Weakest of weak sauce. I’m sure he’ll learn his lesson now!

I got over my interest in watching old white men try to teach young black men lessons long ago. They’re all criminals themselves to varying degrees of acceptability. Morant is, arguably, the most exciting player in the league. I’m gonna tune in to watch him play, not to watch him be taught a lesson my his massa. That antebellum shit isn’t supposed to fly in the supposedly woke NBA.

People point to two years ago as an example of how running it back can blow up in your face but we didn’t actually run it back. We brought in Kemba and Fournier. So we replaced two starters, both of whom were poor defenders. This time we wouldn’t be doing that. The most we’d be doing is adding a bench piece and if we brought back Burks we’d bring back a guy who knows the system and has played with everyone.

On another topic, I was interested to read the following “The Indiana Pacers have made the No. 7 pick available for a trade, sources tell B/R. The Pacers are said to be in the market for a starting-caliber wing”. I doubt we have something the Pacers want the we would be willing to trade, but it has been a long time since someone wanted to trade a pick like that. Some team that’s worried about the apron, doesn’t have a good pick and wants to get its finances in order seems more likely.

A 5% increase on his 2pt% is significant because, as we saw, he has become almost unstoppable on drives to the rim. He struggled mightily early on finishing. But his 3pt shot has suffered. I’m hoping that one day he puts it all together. A rumor (just that) is that he had a growth spurt and is now 6’8″ (was listed at 6’6″). He’s growing into a man now.

I don’t want to give up on RJ so soon. Brunson, Randle and RJ are a good 1-2-3 punch.

The idea that there are not a million guys in the NBA who could take 3-5 more shots per game without tanking their efficiency is bullshit. NBA stars miss games all the time and every time a new hero rises.

The idea you need RJ to take shots or that the ability to take a lot of shots has value, absent efficiently, it just nonsense.

RJ needs to score more efficiently. Maybe more importantly he needs to get much better on defense. He may do it but I would still fade him ever being a player of import in the NBA. He just doesn’t have the engine.

Ess-dog, while I have not looked into the statistics, I am pretty sure that players who approach LaVine-like level offensive production at age 28 would show improvement in their 22-23year seasons.

Looking at it crudely, RJ from 21-22 went from a .046 ws/48 to a .043 ws/48. Lavine went from a .082 to a .025. Zach wasn’t a decent NBA player until he was 25, when he had what is to date his best season.

If you’re the Knicks and you think you can win in the next year or two with Levine type production why wouldn’t you try to get DeRozen, who is more or less the same guy but would presumably be much cheaper. Offer RJ straight up and see what the Bulls say, if he sucks he’s off the books next year.

The other thing is, yes there may be a few teams that could offer better packages, but how many of those have made the second round of the playoffs with an up-and-coming team?