Lebron James shouldn’t be in a leadership position either. Lebron is for Lebron whether it’s about money in his pocket or rings for his legacy. He made that clear when he trashed Daryl Morey for speaking up about Hong Kong. Other big names in the sport were complicit with their silence.

“I don’t want to get into a [verbal] feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke,” James said before the Los Angeles Lakers played the Golden State Warriors in a preseason game at Staples Center.

Maybe this is one of the downsides of kids coming out of college so young and then being coached by frauds.

I’m in no position to say which perspective is better, or if there’s even a “right” answer at all.

I do think it’s a little odd that the most vocal member of the former camp is a guy who…wasn’t going to play anyway.

DRed: Also we should really draft someone this year who can fucking shoot.

This I agree with. The last 3 Knicks #1 draft picks were Ntilikina, Knox and Barrett. Not one of them can shoot.

DRed:
Bob six Knicks shot sub 64% from the line last year.64% results in an above average points per possession.For the Knicks offense as a whole, a possession that resulted in FTAs for RJ was a positive outcome.That’s what I meant by not terrible.To me a terrible FT shooter is someone for whom taking FTs is a bad thing.

This blows me away. RJ Barrett ranks 113 out of 115 FT shooters last season, better only than Steve Adams and Andre Drummond. Baseball Reference
I don’t know how you spin the stats as positive. So lets use the dreaded eye test. What I saw too much of is RJ going up for a layup, getting hacked, missing the shot then hitting 1 of 2 from the line. The opponent then turn around and buries a 3. Recycle. That was the Knicks in 2019-20.

that’s an interesting stat, never thought of it like that…”

Yes…. everyone realizes getting to the line is wonderful. It is more efficient than shooting 40% from 3. The call it the Charity Stripe for a reason. Its a gift…. as long as you collect the gift by making them at a reasonable rate. However shooting 64% from the line leaves a quarter point on the table every trip you make there.

And of course you almost never get a second chance possession from the line where you get a substantial second chance possession when you brick a 3.

I think Barry Goldwater once said, “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. ”

Shooting Free throws at 64% is no virtue no matter how one spins it.

BigBlueAL:
Kyrie Irving getting destroyed on Twitter right now…

I support what Kyrie is trying to do, but I also can’t help but think he’s partly motivated by some 5G Coronavirus or illuminati conspiracy. Of all people the flat-earther is leading social reform in the NBA.

64% results in an above average points per possession.

that’s an interesting stat, never thought of it like that…