Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2018.11.04)

By: rama, king of superfluous poppycock

rama, king of superfluous poppycock — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:08:02 +0000

Djphan, have you watched the games? Trier really doesn’t seem to be forcing anything. It looks like he’s always in control. Beyond that, his shots are in line with his numbers in college. Sure, he doesn’t provide a lot of ancillary value, but the job of a 2 is to score points…efficiently, if possible. Trier does that, and there’s no visible reason to think it’s unsustainable.

By: djphan

djphan — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 19:37:08 +0000

i’m not buying on trier’s start….. it’s nice that he gets buckets but that’s really the extent of his contributions…. and if his hot shooting start fades… you’re not left with much of a player….

maybe he keeps it up… but i doubt it….

By: Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery

Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 19:22:08 +0000

Wiggins, Fournier, LaVine, Aaron Gordon, Kidd-Gilchrist, Schroder — all guys who got extensions (some early extensions) because of the sunk-cost fallacy of committing resources to young guys. You can keep punting on a young player, but as that list shows, you can’t bank on a guy to turn into a good player just because they look like they have a lot of upside.

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:45:01 +0000

Trier is a good example of four year seniors being a market inefficiency. He’s about the same age as Vonleh and Mudiay, but hasn’t spent three years stinking up the NBA. He comes in pretty much ready to play. You’re getting good production of him right out of the gate.

By: Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:42:33 +0000

Allonzo Trier is 22 years old, there’s still plenty of room for upside.
This fixation with raw 18 and 19 year olds has gotten out of hand. There is just as much chance the unknown 18 year old with potential will flame out as turn into a player. I’ll take the 22 year old with 3 years of college experience who is ready to play now and is still plenty young enough to improve. Peak years for a player are what, 26-28 or something like that? For Trier that’s FIVE years away.

We got a steal and I believe he’ll get better assuming he and the coaches put in the time and effort.

By: Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery

Cock Jowles, #1 Purveyor of Wanton Chuckery — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:56:18 +0000

ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN MINUTES.

Talk to me about what troubles you when he hits 1,000.

By: Stratomatic "Is Dotson our best two-way player with Porzingis out?"

Stratomatic "Is Dotson our best two-way player with Porzingis out?" — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:28:52 +0000

Keep in mind that Trier is older than most of the rookies out there. That’s not a knock on him being a huge upside surprise, but it explains part of why he’s more ready. He may also have a little less upside.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:23:19 +0000

Yeah if Knox can shoot league average from three, get to the ft line, and figure out where on the floor he can be a plus on defense, then I’ll be satisfied with the pick, more or less.

Miles looks great, but will still probably be a minus on D. SGA would’ve been nice. Still, I’m starting to think we actually will lure a top free agent over the next two years, an overpay that will hopefully be worth it this time.

By: KJG

KJG — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:06:09 +0000

Trier is wise on the court beyond his years. Maybe off the court as well I dunno. But as a fan, you have confidence with the ball in his hands. Simple as that.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:57:15 +0000

I feel like as much as Clyde obviously has an old school feel for the game, the thing he always says about Hardaway’s shot selection issues is what impressed me on Trier, the quality of the shots they both take is night and day. Even sometimes when Hardaway takes good shots and makes them it feels forced and outside of the flow of the offense.