Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2019.01.15)

By: english_knick

english_knick — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:12:53 +0000

I still don’t think we can get value for KP at this point. Who is going to give up real value for a shot at the same dilemma we have over what contract to give KP? If the nets call and we show interest, it likely just emboldens them to believe a strong RFA offer gets him in the summer, so they offer low. Plus KP has the (not completely unbelievable) threat of taking the QO if traded to a team he doesn’t want.

I don’t want to max KP but I also think losing him for nothing is terrible, and I’m not sure there is much in between. I probably would take calls on him quietly now, but if the offers aren’t good – and I don’t think they will be – I think I swallow hard, let him get an RFA offer, match it and then look to trade if/when he has his next hot streak of games. If he really comes back strong and plays at an all-star level through to next year’s deadline, suddenly the choices are trade for a proper haul or keep and build round him – much better all round.

Since we’re so bad and probably not a FA destination anyway, if he is bad/injured when he’s back and we’re still bad as a consequence, the space he’s occupying really only costs us the chance to overpay mediocre players while we continue to build through the draft.

By: Knick fan not in NJ who thinks our rookies will lead us to a lousy lottery pick in 2019

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:48:30 +0000

JK47, you could be right. I know that Frank’s statistics haven’t improved, but I think part of that is often playing the two or even the three instead of the one, which is a new position for him. When I watch him play, I see him doing things this year that he didn’t do last year. The game against Philadelphia was an example. He did some drives he would never have done his first year and didn’t look bad doing them. But my preference may also just be that I want two way players, and if I can’t get a two way player, defense is a priority. Frank has that. DSJ probably doesn’t. But point guards take a long time to develop and the jury is still out on both of them.

By: JK47

JK47 — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:25:15 +0000

I hate the idea of trading Frank and getting Dennis Smith. I think Ntilikina is still improving and, will most likely at least become a good quality role player.

I dunno, I don’t see Ntilikina improving at all. In fact, his lack of improvement from his rookie year is probably the most concerning thing about him. His TS%, eFG%, WS48, 2PT%, 3PT%, AST% are all either the same or worse this year than they were in his rookie year. It’s pretty wishful thinking to believe he’ll “at least” be a good role player. Right now his most likely outcome is “bust.”

Smith has not been a good NBA player and he doesn’t have Frank’s defensive chops but he has added 60 points to his eFG% and TS% this year, so if anything he’s the guy that’s improving. Neither player is a great prospect but honestly I’d rather have DSJ.

By: geo

geo — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:57:24 +0000

after the cavs beat the lakers I was hopeful that maybe the bulls could do the same…no such luck…lakers were due to play a little better…and, the bulls are the bulls…

that’s something lebron has the lakers over .500, they’re a pretty young/bad team…

basketball is a really unique team sport in that with so few players participating – an individual player can have a huge impact on their team…

that was eye opening to see golden state struggle so much with steph out and KD trying to carry the team…

I was happy the yanks passed on harper and machado (andujar is amazing at the plate, and, will learn to defend)…it took me a while to warm to stanton…just seems like such a waste to commit such a large portion of a team’s payroll to just one or two players…

no matter how well they might individually perform, that narrow salary commitment may not reflect in wins…

not talking championships, just sustained competitiveness…

I mean I’m not holding my breath for that orange and blue ticket tape parade, it sure would be nice though to at least string a few winning seasons together…

here’s to hoping kp will be one of those few athletes that can help carry a whole team, cuz unless we get crazy lucky in free agency – he’ll have to…

By: Grocer

Grocer — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:37:00 +0000

To be clear, much of the reason I’d rather trade KP is the danger that he’ll be good enough to land us in purgatory but not good enough to get us past that. KP doesn’t fit our timeline, we’re too far out. Consequence of not having picks/not aquiring young players. But hey, Rose and Noah were master strokes. Everybody was smelling burnt toast.

By: Knick fan not in NJ who thinks our rookies will lead us to a lousy lottery pick in 2019

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:23:09 +0000

I hate the idea of trading Frank and getting Dennis Smith. I think Ntilikina is still improving and, will most likely at least become a good quality role player. Smith, on the other hand, it’s hard to see him being anything except a chucker, even if he gets better at chucking. And my impression is that all of Dallas’ talk about “fit” conceals the fact that they just want to get rid of him and don’t think he will be a good player long term. If our management does that it will confirm my worries about their taste in player types.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:03:54 +0000

People who think the Knicks offense is bad to watch under Fiz need to watch this awful Bulls offense. Holy shit what an eye sore.

By: DRed

DRed — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:00:56 +0000

The average average NBA players can’t become really good with a couple simple shot selection tweaks. Trading Kristaps means we can’t get a young player to learn how to play better. And maybe we can’t. But if our FO/coaching staff is too dumb to figure that out they’re also too dumb to trade Kristaps so we’re fucked

By: Grocer

Grocer — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:51:37 +0000

I suspect Smith Jr of being a hopeless chucker and apparently they want to dump him because he’s incapable of playing well with others, so the trade is basically dumping THj’s salary with Frank as a sweetener. I don’t see much value add there. Woo-hoo, cap space we don’t need. But I’m definitely on team trade KP while the league hasn’t realized he’s just an average Joe, so I’m pretty well set on maxing a free agent being the stupidest possible move the Knicks could make right now.

By: d-mar

d-mar — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:25:43 +0000

Curry, Klay and Durant 89 points on 52 shots tonight vs. Denver

Yeah, they’re vulnerable