Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.06.08)

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 05:22:27 +0000

I don’t think Stephon was stupid at all, he was just in a heavy depression. Kyrie on the other hand seems to be pretty stupid to be honest.

As I’m one of the only defenders of the “Stephon was actually better than people give him credit for” argument, Kyrie would still be the best PG we’ve had since forever though. It just scares me he would come and be Amare 2.0, have some really nice moments and then the injuries catch up and he’s overpaid and done.

By: Stratomatic "Porzingis, Ntilikina, and one of the Bridges are going to lead us to the promised land"

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 04:07:31 +0000

If the Knicks traded for Kyrie he would end up eating Vaseline on YouTube

Kyrie may not be the brightest bulb in the room, but he’s a terrific player. As everyone noted, his knees are the issue.

By: JK47

JK47 — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 04:01:03 +0000

If the Knicks traded for Kyrie he would end up eating Vaseline on YouTube

By: Stratomatic "Porzingis, Ntilikina, and one of the Bridges are going to lead us to the promised land"

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 03:58:07 +0000

No thanks on trading for Kyrie. No skipping steps this time around. Let’s build this from the ground up.

The chances we build this team exclusively from the ground up are quite low. The only way you can do that is to get extraordinarily lucky in the draft or to have injuries that allow you to draft higher than you should in multiple years (like the 76ers). Sooner or later we are going to have to sign a star free agent or roll up up a couple of picks and/or players into one.

You can argue that Kyrie is not that guy because of injuries, but he’s only 26 and he IS that kind of talent. Not everyone on the team has to be 22 or younger.

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 02:35:01 +0000

Yeah that Oakley interview reminded me of like 20 different fake brawls I’d forgotten about. Brad Miller was pretty fortunate that he happened to have two of the tougher guys in NBA history on the floor with him when Shaq decided to attempt homicide.

By: DRed

DRed — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 02:26:12 +0000

The Cavs are getting swept, but think about how ridiculous giving the finals MVP to anyone not named Lebron James is. He’s going to average something like 36-8-8 against one of the best basketball teams every assembled.

Anyone listen to Charles Oakley on the Simmons podcast? If you’re an old like me it’s really worth a listen. He was talking about how the big teams in his era were deep like the Warriors and then described the Cavs as Lebron ‘playing with 4 guys who work for the city.’

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 02:07:37 +0000

No thanks on trading for Kyrie. No skipping steps this time around. Let’s build this from the ground up.

By: DRed

DRed — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 01:15:24 +0000

The thing that worries me about miles bridges is he’s pretty good at a bunch of things but he doesn’t seem to have any elite skills. Pretty good offensive player, pretty good rebounder, can pass pretty well for a forward.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 01:11:38 +0000

@43

Yeah, I’m hoping sorta against reason that this front office has learned from watching the mistakes with the Carmelo Anthony trade and won’t force something similar so Kyrie gets his money. If he wants to come it’s great, but it can’t be another Amare / Melo situation with Porzingis + Irving.

By: DRed

DRed — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 01:06:26 +0000

I’d tell Danny Ainge to go fuck himself if he offered us that deal. Kyrie has one year left on his contract and is coming off what, his 4th knee surgery? He’s a wonderful offensive player when he’s healthy, which is not that often, but we don’t need a great point guard next year because we’re going to suck anyhow, and after that Kyrie is going to want to get big money and I don’t want to give big money to a guy who can’t stay healthy. He’s 3/7 for in terms of being reasonably healthy for the entire season.