Comments on: Report: Knicks Discussing Three-Way Trade With Raptors and Lakers

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:53:06 +0000

insane stat: derozan has attempted 901 two pointers this year and the number two player has 685

By: The Infamous Cdiggy

The Infamous Cdiggy — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:51:49 +0000

E, all merc’d out:
I guess one silver lining would be if the FO is saying to itself, “We gave Thibs what he wanted and ran it back, it’s blown up in our face, we aren’t listening to him anymore.”If you’re of an optimistic bent on this front, you could read the hiring of Rosas as another sign of this.
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Whether or not the FO is saying this to itself, it *looks like* they are, and that’s good enough to keep me optimistic.And relaxed!!

I logged in for this comment.

E… optimistic and relaxed? Even if it’s theoretically or w/qualifiers??? This woke me up more than the coffee I’m sipping on right now!

Just teasing w/you tho. I know your hatred is with the coach (and Randle to a bit lesser extent), not the front office.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:04:40 +0000

Something else needs to go out for Reddish too. It might be garbage, but there needs to be something.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:58:56 +0000

In reply to DudeInKnicksTown.

Wait. So the Lakers would end up with Burks and Cam too cool Reddish for the cost of a single #2 draft pick? Am I reading that correctly?

THT and a second, yeah.

By: DudeInKnicksTown

DudeInKnicksTown — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:56:58 +0000

Wait. So the Lakers would end up with Burks and Cam too cool Reddish for the cost of a single #2 draft pick? Am I reading that correctly?

By: BernieEarnie

BernieEarnie — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:34:08 +0000

cybersoze: As i said, i was thinking we were the ones getting the picks

I think the confusion is that the cost of Cam was a draft pick, so trading him is equivalent to trading that pick. But this trade will result in us receiving a pick or two.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:27:27 +0000

In reply to ptmilo.

it seems like masai could do this deal without the lakers by swapping dragic for burks/noel and separately taking reddish into the lowry trade exception plus a draft pick. horton tucker makes $10m next yr, unlike burks, has a $11m 23-24 player option. kinda suprised he would prefer that, but i guess he could love tht?

The only thing that makes any sense to me is that Masai thinks the Lakers ruined THT. THT looked pretty promising just last year. But yeah, since he’s getting paid decent money, it still doesn’t make sense to me really.

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:25:38 +0000

it seems like masai could do this deal without the lakers by swapping dragic for burks/noel and separately taking reddish into the lowry trade exception plus a draft pick. horton tucker makes $10m next yr, unlike burks, has a $11m 23-24 player option. kinda suprised he would prefer that, but i guess he could love tht?

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:24:28 +0000

No, i’m not thinking that way, Max. Probably Brunson won’t be an all-star, but the bet is a good bet, he can be the new FVV. I’m tired of missing on those guys and then watch them succeed on other teams. But even if Brunson is “only” a good to very good PG, that is much better than what we had in the last… i don’t even know how many years. We could see the difference with good PG play on the glimpses that DRose has provided. It’s just having a balanced team, at last. No need to be CP3 or Steph. Just a competent PG. I think Brunson can be that for us.
Rokas is all potential, i’m not getting my hopes high, for now. If we’re going to (try to) win next season, i think we should keep DRose as the backup, and ease Rokas to the NBA slowly.

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:18:56 +0000

I find it hard to believe the Raps would give up a 1, even a heavily-protected 1, for THT and Nerlens Noel. But I guess we’ll see.