NY Daily News: James Dolan has coronavirus, Knicks say he has ‘little to no symptoms’

Great, now he’s gonna write a bullshit song about it

Cuz we didn’t have enough moral dilemmas.

🙂

Dolan also is paying Garden staff through May rather than just through early April.

Let him live!

Totes, I agree 100% about Jimmy D. About the draft picks, I have no clue.

On another matter, I started listening to the Dunc’d On podcast where they discussed redrafting the 2015 draft. I got to the point where they both described how they had seriously considered naming KP the best pick in the draft. I had to turn it off. It was too depressing.

They did both end up with Towns being number one. They both just considered him for the one spot. One of them had another player also in contention as number two, but I didn’t get far enough to find out who that was.

So, if KB was to redraft 2015, how would it look? Based on body of work thus far, plus projected improvement, would the lottery look like this?

1. Towns
2. Booker
3. Harrell
4. Turner
5. Porzingis
6. Holmes
7. Russell
8. Wright
9. Nance
10. Rosier
11. Richardson
12. Oubre
13. Powell
14. Cauley-Stein

I know Booker has been unpopular here, but he got was more efficient this year. It’s hard to argue Porzingis made a bigger leap, especially when you factor in his fragility.

**In a redraft there is no question that no matter who is picking, Porzingis goes 1 or 2, as he should.**

Maybe. I just wonder if he’s done enough to put the injury concerns to bed going forward. Whereas Booker made a tremendous leap efficiency wise this year, has been a #1 option already, and has played 4000 more minutes in the league already.

It is pretty shocking how many disappointments and busts that overhyped draft produced.

*”It is pretty shocking how many disappointments and busts that overhyped draft produced.”**

Of the top 12 picks, Towns is the only one still with the team that drafted him. Everyone else was jettisoned for one reason or another.

(In fact, of the entire first round, only Towns and Booker are still with the teams that drafted them. That’s crazy for a draft that was only 4 drafts ago.)

I see we have roused Strat…..

Since it’s a “redraft” I’m assuming we’re not taking contracts into account:

1. Towns
2. Booker
3. Harrell
4. Russell
5. Porzingis
6. Turner
7. Wright
8. Powell
9. Holmes
10. Nance
11. Rozier
12. Oubre
13. Richardson
14. Connaughton

-I’ve thought for a while that SGs get the short shrift from all-in-one metrics (basically because they’re not in position to rack up assists/rebounds) and Booker stands out in that regard. If he’s a legit .600+ TS% on ~30% USG guy, that’s really hard to find and makes his deficiencies easy to build around.

-There are a few bigs that are objectively more productive than G/Fs, but I’d still pass them up if it’s somewhat close due to positional scarcity. It’s just a lot harder to find productive guards and wings than bigs these days.

-Porzingis vs Turner is pretty hard and I could be convinced either way. At the end of the day, it’s hard to argue with the fact that Porzingis has the higher ceiling.

-Fun fact: we traded the draft pick used to draft Harrell for exactly 250 minutes of 38 year old Marcus Camby. I swear every time I think I know every specific instance of Dolan’s Razor rearing its ugly head, I discover a new one.

This year was shaping up to be a good lab experiment on the relative value of guards vs. wings vs. bigs. You have a few contending teams that are more big-centric (Bucks, Philly, Lakers somewhat), wing-centric (Clips, even with Kemba, tough call) and guard-centric (Rockets, OKC, Blazers) and then some more traditional well-rounded teams (Raps, Pacers, Nuggets, Utah, Dallas).

Still, fuck James Dolan

Mac Mclung is a 6’2 guard from GTown with delusions of grandeur.

happy birthday walt…nobody does it better…

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/28967884

Just watched the 55-pt Jordan disaster. Man, was Patrick awesome that game. The energy in MSG was so ridiculous in those days, can’t imagine that we’ll ever see that again.

This draft is going to be gut-wrenching. LaMelo, Edwards and Wiseman are the only 3 guys that interest me, in that order, and all will likely be long gone by the time we pick. Toppin could be a John Collins-type, maybe even Amar’e -like, but we have Randle in his way. Cole Anthony is more of a combo guard and seems like a backup-level prospect. Hayes and Halliburton have funky shots. Avdija is talented but maybe too soft. Okongwu is raw and looks to have a low ceiling. We don’t need Oturu with Mitch around. Maledon does nothing for me. Mannion seems like an end-of-first round guy. We already have one RJ who can’t shoot.

