http://knickerblogger.net/knicks-vs-cavaliers-3rd-2020-21-preseason-game-thread/

Ah, Burks is absent for personal reasons.

There it is! Mitch is back in the starting lineup, and joined by…Bullock?

I’m waiting for a starting lineup for a game thread. It is a bit later than the first two games. Maybe Thibs is trying to think of ways not to start Mitch.

Mitch is starting at center (which Thibs told the beat writers he planned to do even if Noel was healthy, just to see Mitch play with the starters), and Bullock at shooting guard.

GoNYGoNYGo – Tanking forever: We’ll never know, will we?

“The Knicks had intel he wanted to stay in Toronto where he is close with backcourt mate Kyle Lowry. A source close to VanVleet said he wasn’t much interested in becoming the Knicks savior and preferred to stay put.”

https://nypost.com/2020/11/21/potential-knicks-target-fred-vanvleet-stays-with-raptors/

This article is from a month ago. You can dream about the alternate reality where he signs with us if you want, but it seems really clear that Van Vleet did not want to come here.

swiftandabundant:
Thinking of Quickley…

I’d really like to see this 5 man unit

Quickley
RJ
Burkes
Toppin
Mitch

We need to see RJ, Toppin and Mitch together. They’re our 3 best young players and the future of this franchise, for now at least, depends on them developing and learning to play together. And while Quickley may not be a PG (for now at least), if he can at least sort of be a PG, RJ can have playmaking duties in this lineup as well. It puts at least two 3 point shooters on the floor around RJ plus Toppin. We need to see this line up.

Agree.

Mike Honcho:
I think you’re misunderstanding me. Van Vleet did not want to come here, so it seems the money was largely irrelevant. Offering him $5 million more a year was not going to change his mind.

We’ll never know, will we?