Comments on: Patrick Ewing to Represent the Knicks at the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:12:09 +0000

It is pretty amazing that the Spurs won a game in the playoffs with Demar Derozan, Lamarcus Aldridge and Rudy Gay combining to go 18-45.

The man really is a genius.

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

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 14:09:17 +0000

@49

By: Stratomatic "I'm tired of the Knicks paying lip service to DEFENSE. Get defenders & two-way players. Then play them!

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:37:51 +0000

@47

Pop is amazing.

I think the strategy is pretty clear.

You can score efficiently with great players that do great things or you can score efficiently with good players that get more great shots (hopefully you have both).

To get great shots you have to find selfless players that are willing passers, that move without the ball, that set good picks, that play within the system, and that make good pass and shot selection decisions etc… If put together a team with those qualities that buys in, you’ll get more high quality shots of the type your players prefer (including role players) than the average team.

This is kind of why I’ve been down on our player selection. We’ve been focusing our attention on shot creators. You need a few guys like that, but unless they are great players they won’t accomplish much. You need team oriented high basketball IQ ball movers and decision makers.

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

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:16:09 +0000

Per Realgm, the Knocks are one of four teams that regularly blood test their players.

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 07:33:50 +0000

This Spurs team is such a great weird oddball team. On paper they should stink. This is a team with an offense built around Lamarcus Aldridge, Demar Derozan and Rudy Gay. They shoot fewer threes than any team in the league. Somehow it’s the #7 offense in the NBA.

I don’t know how Popovich got that team to win 48 games but it’s a very impressive achievement. They have a really good chance to knock off a #2 seed.

By: geo

geo — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 05:37:53 +0000

i hope mike miller doesn’t turn in to another kenny atkinson situation…

By: geo

geo — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 05:22:37 +0000

Now paying dividends (in social capital on a niche sports blog that is read by like 40 people a day)

it’s quality, not quantity, which is the significant factor here 🙂

By: MBunge

MBunge — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 04:47:04 +0000

Ah yes, always want to pay the greatest forward of all time like $38M a year to be a secondary playmaker in his mid-thirties.

Last season, LeBron and the Cavs needed some atrocious refereeing to get past Oladipo and the Pacers, got stretched to seven games by a Boston team whose best players were Al Horford and a 20-year-old rookie, then got manhandled by the Warriors. Add in LeBron deciding to just stop playing defense a few years ago and the metaphysical certainty that he will not be the first athlete to beat Father Time, and the reality is that Magic and Co. were absolutely right.

The idea that you can compete for a title by surrounding LeBron with shooters has clearly passed its sell-buy date. If LeBron really wants to win a title in LA, he’s going to have to make the same sacrifices for the team that Bosh and Love made for him.

Mike

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 04:41:37 +0000

Been on that Ed Davis train for awhile now, my friend

Now paying dividends (in social capital on a niche sports blog that is read by like 40 people a day)

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 04:38:49 +0000

Looks like Draymond is trying to fuck up Jowles’ work pool

I mean, we all have the Warriors in the Finals and I’m the only one who didn’t take them to win it all, so if they get bounced in the first round, I’m happy