Damn.

This virus is absolutely wild. A family member of mine just tested positive, she’s in her mid-60s. I’m banking that her genetics are too strong to succumb to this (both of her parents went to concentration camps).

The moral dilemmas are coming to light more now than ever. My dad lives by himself and just herniated his back. I’m not sure how to help him because I live in a hot spot and don’t want to infect him. Life will be so much easier when we can get tests and make smarter moves, but until then…. uncertainty and precautions.

Also, my dog is going crazy, any tips on maintaining a high energy animal while quarantined?

Joint of the day to hopefully give people some spiritual energy, because of course, it takes an apocalypse for Jay Electronica to release an album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk-TBouw57M

Hearing we’re interested in resigning Mo Harkless and he’s interested in staying on the Knicks.

Wish reporters would just say Mo’s agent told me he hopes the Knicks want to pay him.

Dred, here’s a link to an article about the Knicks interest in Harkless:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/29/knicks-interest-in-keeping-maurice-harkless-is-growing/

It says that team executives became interested in evaluating him further during the rest of the season. That sounds like a source in the Knicks’ organization instead of just Harkless’ camp.

just cuz one little thing was missing from the post to make it absolutely perfect:
He’s trying, but officials want confirmation that the interiors will not be smeared with vaseline “for convenient snacking”.

geo: sam’s club??? stay safe z-man…do you still run anymore?

Sam’s club is big enough and sparse enough to feel safe, you self-check out after wiping it down

Yeah, I run every 2-3 days, there’s a paved trail system (old RR beds) right behind my abode. My back is not good, otherwise I’d do it more. When you pass people it’s not quite 6 feet but what the hell….gotta do a little bit of living

for how long, how many miles, do you listen to audio while you run…what got you in to running in the first place…

sorry for the questions…i’m worse in person at times…

i’ll never forget hanging out at some bar with a buddy…we got in to a random conversation with some stranger…he mentioned something that caught my interest (martial arts training for his child) – i started battering him questions…after a minute or two he just looked at me and asked: are you a cop or something?

my first recognition and reference for your moniker here was your stories of running 🙂

you self-check out

need to remember to do that…also, read some where that ibuprofen/advil may not be the best at this time…need to pick up some tylenol…i love me some advil…

geo…how the hands doing?

geo…how the hands doing?

hope you and the missus is well…i hope you’re family is all well too…

i am lotioning like crazy 🙂

i live in so cal close to the desert…hard to describe just how arid the air is here…during the summer i have to water the garden every day or stuff starts dying – fast…i swear i can feel the moisture being sucked out of my body at times…

Sometimes I would remember how many laps I ran by by counting off Knicks jersey numbers.

yeah, that’s really weird – you, should talk someone about that…

oh, you just did…yeah, second opinion on that particular behavior…yeah, that’s weird…

SPOILER ALERT!!!
Hints to trivia Q’s:
1) A current Knick has this number, sad to say
2) They are consecutive odd numbers
3) 5 were on the team at some point since 2012, none played more than 2 seasons with the team
4) There is an ironic element to the answer

geo…doing good here in NorCal…..just hunkered down ….binge watched Season 3 of Ozark this weekend…that was my highlight..

Started running at the high school track down the street…up to 3 miles every other day…painful…

I have no good guesses re:Jersey numbers. Of the Knicks that I’ve seen play, I feel like #21 has been worn a lot (Charlie Ward, Gerald Wilkins, (Eddie Lee Wilkins?), Ariza I think maybe, I’m sure there are others too. I have no idea if it’s currently worn these days. But I’ll guess that for question #1.

For #3 I’ll guess Metta World Peace. I have no idea what his number was, but I’m sure it was something goofy.

Also, I’ll guess Bargnani, because I remember everything about him being dumb. He probably wore 69 or something.

For #4, I have to be honest, I’m not even sure which numbers are retired. I know the players, just not the numbers. I have no idea what people wore pre-1987 when I went to my first game.

Since the answer is ironic, I’ll guess #33 cause it was the most recent, and therefore the longest in circulation. (and I know it’s retired:)

#2 is correct!

