Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2024.09.26)

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:01:09 +0000

Presti has been the best executive in the business for more than a decade. He made one huge mistake with Harden, but has mostly won trades, drafted well at the spots he drafted at, and made shrewd free agent signings. You tell him the method and he will execute it better than just about anyone else. I’m quite confident that had he inherited Leon’s situation and was told he had to win games or else, he would have figured out a better hybrid approach than Leon did.

And that’s no slight to Leon. Pat Riley, with all of his experience and success, has fucked up plenty of draft picks, trades, and FA signings. So has Danny Ainge, Daryl Morey, Masai Ujiri, and RC Buford. Leon isn’t there yet, but as executives go he’s more than holding his own against the competition after just four years, especially considering the constraints that Dolan projects into the picture.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 01:21:32 +0000

#58 for Judge.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 01:16:59 +0000

Maybe Woj retired at just the right time.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:24:10 +0000

New cute funny show on Netflix called “Nobody Wants This”.

By: walkerandbendercornerstones

walkerandbendercornerstones — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:22:04 +0000

I mean yeah that was super good of presto to do that but the clippers had to be willing to do it and they were bc that’s who kawhi wanted and at the time kawhi was like the most coveted player out there.

I’m not saying he wasn’t great for doing it but it’s not some easy or common thing to do is my point.

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:07:54 +0000

Thought this was an interesting read — a clarity index on which teams have clear goals (not whether they’re good or bad, just whether they know where they are going). We’re in the first (most clear) tier, which is nice…

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/9/26/24254575/nba-preseason-clarity-index-2024

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:03:40 +0000

Vegas has us at 53.5 wins for their over/unders

By: Hubert

Hubert — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:01:01 +0000

OKC got a billion picks and Shai for trading … George

This is something you have to give Presti immense credit for, though. He literally changed the market. No one had ever traded more than three firsts before, and there hadn’t been a trade involving two unprotected firsts since the Nets/Celtics debacle.

When Scott Perry traded Kristaps Porzingis, for instance, no one was trading picks. So he said “OK, fine, two first round picks, one protected.”

It took balls for Presti to demand — and hold out for — SGA, Gallinari, five firsts, two swaps. You can’t just yada yada that part. He got more for Paul George than anyone has ever gotten for anything!

I always thought Presti was overrated during the Durant years but his work the last 7 years is off the charts. It’s not even right to call what he did an asset hoard. They had a good team 5 of the 7 years. He actually did a Hybrid-Asset-Hoard-Win-Trades Rebuild.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:46:04 +0000

But our best players were an aging Melo with a no trade clause, an injured KP and Marcus Morris

Was just thinking….

The picks from the Marcus Morris trade yielded Immanuel Quickley and Deuce McBride.

The KP trade yielded Grimes and the Detroit 2nd, Dadiet, and the cap room to sign Randle.

IQ and the aforementioned Detroit 2nd (plus Barrett) brought us OG.

And of course Melo yielded Robinson.

That is some tidy work by the tag team of Scott Perry and Leon Rose! It led to 60% of our starting lineup plus Deuce and Dadiet.

By: walkerandbendercornerstones

walkerandbendercornerstones — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:41:16 +0000

oKC tanked to get CP3 and George?

You can’t honestly bring up a tank from fifteen years ago.

We tanked too and got RJ.