Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.09.22)

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:47:38 +0000

I’m setting the over under on how much Noah gave back (cf Deng $7.5) at $3.1 million

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:37:49 +0000

Noah apparently stretched. He played fewer minutes for us than Lou Amundson and Brian Quinnett.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 06:49:41 +0000

In reply to Stratomatic “Porzingis, Ntilikina, Knox & Robinson are going to lead us to the promised land.

He had a terrible season shooting last year, but I heard he’s working his ass off this summer.

It would be kind of sad if he only now started “working his ass off” during the offseason.

By: GoNyGoNyGo

GoNyGoNyGo — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 04:44:14 +0000

I think it’s kind of crazy to give Towns that sort of contract. He’s not top-10 in the NBA and those are the player that should be in that stratosphere. Paying that now is speculation that he’ll become super-elite. Right now he’s at a tier below.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 03:52:10 +0000

I think he’s a net negative, but I don’t think he’s a huge liability.

Most of his value comes from his offense of course, which last year was mega superstar caliber, and opponents had a 1.5 better ORTG with him on the court, but he still had positive DBPM and DWS despite of that, which could probably be partly attributed to his very very good defensive rebounding numbers (4th overall in DRB%) and good block numbers (11th in blocks per game and around top 25-30 in block%).

He was heavily abused during the Rockets series but I’m willing to cut him some slack since most defenders would also struggle against them. I don’t like his effort much and I think he doesn’t care much about defense, but he’s not a terrible defender, he’s just below average. Meanwhile he was 13th in OBPM, 6th in VORP and had a crazy .646 ts% while shooting 3.5 threes per game at a 42% clip. I don’t mind paying a max for that alone.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 03:23:41 +0000

Towns is a net liability on D right now. Just ask JB.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 01:24:34 +0000

The Towns extension is expected, Butler is really gone then. He’s a fantastic offensive player and rebounder and is probably worthy of the max, but this is why I’m scared about KP getting a similar contract. Even though Towns has shown elite production in some aspects he’s still a meh defender and has some stretches in which he can’t seem to score or affect the game at all. Even then I would give him a max before I give Porzingis one, but I’m much more scared in KP’s case.

By: Stratomatic "Porzingis, Ntilikina, Knox & Robinson are going to lead us to the promised land

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 01:19:22 +0000

I’m getting more optimistic about Hardaway. He had a terrible season shooting last year, but I heard he’s working his ass off this summer. He’s also coming into his peak years. I think he may have the best season of his career. It would help if he doesn’t have too much pressure on him. Perhaps playing with Burke, Knox, and Hezonja will take some pressure off him relative to last year when KP went down. If that’s the case I think we’ll be pleasantly surprised. He may actually make himself marketable.

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 01:05:22 +0000

I think KP is going to get at least $60M less in his deal than KAT took.

By: Stratomatic "Porzingis, Ntilikina, Knox & Robinson are going to lead us to the promised land

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 01:04:29 +0000

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In a deal that cements him as the franchise’s long-term cornerstone, Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns has agreed to a 5-year, $190M super-maximum extension, league sources tell ESPN.