Deeefense:
If Thibs put me infor 4 seconds, 5 seconds, and 14 seconds I might politely tell him “No thank you” or I’d say “Go F yourself”.It would depend onmy mood.

He’s just stretching him out for the end of the season. By game 72 he’ll be playing full minutes.

Hubert: well then I’ve got good news bc it was definitely you 🙂

(for real, though, it’s premature to gloat; you could probably be right.)

https://knickerblogger.net/ny-post-derrick-rose-less-knicks-ripped-by-spurs-fall-back-to-500/

Funny how the king of claiming to be misrepresented conveniently left out this part of my post:

“Or is it? We’ve done pretty well without Mitch, maybe we continue to gel. I mean, who thought we’d be 18-18 at the halfway point without anything at all from Obi?”

The Infamous Cdiggy: You can do a heck of a lot worse with them coming off the bench. Yes Bullock starts, but imagine him coming off the bench to spell our shiny new premium play-making sweet-shooting wing.*

*not sure where we get such a commodity – hopefully a diamond in the rough draft pick.

Imagine him being used as a stretch 4! Wouldn’t he be doing a much better job in that role than Obi?

He’s a solid player. As long as he isn’t making more than the MLE I’d be happy to have him around as a versatile bench guy.

BigBlueAL: I just never thought their floor was as low as 32 but certainly not 39 as their ceiling which I remember being thrown out there.

I think between 35 and 37 wins is their realistic range.

As I said earlier, that comeback in the Memphis game was huge. We could easily have lost tha TOR game too. We have clearly locked up the 10 spot. As to our final record, the next 8 games will be telling, we could go 2-6, 6-2 or anything in between. I can’t imagine us doing better than 2-4 on that 6 game road trip, and then we have the Hornets and Celts in what could be very meaningful games to finish the season.

Z-man: No matter, I’m in the “I love being wrong about stuff when it means the Knicks are overachieving”

well then I’ve got good news bc it was definitely you 🙂

(for real, though, it’s premature to gloat; you could probably be right.)

Z-man
March 4, 2021 at 2:00 am
Barring moves and major injuries, I’m predicting 15-21 for the second half. 33-39 for the 9th seed. A lot depends on the last 8 games and whether teams have something to play for or rest guys for the playoffs.

Z-man
March 4, 2021 at 5:49 am
yeah pepper and Bruno, you’re probably right. I gave them a 2-3 game Thibs boost, but now that there’s plenty of scouting film, I can see things coming down to our roster, which is bad. 15 is more like a best-case scenario.

https://knickerblogger.net/ny-post-derrick-rose-less-knicks-ripped-by-spurs-fall-back-to-500/

Hubert: Reggie Bullock can stick around for a couple more years as far as I’m concerned. Alec Burks, too.

You can do a heck of a lot worse with them coming off the bench. Yes Bullock starts, but imagine him coming off the bench to spell our shiny new premium play-making sweet-shooting wing.*

*not sure where we get such a commodity – hopefully a diamond in the rough draft pick.

Hubert: 19 games ago you said 33-39 was the most optimistic outcome you could imagine for the remainder of the season.

It was swiftandabundant that predicted 39 wins, I scoffed at that at the time, don’t feel like looking back but I recall saying that 37 was a hard ceiling. No matter, I’m in the “I love being wrong about stuff when it means the Knicks are overachieving” camp. It’s been a fantastic season, even with the unfortunate demise in our chances for a top-5 draft pick. I have truly enjoyed watching this team play New York Knicks lunchpail basketball this entire season. We are no longer a doormat laughingstock with dysfunction, as KP put it, from top to bottom. We’re neck-and-neck with the Celtics and Heat, for fuck’s sake. Sure, I pine for the days of no more DRose or Elfrid, but it is at least looking like we are on the right track.

pepper: still don’t like the fact that we are winning with rose/payton/bollocks/taj…none of them are part of the future…

Reggie Bullock can stick around for a couple more years as far as I’m concerned. Alec Burks, too.