Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2024.07.03)

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 03:06:36 +0000

Precious is a fine 9th man and a good fit as a PF-C combo. A guy like Covington is maybe a better immediate player, but he’s about to fall off a cliff, while Precious isn’t even 25 yet.

Having a 9-man rotation of plus-players all under 30 is no small feat. But I would still nab a journeyman center and vet min point guard after that, and then we’re good to go.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 02:44:16 +0000

McBuckets should have been on my list as well…

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 02:41:53 +0000

I’m expecting that at the end of the day, it’s gonna be Precious, at least until players start getting waived/renounced, or until close to the trade deadline. Even if they have to use Sims and Hukporti to eat minutes against bigger bigs that Precious can’t handle, or in case of an injury to Mitch, I think they would rather tinker with small-ball lineups than make a costly trade for either an overpaid scrub or a washed up vet.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 02:28:14 +0000

Kennard

Kennard is one of the best shooters in the game, so he’s useful for every team. He played a bunch of point guard for the depleted Griz, which really isn’t where he should be. He’s better than Alistair Booke, for whatever that’s worth.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 02:22:21 +0000

1) Day’ron Sharpe
2) Isaiah Jackson
3) Paul Reed
4) Daniel Theis
5) Omer Yurtseven

None of these guys are on Z-Man’s list of available players. That said, if Jackson is available, they should get him. He is already good and has theoretical upside in a Thibs system. (He’s better than Sharpe, no?)

My list was of players that I thought were both available and desirable.

1) Day’ron Sharpe: signed for next year @ $4M, is a RFA next year. He would require a trade with the Nets, do you really think Leon wants to overpay again?
2) Isaiah Jackson: signed for next year @ $4.4M, then a RFA. He was Indiana’s primary backup to Turner, don’t see why that would change.
3) Paul Reed: he would have to be renounced, still TBD, and it’s not like Philly can either count on a healthy Embiid or have lots of cap maneuverability. Sure, if he is then he’d be fine as a placeholder. But for now, he’s unavailable.
4) Daniel Theis: This was an omission on my part, thanks for pointing that out. If he’s healthy and not diminished, sure, why not?
5) Omer Yurtseven: He’s a pretty scrubby scrub. Might as well just run Sims out there.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 01:53:52 +0000

1) Day’ron Sharpe
2) Isaiah Jackson
3) Paul Reed
4) Daniel Theis
5) Omer Yurtseven

None of these guys are on Z-Man’s list of available players. That said, if Jackson is available, they should get him. He is already good and has theoretical upside in a Thibs system. (He’s better than Sharpe, no?)

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 01:46:29 +0000

I read this article from the Athletic and concluded all our backup center options are bad.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5614451/2024/07/03/nba-free-agency-knicks-centers/

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 01:28:51 +0000

My general impression before was that we have more depth, but I can see the point of the posts showing fewer rotation players. I think it depends on how you define depth. Even if we have eight instead of ten NBA reasonable players, the quality of the depth is better except at center. Before, our first three off the bench were Deuce, Bojan and Mitch. Now it’s Deuce, Donte and Hart. At center our bench is clearly worse, but the quality of the second string at other positions is better.

By: DRed

DRed — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 01:27:38 +0000

Yuta Watanabe retired today so I think he’s out

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 01:12:35 +0000

I just scanned the available FA list on spotrac and there are still some depth pieces out there, with varying degrees of protection. None are ll that intriguing unless they decide to go the 1-year make good on the minimum route.
-Hayward
-Lowry
-Kennard
-Covington
-Cedi
-Theis
-Caleb
-Kira
-Seth
-Bev
-Zeller
-Reggie
-Nwora
-Payne
-DSJ
-Watanabe
-Lonnie
-Brissett
-Lamar
-Dinwiddie
-Metu
-Bismaxk
-Danilo
-Warren

Not sure whether these guys are actually available or worth pursuing, but they are apparently still out there…