Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.04.08)

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:18:39 +0000

#ThisIsWhyWeTank2019

This young man goes by the name Cam Reddish. 6’8” with a 7’1” wingspan and plays like T Mac never tore the knee up. That kid he casually embarrasses coming down the stretch was the MVP of the McDonalds All American game.

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:14:52 +0000

amazingly this will actually be their first positive point differential without Curry since he was drafted

By: DRed

DRed — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 04:52:37 +0000

This has been Durant’s worst healthy season since he was 22. He’s still been excellent, and he might just be loafing, but if he misses time the warriors have Iguodala and Looney, who have been decent to good. Without Curry they have Quinn Cook, who would come off the bench for the Knicks, and Livingston, who looks completely washed.

By: kevin5318

kevin5318 — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 04:25:04 +0000

KOQ would’ve been great for them.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 04:15:08 +0000

I don’t think that’s fair to be honest. Durant is also coming back from a rib injury, Draymond has had some very bad games in this stretch and Klay was also out for many games.

I think it’s more indicative of the Warriors depth actually sucking than anything about their stars to be honest. Bell is pretty good and Cook has been a surprising addition, but Livingston and Iguodala are looking old and bad, their Center rotation is bad and Nick Young has not been consistent.

It’s not a surprise they struggle without Curry because he is Curry, but what used to be a strength for them (solid veteran depth) is looking more like a liability now.

By: TheOakmanCometh

TheOakmanCometh — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:58:47 +0000

It’s a bit of an indictment of Durant that the Warriors have been so pedestrian without Steph.

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 02:59:28 +0000

the warriors without curry this year — most of their minutes — have basically the same point differential (+1.5) as the Knicks with KP (+0.7).

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 01:16:47 +0000

If the Jazz and the Sixers end up as their respective conferences 3rd seeds it will be a crazy outcome.

I know Quin Snyder won’t get it, but he certainly deserves coach of the year votes.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 01:10:47 +0000

THCJ – I am not quite sure what your question is. Do you mean do some people just focus on getting out of the box fast? I vaguely remember some articles vis a vis the advantage of being lefthanded and also on Ichiro and how good he was at getting down the line.

Whatever your question, Fangraphs is a great site for someone with sabr questions. You can hit up some of their stat guys in chat or try them on Twitter. I recommend Jeff Sullivan or Travis Sawchik as some of the chatters are more prospect oriented.

100% agree Wiggins is vaulting to the top of the list of Knicksy future Knicks.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:20:06 +0000

Tony Allen was 6’4″ with a 6’9″ wingspan and he was always able to keep up with Small Forwards. Even if Frank stays at 6’5″ on shoes the 7 foot wingspan should be more than enough to guard regular SFs. He needs to get a lot stronger to keep up with the most physical ones, like LeBron or Giannis but well, it’s not like anyone else can reliably guard those guys anyway.

It’s also a tradeoff between strength and quickness sometimes; it might serve him better to not put too much strength on to be able to still guard PGs, which I would argue is far more important than SFs in today’s game. The great wing players are almost unguardable anyway, like LeBron, Durant or Giannis, and there is a larger number of dangerous guards than there are dangerous wings.