don’t re-sign players. Trading young talent for overpaid, overrated “stars” is a big part of what we do here.

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 03:48:43 +0000

Steph Curry is a perfect example of why those April wins can come back to haunt you.