Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2024.02.12)

By: Ben R

Ben R — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:49:11 +0000

Doug – That lineup has played a total of 22 minutes together all season and was +19.2 pts per/100poss in that time. There is no way to know if that lineup is good or bad and no way you could have seen enough of it to make a real judgement.

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:47:38 +0000

Hey, don’t be talking smack about our new Deuce McBrunson.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:44:40 +0000

McBride/DDV/Grimes/Hart/Center

I’ve seen enough of that lineup as of late. It’s not a functioning NBA offense if the threes don’t fall. DDV is the only guy who can get his own shot and he’s streaky when the offense runs through him.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:32:50 +0000

JK – Hart/Precious/Center should never happen, especially with two defensive low usage guards. The problem with that lineup is that Grimes is the best offensive player on the court and three players are no threat from 3. That should never happen. That’s on Thibs not Grimes.

But McBride/DDV/Grimes/Hart/Center is pretty good. Feel free to add in Burks. Then we have more offense.

No need to send out Grimes. Are you telling me Fournier plus two 2nds for Burks doesn’t get it done?

By: JK47

JK47 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:01:36 +0000

A bit of redundancy isn’t really all that great when you’re watching a Miles McBride/Quentin Grimes/Josh Hart/Precious Achiuwa/Jericho Sims lineup try to score a basket. I don’t care how good the defense of that lineup is, that lineup is getting its ass kicked because it doesn’t have a prayer or ever scoring a basket.

The bench situation before the trade was hideous. I don’t know why Detroit would have been interested in the Archie/Flynn/Sims package because all of those guys stink and aren’t any better than the dreck Detroit already sends out there. Maybe the pile of salary matching garbage plus a couple of seconds could have brought back Burks, maybe not.

This is way more digital ink spilled over Quentin Grimes than is really necessary.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:45:47 +0000

Even if Grimes is redundant, a bit of redundancy is good, we are feeling that lack right now. Even if we are simply planning on letting Grimes walk, having him next year on a cheap contract, even if he is the 10th or 11th man, is valuable. You cannot have too many wings that play good defense and can shoot 3s.

We still could have added Burks either by sending Fournier or by cobbling together matching money with Flynn, Archie, and Sims. If we had sent out Fournier we could resign Burks at a 1+1 contract for $15+ mil to keep the soup cooking. If we didn’t we could have traded Fournier for a longer contract like Bertans or Schröder.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:29:33 +0000

The Miami Heat are not targeting their regular season SRS. They didn’t last year… they have bigger rabbits … er … fish to fry.

I don’t think it was all part of the Heat’s grand plan to back into the 8th seed, lose the play-in game to the 7th seed, then go into nuclear-hustlebunny mode to cruise to the NBA finals. If it was their plan, and they try to repeat it, they will likely fail. (They were a few bounces away from not making the playoffs at all last year, which renders the philosophy of phoning in regular season games not very sound in and of itself).

By: Downtown Doogie Brown

Downtown Doogie Brown — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:24:05 +0000

It’s clearly “Burksdonavic,” not “Burksdonavich.” Sheeeesh. 🙂

By: JK47

JK47 — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:17:18 +0000

We already had Deuce and Hart in the “defensive-oriented guard/wing” category and Deuce can replicate Grimes’ game reasonably well. In fact I’d say Deuce’s emergence as a perfectly fine bench piece made Grimes expendable. They’re the same age and I don’t see any clear evidence that Grimes is a far better player.

You maybe get a little more POA defense and length with Grimes, but that’s about it.

By: TNFH

TNFH — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:39:49 +0000

I just think people forgot what an impact he made last year – forgot mostly because DDV has been excellent.

I agree Grimes was essential for us last year, but I also think the fact that DDV’s excellent play has made some people forget that is pretty telling.

Put another way, the fact that we have DDV, who is only 27 (as of a few days ago) himself and realistically can’t play with Grimes for long stretches, signed for the foreseeable future should have made us more willing to trade Grimes for someone who can contribute more in the present. That’s just straightforward asset management.

Whether Burksdonavich is a sufficient return is a fair question. I’m a somewhat tepid yes on it because 1) I seem to be higher on both those guys than many here and 2) I just don’t see Grimes making us rue the day.