Comments on: 2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks and Their Starting Point Guard, Derrick Rose vs. Kings

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 04:08:14 +0000

Well we certainly didn’t miss E tonight…
(I meant Elfrid)

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 04:05:41 +0000

I had made my peace with the end of Frank’s time with this team, and then Thibs played him ahead of Rivers and he played well. And now it’s gonna hurt all over again when he’s traded before the deadline. I’m dumb.

By: Deeefense

Deeefense — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 04:04:22 +0000

IMO, the chances they are going to trade Burks are fairly low. They are trying to make the playoffs and get better, not accumulate draft picks to get better in 2025. Burks is an important scorer off the bench. If they trade anyone, it will be Rivers (non essential for us but possibly useful to someone else) or there will be a bigger trade using one or more of our 1st round picks with Frank and/or Knox to upgrade a position. If nothing comes of it now, they’ll try later or use the Dallas pick(s) to try to move up in this year’s draft to get a potential key piece. I don’t see them drafting a bunch of young players in the teens and down with all our picks. They are going for a potential star by moving up in the draft or they are trading for one using those assets. One longshot possibility would be including Mitch and pick(s) for a very serious player.

By: Knew Your Nicks

Knew Your Nicks — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:50:57 +0000

“Strange days have found us
Strange days have tracked us down
They’re going to destroy
Our casual joys
We shall go on playing or find a new town
Yeah!”

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:49:54 +0000

d-mar: Call up the Clippers and try offering them Burks tonight!

They have that Oturu kid from Minnesota who they drafted with our 33rd pick. That would bring our entire draft night saga full circle!

By: Deeefense

Deeefense — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:49:39 +0000

rama is cautiously optimistic:
It’s so much easier to root for a team that plays defense.

I should tattoo that on my arm. 🙂

By: Deeefense

Deeefense — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:44:03 +0000

It’s hard to find a downside to this game.

Quick broke out of his slump
RJ broke out his slump
Rose broke out of his slump
Randle may be getting even better. There’s more of a quiet confidence about him now than at the start
Frank looked better than I expected given the injury, lockdown, and how little he’s played
Burks was in another dimension down the stretch
Noel keeps doing the job

Obviously playing against a bad defensive team helped, but we still looked good. We are tied for 5th in the standings and should keep improving. The real question is whether we can make any moves to improve the team before the deadline. I still think Quick is more of a score first combo guard than PG. I’m not sure he’s the solution at PG unless we are willing to play a multi-playmaker type offense where a lot of stuff runs through Randle and others also. Either way, we need an upgrade the starting PG position, improvement and more consistency out of RJ, and an upgrade over Bullock to make some noise. Bullock would be fine off the bench or maybe Frank can take over that role off the bench eventually, but to really make noise we have to upgrade there too.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:43:55 +0000

I am happy I don’t have to root for Fox. Feels like a future Knick.

Is that so? what a surprising development. I was a big fan of him a year ago.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:40:42 +0000

Brian Cronin: I think they own a decent second from a team.

EDITED TO ADD: They have Detroit’s seconds from 2024-26 and they have Atlanta’s 2022 second rounder.

Also, if we beat them in the standings then we swap picks anyways. So no helping them this year.

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:40:23 +0000

And so castles made of sand
Fall in the sea
Eventually

Down the court you can hear Thibs scream, “You’re a disgrace,”
As he slams the ball in the rookie’s face
And now he stands outside
And all the veterans start to gossip and drool

He cries, “Oh Quick, you must be mad,
What happened to the playing time you used to have?”
Against the whiteboard he leans and starts his ado,
And his tears fall and burn the Garden blue