Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.03.20)

By: Knick fan not in NJ at this time

Knick fan not in NJ at this time — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:53:55 +0000

The Bucks have Jeff Van Gundy in mind as a possible coach if Prunty can’t win a playoff series. That could be formidable.

They are also considering Kevin McHale. I have no idea how he would do.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:32:40 +0000

I don’t think a fanbase has turned on a player as fast as the Thunder fans are turning on Melo. It was kinda obvious but I didn’t think it was going to be THIS ugly.

By: Grocer

Grocer — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:58:29 +0000

Just cause this seems to keep coming up, don’t underestimate how lucky the Warriors got. They were mediocre for over a decade (8-14 in the west), drafted Curry, and were mediocre for the next three years before they made the playoffs. It can take time for players to pan out, is what I am saying. KP is gonna lose a year to injury. If we still suck in the 19-20 season then we should blow it all up and roll the dice again. But it’s pretty damn likely that we’ll spend some time being mediocre even if it all works out, no matter what we do.

By: dtrickey

dtrickey — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:19:51 +0000

Potentially off topic for the thread, but if we do move on from Hornacek, one name I don’t think I have seen thrown around is Jerry Stackhouse. Looks to have done a pretty decent job with the Toronto G-League team the last few years. Would be an interesting wild card option.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:17:51 +0000

An interesting stat from reddit: if Ben Simmons played for the Knicks, he would be our franchise record holder for triple doubles with 9. If Lebron had played the last two months with the Knicks he would be in the same position with 9 triple doubles.

The Knicks record holder is still Micheal Ray Richardson. Clyde is second with 8, then Mark Jackson, our future coach, has 7.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:15:56 +0000

A lot of people on this board seem to be hoping we tank next year and get a top 3 pick. If that happens that would be a bad thing for the Knicks, not a good thing. For us to be a bottom three team next year most if not all of the following things would have to happen: KP would have to have major setbacks in his recovery, Ntilikina would not have taken a step forward, Hardaway would be a total bust, our pick this year would have not contributed much, none of our other young players (Burke, Baker, Dotson, Williams) would have improved and we would have let O’Quinn walk.

I for one hope we fight for a playoff spot with Ntilikina and our rookie starting, KP coming back strong by New Years and Hardaway playing SG and living up to his contract. The choices aren’t shut down KP next year and tank or sign a bunch of mediocre veterans to win 35 games. If our rotation next year is: Ntilikina, Hardaway, O’Quinn, Baker, Burke, Williams, 2018 1st, Dotson, 2018 2nd and KP then I’ll be okay with whatever total of games we win.

I want to focus on youth and move Mudiay, Thomas, Lee, and Kanter for anything we can get, let Beasley and Jack walk, and maybe throw a contract at Hezonja, Randle or Noel. I couldn’t care less what our pick is next year.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:11:46 +0000

But can he create his own shot though?

By: TheOakmanCometh

TheOakmanCometh — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:40:43 +0000

Haha, good interlude ptmilo.

By: Silky Johnson, Fleet Admiral of the Tank Armada

Silky Johnson, Fleet Admiral of the Tank Armada — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:32:22 +0000

Love that Otto Porter intermezzo. Easily the best player on the wizards and maybe the most underrated player in the league along with Covington, Gary Harris, Kyle Anderson, and our very own KOQ

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:23:36 +0000

otto porter has become one of those players who everyone agrees is good but is still underappreciated because his greatness is buried in small increments of the known and the boring. everyone knows he’s a really good 3&D type player and have come to realize that good 3&D type players are really valuable.

but the thing about porter is that he would be a really good 3&D player if he shot 38% from 3, turned it over less than 2/36 and grabbed a few boards and played solid defense. it’s easy to forget he’s shooting over 42% from 3 for the second consecutive year (and over 53% from 2) and turning it over only once per 36. how many players in NBA history have at least 100 steals, 400 rebounds, shot over 40% from three while turning over fewer than 100 times? Otto Porter is the whole list and this will be his second consecutive year doing it. in fact he’s only turned it over 105 times total since the beginning of last year.

i’ll tell you another thing about otto porter since you asked. how many nba players have taken at least 100 long twos (16+) and shot at least 50% on them each of the last two years? only klay thompson and otto porter and i was actually lying about klay it’s really just otto.

I don’t think you can say the same sort of supercharged thing about his defense like you could about, say, a pat bev or young kawhi or maybe bruce bowen (or maybe robert covington now i’m not really sure). but the efficiency is just so damn elite it’s easy to miss.

this interruption from another episode of the great tank debates of 2001-2027 has been brought to you by otto porter.