Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.04.09)

By: Stratomatic "It's tough being us"

Stratomatic "It's tough being us" — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 23:18:58 +0000

Definitely the Bulls. The Nets have the better chance of winning their final game than the Bulls.

My only under/over bet for the year (which I disclosed here publicly) was the Nets and Over 27.5.

With all the injuries, OT losses, and late game huge lead collapses, I had written this bet off as a loss. Now they’ve won 6 out of 11 and need 1 more to go over. Since it’s not a huge bet, I almost want to see the Bulls win, but I’m not going to feel bad if the Nets win and get me the money. If they do lose 2 in a row, the Knicks better not win!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 21:33:44 +0000

In reply to d-mar.

So who do we root for tonight, the Nets or the Bulls?

Definitely the Bulls. The Nets have the better chance of winning their final game than the Bulls.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 21:21:39 +0000

Trading Ariza for Francis is definitely up there in the scale of Knicksy moves.

By: Cock Jowles, a Real Value Contract at .502 TS% and $26.2M

Cock Jowles, a Real Value Contract at .502 TS% and $26.2M — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 21:00:51 +0000

I would express extreme cynicism about the Knicks ever even having a player like Otto Porter, but they drafted Trevor Ariza once upon a time, who is basically a proto-Porter. Oh, and Ariza has a ring and looks like a strong candidate for #2 this year, which means he was a Knick and then was most definitely not a Knick.

By: Zanzibar

Zanzibar — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:49:55 +0000

If you want us to secure the 7th seed, then root for the Nets. Nets go by us and Silver drops Chicago from 7th to 9th. I mean The Commish warned the Bulls and they spat in his face; dude’s gotta act.

By: d-mar

d-mar — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:46:29 +0000

I’m starting to actually have a little hope that the Cavs will crush the Knicks in both games, in which case a three-way tie for #7 is still in play!

So who do we root for tonight, the Nets or the Bulls?

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:38:50 +0000

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23051130/will-luka-doncic-next-star-nba-player-europe

An amazing piece by Mina Kimes of ESPN on Doncic, it’s a great read.

By: djphan

djphan — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:38:25 +0000

yea i would kill for an otto porter… but alot of times prospects will come in and fall flat like otto did… but also just never make progress…. just because he can develop like that doesn’t mean that he will…. just look at michael beasley….

but i happen to think mikal can be pretty good… i think his rebounding might be bad for a SF and he might be more of a SG because of that but i am optimistic about him… but i don’t consider him a sure thing…

By: Stratomatic "It's tough being us"

Stratomatic "It's tough being us" — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:31:26 +0000

I actually think it’s quite possible we’re deciding between Trae Young and Mikal Bridges. That is a tough choice, and one I can definitely see going either way.

We know management thinks the team needs a real quality SF. Hornacek said that publicly. That favors selecting Bridges if they are legitimately torn.

We also know they are still somewhat skeptical of Frank as the long term starting PG or they wouldn’t have added a PG like Mudiay when they already had Burke.

The word has been that they like Burke, but they still think of him as more of a backup.

If they pass on Young, he becomes a quality PG in a couple of years, and Frank is still more of a combo guard, they are going to be kicking themselves for years.

On the flip side, if they take Young, there’s a logjam at guard and something is going to have to give. If Frank hasn’t convinced them he’s the long term starting PG they may take Young with the intention of making a move later with either Frank or Burke to try to get a SF.

I’d prefer we stick with Frank and Burke and go for Bridges or Carter (unless they have an even better idea)

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:28:58 +0000

Mikal Bridges reminds me of Michael Redd in a strange way. My biggest beef with him personally is I feel he’s too short to play power forward and not talented enough to play small forward long term. But at shooting guard? That’s a great player to have.