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  • 29 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2024.11.29)”

    Per NBA’s injury report, players out for CHO:
    LaMelo, Tre Mann, Miles Bridges, Grant Williams, Nick Richards, Mark Williams and the most important of them all… DaQuan Jeffries! 😀

    This is a lot of players out, and so they should be playing with these guys:
    Brandon Miller, Josh Green, Cody Martin, Vasilije Micić, Seth Curry, Tidjane Salaün, Moussa Diabaté, Nick Smith Jr, KJ Simpson, and again the most important of them all… TAJ GIBSON !! 🧡💙

    Looks like a GLeague team to me, it probably won’t be an entertaining game. 😛

    Thibs will lower the minutes of the starters, right? RIGHT? 🤭 😛 😀

    I searched for “Knicks highlights” from yesterday’s game but found only redacted video clips with a black screen 😉

    Maybe today is better?

    Tonight is a great chance to pump our record a bit, a loss against Charlotte’s G-League team would be a disaster…

    The 20-game marks is getting closer, hot takes are boiling and nearly cooked… 😀

    Just for info, Euroleague’s career high for our stashed trade asset Rokas (24, 11-13 2FG, 6 AST):

    https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/videos/alba-berlin-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-rs-round-12-highlights-2024-25-turkish-airlines-euroleague/?feedId=60dee8825eb4fd8da365da78&title=Latest%20Videos

    All the “hot takes” and “overreactions” after 4 games will be perfectly valid after 20. The defense won’t be fixed by Sunday, and nor will this roster suddenly seem balanced.

    This feels more like a give-it-60-games team to me. Possibly even a wait-til-next-year one.

    There are caveats and there is wishcasting, but the default essential principle of professional team sports is that you are what your record says you are.

    This feels more like a give-it-60-games team to me. Possibly even a wait-til-next-year one.

    That is if you’re waiting for a team that is better than the previous two seasons, I mean.

    It’s not bleak or anything. I’m sure we can win 48-50 games and make the second round with this team.

    I’m sure we can win 48-50 games and a playoff round the way things are today.

    They’ve already done that each of the last two years. For the cost in assets from then to now, they should have moved things much further along.

    I unfortunately concur with the board consensus about KAT’s defense, which means that Thibs is going to lower the floor by fixing the defense a bit at the cost of the high-octane offense they have now. At that point, they’ll have essentially not moved the ball forward, or moved it forward immaterially, from where they were after they smoked the Cavs in the 2023 first round.

    At the cost of Barrett, Quickley, Randle, DDV, and 5 ones. Plus the delta in cap space up to the second apron. Plus the opportunity cost in rolling over/incinerating the ones they wound up hoarding and squandering.

    No reasonable way to conclude that’s good enough.

    It’s Knickerblogger Black Friday! Get your depressing takes while they last!

    Actually no rush, they’ll be here all season )-:

    Is it really “a depressing take” to suggest this team is going to take considerably more than two additional games to gel?

    From Jared Dubin’s “Last Night In Basketball” substack, answering to a Knick fan about Mikal Bridges:

    When Mikal was shooting something like 70% from mid-range a week or so ago, I was less concerned about the answer to this question. Now that he’s dipped back down to a somewhat normal range, his career-low 30.8% mark from three is more noticeable, and more noticeably damaging.

    I don’t think it’s entirely about this, but I did notice earlier this week that his conversion rate in the second and fourth quarters is about 7.5% lower than it is in the first and third. The reason I think that’s relevant is because, for some reason, Bridges’ regular rotation sees him play the entire first and third, then stay out there to start the second and fourth quarters. To say this is rare would be the understatement of the century. NOBODY does this, and for good reason. It needs to stop right now.

    That said, even his first- and third-quarter shooting is below his career norms. He’s around 34% from deep in those periods. As a 37% career shooter, though, that’s basically just someone having a little bit of an off stretch. I do think the way his minutes are being doled out is a contributing factor.

    I don’t think they’re a factor, though, in his calamitous free-throw rate — he hasn’t gone to the line in SEVEN consecutive games and has taken just 11 foul shots all year — or his defensive decline. I have no idea what’s going on with the free throw stuff. Just stopping fading away in the lane and go up strong, I guess, is the solution. But his seeming inability to navigate screens is rapidly becoming more concerning than the shooting. He and Anunoby are supposed to be one of the best defensive wing duos in the NBA, if not the single-best. And only one of those two guys is holding up his end of the bargain right now.

    He certainly slacked off on that end of the floor in Brooklyn last season while carrying a larger offensive burden than he could handle; but his usage rate is now down 18.9%, which is higher than it was in Phoenix by several percentage points, but lower by nearly the same amount than it was in Brooklyn. He should be able to ramp the defense back up to where it was. He just hasn’t. And to me, at least, it doesn’t appear to be effort-related. It’s about execution and a general inattention to detail. And that’s more concerning, actually.

    for some reason, Bridges’ regular rotation sees him play the entire first and third, then stay out there to start the second and fourth quarters. To say this is rare would be the understatement of the century. NOBODY does this, and for good reason. It needs to stop right now.

