Comments on: NY Post: Nets pay big James Harden price in close win over Knicks

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:16:55 +0000

Yon game thread. http://knickerblogger.net/2020-21-game-thread-knicks-a-team-that-said-luke-kornet-sure-he-could-improve-our-awful-team/

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:11:42 +0000

Z-man: As measuring sticks for team efficacy go, point differential is a very blunt instrument…

Sure, and the instrument gets duller with smaller sample sizes, COVID and scheduled rest. 538’s ELO is my go-to, at this point. SRS is fun for historical analysis but it’s still mostly SOS and MOV jammed together.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:39:57 +0000

Man, I want this game tonight baaaaaaaaad…..

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:25:50 +0000

As measuring sticks for team efficacy go, point differential is a very blunt instrument…

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:56:04 +0000

Of course, there’s also the absolutely legendary Knicks move: signing THJr for a 3rd time.

Honestly, not even sure that would be a terrible move at this point.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:48:25 +0000

Brian Cronin: Maxing Lonzo seems to be the most likely move, I think.

Max seems steep, but I could definitely see us doing it. I’d guess $25M is more than other teams will want to offer, but we’ll see. Could also change depending on who we draft.

Dinwiddie is the other big name potential FA PG that could make a difference.

Dennis Schroder is a good bargain play, & I’m not sure he’s much worse than Dinwiddie or Ball.

We could always do something really funky like trade Randle and sign John Collins if ATL doesn’t match. This probably maximizes value, but obviously there’s some other risks involved.

Who we draft, or what moves we make during the draft, will probably change things a lot too. If a PG that Rose likes falls to us, then maybe we don’t go all-in at PG with our cap space.

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:41:04 +0000

BigBlueAL: If you go by net rating and point differential the Knicks record should be 27-24.

The Blazers are 30-20 with a point differential of 0 (zero!) !? :O How about that?

By: geo

geo — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:57:37 +0000

pretty 100% sure the jazz won’t be going to the finals…

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:55:51 +0000

In reply to geo.

The Jazz seem to be this year’s great (but are they?) team. They’re in the middle of a super easy schedule and when they finally got a good team like the Mavs (who were playing without KP), they lost.

By: geo

geo — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:51:20 +0000

we have a roster full of reasonable contracts, it’ll be interesting with whom we spend more than 20 million a year on…

in order, here’s whom I’d want to keep going forward:
RJ
julius
mitch
burks
quik
noel
reggie

hopefully at least one of our 1st round picks can play in a game…toss in rose and taj, cuz thibs won’t let go…

and I hope against all hope – that we somehow add a starting point guard…pick one…

every year they’re available and moving around, for whatever reason, we’re morally opposed to adding one to our roster…