I think that Lebron is always the most valuable player, but that it is fair enough to spread things around to guys like Harden and Durant from time to time. I mean, it’s not like we don’t already know who’s the best, ya know?

Personally, I think Mitchell Robinson is going to have a better career than Kevin Knox. Robinson was the best shotblocker in high school basketball in a class with Mo Bamba and Jarren Jackson Jr, and that is obviously nothing to sniff at. I worry about how smart Robinson is, but he really is an instictive defender who dunks the ball in his sleep. Robinson’s ceiling is a .660 TS% guy who blocks 2-3 shots a night and is an elite rebounder. I think Knox’s ceiling is something like a lower usage Melo, which is obviously a really good player but that’s not half as valuable as that Capela type of player.

I’m concerned about the lack of ball skills on this team, particularly passing and handles. Burke and TH2 are the best we’ve got, which is sad.

The guy literally proved that you don’t need to take midrange shots to have a successful NBA offense, both mocking and offending NBA common-sense know-it-alls while leading his team to 65 wins and being one legendary fluke quarter away from an easy title.

If there were a Nobel Prize in NBA Basketball, it would go to James Harden for debunking the “midrange shots create necessary space” myth so goddamn thoroughly.

By the way, LeBron took entire weeks off on defense, so don’t act like Harden was the only star giving half a shit on D.

As to Knox vs. Mikal, I think pretty much all that need to be said has been said. The consensus by a large margin is that we shouldn’t have drafted him, and that we probably should have drafted Mikal Bridges. Summer league begins in a couple of weeks, not that it’s the be-all-end-all but we’ll know a lot more after seeing them play a bit.

Honestly, I totally agree on that point. I had resigned myself to Knox a long time ago and I’m hoping for the best. He’s really not such a bad pick. I just don’t like this weird post-hoc reaction as if we’re retroactively nitpicking about wanting Mikal over Knox when we have been talking about Mikal for months, ya know? I’d be fine with just moving on and hoping for the best otherwise.

I, too, totally agree.
I’m not some big Kevin Knox fan. But, the outrage was a little over the top. “Knicks suck” “Knicks suck” “Knicks suck” “Knicks suck” “Knicks suck” gets tiring to hear after every little “possible” mis-step.
Maybe they got it right with knox, My main point is, it’s not horrible to take a little risk if they see upside in their decision.
And if you fail to agree with the crowd, the attack is not far behind.

Willy somehow was declared surplus to requirements because practice man, etc.

There was a story the other day that suggested that Kornet might not be long for the team with the addition of Robinson and that would just be too funny.