Comments on: ESPN.com: Sources: Knicks to send Randle, DiVincenzo to Timberwolves for Towns

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 11:21:07 +0000

I guess I have to have a take for posterity’s sake.

DDV did feel like surplus after the Bridges trade. And Towns is better than Randle.

Towns is going to frustrate me. I know it, I just don’t know quite how yet.

But I like the deal. It makes a lot of sense. I don’t think this puts us over the top. Towns is just not a 1A guys

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:32:06 +0000

So who starts now?

PG Brunson
Wing 1 Bridges
Wing 2
PF OG
C Towns

Who’s the second wing? Hart? Deuce?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:18:02 +0000

Funny to me how Leon seemed so risk averse earlier in his tenure, and now keeps pushing in his chips.

Yeah, that’s the part I love the most about current Leon Rose. You gotta fucking go for it in the NBA to win, whether that means an earlier than expected teardown (like OKC blowing up a playoff team and getting SGA in the process, then blowing up the unexpected playoff team it got with SGA, as well. Do you know how much guts it takes to blow up a #5 seed?!), or big, sloppy, risky moves that change the direction of a franchise. Pat Riley seemingly does one of those types of moves every freaking year.

By: Bo Nateman

Bo Nateman — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:03:01 +0000

Funny to me how Leon seemed so risk averse earlier in his tenure, and now keeps pushing in his chips. Hoping KAT stays healthy.

By: darules

darules — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 07:36:36 +0000

I loved good, racking ball Julius, he was this team’s identity. But he may never be that good again given his shoulder injury. Divo was one of my favorites last year. Also I never loved KAT’s game so much. So boo. But we’ll see.

By: steveoh

steveoh — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 06:26:01 +0000

I do love the idea of KAT at the 5. HIs shooting at that position is a huge differentiator. And it opens it up for Brunson to drive, score and dish.

However, if the Knicks are thinking that it’s KAT at the 4 with Mitch at the 5 as our main lineup, it seems like we’d get less from KAT defensively, and less from our offense with Mitch rim running – even with the extra shooting. Not that we can’t play that lineup, but if that’s Thibs’ main vision, I’m less hopeful.

By: steveoh

steveoh — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 06:22:07 +0000

I do think it’s funny that Thibs warms up to the idea publicly about playing Randle at the 5. Then when the peyote wears off, suddenly Randle’s out and KAT’s in.

By: iserp

iserp — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 05:54:45 +0000

I am disappointed with this. I really wanted to see the team play as it was. I guess Towns makes the team more balanced, and Randle has been injured, and he loses focus during games. But Towns has been even more injury prone, and he does not lose focus, he is just unfocused. He has not had success with his team except for last year, but he clearly went down the pecking order and was not a key cog for their team. I am surprised Thibs signed up for this, since he already coached him.

🙁

By: TheRant

TheRant — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 05:28:56 +0000

I’m warming to the trade. Like everyone else, I’ll miss Divo. But even when Mitch is healthy, it’s hard to see him as a big body banging on the inside.

Julius was a great big body and I will miss him. I’m sorry he won’t be in NYC for this season. But (I wrote on the last thread that I’ve had that exact same shoulder dislocation and) I don’t think Julius will ever be as strong a big body in the post as he was before he got sandbagged by Miami. I’m hopeful that KAT + Thibs is additive and will prove the KAT-haters wrong.

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 05:06:42 +0000

Great move.

(Refresh my memory on the Leon can’t break up the ‘nova boys vs Leon can break up the ‘nova boys argument: who argued what? who won?)