Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.06.24)

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 14:54:52 +0000

I don’t know, Z-Man, it’s nice that Atlanta is considering trades, but from where I sit they have nothing the Knicks would want. Dejounte is a decent basketball player, but is he demonstrably better than Grimes/IQ at the two? I mean yes, at the moment, but down the line? He’s a shitty three-point shooter, and he disappears a lot. You can’t replace RJ with him, he’s not big enough to play the three. A straight-up flip for RJ maybe, but even then I’m not sure it makes us better, it’s just a different set of problems.

And since we probably couldn’t get him without giving up many other assets, just seems like trading for trading’s sake, which always struck me as insanity. Fun mental exercise, just don’t do it in real life.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 11:44:10 +0000

So moving on, it was posted in RealGM that our old friend Landry Fields has a mandate to get ATL out of the luxury tax. That might make Dejounte available for the right return. OTOH, it seems that Schlenck was opposed to paying the price for Murray and that’s why he ultimately moved on from the Hawks, while Fields was in favor of the deal. So maybe Fields wouldn’t want to lose face by selling low on Murray. But it does seem like the Hawks are a team we should be looking to work with.

By: geo man

geo man — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 06:05:05 +0000

so putin couldn’t control prigozhin…

obama had an interesting comment reference the submersible incident and the struggle of others around the world…got me curious enough to do a quick search on current armed conflicts around the world…

one interesting society/culture thing i’ve come across, but need to dig in deeper – it may be that a predominance of patriarchal rule/governance – may be a more recent development of the last few millennia…

By: geo man

geo man — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:51:54 +0000

good discussion today by some smart folks on the nature of reality – and, whether it’s better to be lucky or good…spoiler alert – luck/good fortune almost always wins…admittedly though, harder to sustain than skill…

it was nice, lost track of the exact day a few times last week…i can’t tell you how happy that made me feel…

you were right z-man, my awareness of the calendar is starting to simply reflect family stuff…

been doing a whole bunch of digging in on the whole lack of paleolithic civilizations (sans the Anatolians)…it makes more sense to me now…

to be honest, i always thought a coastal community could grow towards achieving civilization just with primary maritime food resources…

civilization just doesn’t seem to work without domesticated grains and agriculture…nope, hasn’t ever happened it seems…

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:46:27 +0000

My theory is that the regular Russian Army, which was clearly feuding with Prigozhin, tried to assassinate him and he took action because of it.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:44:30 +0000

I suspect they are debating the terms of the extension. There is nothing automatic about them

By: geo man

geo man — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:42:48 +0000

This extension makes about the same sense as the Russian coup today

it seems, most world “news” i hear here 😛

truly, if their ever was the definition of: believe half what you hear and less of what you see – that situation would be it…

so what happened – did “we” pay off the wagner guy or something?

By: Director NYC

Director NYC — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:02:51 +0000

Let see: the two sides, need more time because they just figured it all out tonight and agreed on an extension but wanted to take a 5 days to write up a standard copy and paste NBA contract, proof read it and then sign it. Give me a break please.

By: Director NYC

Director NYC — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 04:58:05 +0000

This extension makes about the same sense as the Russian coup today

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 03:12:58 +0000

Alan says:
June 24, 2023 at 22:29
Knicks and hart agreed to extend the deadline for his opt-in choice, which everyone is taking to mean that they’re negotiating an opt-in and extend deal.

Thanks. That definitely seems to imply that. I agree, it is good news.