Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2019.07.11)

By: Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats

Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:27:50 +0000

I don’t like the idea of Portis starting at C with Randle at PF. But, given all the signings, that is the likely outcome. How in the hell will Fiz find minutes for MitchRob, Randle, Portis, Morris, and Gibson? I know Morris can play some 3 in a pinch, but we are not being honest with ourselves if we think he’s not primarily a stretch 4. We have 1 center. ONE. That is a recipe for disaster when it comes to MitchRob’s development. We need a RoLo or Tyson wayyyyy more than we need Portis, Gibson, and Morris collectively. As great a fit Morris is, I’m unhappy with this signing. I don’t see why we would bring Bullock in now, and I’m ok with that- Dot and Iggy need to play.

I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Trier or Dot start the season at SG1 to give Barrett time to build his confidence with the 2nd unit and have the ball in his hands more

By: BJ

BJ — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:56:06 +0000

@180 GHenman
Not sure if you just tuned in, but even though the Knicks only announced their signings recently, but interest in these players (Randle, Payton, Gibson, Ellington, and Portis) had been reported from before free agency even officially opened. Maybe Dolan knew they were out on KD but I don’t think he knew anything about it for sure being BK. These moves are mostly on Perry/ Mills not JD, for better or worse.

By: BJ

BJ — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:38:13 +0000

@179 The thing about paying someone big money is you get to tell them what to do. If the kids are playing like bonafide stars in preseason then you give them run in real games and if they keep doing it then yeah you bench the vets. No one made them sign those contracts and they are short term enough that the players aren’t getting buried long term. They really aren’t big enough names for any issue they have to really resonate…

The rosy scenario of all the kids you mentioned outplaying the vets to start the season just isn’t at all within the realm of possible outcomes though. One out of those four you mentioned being rotation worthy would be a great outcome. Not at all guaranteed.

By: GHenman

GHenman — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:27:47 +0000

So much for player development. Dolan must have gone nuts over KD and KI going to Brooklyn, which was my biggest fear.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:00:51 +0000

If the strategy was to sign a couple veterans to make the young players earn spots in the rotation it makes some sense, but we signed so many veterans that even if Knox and Trier and Iggy and Frank all come into training camp playing like bonafide stars they still cannot make it into the rotation because we have an obligation of sorts to at least have all the guys we signed in the rotation.

It would look really bad to lure away Morris and all these other veteran players with big contracts and then have them fall out of the rotation or even worse never be in it in the first place. Some of them are playing for their next contract. We have to play them and we have to play some of them, like Morris, big minutes. If we don’t we’re going to look bad.

I feel like we really painted ourselves into a corner. I would love to have had us sign Randle and Payton and maybe a backup center and then let that team try to win. If we succeed it’s with the young players if we don’t it’s a good pick. No downside. Plus we get to see the young guys with more minutes but on a team with some structure. Instead, we are going to be frustrated with the rotation all season and we’re still not going to be that good.

By: JK47

JK47 — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 06:15:29 +0000

So why not go for 30-something wins since we’re now in an era where that gives you a better chance to net you a top-4 pick or better?

Because if you stink, and you lose the lottery, you still get a pretty high pick. If you’re merely bad and not terrible, and you lose the lottery, you pick in the Ntilikina/Knox zone.

I do think the anti-tanking rules sort of worked, it makes less sense to tank now. But that doesn’t mean it makes sense to chase a #8 seed.

By: heavencent35

heavencent35 — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 05:27:08 +0000

Cp3 to Milwaukee is a god fit move

By: Ingmarrrr

Ingmarrrr — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 05:03:15 +0000

@174 so it’s February and they’re 10th seed chasing the 8 seed, why trade any of the players who brought them there for stinking future picks who can’t even play yet? Get with the program.

By: The Infamous Cdiggy

The Infamous Cdiggy — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 05:02:26 +0000

@170 But see that’s the thing. As the worst team in the league, we beat the lottery odds and got #3. Phoenix, Cleveland and Chicago dropped. Two 33-win teams got the top pick and #2, and a 37-win team got #4. Now, who’s to say that happens again next year, but for me the NBA proved its point this year about the flattened lottery odds.
So why not go for 30-something wins since we’re now in an era where that gives you a better chance to net you a top-4 pick or better? Instead of being near-historically bad, we can be something like Atlanta-bad: where the team is still a ways away but is plucky and can’t be completely slept on because they have a lot of youth that’s shown some promise and can beat a decent (not great) team on a good night.

My fiance really likes Trey Young. We ended up watching several Hawks games this year (on replay).

By: Mike Honcho

Mike Honcho — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 04:47:29 +0000

Maybe the Thunder will be surprisingly good and then waft a few picks our way in exchange for the indubitable services of the doughty Taj Gibson, the stalwart Marcus Morris and our very own yeoman Bobby Portis Jr, Esquire to cement their second round exit of the playoffs.