Z-man: Obviously you missed the entire Matrix era…

Nope, I saw plenty of Marion and Joakim Noah. Neither player has as weird a shooting form as Lonzo who shoots with his right hand but on the left side of his head.

vincoug: True, he hasn’t taken as many FTs as Lonzo did but he’s still hit them at a higher rate than Lonzo: 77% vs 67%.And even if he does need to tweak his shooting motion it’s not like it’s totally broken like Lonzo who has the weirdest shooting motion in modern NBA history.

Obviously you missed the entire Matrix era…

There was internal support to pass on Barrett and trade back for point guard Darius Garland, among others, to snare an extra pick.

The trade back target should’ve been Clarke.

Mills FO definitely wasn’t reading knickerblogger.

djphan:
yea i get that… but it’s not like we have enough of a sample that halliburton isn’t gonna turn into that… i think he has less free throws than lonzo had in college…. and i’m pretty sure he’s gonna have to tweak his shooting motion…

True, he hasn’t taken as many FTs as Lonzo did but he’s still hit them at a higher rate than Lonzo: 77% vs 67%. And even if he does need to tweak his shooting motion it’s not like it’s totally broken like Lonzo who has the weirdest shooting motion in modern NBA history.

And if you like FVV go watch some Grant Riller highlights. That’s the kid we need.

Perry will run the draft, to be staged Oct. 16, and deserves heavy credit for tabbing RJ Barrett at No. 3 last June and plucking Mitchell Robinson in the second round at No. 36 in 2018. There was internal support to pass on Barrett and trade back for point guard Darius Garland, among others, to snare an extra pick.

The Robinson selection is so golden it partially makes up for Perry taking Kevin Knox at No. 9 over Mikal Bridges, Michael Porter Jr., Donovan Mitchell and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Perry has assembled seven first-round picks in the next four drafts with cap flexibility — all factors in Thibodeau’s decision to not wait for potential openings in Houston, Philly and Brooklyn.

While Thibodeau is the sensible candidate to rep the Knicks during lottery proceedings Aug. 20, make no mistake: This is still Perry’s draft.

Glad to see Jake get a rare win.

As for the Knicks offering FVV $20+ million, I don’t know. That’d be an interesting decision.

Come on. Lonzo’s problems go way beyond not being able to shoot off the dribble. He shot 54% on FT this year which is the first time he’s shot over 50% as a pro.