Comments on: NY Post: Knicks thump Pistons to head into All-Star break over .500 https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/ Knicks, Stats, Humor, Analysis. Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: The Honorable Cock Jowles https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736615 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:59:42 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736615

Brian Cronin:
Jerami Grant turning down the same money to be the #4 guy on a championship contender to be the #1 guy on the second-worst team in the league and then getting traded to a team where he would be the #4 guy on a championship contender is such a peak NBA thing.

It’s good stuff, for sure. Grant was clearly betting on himself to become a “#1 option” type guy, right? Hitting free agency at 28 with a couple of high-volume seasons behind him. Behind Tatum, Kemba and Brown he’ll be lucky to score 10 a game.

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NetsTown: Blake Griffin is expected to sign with the Nets.
Are they becoming unbeatable?

Satire?

]]> By: NetsTown https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736612 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:29:21 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736612 Blake Griffin is expected to sign with the Nets.
Are they becoming unbeatable?

]]> By: Hubert https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736611 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:26:21 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736611

My argument against Beal is that there’s no reason to really make a move now instead of in the next off-season.

Oh, I’m in the offseason camp, too.

There’s only one way this works: we have to get to Beal the way the Lakers, Clippers, and Nets got to AD, Kawhi, Kyrie, and KD. That stuff happens, and we set up our front office to do that.

If Beal makes it known to the Wiz and the league that he wants to play for the Knicks, he can wield his opt out to ward off teams like Denver putting their best package on the table, and we can get him for a fair price.

The fair price is key. There’s no reason for Jrue Holliday to be the comp. That price had a Giannis extension baked
into it. Nor should the AD & Harden trades be a comp, bc those guys are legit superstars and Beal just a really great sidekick.

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736610 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:17:40 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736610 In reply to The Glass Half Rebuilt.

Jerami Grant turning down the same money to be the #4 guy on a championship contender to be the #1 guy on the second-worst team in the league and then getting traded to a team where he would be the #4 guy on a championship contender is such a peak NBA thing.

]]> By: The Glass Half Rebuilt https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736607 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:56:33 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736607 Re: Bosh vs Randle this year, it’s really a coin flip when it comes to production. Bosh is the better player because he could do the little things, man either front court spot, and that guy was an 11 time all star at the end of the day. Julius gives you more juice as a play maker which makes him a better option to run an offense through, but comparing Julius Randle in a season where he’s a top 15 player to Chris Bosh makes a lot of sense.

]]> By: Deeefense https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736606 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:53:42 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736606 I’d love to add Beal. I just can’t see a way of getting him without giving up one or more players that are key parts of the future. The one exception is Mitch. It’s not that I dislike Mitch or think he doesn’t have a lot more potential upside than Noel. It’s that I think we wouldn’t lose nearly as much if we started Noel and found another cheap backup as we would gain if we added Beal. If price that’s the problem. That said, if we stand pat going into the draft, I think we should be trying to move up to get a star. I think our chances are better with a top 5 pick than couple of mid teens picks even we threw in the 2nd rounder also.

]]> By: Deeefense https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736605 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:40:20 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736605 I think if you were a key piece on a team that competed for or especially won a championship and played at a high level people will give you extra credit because you’ve demonstrated you can perform well under the highest possible pressure against other great players. It’s also cumulative. The more you’ve done it the more credit you will get. That’s why Bosh is held in much higher regard than Randle.

]]> By: The Glass Half Rebuilt https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736604 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:35:00 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736604 I’m still out on Beal because of cost and Zach LaVine. I’m pretty sure LaVine will be available around the same time, and he’ll be cheaper because he won’t qualify for the 10 year max the way Beal will in two years. The way I see it, you could probably grab Ball and LaVine for the price of Bradley Beal. Give me the tall athletic backcourt of Ball and LaVinr, the bruising forward combination of Barrett and Randle, and then maybe take the upside play on Mo Bamba as the two-way paint beast his advanced numbers suggest he is. That sounds like a team.

Beal is the sexy name but he’s a luxury I wouldn’t go for.

]]> By: Frank https://knickerblogger.net/2021/03/ny-post-knicks-thump-pistons-to-head-into-all-star-break-over-500/#comment-736603 Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:32:46 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18730#comment-736603 I honestly would rather just play this year out and see what happens. Best thing that happens is that we somehow continue to improve, maybe make the 2nd round. Worst thing / best thing that happens is that we fall out of the playoffs and get a better pick. I think the point is made already – the Knicks are no longer a laughingstock. Barring a total collapse and Dolan coming in and giving covid to every fan entering the building, that point will stick.

I’m definitely not trading assets for dudes I can just sign in free agency in 4 months ie. Lonzo Ball. I’d rather overpay him in RFA and keep all my assets than send assets and THEN have still overpay him in RFA (maybe slightly less I guess). And you better believe 100% Lonzo (or at least his dad) wants to sign an offer sheet with the Knicks.

Re: Beal – I feel like he’s a #2. I would wait to throw our chips in for an actual #1.

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