Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.12.30)

By: Brother Love

Brother Love — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 19:54:04 +0000

dejounte’s off to the lakers…donte is an amazing value at his salary cost – and, he plays the position well…

it just feels like we need to match jalen up with someone taller – yeah, that’s my brilliant analytical evaluation…

jalen brunson is short (for the nba, i’d be looking up to him standing side by side)…it just seems like we need to match him with a defensive minded and tallish shooting guard…

as silly as that sounds 🙂

By: TheInfamousCdiggy

TheInfamousCdiggy — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:47:26 +0000

HATE that they traded my guy IQ!!!
But…

1. If he’s the price to pay to avoid coughing up 1RPs, then I guess

2. Remember earlier on in the season there was an article that said there was a “civil war” on the team in terms of player approach to playing ball. The Nova boys were cited as “knowing how to play” while Quickley was stated to be an “emotional” player. Good or bad, there something to why the team didn’t want to make a long-term commitment to him.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:46:00 +0000

In reply to Z–man.

Question – outside of some distant Knick firsts (which I think we agree Rose was never trading), was that Detroit second the Knicks’ next best pick, value-wise?

By: Z--man

Z--man — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:44:55 +0000

I love me some IQ, but at $25-30M AAV on a team with Brunson, he just didn’t make as much sense here as he will in TOR. And whatever we lost in not paying him, we gained in a) acquiring a quintessential 3nD versatile wing that is a much better fit in our current starting lineup than RJ, b) dispatching the risk associated with RJ’s remaining contract, which right now looks like a significant overpay, and most importantly, c) preserving draft capital in acquiring a guy that was projected to cost multiple firsts.

IQ is an amazing and fun to root for home-grown player that will be sorely missed, no doubt about it. He may even become a dynamite starting PG who eventually makes us regret making this trade. But it’s a move that makes total sense in the current situation.

By: Lil' Penny

Lil' Penny — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:43:49 +0000

Two thumbs down.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:39:21 +0000

Oh, and we got Malachi Flynn, who might be a better option than Deuce to run the second unit? Bench mob definitely needs more firepower than it has now.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:38:01 +0000

Shams confirms it’s just the Detroit 2nd.

Barring another trade, the rotation is now:

C: iHart / Precious
PF: Randle / Precious / Hart
SF: OG / Hart
SG: DDV / Grimes
PG: Brunson / Deuce

Backup PG seems to be the big weakness. But that roster makes so much more sense than the one we had yesterday.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:37:56 +0000

Ok, getting Achiuwa too is pretty nice, good rebounder, guards multiple positions, I like it.

By: Max

Max — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:37:35 +0000

New thread!

By: Educate_the_weak

Educate_the_weak — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:35:42 +0000

the IQ regret will come from Leon and Thibs not getting the guy on the court and giving him his proper minutes

Knick fans know how good he is, but the front office didnt