Knicks Morning News (2023.02.07)

“While I draw certain lines at crime and violence, I like and arguably even prefer iconoclasts, think clickbait and social media are stupid, have no psychic need whatsoever to virtue signal anything to anybody at any time…”

virtue signalling (noun)

the public expression of opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate one’s good character or social conscience or the moral correctness of one’s position on a particular issue.

Oops.

“The posters here who are “utterly revolted by the thought of Kyrie on this team” were ginned up by the internet and are putting on a show for the internet.

If they weren’t “utterly revolted” by this, they’d find something else to be “utterly revolted” by, and put on much the same show. It’s how the ‘net rolls.”

I’m very excited to be day drinking G&Ts in E’s mind. Now contemplating making it a reality…

And the person who consistently does the ‘utterly revolted’ show is, in fact, E. Because that’s how a net troll rolls.

“But now the Nets are out of the picture and he’s going to be a free agent in three months. I mentioned him because he’s very likely going to be our top target this summer.”

Hubert, I’m not sure I agree with this. Partly it’s my own bias toward taller guards who can score AND guard. Like, say, Haliburton. I think if we have a short, defensively limited point guard already, putting the same thing in the shooting guard position would make us a lot of fun on offense and a complete shit-show on D. Assuming Kyrie doesn’t go off the rails before the season’s over (there’s a bet for you), I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s discussion. But I don’t think it’s a great move.

That’s above and beyond the fact that I’d rather have Spree choke me out than have Kyrie on the team, regardless of whether I’m drunk or sober.

Hubert, that’s so depressing (outlining why Dolan would chase Kyrie).

Okay, it’s not normally a thing that should be done, but because this whole thread is so depressing, here’s the funniest thing I’ve read today. In the hopes that it will lighten the mood…

“And, as you heard, this balloon was the size of three buses. I love measuring things in buses. And for the rich people out there who don’t know what a bus is, they’re those big yellow vehicles that bring Matt Gaetz’s girlfriends to school.” — Chelsea Handler

No Mo Bamba tonight, which hopefully means no “Let’s trade for Mo Bamba” after the game.

Going out on a limb here (Lady Raven says I shouldn’t do any work today, so it’s either post or drink E’s gin). I’m going to predict that Barrett will become a quite cromulent, above-replacement-level player by end of year. I think his hideous last game was flu-symptom induced (note to self, don’t play a professional sport while sick), and he was trending upward, albeit slowly.

Having said that, he still sucks, and I reserve the right to poke fun at his brain farts.

Also while on the topic, and because the logic of this statement matches much of the thread so far, I give you Thibs in the NYT pontificating on our overall lack of credentials in terms of knowing who sucks on D (would a Masters in Switching be enough?):

‘Much of the blame for the Knicks’ defensive woes has been placed on fourth-year pro RJ Barrett, but coach Tom Thibodeau pushed back on that notion.

“The way it works, defensively, it’s five guys working together, and the people that are tracking things, there’s no context to it,” Thibodeau said. “You don’t know whose responsibility it is to switch, you don’t know whose responsibility it is to show, you don’t know if there is a responsibility to stay down. You don’t know any of that.”