Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.09.25)

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 03:24:54 +0000

Technically the Timberwolves G league traded for him, but the article says he’s being invited to the actual Timberwolves training camp. To quote:

According to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, the Minnesota Timberwolves will sign Trevor Keels to a training camp deal.”

And it’s true the Knicks have a lot of guards, but I was just thinking he might be good long term, not right away.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 03:13:01 +0000

Keels couldn’t beat his man off the dribble the first couple games I watched. The offense as a whole was atrocious because he couldn’t run the point

The Timberwolves were willing to trade for him so he could be in their training camp so maybe they agree with me.

The Iowa Wolves traded for him.

Let’s be real though, even if he could hack it he’s somewhere behind Brunson/IQ/Grimes/Donte/Hart/Deuce/Windlar/Jaylen Martin

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:46:25 +0000

克 I think means gram

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:45:23 +0000

I thought Keels’ shooting was ok in summer league. It wasn’t great, but if you look at his three point percentage it was not horrible and clearly could improve. He didn’t show off high level passing, but he orchestrated the offense pretty well and the other players were clearly looking for him to do so. On defense I agree he wasn’t good. He didn’t seem to have much of an impact, but I thought that was because he seemed a little lost, not because of some physical inability. He is bigger than a lot of guards and not as quick as some, which means he will be better at certain defensive assignments than others. This is true for many successful players. The Timberwolves were willing to trade for him so he could be in their training camp so maybe they agree with me.

By: geo man

geo man — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:17:16 +0000

i think i may be more cut than keels…

saw he pulled in 58.4k last year, yikes, living in westchester that’s gotta be tough…

hopefullu he’s got his passport ready to go…

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:13:09 +0000

Never thought for a second that Keels was an NBA player.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:13:06 +0000

That’s funny! May I ask what that character means? (or maybe I shouldn’t…)

I don’t think Keels is particularly adept at ball-handling (he has no left hand whatsoever), or creating (strictly a straight-line driver) or shooting, or high-level passing. Defensively, he gets caught up on screens and can’t stay in front of quicker players. He’s big and tough for a guard, but the skill development is nowhere near where it needs to be to have a shot at playing meaningful minutes on a NBA playoff-level team any time soon.

The fact that he was in terrible shape at Duke with a ridiculously high percentage of body fat kinda turned me off as well. Even now he doesn’t look particularly cut…which would be less of an issue if he was a better shooter, driver, or ball-handler.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:49:28 +0000

The edit button is gone fir some reason, so I can’t fix the accidental Chinese character in “lack”

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:48:26 +0000

Z-man, what critical skills does he lac克？

By: JK47

JK47 — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:19:27 +0000

We have pretty much arrived at a place where the Knicks are considered to be a competent basketball team. If we have another season similar to last one, the LOLKnicks label should be mothballed for a while. That matters, I think. The Knicks have been a notable sad sack franchise for a long time, and the players are well aware of that. If that perception can be changed, which it looks like it will, that’s a pretty big feather in Leon’s cap and should make his job easier going foward.