Comments on: 2019-20 Game Thread: Knicks @ Rockets

By: KnickfaninNJ

KnickfaninNJ — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:38:26 +0000

I am sure the coach is getting some direction on how to allocate playing time, but it’s not necessarily at the level of give player A more minutes. At the beginning of the season the direction was clearly play the players who give the best chance to win. Then the direction might have been showcase Smith for a trade. Now it’s hard to tell, but my guess is it’s something like help us figure out which players we should try to keep next year. If this is the sort of direction the coaching staff is getting, it seems like normal management to me.

By: Knew Your Nicks

Knew Your Nicks — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:59:42 +0000

Game thread ?

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:58:55 +0000

Game thread?

By: geo

geo — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:31:41 +0000

It’s such a beautifully perfect bit of nonsense consultant-babble. Innovation! Google! Transformation! None of our prospects can shoot the basketball into the net but ultimately how important can that be as compared to something completely new and innovative.

we seem to consistently do a lot of “innovative” things…that don’t work out well…

no secrets here, but, yeah – it always starts at the top…what has somewhat worked well for dolan in certain aspects of business: it’s not what you know, but who you know he continues to try and push the knicks in the same direction…relationships, relationships…when you are a billionaire’s son, well that is how you get ahead i imagine…

despite the fact that it doesn’t do shit for your roster or player development, or play in general…for jimmy D being successful will always be about: who you know….

By: geo

geo — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:24:03 +0000

Mr. LookinLikeTheThing

oh my goodness, mister julius does sort have a slight resemblance to one benjamin grimm in the midst of having his rock on…

you know when they do that baby pic segment during one of the msg broadcasts – he was actually a pretty adorable baby, in a not so actually adorable way…

By: bidiong the not so great

bidiong the not so great — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:06:53 +0000

Strat, you write this?

Porzingod!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:32:57 +0000

In reply to thenamestsam.

I’m not particularly pro-Miller but this seems more like an organizational issue to me. Fiz was doing the same thing, and the roster was clearly constructed in a way that was going to limit some of the kids minutes given just how many veterans were added to the team (and particularly vets on short-term deals who need to play for their next deal). If the organization thought it was a big priority to get Mitch and Knox minutes this year they wouldn’t sign Taj, Randle and Portis in FA for like 50M in combined salary.

Agreed. That’s the maddening thing and why I think it’s likely forced on Miller, because Miller specifically has said that he wanted to keep Wooten in the G-League because (wait for it) he needed minutes! “He needs that experience right now. He’s getting major minutes there, he’s involved in late-game things, he’s seeing all these different situations. He’s trending the way he needs to. He’s doing everything he needs to right now.” It was the most absurd comment that made me think, “Okay, since this doesn’t make sense, the easiest solution is that he’s being forced to play certain guys.”

By: wetbandit

wetbandit — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:16:33 +0000

Knox for Malik who says no

By: wetbandit

wetbandit — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:15:59 +0000

I’ve only seen a few episodes of Billions, but the Knicks could ABSOLUTELY use an in-house ‘wall street psychologist’ to help our young headcases.

Looking at you Mr. WTFIsUpWithYoGroin, Mr. NeedsToStartJunior, Mr. CrazyEyesYouGottaGotSomethin, Mr. LookinLikeTheThing..

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:13:14 +0000

Let’s trade for Malik Monk now