Comments on: ESPN.com: New York Knicks agree with Nerlens Noel, Elfrid Payton on 1-year deals

By: TDM

TDM — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 01:20:51 +0000

Rivers for 3 years and $10m is a reasonable deal but now the knicks have like 6 pgs on the roster and not one starting-caliber.

By: vincoug

vincoug — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:18:41 +0000

Ed Davis to Minnesota for Omari Spellman and Jacob Evans

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330661781283483651

By: TheOakmanCometh

TheOakmanCometh — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:35:17 +0000

When Rose was hired, I feared that he would lean toward hiring people that he “feels comfortable with.” Which sounds reasonable on its face, but ends up looking little different than cronyism. And based on his moves so far, we have no reason to think he’ll keep defaulting to guys in his inner circle.

He interviewed a bunch of head coaching candidates before choosing Thibodeau — who just happened to be his buddy and CAA connection. What a coincidence!

He hired assistant coaches Johnnie Bryant, Mike Woodson, and Kenny Payne — who all happen to be CAA clients.

He drafted Toppin, a poor fit with Mitch — who just happens to be repped by his son. What a coincidence!

He drafted Quickley 30 spots higher than anticipated — who just happens to have played under Kenny Payne. What a coincidence!

All reports are that he wanted to bring Melo back, which would have been an unbelievably bad fit for this team and makes no sense from a basketball perspective. But of course, Melo is his former client. What a coincidence!

Each of these moves is not awful in a vacuum (except the alleged Melo love). But taken together, they clearly show that Rose is anything but objective. It’s the same as Phil bringing in his boys Fisher and Rambis and throwing $72 mil at Noah because Noah came to North Dakota to kiss his ring.

I don’t trust Rose at all. His bias is going to bite us in the ass.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:34:55 +0000

Hollinger likes the Knicks offf season and gives them Kudos for patience. He thinks all three free agent contractors they signed will probably have trade value (Burks, Payton and Noel). He suggests the Knicks could take on Prince’s contract from the Nets in exchange for picks, but also expects that other salary dump deals could come in season. He concludes by saying:

That might not be the shiny, max free-agent contract Knicks fans hoped for, but it’s the right way to play their hand at this moment, and a marked departure from previous regimes in New York.

By: Deeefense

Deeefense — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:20:29 +0000

Austin Rivers 1 year!

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:16:26 +0000

However, Berman is probably tight they were in a time crunch when other teams liked the players they liked in the second round.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:12:56 +0000

The Berman story sounds like the sort of thing someone might have told James Dolan when he asked how are we going to be competitive this year. “Well, we’re going to try and sign such and such players and that will make us competitive”. Then you go ahead and execute your preferred strategy and say “well those guys just weren’t available and Gordon Hayward had a godfather offer, so we did plan B”; even though it was your expectation and plan to do B anyway unless some miracle happened in the free agent market. Then someone can say to Berman, that’s what we wanted to do even though actual management had no expectation of actually doing it.

By: E

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:57:21 +0000

The Glass Half Rebuilt:
I can’t bring myself to be excited about this team until Julius Randle is gone. I just can’t see their being a cohesive offense or defense when we have a $19M washing machine camped in the paint.

Bingo. I detest him. Probably an overreaction, but that’s sports.

By: E

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:56:41 +0000

Early Bird: 1st unit:
Payton
Bullock
Burks
Randle
Mitch

That’s literally unwatchable and if it’s in fact the starting lineup I won’t be watching.

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 22:54:19 +0000

I can’t bring myself to be excited about this team until Julius Randle is gone. I just can’t see their being a cohesive offense or defense when we have a $19M washing machine camped in the paint.