Wait, back in the old days (aka, the Z-Man days:), did players need to wear numbers between 1-12? If so, those numbers will be grossly over-represented. (Also, I think it used to be a rule that all numbers had to align with the refs fingers? So like 0-10 was allowed, then 11-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45, 50-55 and no more? Maybe that was a school thing or something, but was that an nba thing too?

*#2 is correct!*

Nice! That was fun to deduce:)

So, World Peace and Bargnani are wrong, huh?

What about Baron Davis? He wore something odd I think.

Donnie Walsh: Wait, back in the old days (aka, the Z-Man days:), did players need to wear numbers between 1-12? If so, those numbers will be grossly over-represented. (Also, I think it used to be a rule that all numbers had to align with the refs fingers? So like 0-10 was allowed, then 11-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45, 50-55 and no more? Maybe that was a school thing or something, but was that an nba thing too?

Nah, George Mikan wore #99, Wes Unseld wore #41 (featured in season 3 of The Wire)

However, lower numbers were generally more popular and numbers with units digits between 0-5 were also more popular, mainly because players tended to keep their numbers from HS/College days where those restrictions were in place.

Didn’t Sheed have some odd numbers?

Sorry, my bad…Bargs is correct (they should retire that fucker) and MWP shared #51 with the immortal Michael Doleac

Good, Scorpio! Sheed is the only player to have worn #36 (that folled me, I thought that would be more popular!)

Scorpio Dragon: I’m answering this question.
Of the 7 Knicks retired numbers, which was worn by the fewest players before being retired?
I’m not sure about Question 3 at all.

Z-man:
Good, Scorpio! Sheed is the only player to have worn #36 (that folled me, I thought that would be more popular!)

Though apparently, I can guess my way to some right answers.

“I guess it depends on what happens to the cap, but Harkless is probably getting more than 3-4 million. He’s a decent wing, and guys who can defend on the wing and hit an open 3 are the kinds of players good teams are always looking for.”

The only problem with this analysis is he CAN’T hit an open three: over 12,000 minutes and 997 attempts he converts at a crisp 32.5%. That legitimately sucks.

There is zero need for wing players like this on the roster that don’t do anything particularly well and shoot 3’s at what any person would say as poorly

No, the data is from B-ref, I can’t even remember my own phone number!

Ian Begley is reporting that the Knicks front office was looking at the trade deadline at a deal with Charlotte that would’ve sent Randle, Smith Jr AND a future 1st rd pick for a package that included Terry Rozier and Malik Monk. Thank God Mills was fired….

Althouth I like Rozier more than Randle and Monk as a prospect WAAY more than DSjr, a first is too much. Maybe if it was this year’s clippers pick and they threw in another second, but beyond that, glad it didn’t happen.

THCJ: Is he any more of a scrub than Randle? Their advanced stats are almost identical and at least Rozier is younger has played reasonably well on a playoff team, especially as an under 24 year old player in 1200+ playoff minutes. He’s a very good perimeter defender and his offense this year is about the same as Randle’s. He plays a position that’s harder to fill (there were PFs galore in the discount bin last year). He shot 40% from 3 on high volume and shot 87% on FTs on a career-high volume. His contract is about the same money and runs the same length and actually decreases by $1m each year. Randle has that team option $4 mill buyout, and if we can’t trade him we either have to keep him at $20 mill or take a $4 mill cap hit.

Rozier is younger has played reasonably well on a playoff team,

Except Rozier (26) is not younger than Randle (25)

*No, the data is from B-ref, I can’t even remember my own phone number!*

Oh, wow, #5 is the most worn number?? That’s funny. Of all the 27 players that have worn it, the only one I can see it on in my mind’s eye is Tim Thomas.

Answers:
1) #5 (27 players, hopefully it will be 28 soon)
2) #27 and #29
3) #24 Bill Bradley (maybe the least deserving retired number in the NBA based on career stats, only one all-star appearance, and very few players will have that number in the near future due to Kobe tragedy, DAL retired it already)
4) #00 Enes Kanter, #28 Andrew Lang; #36 Rasheed Wallace; #46 Dennis Bell; 49 Shandon Anderson; #67 Taj Gibson; #77 Andrea Bargnani; #85 Baron Davis; #91 Mindaugas Kuzminskas

>>>“With Ntilikina on the floor, the Knicks’ defensive rating was 110.5 (ranked 16th). Without him, the rating was 114.1 (28th).”

