Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.07.26)

By: ramahawk

ramahawk — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:48:49 +0000

Cashman has made so many bad moves I admit I’m at a bit of a loss at what to do with that team.

Besides fire Boone, obvs

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:27:51 +0000

Rodon is the least of the Yankees problems, he’ll be fine.

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 01:30:42 +0000

This guy Rodon is giving me Ed Whitson or Hideki Irabu flashbacks

He’s giving me “nearly every pitcher Cashman ever signed” flashbacks. The guy’s list of pitching blunders is incredibly long.

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 01:15:03 +0000

Stepien rule, Hubert?

The Nets have a first round pick in 2027 (either theirs or Houston’s). So they can trade their own pick in ’28 and ’30.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 01:10:00 +0000

On paper, we’re maybe the equal of Miami. In terms of results, only Miami was better than we were. What a strange season.

I agree. I think Boston and Cleveland improved and the other teams did not. Milwaukee may be worse than its record last year. I don’t think we improved much. We gave up a useful role player and got a player who is probably good but doesn’t have a role. Atlanta and Indiana may improve, but I’m not sure by how much. I’m sure Orlando will be better but they have a long way to go. So fifth or sixth in the division seems reasonable to me.

By: pepper

pepper — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:55:20 +0000

This guy Rodon is giving me Ed Whitson or Hideki Irabu flashbacks

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:43:25 +0000

“Milwaukee, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia and Cleveland.”

On paper, we’re maybe the equal of Miami. In terms of results, only Miami was better than we were. What a strange season.

By: TNFH

TNFH — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:26:13 +0000

I’m not the world’s biggest Boone hater (he’s not good but I don’t think Casey Stengel is doing much with this group) but my totally unverifiable theory is having a different lineup literally every day is probably not good.

To the extent lineups matter outside of extreme scenarios, getting players into a routine strikes me as an important function.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 22:39:28 +0000

As evidenced by the Lillard saga, there’s not nothing to the idea that a team can win a superstar trade sweepstakes with something less than the best offer.

Players have a lot of power these days. We’ve repeatedly seen stars move to teams teams based on how good the team will be, who they want to play with, and where they want to live over who could theoretically offer the best package. They just threaten to not re-sign and the team that could theoretically offer the best package backs off.

The Knicks were repeatedly rejected by free agents because the team sucked. That what made so many of those cap clearing moves of the past foolish.

If you want to be a player in the free agency and trade wars, you have to be one of the attractive cities and you have to be good.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 22:37:31 +0000

Both the athletic and ESPN rankings have the same five teams ahead of us in the East: Milwaukee, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia and Cleveland. I think that is a fair representation of conventional, unthinking wisdom. The traditionally good teams are still good and the bottom doesn’t get better. It’s actually a little surprising the Knicks are as high as sixth.