Comments on: Game Thread: New York Knicks @ Phoenix Suns

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:34:33 +0000

In reply to Farfa.

How sloppy did they get at that site letting things like those get published? Their cap situation actually got worse thanks to that trade, it’s the Harrison Barnes one that freed up some room!

If the topic is the cap, then practically every member of the media is just a bit of a fool. It took almost until the trade deadline before most Knick beat writers figured out what Mudiay’s cap hold was!

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:11:35 +0000

Frank’s haters are so blinded by rage they won’t even acknowledge he has a higher WS48 than the guy who went #4 in his draft, Josh Jackson.

I’m sure they’ll now respond to me by pointing that he doesn’t have a higher WS48 than literally anyone else in the NBA, as if there’s no more room for him to grow. I could easily see him getting to .000 next season, and we all know at that point the sky is the limit.

By: Farfa

Farfa — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:18:08 +0000

From Haley O’Shaughnessy, The Ringer:

Doncic is playing beyond his years at 20; against Washington, he was Dallas’s ringleader and its main act, finishing with 31 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists, and four steals. Soon, he’ll be joined by another budding superstar in Porzingis. And thanks to the trade that brought him, Dallas has also cleared $30 million in cap space for this summer.

Emphasis mine.

How sloppy did they get at that site letting things like those get published? Their cap situation actually got worse thanks to that trade, it’s the Harrison Barnes one that freed up some room!

By: JK47

JK47 — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:28:14 +0000

See, Kyrie Irving, who averages 7.7 assists per 36 and has a 35.7 AST%, is a ball-stopper, but Frank Ntilikina, who averages 4.8 assists per 36 and has a 19.1 AST% is known for “keeping the ball moving.”

Actually scoring a basket or passing to a teammate who scores a basket is highly overrated by these useless boxscore stats. Anybody who is a true student of the game knows that “keeping the ball moving” is really all about dumping the ball off to whoever is standing nearest to you because you are terrified to have the ball in your hands.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:18:36 +0000

How is Kyrie even a ball stopper? He leads his teams in all categories related to assists, while playing with 3 rotation guys (Tatum, Brown and Morris) who are about twice as likely to ever attempt an assist as Kevin Knox is. If anything, he’s the guy who actually creates anything for others. He’s also the most efficient scorer on the team with the highest volume at the same time, so why should he defer to guys who are simply put worse scorers than he is?

This narrative that Irving is somehow responsible for the Celtics struggles is seriously idiotic, unless you somehow think it’s his fault that the negative BPM quartet of Tatum, Brown, Morris and Rozier is playing bad, and spoiler alert, it isn’t.

By: geo

geo — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:04:48 +0000

embrace the tank magic that is fiz…

we’ve consistently loss to those teams which are at the bottom with us…that’s not an easy thing to accomplish…

we may yet get hosed by having to pick fourth or fifth, but, fuck getting stuck with the sixth pick…

By: Ntilakilla

Ntilakilla — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:53:25 +0000

I have my problems with Fizdale (stop. fucking. staggering. Mitch. and. DSJ.), but what do people think Popovich’s record with this team would be?

To me it’s not even about results, but the actual process. This team looked so out position and sloppy against the 2nd worst team in the league. It just wasn’t Knox or even Vonleh (who’s been an average player) this season. It was practically everyone who wasn’t playing center for our team who was so so bad.

By: Ntilakilla

Ntilakilla — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:50:53 +0000

He’s clearly an elite ball handler, can create his own shot, score efficiently, and make the big shot, but the downside of his defense and ball stopping may be larger than anyone appreciates.

I hesitate to even respond but I will defend Kyrie here. His DBPM is a positive (0.4), his Ortg (118) and Drtg (107) are very respectable, he contributes a .209 WS/48. The guy is not the problem.

By: nicos

nicos — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:48:11 +0000

I think Frank has a lot of defensive potential but he’s not that better than Smith right now. He allows too much penetration, he fouls too much and gets very little in the way of steals and deflections. He has great possessions here and there but he’s not a big impact defender yet. Smith’s effort level comes and goes but he’s actually good when he’s locked in. He was really good against Sacto (as good as Frank has been in any game this year), tonight- not so much. He’s never going to be as switchable as Frank but he definitely has the ability to be very solid at that end. I’m more concerned with his shooting to be honest.

By: dtrickey

dtrickey — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:40:08 +0000

I would like to think we knew what we were getting ourselves into with the quest for Zion, so nights like this shouldn’t come as a shock. If a pantsing by the Suns and Booker scoring 40 on us is the difference between us getting him and not, then I am more than happy to grin and bear it tbh.