This is a pretty good reason to keep him around I think they were 23rd overall.<<

Obviously, if I was in charge I'd keep him. But given the way this team has been built in recent years and specifically the way they've handled him, if I was him or his agent I'd ask for a trade.

If I was Dotson I'd want out also.

Maybe things will different under Rose, but I don't think so. I think they are going to continue to overvalue scoring, athleticism, aggressive shot creation, etc.. and undervalue defense, ball movement, player movement, team oriented thinking, deflections, taking away passing lanes, help defense, and other things that don't hit the boxscore as hard or make as strong a visual impression.

As a fan I want him to stay and play for the Knicks and as fan I want him to go somewhere where he can be developed and used properly so he can reach his potential.

Frank would have been in college or a Euro league in that era at that age. When he’s 26 he’s going to able to handle that physicality.

You and I differ on how significant the differences in BPM and VORP are. Yes Ward had better numbers, but those two numbers are quite sensitive to changes in basic stats. So a small difference in the stats that go into them turns into a larger difference in the final stat. I agree Ward was better, but Frank has five seasons to get there and match Ward’s numbers. The amount of expected improvement from age 21 to age 26 is probably much more than that.

We agree to differ on how big the advanced stats difference is. As for how is the draft of Frank working out, I would say it’s working out fine. I don’t say that because he’s very good, I say that because getting a role player at that point in the draft is a common outcome, and getting a bust is a significant possibility. I believe we have gotten at least a role player. Just look at the 2015 draft which we just discussed for an example. Okafor, Hezonja, Mudiay, Cauley-Stein, Stanley Johnson, Kaminsky and Winslow were all drafted in the top ten. How many of them would you rather have than Ntilikina?

*Just look at the 2015 draft which we just discussed for an example. Okafor, Hezonja, Mudiay, Cauley-Stein, Stanley Johnson, Kaminsky and Winslow were all drafted in the top ten. How many of them would you rather have than Ntilikina?*

Every single player of those 2015 lottery was more productive than Frank was in their respective 3rd years with the lone possible exception of Mudiay, who is historically terrible, like Frank.

Ntilikina even has the worst D-rating of the bunch, which may not be that indicative of his defense, but makes him 0 for everything in measuring up against these people, which is not good.

In fact, since defense is the one thing that makes people even consider keeping him on a basketball court, it is a great question to ask “would you rather have Stanley Johnson or Frank Ntilikina?” because Stanley Johnson was terrible on offense and strong on defense and was better than Frank in TS%, D-Rating, O-Rating, PER, WS/48, OBPM, DBPM, BPM, And VORP. And the Pistons still didn’t want him when his rookie contract was over.

So, I’ll agree to agree with Z-Man.

Look, I hope that Frank turns the corner next year on his way to becoming an all-star in a Knicks uniform. Even if he could just put up a .560 TS% on good volume and become a better rebounder, he’s a decent rotation piece on the right salary, albeit of the dime-a-dozen variety. But to be happy that we drafted him based on what he has shown thus far is ludicrous. It’s squinting and wishful thinking to the max.

Frank Ntilikina ranks 55th in VORP of 56 players in the 2017 draft class who have seen an NBA floor. He was picked before all but 7 of them. God awful pick.

Every offseason some people panic that some smart team is gonna swoop in and steal our stud out from under us, and every offseason I assure them that they should have no fear. Frank Ntilikina has presumably been available at a low cost for a long time. There haven’t been any takers, and there will not be any takers for the last year of a rookie deal that has yielded no production and negligible improvement.

If a well-run team trades for Ntilikina you all will have the right to laugh at me! I’ll be wrong. I just do not foresee a scenario in which a team trades anything for one year of a guy who will very rarely see the floor for them.

*How much do you think he should be paid on his next contract? Years and money, please.*

You pretty much have the perfect comp in Stanley Johnson. Johnson has the exact profile as Ntilikina: abhorrent on offense, good on defense. Johnson signed a 2/$7.4mil contract with a 2nd year player option. He isn’t going to live up to that contract. And is going to opt in this year, then be out of the league the next year. Ta-da!

