Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.07.17)

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 05:36:42 +0000

He can’t defend or rebound at an NBA power forward level. Remotely.

He’s less than 1.0 dreb/36 worse than Obi

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 05:11:21 +0000

RJ’s actually lighter than I thought yet basically has Grant Williams’ measurements but 20 lbs lighter.

They don’t update weights once players are in the league. RJ weighs more than what’s listed.

Mitch is still listed at 240 when he’s closer to 280

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 03:33:46 +0000

I agree with your latest post except that I think DDV is more trade insurance than injury insurance.

By: geo man

geo man — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 03:23:53 +0000

I wish we had Bobby Portis backing up julius or maybe mitch…

a big guy that hustles, shoot threes and can humble quinn snyder in a staring contest…

more and more it seems to go that you don’t know what you got til it’s gone

By: geo man

geo man — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 03:17:26 +0000

taj taj taj taj taj taj

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 02:30:30 +0000

Owen, I was also feeling this was a ridiculous take, given how good the top 30 or so power forwards in the league are, but then I considered that in most cases he’d be playing backups since it’s to fill in for Julius when Randle’s on the bench.

but then I was nah, it’s still ridiculous. He’s short, he’s slow, and he has terrible defensive IQ. Consistently in the wrong place or just ball watching. It’d be a dunkathon. And it’s ridiculous with Hart, too. He has hart, and he knows what he’s doing, but going against guys who are 4-7 inches taller than he is? Maybe Draymond (point forward) or Kuzma (pinhead) types. Maybe. For a few minutes.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 01:41:53 +0000

RJ’s actually lighter than I thought yet basically has Grant Williams’ measurements but 20 lbs lighter. Maybe not ideal, but he could make it work.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 01:31:34 +0000

RJ has the same wingspan as Niang, Nesmith, and Cam Johnson, who all play PF. He’s maybe a tiny bit shorter than Cam and Niang but seems stronger than either of those guys. In short, I think he can play “small ball” 4 at least and is a better option than Hart who is shorter and smaller.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 01:22:14 +0000

Most power forwards are a ton bigger and a ton wider than RJ. The idea he can contribute there is ridiculous to me. He can’t defend or rebound at an NBA power forward level. Remotely.

By: djphan

djphan — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:24:44 +0000

We have a word around here for turning an asset into zero value… why would we want to have done that with the MLE?

how exactly would it have been zero value? it’s negative value with the signing when all the people losing minutes are in your playoff rotation already and the best argument we can come up with is that he’s injury insurance…. it’s not that hard to do better than that within the next 2-3 offseasons….

We lost game 6 to Miami because Josh Hart didn’t shoot that one 3, so DDV might have got us to game 7.

wasn’t that grimes with the turnaround fadeaway 3? that would’ve been better with donte? really?

i get we were crying for other options… but those other options should be APPRECIABLY better than the ones you do have… and besides.. fighting the last war is usually not a good idea anyway…