Dallas essentially doubled down (gave up lightly protected draft compensation AND a big chunk of cap space). on KP’s health while we punted on it. If Dallas is right, and KP being November KP for 5 years straight is the literal only way they can be right, they have two MVP players in their organization for the long haul and should be a title contender as soon as next year. They don’t have a lot of draft picks to put around them and maybe they make a run for Giannis in 2021, but the only way that team improves seems to be free agency.

We, on the other hand, have two guys I consider to be elite level prospects. Mitchell Robinson is already good-great at basketball, and RJ Barrett has shown he belongs and can be effective on both ends of the court this preseason. To build around those two, and I really hope the front office and Fizdale understand those two are the future of the team, we have a shit ton of cap space in a couple years, we have 7 1RPs in 5 years, and we have a couple coin flip prospects in Ntilikina, Dennis Smith Jr, and Kevin Knox.

This probably sounds crazy, but I view Porzingis/Doncic, LeVert/Allen in Brooklyn, and Robinson/Barrett all at about the same level. We’ve seen Porzingis disappear into the winter and that’s the big reason why; he’s simply not a Doncic/Robinson/Jarrett Allen level player at the moment. I think Dallas will figure that out by the all star break; hopefully the coin lands on heads for Smith Jr at that point.

Sounds like RJ, Mitch and Trier were Good and we still don’t have a point guard. Is that the game summary?

Smith’s numbers looked good aside from shooting. Problem is the shooting was atrocious.

Portis put up a solid scoring line. I didn’t see him at all. How was the rest of his game?

There’s no revisionist history here other than by you.

Uh, what part of what I said is revisionist history?

KP didn’t want to get the fuck outta dodge when mustache was running the team?

Phil understood (at one time) coaching.

Heck, even with his disastrous GM stint, I think I’d still trust him as a coach!

But yeah, ooph, was he bad as a GM.

Phil has/had some serious generational flaws with his people skills and needed help at GM (because Mills is a utter moron and Phil doesn’t have those skills), but unlike the pinheads in charge now he understands basketball.

Phil understood (at one time) coaching. He understood zero about his actual job as a Knick, namely being the GM. Melo, D Rose, Noah, Aaron AfLOLo , Derrick Williams, The Wear Bear and Lance Thomas all sez hai!

Your mancrush wanted out of here pretty bad when Zen Mustache was running this ish too, Mr. Revisionist History

Phil has/had some serious generational flaws with his people skills and needed help at GM (because Mills is a utter moron and Phil doesn’t have those skills), but unlike the pinheads in charge now he understands basketball.

There’s no revisionist history here other than by you. When Phil was booted, KP gave the new management team a clean slate and said he was 100% on board. Then he saw the team they put together, watched them operate, realized they were idiots, and knew he was going to waste his prime here. So he asked out. I would have done the same thing at the same time. Well, not really. I’ve been watching the Knicks for years and already knew Dolan and Mills are morons. I would have asked out sooner.