I have no doubt that they could spend $3.5M better than on Ntilikina, who is still among the worst players in the league despite his precipitous climb to a .497 TS%, but I’m not totally opposed to that contract. Mostly because I don’t think they would spend the money on young, unproven talent. They’d probably spend it on some older veteran for “culture” purposes. I’d rather have a guy at 23 and 24, even if he’s a scrub.

PG was always the 1 position the late 90’s-early 2000’s Knicks were heavily criticized about, Marbury had the famous quote that the Knicks couldn’t win a championship with Childs and Ward at PG. But when you look back at their stats during those years Childs and especially Ward were pretty good players. Ward had a few seasons where he was a way above average player and finished his career as a 36% 3pt shooter which is saying something because when he was drafted his perimeter shot was by far his biggest weakness and it showed his first couple of seasons but he became a very good 3pt shooter as he became the starting PG and the Knicks reached back-to-back conference finals.

He was also the 26th pick in the draft, when you consider that plus how much he improved year to year Ward is actually one of the most underrated players in recent Knicks history.

Yeah BBA but Ward was no Frank

Frank is definitely not the most optimal way to spend a 3/$12M or so contract, but I wouldn’t really have a problem giving it to him. There’s not that much opportunity cost involved there. Until we’re actually a decent team, none of this matters much anyway.

You would just think the Frankophiles would stop and think for a second about why none of the actual decent teams want anything to do with Frank, but whatever.

I think Frank’s a vet minimum guy on his next deal. Like Noah Vonleh was. Maybe you give him a little more so you can add the team option in case he breaks out, something like $3MM for one year with a team option for the 2nd.

*Except that Johnson is a small forward and Ntilikina is a point guard. Stanley Johnson money for Ntilikina would be fine for me?*

Would Stanley Johnson production be fine for you too?

Also, of all those 2015 lottery picks that haven’t panned out, if Frank Ntilikina had put up production like Mario Hezonja did during his 3rd year, his loyal supporters would be having a collective orgasm. A TS% of .544, a WS/48 that went up 100 points from the year before, a positive VORP, a positive DBPM, and even a higher steals rate than Frank has ever put up.

When he signed here, there was only mild enthusiasm for his one-year deal. Why? Because, despite him being better than Frank, he still wasn’t good. And he wasn’t “our” project to overvalue, so our analytical objectivity wasn’t perverted. We knew he’d probably be bad, and he was, and he bounced to the next town.

I don’t know Johnson’s stats well, so I can’t comment on his production than Franks. But the market for forwards and point guard is different so I would never compare the two when thinking about an appropriate strategy.

by the time frank is 30 he will have played on several knick playoff teams, and been selected to multiple all defensive teams…

I just figured out who actually convinced the Knicks to give out all those bad deals and make those bad trades over the years since Dolan has run the team: CAROLE F’N BASKIN!

Sorry..quarantine brain made me say it lol

Also heads up that The Favourite leaves HBO Now tonight. It was marvelous. If you like period dramas, black comedy, strong female leads and some seriously weird cinematography, it’s worth the watch.

if payton can stay healthy, he can play…when his legs/back are good elf “hits” his layups pretty consistently…he can get some steals too, and, it’s easy to tell he likes to pass…

his shot is useless, but, that’s only one part of basketball…a big part, but, just one part…

For Me Frank is a bet.
A very fascinating one.
If …….Frank will kick ass.
But If………Frank will suck.
The odds of staying in the league are up to his will.
And so far i believe that his will is strong.
3yrs 20million Dollans by me

I’m up to episode 11 in season 3 of The Wire. Shit is real.

I’m up to episode 11 in season 3 of The Wire. Shit is real.

Probably the best single episode of the entire series.

DRed:
Would anyone here have guessed that Elfrid Payton was 6th in the NBA in assists per 36 minutes this season?I certainly would not have.

As one of the few Elfrid Payton endorsers, it doesn’t surprise me. I don’t look at ast/36 much but his AST% is nearly 40%. But the PG position has changed in the modern NBA, I’d argue scoring efficiently is more important than passing even at PG.

How much do you think he should be paid on his next contract?

