If they didn’t have such a ridiculous level of talent I’m sure Kerr would be more stringent about optimizing their shot distribution.

Basically what I’m saying is 1) Kerr doesn’t mind keeping guys happy by letting them take the shots they want, because they’re going to win the championship regardless and 2) he was largely bullshitting his way through a question instead of saying the first thing.

everyone should immediately identify the hill they are, in fact, willing to die on.

I died years ago. A slow death that started with the Randolph Trade, but the mercy kill was surely the joy-sucking end of Linsanity. By the time Bargnani happened, I felt nothing. I actively root against the team now. I only come here because it’s still the best NBA conversation on the planet and I’ve grown so fond of the posters over the years.

I would probably move on to be a lot more active watching the Kings, as I always liked them in the 90s and early 2000s and I like Fox and Hield, and keep doing what I do generally on league pass already, which is watching players that interest me, mostly Giannis, Jokic, Doncic, Embiid and Gallinari, besides the occasional Lebron / Curry / Leonard game here and there.

The idea that he’s going to come back and dominate on day one… it’s not realistic.

I really hope we get to at least see a KP+Mitchrob+Knox+Frank+Trier starting lineup sometime in January or early February. If KP can come back, let’s take a couple of months to look at that and see what happens. It would lose a lot of games, but we might see flashes of a future, esp. with a good 2019 pick and, maybe, a nice free agent (though I’d wait another year on that).

THJ can be sixth man (though I really wish they could trade him) and Dotson and Vonleh get good minutes, too. Maybe Burke, too, if he’s willing to resign on the cheap.

Yeah, not happening.

4. the knicks’ best player being an outspoken trump supporter (sorry for the politics but i do think this would chase me)

At this point, there’s absolutely zero credibility left for people who claim no wrongdoing by Individual 1. I just have to assume total illiteracy or a willful disdain for truth. There’s really no other alternative after yesterday’s court filings.

this is a phenomenal idea and everyone should immediately identify the hill they are, in fact, willing to die on. I think john wall might also be my hill, though I count myself an unreliable narrator/forecaster on this topic. I also have a few other hills I can think of:

1. dolan either naming himself GM or bringing back IT
2. kyle o’quinn forming his own team in seattle and giving himself the solid 27 mpg he deserves
3. the knicks winning the lottery this year and trading the pick for almost anything
4. the knicks’ best player being an outspoken trump supporter (sorry for the politics but i do think this would chase me)

I found it easy to root for SSOL Suns, Manu-era Spurs, the 57 wins Nuggets.

Right now I think I would be leaning on the Nuggets, Jokic is pure basketball distilled into human form.

I guess I like unselfish basketball.

I think it’s fair to say that it’s symptomatic of a greater institutional rot if they trade Frank.

Exactly. If they trade for John Wall, max Kemba Walker, or trade guys on rookie contracts then it just shows that we’re gonna be doomed to mediocrity for the next decade. Not because of those moves specifically but that the F.O. still has no idea how to build a team properly.