Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.10.19)

By: MBunge

MBunge — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:56:07 +0000

I just know by all accounts that Frank is exceptional at both because everyone says the same things about him always being in the gym and film room.

But the point is how much better is Frank at that than anyone else in the NBA. My purely anecdotal observation from having watched the league for a few decades now is that there are fewer lazy players now than ever before and more players spending more time than ever in the gym and the film room. I mean, Larry Bird supposedly never lifted a weight in his life until late in his career and it wouldn’t surprise me if Magic Johnson spent less time watching film than the average shlub player today.

It’s not that Frank can’t develop. It’s that lots of guys work hard and lots of guys are smart and they never develop the way you are assuming Frank will.

Mike

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:27:38 +0000

Mitch is playing. Courtney and Mudiay still out. We’ve died and gone to rotation heaven (also we’re going to lose).

By: the don nelson era

the don nelson era — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:26:13 +0000

@62

Ian Begley’s twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/1053336046358986754

By: Ntilakilla

Ntilakilla — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:55:30 +0000

I don’t see how taking the ball out of a guard’s hands is better for their development in the long-term. It’s not as if ball-handling is a skill exclusive to the point guard position. Even if Frank were to end up as an off-guard, working on his handle in game situations will greatly benefit his offensive utility as he matures into whatever he will mature into. He’s still going to have to crossover, bring the ball down court, and run parts of the offensive system as a #2 guard. I don’t see why he shouldn’t be given an opportunity to work on those things at the #1 in a tank season so he can evolve different aspects of his game. Why restrict his development into a specialized offensive role at a point where he is still so young, learning the NBA game, and playing on a team that is competing for last place? Because he’s not a particularly good ball-handler? Well guess what? Lonzo Ball is still shooting threes as an off-guard despite sucking ass at it. This argument makes little sense to me.

By: rama, king of superfluous poppycock

rama, king of superfluous poppycock — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:05:45 +0000

The literal first thing you do when you pick up a basketball is dribble the fucking thing.

Unless you’re baby Melo, who was working on his jab step before he could walk.

By: vincoug

vincoug — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:53:50 +0000

@58:

geo, you need to put up a link to whatever article you’re quoting.

By: bobneptune

bobneptune — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:29:05 +0000

If Frank is so smart and hard working, why has he played thousands of minutes of competitive basketball and still doesn’t have the handle of an average D1 point guard?

Maybe because he never considered himself a point guard until he encountered the parallel universe of the triangle where Ron Harper is worshiped as a prototypical lead guard!

Those team D rating with him on and off the floor are remarkable because they measure actual results.

By: thenamestsam

thenamestsam — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:28:50 +0000

The idea that intangible factors don’t matter to how much of a player’s potential they fulfill is silly. Equally silly is concluding that Frank is some kind of outlier on the intangibles distribution of NBA players (they’re intangible for a reason) based on maybe reading once in an article somewhere that someone called him a “sponge”. This is a silly argument.

By: Frank O.

Frank O. — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:07:32 +0000

JK47

I too believe round pegs should be in round holes.
Not being snide. I have always felt Frank would be better at the deuce.

By: geo

geo — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:05:56 +0000

oh yeah, in case you haven’t heard the latest…KD is a lock to be a knick next season…and, miracles of miracles – james dolan may not own the knicks and rangers much longer:

Knicks owner James Dolan feels that there is more opportunity on the entertainment side and he’s not very bullish about the long-term future of professional sports, including the NBA. Despite the fact that the NBA has had such a banner year…. He thinks that the long-term future of TV is basically non-existent. He thinks that whole bundle is falling apart. And that’s going to make it much more difficult to keep up the profitability of a major sports.

he wants to build something that changes that experience (other types of entertainment – not sports related). Because it’s so expensive to do that and because he’s more passionate about that then he is about the teams, he’s willing to give up some ownership of the teams.