Oh yeah, win or lose, they’re a blast to watch. Which is great.

This is probably what the Knicks are, a flawed team with not much talent but that plays hard and can win if some inconsistent players show up. Whatever happens it’s a clear upgrade from last year or the season before, when I legitimately couldn’t fucking watch the Knicks playing a game without getting pissed.

Yes, but the lottery doesn’t stop after the #1 pick. Getting the #4 pick instead of the #8 pick is pretty huge.

There’s an extra lottery ball pick this year, so the top four picks are teams that have won the lottery. The worst team in the league could easily draft fifth. The second worst team could easily draft sixth. Et cetera.

It’s more luck-oriented than ever. We’re prolly not getting a great pick if we don’t get lucky and hit on a lotto combination. We’re probably not the absolute worst team in the NBA, we’re probably more like the fourth or fifth worst team. The flattened odds actually benefit us.

For example, Perry and Mills gave up an asset to get Mudiay. So for better or for worse, it’s silly to think that they did so and then have no plans for him to be a part of the future, so why be frustrated if he plays, especially if he’s playing well and justifying their gamble in acquiring him? The smarter thing to do is to assume that they hope that he plays well and then they at least have the option to either trade him or resign him to a reasonable contract or extend him at the QO.

Perry/Mills signed Fizdale. While it’s OK to assume that he’s committed to developing young players over prioritizing wins, It’s silly to think that he’s going to grossly over-play guys like Frank, Knox, Mitch, Trier (and why not throw in Kornet and Hicks) every game over Burke, Vonleh, Hezonja and Mudiay. It’s just not gonna happen. Fiz is going to coach the young guys to win, case closed. He doesn’t give a shit about who they draft next June, nor should he. That’s simply not what coaches do, ever.

I get it that if you (no person specifically, just a KB poster in general) were GM or coach, you’d do things differently, but this rotation is so predictable, as are the scrappy wins. Might as well enjoy them!

Jimmy Butler hitting game-winning shots from the same exact spot eight days apart is cool and all, but in one of the games, it was a tie game and tonight the Sixers were down a point. Should he really be shooting fadeaway three pointers in those situations? Seems like good results from bad process.

I find winning with a young guy who is building up his value for a contract likely to be somewhere else is just as frustrating as winning with a 34 year old vet. If they ain’t likely to be around for a while, what’s the point?

The point is that most regulars here hate James Dolan, but think exactly like him: two wins and the previous strategy goes out the window. Getting Kemba Walker and extending some of our bad players was discussed the other day, after two wins.

There’s one guy who has played for the Knicks who is older than 26 this year. The only regulars who aren’t young are Kanter and Timmy. Dotson is older than 8 guys on the roster.

I find winning with a young guy who is building up his value for a contract likely to be somewhere else is just as frustrating as winning with a 34 year old vet. If they ain’t likely to be around for a while, what’s the point?

It really bugs me off that this doesn’t happen. Like ok, it’s obvious that he’s a terrible defender, but the Bucks are starting Brook Lopez and almost leading the east for gods sake. There’s no way Kanter is not a valuable contributor to a good team that can somehow limit his defensive shortcomings. My guess is that it’s really not having 3 point range that is the killer, but even then, why wouldn’t you trade some 2nds if you’re a good team to have a walking double double coming off the bench?