Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.07.12)

By: Zanzibar

Zanzibar — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:06:54 +0000

wrong thread

By: iserp

iserp — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:11:07 +0000

Although I don’t think “#1-12 protection” is all that heavy of a protection.

Well, it protects them from an early season-ending Jokic injury, which I guess is their line of thinking.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:57:54 +0000

In reply to dtrickey.

Oh, yeah, the first rounder was definitely worth the tax savings for the Nuggets. I agree that they did well for themselves. Although I don’t think “#1-12 protection” is all that heavy of a protection. That’s extremely likely to transfer next draft, right? They’ll very possibly miss the playoffs, but if they do, they’ll almost certainly be #13 or #14. The odds of Denver picking #12 or lower seems to be quite low. In any event, the Thomas move was also a nice low risk/high reward move.

By: dtrickey

dtrickey — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:55:15 +0000

Not terrible for the Nuggets either. Got themselves under the tax limit and only lost a fairly heavily protected first rounder. Plus they managed to sign Thomas on a cheap deal, kept Barton and maintained there young core. Thomas could be cooked, but on that kind of a deal it was worth a flyer if they are serious about making a playoff push.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:23:12 +0000

In reply to Bruno Almeida.

Wow, really solid moves for the Nets. Essentially traded Jeremy Lin, Isiah Whitehead, a 2025 second rounder and a 2023 second rounder pick swap for Kenneth Faried, Darrell Arthur, a mid-teens 2019 first rounder (it is protected #1-12. It is unlikely that the Nuggets are picking #1-12) and a future Denver second rounder.

Since the Hawks say they plan on keeping Lin, that’s got to mean that Schroeder is on the way out the door, right? Lin and Young in the backcourt, the Hawks won’t be boring to watch, at least!

The Nets will probably keep Faried, but if they cut him, that’d be a fascinating guy out there for teams to look at for the vet minimum (since he’d be getting his full salary from the Nets).

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:14:58 +0000

The Nets are surely going in on renting cap space for picks, I like their moves quite a bit. Kinda sucks for us because they’ll be a heavy competitor for the lottery

By: JK47

JK47 — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:03:31 +0000

The general consensus is that the ideal frontcourt partner for Porzingis would need to have two essential traits: plus rebounding ability, and enough quickness to guard stretch fours on the perimeter. Looks like we may have found our man. Obviously it’s no guarantee that Robinson is going to develop into a good player, but if he does, he’s the ideal TYPE of player to fit next to KP.

By: Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery

Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 04:24:53 +0000

SGA looks like a ballplayer, too. His change of pace moves, downhill speed, and finishing touch all remind me of Harden. It’s kind of eerie to me.

No way to tell whether his version of those moves works against NBA-level defenses, of course, but he looks refined and at ease on the floor. That’s the kind of player I’d like on the Knicks, rather than “raw talent.”

I wonder what the defense actually feels like for these young point guards. These guys are largely playing rec-league defense, in the sense that they may have played together no more than a dozen times, and in various forms, before starting the competition. But at the same time, they’re playing hard, since it’s an audition for a roster slot. Coordination or intensity — what’s harder to overcome?

By: djphan

djphan — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 04:12:03 +0000

and i was actually somewhat close to rating robinson over knox even before the draft…. and in a re-draft i definitely would pick him over knox….

By: djphan

djphan — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 04:09:46 +0000

i would say carter and sga have really impressed… and we are talking like dominant impressive… it’s not really highlight reel but they are playing in a class all their own… and i’m really pissed that we failed to even work out sga….

of the non-rookies it’s probably jonathan isaac who’s surprised the most…