Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2019.01.29)

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:26:42 +0000

This is one of those rare cases where hometown-rookie hype matches the production. Robinson, despite his inability to discern a blocked shot from a goaltend, is easily one of the best players of the 2018 Draft and has nowhere to go but up. He is our Jarrett Allen, and that is a huge compliment.
On my board, he’d be a top-5 pick largely because he’s been productive in these limited minutes and we get to watch him every night. Recency, proximity, endowment… there are lots of biases at play when we start talking about what our players are worth on the market.

So that doesn’t mean he’d be a top-5 pick if all 30 teams were allowed to re-draft. I don’t think he’s more than a blip on the radar for most teams. There are about 400 NBA players to track and I don’t think he’s played enough to warrant a high lottery pick from most teams. They’d still “play it safe” with a guy who’s all upside and intrigue and that nonsense.

That said, there’s no way New Orleans is about to trade a perennial MVP candidate and All-NBA 1st Teamer for a 14% shot at Zion and a rookie who’s played >30 minutes just once in his career. I’m as bullish as anyone, but as totes showed above, there’s a real tendency to be delusional about the value of our assets.

I bet there are some coaches who’d love to steal Robinson away from us, but no one in their right mind would look at him and see him as a viable trade centerpiece for Davis. I think that he’s a much better haul than, say, Brandon Ingram, but we’re talking about perception, not production. (At least with Ingram, we have multiple seasons of underachieving to inform us. Robinson is a JaVale McGee-sized black box right now.)

By: bobneptune

bobneptune — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:29:53 +0000

Lol nah

Curious Jowles…. if you re-did last year’s draft, where would MRobinson go?

If NO HAS to move AD and he wants to come here, isn’t MRobinson and this year’s #1 better than any pu-pu plater that LA can possibly offer? M. Rob is also controlled for 4 years at the minimum and is a local.

I also included Tyson Chandler’s 20 year old season for context on how amazing MR is…..

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.fcgi?request=1&sum=1&player_id1_hint=Mitchell+Robinson&player_id1_select=Mitchell+Robinson&player_id1=robinmi01&y1=2019&player_id2_hint=Kyle+Kuzma&player_id2_select=Kyle+Kuzma&y2=2019&player_id2=kuzmaky01&idx=players&player_id3_hint=Lonzo+Ball&player_id3_select=Lonzo+Ball&y3=2019&player_id3=balllo01&idx=players&player_id4_hint=Brandon+Ingram&player_id4_select=Brandon+Ingram&y4=2019&player_id4=ingrabr01&idx=players&player_id5_hint=Josh+Hart&player_id5_select=Josh+Hart&y5=2019&player_id5=hartjo01&idx=players&player_id6_hint=Tyson+Chandler&player_id6_select=Tyson+Chandler&y6=2003&player_id6=chandty01&idx=players

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:27:20 +0000

If I trade AD, I’m asking for multiple 1st rounders and KP. Pelicans are under no obligation to trade Davis. They still have an off season to grab a free agent that changes AD’s mind.

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:05:45 +0000

Lol nah

By: Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats

Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:52:18 +0000

Been thinking about it since the news broke…
I know in the offseason, Boston has undeniably good assets to offer the Pels for AD- if they let Kyrie go. But right now, shouldn’t a package of Kanter, THJ and this year’s 1st get it done? They would get an expiring, a young secondary scorer, and a top 4 pick that may very well be Zion.