Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.10.13)

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:04:38 +0000

In reply to Z-man.

I’d be pleasantly surprised if Frank’s TS% is above .500 by then.

Absolutely agreed. It’d be a huge win if he was over .500 by then.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:52:19 +0000

As I said with Frank, let’s see how he does in the first 10 games. The preseason is only marginally useful in determining player development. Coaches on both teams are running out weird, scrubby lineups, vets are tinkering, refs are calling things tightly and nobody really cares who wins (or one team cares more for developmental reasons.) But on offense, Frank had one terrible game, two very mediocre games and 2 reasonably effective (for a 20yo) games, playing differing roles in every game. His D is not even a question, he’s a stud.

We play the Bucks, Celts, Heat, Warriors, Pacers, Mavs and Wiz in the first couple of weeks. We’ll learn a lot more about all the young players, including Frank, during that stretch. I’d be pleasantly surprised if Frank’s TS% is above .500 by then.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:34:07 +0000

In reply to rama, king of superfluous poppycock.

And he picked KP, which despite revisionist history was neither an obvious pick nor highly praised at the time. And he had him ranked higher than anyone after KAT.

I totally give Phil credit for making the pick for KP, but here was the consensus mock draft for the 2015 NBA Draft based on 12 major mock draft sites:

1. WOLVES: Karl-Anthony Towns
2. LAKERS: Jahlil Okafor
3. SIXERS: D’Angelo Russell
4. KNICKS: Kristaps Porzingis
5. MAGIC: Justise Winslow
6. KINGS: Emmanuel Mudiay
7. NUGGETS: Mario Hezonja

It is revisionist history to suggest that Porzingis was not the consensus pick at #4.

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:19:44 +0000

Can Mitchell Robinson pass out of the pinch post, though?

By: Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:13:57 +0000

The whole Noah incident – When the Knicks make a mistake they really make it count
$72,000,000 worth – Just Incredibly Stupid

By: d-mar

d-mar — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 22:40:32 +0000

On a more positive note, I just watched the replay of last night’s game, and decided to just focus on Frank.

The man is a complete stud on defense. He fights through screens, helps when necessary and stays on his man like glue. I didn’t see one time where he gave up an open shot or allowed his man to get by him.

He also had a solid offensive game last night, with some good finishes and nice dishes to Robinson and Vonleh. Yes, there will be nights where they’re not playing the Nets and he’ll struggle and turn the ball over, but there were a lot of positive signs last night.

Count me as bullish on Frankie Smokes.

By: JK47

JK47 — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:48:35 +0000

I don’t blame Noah one bit. He didn’t force Phil Jackson’s dumb ass to give him that contract, and it’s not like the Knicks were going to give him a bonus if he won 3 DPOY awards and led his buddies Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose to multiple championships.

Waiving him now is, of course, dumb. But the guy is entitled to every penny of that contract.

By: Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery

Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:38:06 +0000

Jesus christ

By: Grocer

Grocer — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:23:28 +0000

The Knicks should have released someone else instead of Noah, period. Perhaps Hezonja. It is also true that there’s probably no market in the NBA for Noah’s services, but those things have nothing to do with each other.

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

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 21:08:08 +0000

The way a negotiation is supposed to work is that you determine the current market value of the player and negotiate giving back some or all of that amount. That way the player will still make almost as much as before but is released to actually play somewhere else.

It’s never supposed to end with the team letting you out of the contract and giving you the full amount. That means the player is getting all he is owed, getting out of his contact so he can play, and getting a new contract for even more money. He’s actually profiting on the deal.

The only way that makes sense is if the player has no prospects for another contract or if there is some huge benefit to getting rid of him. No one is going to convince me that keeping Kornet is worth anything meaningful to the Knicks. They should have told Noah to go F himself and released Kornet if he refused to give anything back. Again, the one exception being if they legitimately believe his NBA career is over.