Comments on: SNY.com: Sources: There’s been early grumbling among some Knicks about role with the team

By: Nick C.

Nick C. — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:42:07 +0000

That minutes allocation is ridiculous. We want to see a lot of guys but we’ll play one guy at 3/5 positions 2/3 of the game. It makes no sense.

By: geo

geo — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:00:55 +0000

I liked this one from Tommy Beer about our preseason…

There are only three players in the NBA averaging more than 28 minutes per game this preseason.
All three play for the Knicks:

Julius Randle: 30.1 mpg
Bobby Portis: 30.1 mpg
and
RJ Barrett, who is averaging a whopping 37.9 minutes per game.

dang, we can’t even get the preseason right…

not sure why – but i’m feeling a little optimistic for the yankees chances tonight…let the astros finish the series out at home…

too bad no frank tonight – he’s inspired the most debates and posts since melo and lin…

God, those minute allocations actually have me wondering if Fiz WILL start Crazy Eyes over Mitch.

i think the only question still left for our starting five is who will be the starting point guard – the other four starting positions seem to be set…

By: JK47

JK47 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:50:50 +0000

Knox has pretty good wheels for a guy his size, so that’s an attribute. I’d think he’d mostly play the 3 and then some occasional smallball 4.

Ah, fuck it who cares. He’s not really very good to begin with so what difference does it make. His best position is DNP.

By: djphan

djphan — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:33:20 +0000

knox will definitely not be a PF… in fact i think they should go the other way with him and make him a SG….

i think what’s clear is that he’s not as athletic as ppl think he is… he’s a good 3p shooter… and that’s about it… and his deficiencies everywhere else can be masked better in the backcourt.. where the thresholds for those other skills are much much lower…

By: djphan

djphan — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:23:17 +0000

portis is a mildly interesting prospect…. he deserves some time…. i was pretty high on him coming out of college…

but he’s not that interesting where you start him over someone like mitch…. and even if you’re going to a merit based system he’s definitely not better than taj at this stage… and he’s not good at all defensively which kind of sucks if he’s your center…

his upside is something like a rich man’s olynyk…. but he just shoots so much! like a lot!

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:17:55 +0000

The thing is, I didn’t hate the idea of Portis at his OLD salary as a backup pf!

But I think most here agree that pf will eventually be Knox’s best position if he’s ever decent. We also have Randle, Taj, and Morris plays some pf… not to mention all the small-ball varieties we should try with the new kids. So some of these guys will definitely eat into Mitch’s center minutes.

All these vets should get the chance to play at first (that means at least 15-20 mpg each if they’re healthy), so yeah, a lot of the young guys will be on the outside looking in.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:45:22 +0000

We were talking earlier about what would need to happen for Fizdale to get fired, and I mentioned that the team looked like it could be a mess if players start complaining about their roles… granted it’s way too early to think about it, and we don’t even know what players are complaining or if the complaints are even true, but with this many players on effective 1 year contracts the narrative probably won’t go away during the season.

All these veterans signed with the Knicks because they could expect minutes and counting stats to sell to some team next season in search for bigger contracts. Even if the direct public complaints never happen, we can expect some of those guys to be chasing stats all season long, which is not gonna be fun to watch.

By: alsep73

alsep73 — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:27:18 +0000

Yeah, all the other contracts, save maybe Randle’s, are slight overpays, but not outrageously so. And you can see how any of the other vets would be useful to us or another team, even if we didn’t need all of them. (i.e., Ellington or Bullock, not both) But Portis seemed like a massive overpay even then. It appears that the FO thinks he’s some great untapped young talent, but we know how sketchy their talent evaluation can be. If we wanted a stretch 5, should’ve just kept Kornet at a fraction of the cost.

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:04:00 +0000

We all said it at the time but the addition of Portis remains incredibly baffling.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:00:04 +0000

God, those minute allocations actually have me wondering if Fiz WILL start Crazy Eyes over Mitch. And I’m enjoying RJ so far, but please Fiz: don’t run him into the ground.

Jesus, I’m starting to miss Hornacek!