Comments on: NY Post: Knicks decide contract fate of Frank Ntilikina, Dennis Smith Jr.

By: Stratomatic: Sometimes referred to as Satan

Stratomatic: Sometimes referred to as Satan — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:55:58 +0000

You don’t need 5 scorers.

You need “enough scoring” balanced with rebounding, play making, ball handling, interior and perimeter scoring, and preferably 4-5 plus or even elite DEFENDERS.

The best defender in this lineup should be the weak link on a good defensive team (all while in the pre game he was still talking about defense). The worst thing that could happen is that we do well with this crap lineup for random reasons. Then he might think he’s on to something. You need good defense to win games. You start with defense and teamwork and work towards improving the scoring. Ultimately, you need star scorers, but when you don’t have them yet you play DEFENSE.

By: JK47

JK47 — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:55:13 +0000

I don’t want to overreact here because no matter how you shuffle all of this garbage around it’s still a bad team, but the whole concept of the 1+1 contracts and the idea that you’re going to faux-contend and that’s going to attract big star free agents is FUCKING STUPID.

For the billionth time, we could have used the Elfrid Payton/Duke Ellington/Whatever Other Pointless Veteran cap money to take on bad contracts and extract assets. We didn’t do that because guys like Elfrid Payton were supposed to bring us some sort of respectability or something. Well I guess that’s not really working out so far.

Just such a pointless exercise all around, such a needless expenditure of opportunity cost. Knicksy!

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:47:20 +0000

He proved that he’s the only guard on the team who can score at all 3 levels and doesn’t need to wait for a shitty pass from a scrub PG who can’t shoot.

Seriously, though, Trier handles the ball and passes as well as any of the PGs and is sneaky athletic (40″ vertical.) Until Barrett learns how to score from beyond 3 feet, you can’t have two guards who might go 2-15 in the first quarter starting the game. This lineup has 5 scorers and rebounders who can all get to the line and 3 perimeter shooters.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:42:51 +0000

It is also a little confusing since a lineup without Mitch won’t have the spacing issues that are normally a concern when Payton plays.

By: djphan

djphan — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:39:20 +0000

wow… pretty irresponsible… why are we not at least starting ellington? wtf did trier do in preseason to deserve this start?

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:39:20 +0000

So bend the f’n knee y’all, i’m as smart as a multi-million dollar genuine nba coach

By: JK47

JK47 — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:36:34 +0000

Fiz is galaxy braining his way through this one.

Just start Elfrid Payton. He wasn’t good in the preseason. He’s been reasonably cromulent for much of his NBA career. He’s probably not going to completely kill you out there.

Why are you signing dudes like this if you’re throwing in the towel on them before the opening game?

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:30:46 +0000

they are not starting trier at pg. fizdale was very specific that he considers rj the pg and claims he’s been playing him at point every day in practice.

By: KnickfaninNJ

KnickfaninNJ — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:30:07 +0000

Word is the decision was made on the basis none of the PG’s have earnt the starting role.

I believe it. It’s what I’ve been saying. The possible point guards lost the job instead of someone winning it. I’m wondering if we will have any defense at all though.

By: Stratomatic: Sometimes referred to as Satan

Stratomatic: Sometimes referred to as Satan — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:29:50 +0000

Fizdale in the pre game talk to reporters “Where’s Mudiay when you need him?”

Seriously, how could any human being think starting Mudiay (who was terrible and almost certainly a rental) made perfect sense, but starting one of our current 3 PGs now is a bad idea?

I surrender.