Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.01.08)

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:27:45 +0000

I have to disagree that solid starter can be an acceptable outcome to a top3 pick. If when making your strategy, you think that pick is not a lock to be a star, you should tank one more year, which we didn’t do (powered by the summer of PFs). We’re now mourning the 2019 pick and trying to accept the reality, but that doesn’t make the reality less painful. I still hope that RJ can prove Donnie wrong and become a star, but with each season i get less and less hopeful.

By: gkhenman

gkhenman — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:08:21 +0000

Yes, we are back at a snail’s pace, which suits this roster, from Brunson down.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:54:44 +0000

Anyone else notice that our pace has dropped dramatically? We were up around 12 a while ago and now we’re at 23. Seems like we are back to Thibsing full time…

By: Z--man

Z--man — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:53:35 +0000

DW if the point is that RJ would have to be some sort of statistical outlier to go from where he is now to something like a perennial all-star candidate, I would agree. And Tatum? Or Melo? Or KG? Naaaaah.

But thankfully he’s not getting paid like an all-star (see: Andrew Wiggins), so “solid starter” would be an “acceptable” albeit disappointing outcome. In that regard, the discussion changes somewhat. And I personally see that as RJ’s floor. He will likely improve his efficiency enough via consistency to get there. Anything above that is just fine by me.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:43:03 +0000

Jrue is a good submission. I guess Jeff Teague is too, to a lesser extent (he had his leap after 9000 mins, but it was more of a blip than a leap). I’m sure there are others, too. But the company seems neither vast nor particularly impressive.

(As for KG and Melo, as mentioned by Mike last thread, their development, even as 18/19 year olds, seems pretty consistent with average NBA development windows. Both showed large and expected improvement in their 3rd season after logging big minutes as youngsters. And Tatum’s shooting efficiency was considerably above league average as a teenager, so I’m not sure what he’s doing in the discussion at all).

By: Z--man

Z--man — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 04:01:16 +0000

Seemed pretty accidental to me.

By: pepper

pepper — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 03:29:46 +0000

watching the replay…it was like Jimmy Butler knew he was falling on his knee and didn’t really do much to avoid it…maybe I’m wrong…it just looked weird…

By: Z--man

Z--man — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:49:11 +0000

KD favoring his knee…heading back to locker room

By: ramahawk

ramahawk — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:01:11 +0000

Kind of blows my mind that our third and fifth biggest salaries at the moment are Fournier and Rose. Obviously that changes with RJ’s extension, but without a single player over 27m, we really in good shape.

Even when it’s time to extend IQ, were still gonna be fine – $12-15 mil does seem about right…

By: gkhenman

gkhenman — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:41:31 +0000

“The only players I want to target in trades are Malachi Flynn, Ezekiel Nnaji, and Ishmael ‘Ish’ Smith, to go with our collective 1800s Massachusetts graveyard collection of Isaiah, Immanuel, Jericho, and Obadiah.”

Laugh out loud funny.