4 years, years 3 and 4 team options*, whatever the absolute minimum is for the first two, and decent raises in 3 and 4. If he actually turns the corner then great, you’ve got him cheap. If he doesn’t and you need the roster spot waive him, no big deal. If I were a team interested in pulling him away form the Knicks that’s what I’d offer, and if I’m the Knicks I probably match if nothing else is going on with that roster spot. But then I think that’s a smart, team-friendly deal for any-long shot flyer. It’s dumb to give people a chance and then still have to pay them if they turn out.

*Or small amounts guaranteed, which ever makes the most since.

I know alot of are high on LaMelo, Hayes, and Edwards. All 3 would be good picks. But, wouldn’t it be just as fortuitous for the Knicks to end up with Obi and Haliburton? The more I think about it, I don’t see a reason NOT to try and land that tandem. Of course, it largely depends on where we land in the lottery, but I feel like we have enoug draft assets going forward that we can afford to make the necessary trades to land those 2. Plus, like him or not, Randle probably has more trade value than we are giving him credit for. I dunno. Maybe I’m biased, but I would be tickled to see Obi and Haliburton on the Knicks. And who knows? Maybe Knox continues his defensive development and shows he can handle the SF. I doubt it honestly, but we still have Iggy- whom I expect to be ready to contribute whenever the next season starts.

We’re not really in that bad a spot. Sure, the top to bottom talent isn’t great, but the cupboard isn’t bare at all.

Given Mitch’s presence, I’m not sure about adding Wiseman. Don’t get me wrong, Wiseman is VERY talented. I just haven’t seen enough of him to be completely sold on the idea of him turning that talent into a dominant player. But if he is the player we think he can be, he and Mitch would be a helluva 1-2 punch in the middle. Even better, we could package Mitch if we wanted to fill other holes or get more premium draft capital. What’s hard for me is because of his eligibility issues and competition he played against when he did play, Wiseman is probably the biggest unknown of the lottery. Still, that being said, you will get no complaints from me if we roll the dice on him- he’s extremely talented.

Jowles, for me “The Favorite” was a very well made film that I would only watch once. I “enjoyed” it for what it was but found it to be an uncomfortable viewing experience. I guess I just have a hard time watching movies where everyone is unlikeable.

But if we’re recommending HBO stuff. I REALLY love My Brilliant Friend. I think its one of the best pieces of TV made in the last few years. Also, if you like The Wire, The Deuce is really enjoyable and I’m also really liking “The Plot Against America” so far. Both David Simon shows.

Knew Your Nicks: Dogtooth started the so called “Greek Weird Wave” one of the very few modern greek stuffs I’m proud of.
If anyone likes more unconventional movie making such as from Lars Von Trier or Michael Haneke he should check it out.

Oh man, the term Greek Weird Wave is my new favorite thing. I’ll have to dig deeper, thanks for the tip!

The idea that there has been no trade in interest in Frank is more garbage.

Orlando was mentioned after his showing in France and then Orlando, Detroit, and the Suns again before the trade deadline, There were also reports of other teams that were interested because he was plus defender and they were wiling to take a look for a year to two to see if he could develop further on offense. That’s basically what any sensible “young” rebuilding team would do (which basically eliminates the Knicks).

You know you already have a pus defender. So it’s a 1-2 year flyer to improve one side of his game to neutral and become a plus overall player. It’s not like Knox where he’s bad on both sides and could turn out to be totally useless.

We wouldn’t have gotten back a top 10 pick, but there’s still plenty of interest among young teams.

Not being dumb enough to take back garbage for a plus defender that the team has consistently played better with on the court because of his off stas sheet contributions is the only smart thing Mills did in his entire career with the organization. That’s not even saying that much because at best he’s likely just going to very good role player on a very good team some day. But the main point is that there’s a market.

Stratomatic: Frequently wrong, but never in doubt: But the main point is that there’s a market.

There is a market for every player in the NBA. The question is, what do you have to do to make a trade? Do you have to include a 2nd rounder? Is it part of a bigger deal?

Bottom line re: Frank is that there is no indication whatsoever that any team was willing to give up anything of equal value (for example, an early 2nd rounder, which is probably the most that Frank is worth). No one has seen anything that indicates that a team was ever willing to give up a late first rounder for him, most likely because of the combination of Frank’s absolutely putrid play on offense and his $5 mill rookie-scale commitment. It is incredibly disingenuous for you to keep suggesting that there was a “market” for Frank.

