Comments on: 2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Cavaliers

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:14:07 +0000

Z – The pandemic has definitely juiced the comment numbers. The kind of thread we would get only at the trade deadline we get pretty frequently. No more tumbleweeds around here like the old days.

It would be interesting to see what would happen if we were a genuinely good young team.

By: Max

Max — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:51:27 +0000

Nice pod Alan! You made the KBloggers proud 🙂

Another good game from the Mavs, well done.
Anthony Edwards back to his normal.
Are the Raptors in trouble? (Don’t look, Hali with only one three but it was clutch)
Pop wont stop.
7-13 (!!) from 3PT for Lonzo and 0-6 for Lamelo, which of the two is a surprise?

Washington’s in a free fall but according to Woj:

Appearing on NBA Countdown, Wojnarowski said that Washington isn’t close to beginning another rebuild by moving its top player.

“He is not going to be on the trade market here in the near future and he’s not expressed, really at all yet, that he’s ready to move on,” Wojnarowski said. “He has loved that city, that organization and he’s fought through a lot there and he’s fighting through a lot right now.”

Wojnarowski said if Beal went on the market, Washington could receive a “massive” haul. A lot of potential suitors are hoping the Wizards will finally reach the point of listening to offers.

“He fits anywhere,” he said. “Teams every day in this league are monitoring the situation. They want to know if he gets lodged free, in terms of the Wizards being willing to talk about trades.”

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:17:44 +0000

Brian Cronin:
You did well on the podcast, Alan!

Thanks, guys. I’m definitely not the smartest basketball mind on here, but I’ve become pretty good at talking into a podcast mic over the years.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:47:37 +0000

In reply to Z.

You did well on the podcast, Alan!

By: Z

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 07:40:28 +0000

Whoa, 250 posts on the game thread for a sub .500 team in late January against the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers? That’s amazing.

I remember back in 2009 or so, it was just me and Frank O. on a game thread. No one else. Just the two of us watching a game together via KB. (And the knicks are pretty much just as blah now as they were then, “early on” in what was, even then, a seemingly endless “rebuild”. Crazy times indeed.)

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 05:35:35 +0000

Great pod. Repping us well.

I had forgotten we chose Ron Baker over FVV in addition to Knox over SGA

By: DRed

DRed — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 05:27:49 +0000

Knicks right now are the 8 seed and Dallas will give us a lottery pick

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 05:21:31 +0000

Alan & Vorkunov are great. I have no idea, because I don’t really check Knicks forums outside of here anymore, but the Iguodala-RJ comparison certainly strikes me as KB unique. Slowly the gospel of KB will spread to the outside world through our prophet Alan. Alan, it’s all on you to get DRed installed as Knicks GM.

By: djphan

djphan — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 05:18:50 +0000

i would rather have the picks…. kp’s ftr is sort of alarming right now…. the 2p fg% is nice but i think the ftr is a bit more real given kp’s history with scoring inside and it’s not uncommon for someone’s ftr to tank after knee injuries (e.g amare, blake)…. and kp was sort of soft to begin with…. the pick even if it’s late in the first should net a decent player and it wouldn’t take much to eclipse what kp gives you…. that’s not even accounting for the other pick and the contract….

it seems like kp is stuck and that’s because of his performance inside… but if his 2p fg% is anything close to real he could outperform those two picks…

but i wouldn’t want that contract to find out either way…

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 04:45:58 +0000

I don’t want KP

The Knicks looked great when RJ was on the floor. The statline was meh.

I don’t know. He just has these moments at the rim where he just sort of gets blotted out and puts up some feeble shot. And he doesn’t always shoot well. And he has a dumb turnover every game at least.

But other than that he looks pretty good.

Tyrese had 9 assists.

And Clint Capela is a guy again I think.