Comments on: Knicks vs Hawks – Preseason Game 3

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:45:13 +0000

That does suck. Man, that kid needs to stay as lean as possible. Would hate for him to get a career-ending knee injury.

By: alsep73

alsep73 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:39:23 +0000

This sucks. Woj:

A severe injury has been ruled out for Zion Williamson’s right knee, but he is expected to miss period of weeks to start regular season, league sources tell ESPN. Pels are clearly treating injury with an abundance of caution but there’s no shortage of confidence on full recovery.

By: Scorpio Dragon

Scorpio Dragon — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:07:49 +0000

I guess I should note, the strategy I mentioned is more for H2H leagues [I’ve played more H2H than Roto]. Roto leagues will favor Steph as you can, in general, shore up rebounding easier than 3PT shooting later in the draft.

By: Scorpio Dragon

Scorpio Dragon — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:54:27 +0000

IF you will be picking first in NBA fantasy draft, who would you pick?
My top choices are STEPH, HARDEN, OR GIANNIS.

I don’t want AD and KAT.

Thoughts?

Depends. Is it a league that counts the percentage as well as the number of 3s? If so, yeah I’d lean Steph. If not, then you have to pick Giannis. Giannis gives you everything except 3 related stats. Harden’s going to have something affected due to Westbrook’s presence.

Truth is with fantasy, you have to know which category you want to punt and which ones you want to go all in with.

If 3s is the category you want to focus on, go Curry, If 3s is the one you’re willing to punt, then Giannis.

By: alsep73

alsep73 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:20:51 +0000

The Bullock injury helps spare some rotation logjam/grumbling for now. But Trier and Dotson are likely to be unhappy. Ditto whichever of the three point guards is left on the outside looking in. But yes, this is going to get worse before it gets better, when hopefully several of these guys are either traded or (more likely) bought out at midseason so the kids can all play again.

By: thenamestsam

thenamestsam — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:12:16 +0000

It’s been pretty surprising to me that Fiz has kept the rotations so tight in the preseason so far, really only playing 10 guys in each game for the most part. With how flat the talent distribution is on this team I thought we might see more guys than that in the rotation to start the regular season, let alone the preseason. If that pattern continues it’s going to be really, really interesting to see who’s playing once the games start counting because those grumblings are only going to get louder.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:04:24 +0000

KP will look sharp in limited minutes, but I bet he won’t have his game lungs for a few months. I’m guessing they’ll want to limit his minutes anyway, but he won’t be in “game shape” even though he’s bulked up a bit.

I’m still pretty torn as to who would look/work better next to Mitch: KP or Randle. The urge to see KP next to Mitch is strong, but logic says their defense is duplicative. Randle’s passing and better post play is nice, but KP is definitely the better 3 pt shooter, and may, in fact, be an elite one. Considering our guard shooting is pretty terrible, KP still would’ve been a nice fit, but c’est la vie…

By: alsep73

alsep73 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:57:20 +0000

Begley suggests that some players on the team are already unhappy with the rotations and their place in it. Trier seems the most obvious suspect at the moment, but I imagine we’re going to be seeing a lot more of this as the season comes along, either from the kids who’ve been elbowed out by mediocre vets or all the guys who’ll be free agents again this summer and can’t get any playing time.

Fun! Like everything else about being a Knicks fan!

By: bobneptune

bobneptune — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:20:22 +0000

Porzingis looks a LOT closer to being mentally ready to compete at a high level that I would have guessed. It usually takes these ACL guys half a season or more to get comfortable.

Strat… you are neglecting the notion he is 20 months post surgery. He was probably medically cleared to play last march but they chose not to play him for various reasons. He has been able to practice full out for 6 months so I’m not surprised he looks excellent today.

And a 22 year old guy who is a professional athlete who has 20 months to get swole certainly should be able to do that if he applies himself just a little bit.

I am quite sure he will play well the for 40 games or so…. if he plays well in games 41-82 it will be a big upset, yet not impossible.

And anyway…. it would have been insane to call his bluff about the contract. He wanted out and he got out and as Vinnie says in Casino:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk-a1RAX2mU

By: alsep73

alsep73 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:10:58 +0000

Apparently KAT, Booker and Russell all want to get on the same team and are all nyc fans.

As much of a mess as we are, hard pass on that.