Comments on: 2017-18 Game Thread: Knicks @ Magic

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:22:15 +0000

@59

I’m not sure I’d call Morris good, at most he’s decent. A career .085 ws48 guy who has a .529 ts% on a limited role for a top 5 team and is not much of a defender would be a pretty disappointing outcome for this dreadful season.

Like Morris, I feel Miles will get to a point where he either becomes a sharpshooter and is a pretty valuable role player, or he will struggle defending his position and won’t have the size or the shooting consistency to be a very valuable starter.

I might be selling him a bit short as he is a versatile and smart player who is a pretty good athlete, but I don’t see too much to be excited about in his profile.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:08:39 +0000

We are so fucked

By: djphan

djphan — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:08:14 +0000

well… looks like michael porter jr might suit up this season….. i think that’s a bad move for him… hopefully he’ll be alright…

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:51:37 +0000

If we’re going by WS48 the best Knick season, assuming he opts in, will easily be Kanter.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:22:07 +0000

In reply to djphan.

Yeah, you’re right. It’s really hard to have a plus .100 season as a rookie. So maybe THJ will be the best player on the Knicks next season. O’Quinn might be back, though!

By: djphan

djphan — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:17:36 +0000

a rookie who posts a ws48 of over .100… and not a big man… is probably going to be a superstar…. miles is probably not that… and i doubt mikal would be either although i think he’s going to be pretty good in his own right….

i keep going back to troy brown as probably the SF with the highest upside…. and the reason why i’m not too worried about falling too far back in the lotto…. but it’s also likely that the knicks have no idea who he is….

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:56:54 +0000

In reply to Bruno Almeida.

I suppose I shouldn’t expect a good rookie season from anyone outside the top 5-7 guys, really. Like Morris. He grew to become a good player, but he was dreadful to start.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:43:12 +0000

The only thing about Miles Bridges that scares me is that when I watch him I get major flashbacks about watching Marcus Morris in Kansas and thinking he would be a pretty good player in the league, from the underwhelming steals + blocks, the just ok rebounding and the not enough to be a 4 but slow for the 3 size. At least Miles seems to be a more consistent 3 pt shooter already, but I just can’t shake this feeling.

By: geo

geo — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:05:41 +0000

Burke-9th pick
Porzingis-4th pick
Kanter-3rd pick
Ntilikina-8th pick
Mudiay-7th pick

Pretty wild we have 5 top 10 picks 25 and under and we’re terrible.

that’s gotta mean something…

and, cuz knicks, that something can’t be good…

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 04:02:59 +0000

In reply to djphan.

THJ isn’t useless, but I would really hope that the Bridges would be over .100 WS/48 in their first seasons.

Neither look like they’ll be stars, but both look like the types of guys who can at least crack .100 in their first season.