Stratomatic: Frequently wrong, but never in doubt: If he breaks out next year, it may have been worth it. If not, it won’t be our worst mistake.

Could there possibly be a lower bar set for drafting Frank?

Strat, I feel you on the KP front, but your take on Frank is totally wack

I forgot we picked up Frank’s option so he’s under contract for next year.

geo:
When a light illuminates darkness, it can at first be offensive – we get comfortable in the dark, unable to see. But once our eyes adjust, we realize just how much we could not see.

or

There are conditions worse than being unable to see, and that is imagining one sees.

my money is on frank…

Your NON-24 is acting up, isn’t it? Or are you just ODing on your glaucoma meds again?

that’s a big overpay, but we don’t need to save money. we don’t need cap space or roster spots.

thankfully i sleep well (no jinx, no jinx, no jinx)…trouble sleeping is one affliction i am glad to do without…my only problem there is i can’t spend a day in bed like i used to resting up and watching tv/playing games…my stupid back just won’t allow that kind of inactivity anymore…

i may be ready to switch from my normal beer or two to wine soon…my drinking progression usually doesn’t make it past wine though…when i was going through the kitchen i only found one small bottle of liquor (like a double shot size of vodka) – for emergency purposes…most likely it’ll still be there the next time i clean 🙂

i am eating and consuming more weed though…no doubt about that…and, it does make me sleepy…better than those fucking xanax’s though – those fuckers seriously knock me out when i’m coming down off of them…thankfully i’ve been able to keep the xanax bottle shut the last month or so…it’s those little victories in life…

i see value in frank..after mitch and RJ, maybe the most value on the team going forward (other than the picks of course) – although, hopefully julius won’t play as bad or even worst next year than he did this year…

i’d wait to see what offers frank gets and do what’s possible to keep him on the team…i like frank on the knicks long term…part due to his skill set, partly due to the competitor the young man is becoming…

if anything, hell, we need more french guys on the team…

#buildaroundfrank 🙂

Binge-watching a show like this one is a fascinating experience in and of itself. It’s like a long movie with a lot of intermissions. I’ve watched most of the episodes between 11 PM and 1 AM on my laptop while sipping whatever good stuff I have. It’s pretty brilliant how the chracters’ lives are interwoven in such different backdrops, with McNulty being like 1 person removed from every character. None of the kill-offs or sex scenes seem too gratuitous or contrived (happened a lot in Thrones, especially later in the series.)

Frank’s future is likely not with the Knicks. Remember, he ditched CAA and Rose probably won’t be keen on keeping him around.

I know we don’t have to pay if. I was explaining why I don’t mind paying it.

Early Bird: I LOVE Lars Von Trier, Melancholia is my favorite movie.So I’ll definitely check that out. Thanks for the recommendation!

I’ve stopped on “Antichrist”.
Must watch Melancholia and his latest ones.
I LOVE his movies too.

Bondy reporting Leon Rose is looking into Elton Brand for GM… according to “league sources”… and he’s under contract for next year… would be terrible but I don’t believe it.

****”I don’t know what a typical salary for a back up point guard is but it’s probably not too much different from what Frank gets.”****

It’s hard to really find a market price for backup PG in this current NBA for a bunch of reasons like rookie pay scales (a lot of back up pgs are on rookie deals), the fact that some current backup PGs were initially signed to be starting PGs, and the fact that “PG” is rather fungible with positionless basketball being implemented by more and more teams. But as current backup PGs go, here are The price tags:

Dante Exum: $11,000,000
Tyus Jones: $8,800,000
Augustin: $7,200,000
Hill: $9,500,000
Mills: $12,000,000
Schroeder: $17,500,000
Joseph: $12,400,000
Clarkson: $12,500,000
Ish Smith: $6,000,000

Why the hell would Elton Brand even be in consideration? He had no previous experience, hasn’t done anything notable and very probably hurt his team more than he helped, he’s also not a real big name that could be meaningful despite all of this… why? It makes zero sense, why would he leave Philly too for the Knicks?

I’m going to take this as just a rumor because it’s too stupid to believe, and I want my blissful ignorance to last just a bit longer.

Thanks Donnie, it seems like backup point guards don’t come cheap.