Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2019.02.01)

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:49:38 +0000

NBA Draft Net has Keldon Johnson as the #5 pick. Never heard of him either.

By: Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:33:05 +0000

Glass half full – Now we get to have Frank AND Dennis Smith Jr.
At the time it was reportedly hard to make their minds up between the two, now it doesn’t matter!

By: the don nelson era

the don nelson era — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:58:11 +0000

of the teams within 2 games of the playoffs, here who has enough in expiring contracts they might trade for Matthews ($18.6) or DAJ ($22.9):

Sacramento: Koufos ($8.7), Randolph ($11.6), McLemore ($5.5)
Lakers: Caldwell-Pope ($12), Rondo ($9), Stephenson ($4.4), Beasley ($3.5)
Clips: Gortat ($13.5), Boban ($7), Teodosic ($6.3), Beverley ($5), Scott ($4.3), Mbah a Moute ($4.3)
Jazz: Rubio ($15), Sefolosha ($5.3), Udoh ($3.4)
Nets: Crabbe ($18.5), Carroll ($15.4), Dudley ($9.5), Davis ($4.4)
Pacers: Evans ($12.4), Joseph ($7.9), KOQ ($4.4)
Sixers: Chandler ($12.8), Muscala ($5), Patton ($2.7), Korkmaz ($1.7)

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:31:56 +0000

BK has our second round pick.

And I don’t think Jordan has any more trade value than Kanter. He’s probably going to be great for the tank.

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:07:21 +0000

The Knicks should be trying to get back their 2nd round pick from Philly for DeAndre Jordan, and I’d probably keep Wes Matthews as he’s a mostly harmless player in terms of the tank, but would be a nice high volume 3 point shooter to put next to some high volume scorers.

I don’t want the Knicks to go get two max players. I’d much rather, if we’re going to sign KD, that we go after a bunch of low cost assets like Bojan Bogdanovic and Nerlens Noel. I’d feel better about the team’s future if instead of Irving and Durant, we did something like Durant, Noel, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Ricky Rubio while retaining Vonleh and Wes Matthews. I don’t think we’d get one max guy without another signing, but I just don’t agree with the plan of surrounding two All-NBA players with the depth of the 2014 Miami Heat.

By: mase

mase — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:05:13 +0000

Keldon is ranked all over the place. It’s not a science, some sites have Morant ahead of mt Zion . I wouldn’t pick him first but what do I know

By: Ntilakilla

Ntilakilla — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:02:06 +0000

You can’t seriously chide a Knicks fan for being terrified of what we may do with cap space. The last time we had cap space we signed Tim Hardaway and Ron Baker to terrible contracts. The time before that we signed Courtney Lee, Lance Thomas, and Joakim Noah to terrible contracts.

I mean, you can’t put that Perry though. I think its a very good sign our front office cleared just about all of those bad contracts which were signed before he came along.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 21:55:31 +0000

In that case I think we should draft BPA instead of drafting for need.

Always BPA. But RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish are not going to be BPA at 4, they’re just projected to go there. Most of these lottery picks have screaming red flags.

A guy with a .626 TS% looks more like the BPA than all those guards who can’t shoot. I was curious if anyone watched him could shed some light as to why he’s not getting more love.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 21:50:14 +0000

Being mad that they created an opportunity to fuck it up is the most absurd argument I have ever heard (and I made an argument justifying the bargnani trade).

You can’t seriously chide a Knicks fan for being terrified of what we may do with cap space. The last time we had cap space we signed Tim Hardaway and Ron Baker to terrible contracts. The time before that we signed Courtney Lee, Lance Thomas, and Joakim Noah to terrible contracts.

Do I have to keep going? I only have 1,497 characters left. Not sure that will get me through 2008.

By: Ntilakilla

Ntilakilla — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 21:47:41 +0000

@204

In that case I think we should draft BPA instead of drafting for need.