Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.08.08)

By: geo man

geo man — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:46:14 +0000

watching some cool show on PBS: First Peoples…

going in to the time period in europe when neanderthals and humans were first mixing 60 – 40k bce…

it’s an older show (2015)…still so cool to see how not only did they breed with humans, but evidence shows they were pretty good tool users (never got the bow and arrow, but, worked out spears)…

they also had a fashion sense…

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 23:25:27 +0000

Maybe this’ll stir things up:

The loss was “fully emblematic of what is happening to the our once great Nation under Crooked Joe Biden,” Mr. Trump wrote on his social media platform.

“Many of our players were openly hostile to America — No other country behaved in such a manner, or even close,” he added. “WOKE EQUALS FAILURE. Nice shot Megan, the USA is going to Hell!!! MAGA.”

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 19:51:05 +0000

Not sure I’m convinced Embiid is a good idea for various reasons, but if we kept Julius and Brunson, it’s likely Joel wouldn’t have to do everything for his team all the time, and probably wouldn’t wear down anywhere near as much.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 19:09:31 +0000

It’s more about how Embiid tends to get worn down by the playoffs, not about him blowing something out.

By: BernieErnie

BernieErnie — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:24:44 +0000

I don’t get the gloomy narrative about Embiid’s health. Yes, it is a risk because of what you have to give up to get him. But that narrative is because he played a total of 31 games his first 3 seasons. In the last 5 seasons he has played 300 games, never less than 51. He would be replacing Mitch who in the last 5 seasons has played 289 games. Granted there is a 6 year age difference, but there is an argument we would actually be strengthening the health-risk of the center position by getting Joel.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:07:44 +0000

Barring the extremely remote possibility that Leon figures out a way to sign Mitchell as a free agent, I personally don’t see a world where Spida + Brunson-what we’d have to give up for him = Championship. Of course, the implications of the new CBA kind of muddy up what the future will look like, but even so, it doesn’t seem like the defensive issues with that double-supermax salary backcourt can be patched over with however those constraints will play out.

Embiid is a different story. It’s all about his health. I’m very much of a skeptic that he will be the same player in 3 years. And the cost will definitely be much, much higher.

Given that choice, it’s pretty much a coin flip. I’d probably go Embiid because at least there’s the theoretical possibility that it could lead to a championship. But I wouldn’t feel great about it.

By: BernieErnie

BernieErnie — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:43:34 +0000

Hope Leon thought long and hard about the gift, perhaps a Knick jersey with number 21? A couple of season tickets for Joel and his wife? A “Knicks 2025 NBA Champions” embossed punchbowl? Surely that is not tampering. And was he at Brunson’s wedding? IHart’s?

By: TNFH

TNFH — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:08:13 +0000

Good Macri newsletter today about the possibility of a Donovan Mitchell Trade Saga 2.0. Would occur next summer if it occurs at all.

We’d presumably have a stronger negotiating position this time around given that we’ve proven to be a good team without him. However two more stinker seasons since the first go around from RJ Barrett would certainly complicate things.

For many reasons, hope RJ prevents that from happening!

There’s also the fact that is almost certainly Mitchell or Embiid, not both. Should we take a median deal for Mitchell if the Embiid situation is still uncertain next summer?

Apropos of nothing, Marc Stein says Leon was at Embiid’s wedding last weekend.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:46:16 +0000

Watched most of the second half last night. Really wasn’t much of a test, USA got pretty much whatever it wanted. The two players that stood out for me are Anthony Edwards and Paolo Banchero.