Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2019.05.15)

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 16 May 2019 11:28:20 +0000

I totally disagree with the Goldman Sachs analogy. the NBA is an association with a vested interest in competitive balance. It can’t be compared to an autonomous corporation who would be thrilled if its competition went under. Goldman does not share revenue with its competition to prop them up. It’s ludicrous to make comparisons regarding the employer-employee relationship. Sure, we and Zion got screwed by the lottery, sure, teams will still tank , and sure, there might be better ideas out there. But discouraging tanking while accomplishing balance while penalizing mismanagement while ensuring profitability is a tall order.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Thu, 16 May 2019 10:30:25 +0000

It’d be interesting to see what would happen if he withdrew from the draft and then in September tried to sign overseas- I’m guessing the NBA would put pressure on the China/Euro leagues not to sign him (and I’m sure neither would want to cross the NBA- not even for Zion) if there’s not some sort of rule to prevent it already.

I would imagine he just goes back to Duke and let’s Nike keep paying his grandmother or however it works there.

Zion refusing to play for anyone would be bad for the league. Even if it helps us, I hope it doesn’t happen. I don’t want to win that way.

You think any Broncos or Giants felt even a smidge of regret when Elway and Eli won them Super Bowls?

Also, who do you mean by the league? The cartel of 30 owners? They’d be mad, sure. But is it really bad for the people who watch the league? You know what was bad for the league? Wasting 12 years of Chris Paul and Anthony Davis in New Orleans. Getting Zion to a real team – and I don’t even care if it’s us, frankly, just get him out of New Orleans – is *great* for the league.

By: JK47

JK47 — Thu, 16 May 2019 07:58:15 +0000

Thanks Jowles. I’m super proud of it and it was really fun and rewarding to make. At that particular time Ariel was getting away from the idea that Haunted Graffiti was a band and a democracy, and had taken over again more as a benevolent dictator. So it became kind of an expanded cast of characters, and a lot of different combinations of musicians working together. There was a core group of about 10 people who worked on that record a lot and it always brings a smile to my face to hear everybody’s contributions.

It feels like a lifetime kind of achievement to have worked on a project like that. People are going to be enjoying that record for many years.

By: nicos

nicos — Thu, 16 May 2019 04:25:15 +0000

The fact is, he’s already more marketable than most NBA players already. Why go back to school when you could go play in a massive market for a year? Shanghai, Beijing, Istanbul… or Madrid or Rome if he wants to do a euro year.

It’d be interesting to see what would happen if he withdrew from the draft and then in September tried to sign overseas- I’m guessing the NBA would put pressure on the China/Euro leagues not to sign him (and I’m sure neither would want to cross the NBA- not even for Zion) if there’s not some sort of rule to prevent it already.

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Thu, 16 May 2019 03:49:48 +0000

I just listened to pom pom for like three hours, convinced it’s the best “pop” album of this aged decade

Also fuck the pelicans thrice

By: TheOakmanCometh

TheOakmanCometh — Thu, 16 May 2019 03:37:22 +0000

Zion refusing to play for anyone would be bad for the league. Even if it helps us, I hope it doesn’t happen. I don’t want to win that way.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Thu, 16 May 2019 03:32:48 +0000

LOL when you put it that way, I kind of agree. But I don’t think Zion is the type to throw his weight around that way. But shit, he could pull out on the day of the draft and go play abroad for a year.

The fact is, he’s already more marketable than most NBA players already. Why go back to school when you could go play in a massive market for a year? Shanghai, Beijing, Istanbul… or Madrid or Rome if he wants to do a euro year.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Thu, 16 May 2019 03:11:14 +0000

I think I want to see David Griffin have to deal with trading the #1 pick and AD bc both of them refuse to play in New Orleans more than I want to see the Knicks get RJ Barrett over Darius Garland.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Thu, 16 May 2019 02:51:23 +0000

The Brook Lopez game! Damn, who would have imagined.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Thu, 16 May 2019 02:41:50 +0000

If Zion went back to school, even knowing it could hurt the Knicks, I would be fucking thrilled. Good for him. Please do it. Please let’s see AD and Zion bend the Pelicans over. This is a team that only exists so owners could get an expansion fee and has already wasted 12 hall of fame years from Chris Paul and Anthony Davis. Please fuck them over.

And no fucking way do you give up Mitch if Zion puts New Orleans in a vice grip. You offer Barrett, Frank, and Dallas’ unprotected pick. That’s it. Because that’s more than they’ll get if he goes back to duke.