Comments on: 2018 Draft Comment Thread

By: Nick C.

Nick C. — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:39:21 +0000

“We are happy to be adding two players who address our most immediate goal of becoming more athletic,” Isiah Thomas said. “Tim Thomas is a young, versatile small forward who suits our style of play very well, and Nazr Mohammed is a strong front-court player who will help us with rebounding and interior defense. Although we had to part with two quality players and individuals, we felt this trade makes us better now and in the future.”

fast forward what is it 10 years, 15 years.

“We were set,” Mills said at the team’s training facility. He called Knox a “perfect fit for how we want to play.”
“He fits what we’re going to be about,” Knicks GM Scott Perry said. “He’s long, he’s athletic, he can play multiple positions, we think he has tremendous upside. He’s coming from a program in Kentucky that’s produced a lot of great pros.

“We thought Kevin was an excellent fit for what we’re trying to get done here.”

Sigh

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:08:01 +0000

I think we just drafted a Hassan Whiteside clone…

By: mase

mase — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:24:27 +0000

Everyone is complaining about the pick and ready to spit fire at FO; that’s so easy to do!
Who was the clear cut better pick?
Porter!?! I don’t think so.

Or are we upset they didn’t trade up and get doncic while mortgaging every asset for the future ?
On this blog everyone seemed to have a different player in mind at 9, and when we couldn’t agree we decided to agree not to like KNOX!

I say give the kid a chance cuz he is just a kid, A big kid with a jumper!

By: JK47

JK47 — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 06:20:04 +0000

Well, now we know for sure, without question, that this front office is run by a bunch of half-wits, and that this particular FO is never going to win jack shit. So it’s safe to kind of tune out for a while, at least in terms of expecting a winning team. Injured KP/Frank/Kevin Knox is just a really tepid, mediocre core of young guys.

There’s really not a lot of point to speculating what moves would be best right now. I mean, I’d love to move THJ, take on a bad contract to acquire assets blah blah blah but at the end of the day it’s the same gormless chucklefucks making the decisions. It’s not like they’re going to take genius pills and somehow figure all of this out.

It’d be fun to watch a competitive team for once but it just doesn’t seem to be in the cards. This whole last season and draft was one giant cut of Dolan’s Razor. There’s still more offseason to go so I’m sure the Razor will slice us again. We’re bad. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Won’t get fooled again.

By: djphan

djphan — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:12:43 +0000

well a disappointing day… but the team with the worst day wasn’t the knicks… it was phoenix(esp after that bridges deal)… the kings …. and the hawks for passing up on doncic…. dallas is setup real well over the long haul….

next year’s draft might be the worst draft in over 10 years…. it’s probably rj barrett are bust…. dan gafford and hopefully a few others separate themselves but it’s very very thin otherwise so i wouldn’t count on much help…

By: nicos

nicos — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:07:32 +0000

I am actually kind of excited about summer league- rolling out Frank, Dotson, Knox, and Robinson. Add Kornet, Hicks and maybe Williams? It’ll probably be the only winning basketball the Knicks play all season.

By: Knick fan not in NJ at this time

Knick fan not in NJ at this time — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:55:28 +0000

I don’t like the Knox pick. My preference is for two way players, and he’s not that. But I relistened to the Dunc’d On podcast discussing him and I can see why some would like him. So I am not as down on the pick as I was. This is 6’10” guy who was the best shooter on the team that had good bigs so they played him at the two. He can do alley oops, has a nice floater, and good three point shooting percentages. He can post up a little. I think he has the potential to be a monster offensively. You need a really good defender to stop someone who can do all that stuff. And he’s only 18. The work out apparently convinced the Knicks that he had already improved since college. So I am really curious to see his scoring in Summer league. We could be very pleasantly surprised. That said, he apparently has a lot to learn about team play. Whether he learns that depends on his character and smarts and we have no information on that. But the Knicks might have that sort of information. If so I hope it was good and that was a factor in selecting him.

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:52:33 +0000

Gary Clark to the Rockets.

*sigh*

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:40:42 +0000

Trier in 3 years at Arizona (78 games) had a TS% of 63% on 24% Usage rate. That’s incredible efficiency for a guard, granted he didn’t do much of anything else which seems to be a theme with recent Knick acquisitions.

Seems to me like Robinson is by far the most intriguing player the Knicks acquired tonight, the kid apparently is an incredible rebounder and shot blocker.

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:38:26 +0000

Knox and Trier seem like prime candidates to get paid a lot more than they’re worth, with second round standout Mitchell Robinson being used as part of a package to acquire DeMar DeRozan.