Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2024.04.09)

By: The Eminently Bearable Knicksiness of Being

The Eminently Bearable Knicksiness of Being — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:58:26 +0000

Gk,

I’ll be at the game as well with some friends! Enjoy 🙂

By: Downtown Doogie Brown

Downtown Doogie Brown — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:37:52 +0000

So his life expectancy is reduced by ~10 years or so? I’m already sad about it. 🙁

By: BrunsonPeroneusLongus

BrunsonPeroneusLongus — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:24:43 +0000

I mean Boban Marjanovic puts up numbers not far from that in the actual NBA, but he still has more of a role in the John Wick movie series than he’s ever had with an actual NBA team. Unplayable is unplayable.

Boban is Ghorge Muresan with a cleaner accent and a better sense of humor. He can’t run at all. Just observing his facial bones and hand thickness without examining him, I bet he has acromegaly. You can see the difference between Boban and KP or Edey. They are all equally tall where Boban’s brow is much thicker as are his hands. This is caused by excess GH production after the closure of the epiphyseal plates. Both KP and Edey are far more athletic than Boban. A bad , lazy comparison.

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:17:23 +0000

You have a great daughter, gkhenman! Enjoy the win 🙂

By: pagliacci

pagliacci — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:57:59 +0000

Also seems pretty far fetched to kill Leon for not upping his offer (which was already the best on the market) by an extra 158% just in case.

Not killing Leon, but I think it is valid as a mild critique. Why not throw a 3y team option on there if we already had the best offer? I would go for this on every 2y contract because Bird Rights are so much better than Early Bird, really for both parties.

By: gkhenman

gkhenman — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:54:41 +0000

I am in Chicago visiting my daughter. She got us tickets for tonight. Guaranteed win!

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:49:48 +0000

Hartenstein signed a 2 year deal to be the backup center on a 37 win team after his own team decided they didn’t want him for even less than that. It took Jalen Brunson making an unimaginable leap and Mitchell Robinson getting hurt for almost a whole year for him to get to this position. It seems far fetched to think he turned down a sum that was twice his career earnings to date because he had the foresight to know all this would happen and he’d cash in.

Also seems pretty far fetched to kill Leon for not upping his offer (which was already the best on the market) by an extra 158% just in case.

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:38:29 +0000

Because it would have been $10mm (158%) higher than his next best offer and he’d never made anything more than the minimum in the NBA.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:12:01 +0000

He’s putting up pretty much the same numbers this year as he was in LA, this year’s numbers might actually be worse, and we’re talking about him signing for $25M/yr. Why would he sign for $9M over 3yrs?

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:08:53 +0000

This assumes Hartenstein values $9 million the same whether it’s the difference between $3 million and $12 million, or the difference between $72 million and $81 million.

Exactly

We are operating with a certain level of ignorance about his priorities, especially because he’s so young. But there’s a monumental difference between 3m and 12m vs 72m and 81m when you throw other important things related to your happiness into the equation.

I’d take 72m and the ability to live where I want, enjoy my co workers and boss and have a happy wife over 81m and less happy circumstances any day of the week. 3m vs. 12m is a different story. I’d be willing to make a one time sacrifice in quality of life to get to 12m, and then leave.