Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2019.03.27)

By: Sir Robin

Sir Robin — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:37:18 +0000

@71, Donnie, just engaging in a little hyperbole. The point I was trying to make is that if the NYKs don’t get the first pick they should pull out all the stops to trade up and get Zion. The dropoff is that large.
Of course a strong team in NY benefits the league. I’m sure Stern thought he was straightening out the NYKs when he brokered the hiring of DW years ago.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:30:14 +0000

The lottery is not rigged (at least not since 1985). And isn’t it just our luck that we had 1985 rigged for us instead of 1984!

I’m all seriousness, the cavs got the #1 pick as compensation for LeBron leaving because the cavs were terrible without LeBron and they lost a lot of games. If the lottery was rigged for the financial benefit of the league, why do the Knicks never win it? It’s rigged for the Pelicans? And Wizards? And Timberwolves? And Suns? But not Knicks? Hmmm

By: slovene knick

slovene knick — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:21:14 +0000

Hawks will stick their claws in the hardwood right about now. The schedule will help them not win but if they keep on with this lunacy they shut one/two down.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 07:23:28 +0000

In reply to Grocer.

Wow, Dallas is now within three games of Atlanta’s bottom five slot! The Knicks really need the Mavs to send that pick to Atlanta!

By: Grocer

Grocer — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 02:06:18 +0000

I heard that Ernst’s administrative assistant has Berman on speed dial.

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:00:25 +0000

djphan and I may fight to the death over Clarke’s ceiling, but we are in total agreement about Knox’s. I would love to see Knox play 20 G-League games so we could see if these fatal flaws all over his game aren’t solvable by weaker competition. Of course, if not… give him a big extension to motivate him to play like a lottery pick.

Also, please tell us more about the Ernst and Young conspiracy to guide NBA prospects onto certain teams.

By: djphan

djphan — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:18:58 +0000

i honestly don’t see how ppl still see upside with knox… he’s been bad… he wasn’t all that great at kentucky either…. and he’s failing for the same reasons…

where exactly is this outsized athleticism? he’s not exactly blowing by ppl consistently.. he’s not exactly flying down the court… he’s not exactly elevating over ppl to finish… i mean one handed floaters from 5-8 ft out is what pg’s do…. does anyone get the impression that his defender is having trouble when guarding knox? he has the occasional interesting moment but for every one of those there’s like 50 other times where he’s flipping the ball at the hoop from behind his head in a panic if the defender even so much as gives him a stern look … is that what upside looks like?

and that’s not even getting to his statline…. it is quite disastrous even when omitting his 2p fg%… and when you do it very much looks a lot like steve novaks…. if you account for his 2p fg% he’s in territory where he probably won’t even reach that level of play….

he handles the ball kind of ok for his size… when he can load off two feet and looks at the rim for a full five seconds he could probably throw it down strong…. he has good range on his shot…

but seriously… that’s about it… am i really missing anything? if you just scrutinize him beyond the tape measure it’s pretty apparent that he is not capable of being what ppl think he’s capable of…

By: JK47

JK47 — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:20:13 +0000

@62

Yeah but you gotta factor the Lizard People into that equation

By: geo

geo — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:44:24 +0000

don’t bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me

By: geo

geo — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:42:54 +0000

up until this year I had never really considered the salary cost of our draft picks in how they should be dealt with in the future…frank and kevin’s performance though has kind of raised the consideration of that aspect of player “development”…

frank is scheduled to make 4.85 million and kevin 4.38 million next year…

how long do you stick with a draft pick (and keep hoping for them to start reaching towards their ceiling) seems to be an increasingly viable discussion for our team…

9 million or so (depending on the method of removing them from our roster) can probably buy a useful piece for the team…

makes sense for a team like us (perennial losers) to take chances on high ceiling guys…however, at what point does the front office decide to invest roster salary in players who can contribute to actual winning basketball…