    I mentioned it a few days ago, he’s playing career high in minutes. This is just stupid coaching by Thibs.

    Hi everyone. Been a while since I posted. Just an observation on where we are in the win curve/team building cycle. I can’t point to loads of data on this beyond Phoenix this year, who have looked good when KD has played. I think when you make a set of ‘all in’ moves it’s reasonable to expect a holding year unless you were already really close and just added one guy, for example. That’s not because it ‘takes time to gel’ – although I’m sure it does. But it’s because those all in moves often cost depth and require filling out of the roster and that often needs a second summer. Even with the new restrictions, when the cap goes up we should be able to use some exceptions and with a thin rotation we should have playing time to offer. It’s frustrating to lose a season if this is the case but I think it might be too soon until next year to really know if we moved the dial with all those moves.

    The big blow to this rebuild was the loss of I-Hart for nothing.

    As much as we loved him, I think we still underrated his contribution to winning because he’s not much of a scorer.

    Setting playing positions aside, Towns is a huge upgrade over Randle on offense. No loss there! Despite his limitations on defense, Randle was no bargain on that side either. Net we are better.

    Bridges is slumping a bit and playing well below hopes on defense, but overall he’s still a better player than DDV.

    The downside is mostly from losing I-Hart. He gave us the defense we needed, rebounding and low usage high efficiency that’s lacking now.

    J-Hart fills some of the gap on the boards and as a playmaker. He has also been very efficient. But the defense is sufferring from the lack of I-Hart.

    The obvious response is trying Mitch and Towns together when he gets healthy, but how much of a trade off there is with Towns at PF remains to be seen. We also don’t know how Mitch is going to play after all these injuries.

    I think that’s a great point, English Knick. But if you look closely we don’t really have a lot of ways to add depth this summer.

    Unlike Phoenix we don’t have any draft picks so that cuts off a significant avenue of improvement.

    And the one year deal we gave Precious puts us in a very tenuous position with him next year, so we might actually lose quality depth.

    We’ll have the TPMLE and room for vet minimums but we may have to go over an apron to use them.

    For us I think it’s more about the maturity of Kolek, Dadiet, and Hukporti. They are the cavalry.

    Hey english-knick, good to hear from you.

    “And to me, at least, it doesn’t appear to be effort-related. It’s about execution and a general inattention to detail. And that’s more concerning, actually.”

    I’m exhausted and sleepless, but this seems less concerning to me. You can’t coach defensive effort (see most Knicks the last few decades). You can coach execution and attention to detail.

    I read somewhere that TJ Warren is averaging 20+ per game in Westchester. I think he could help, if they can add his vet min contract. I’m not sure why Jacob Toppin is on the roster at this point. Also, McCullar has potential for next year.

    Another thing to consider is that Phoenix’ need just happened to be at the deepest position in the NBA and they lucked into extraordinary value with Tyus Jones.

    The two-way big we need is not likely to be available at the vet minimum. That’s why using Bridges to acquire that piece is so logical.

    From the Westchester Knicks:
    Meet T.J. Warren, our do-it-all guy, averaging an impressive 26.3 PPG and 7.5 RPG this season

    I also like his attitude about where his career currently stands. He seems sincerely thankful to be on our G-League squad, at this point.

    I don’t think it’s entirely about this, but I did notice earlier this week that his conversion rate in the second and fourth quarters is about 7.5% lower than it is in the first and third. The reason I think that’s relevant is because, for some reason, Bridges’ regular rotation sees him play the entire first and third, then stay out there to start the second and fourth quarters. To say this is rare would be the understatement of the century. NOBODY does this, and for good reason. It needs to stop right now.

    don’t follow this. bridges shooting on 2pa and 3pa by q:
    1. 62.8% 23.3%
    2. 70.7% 22.0%
    3. 47.0% 41.0%
    4. 52.7% 35.1%

    it’s fine to hate his minute distribution ab initio, but if you’re finding validation from those splits you’re seeing gods in the stars.

    I’m not sure why Jacob Toppin is on the roster at this point. Also, McCullar has potential for next year.

    Toppin is on a 2-way and can’t be replaced by a player with more than 3yrs experience.

    Toppin averaged 20 & 8.5 as a rookie during last year’s g-league regular season. 27 & 7 is better, but I’m not sure it’s so much better that it screams NBA rotation player.

    Unlike Phoenix we don’t have any draft picks so that cuts off a significant avenue of improvement.

    We do have the Grizzlies 2nd Rd pick. It’s currently 54th. Just adding as a footnote, it will not fix our problems unless they’re cap related.

    I don’t understand the Warren thing. I thought we had to wait until we could fit his prorated minimum salary under the apron. But someone (E.B. I think) recently said we could call him up any time we’re just choosing Matt Ryan instead. If accurate, that’s rather daft.

    Might be that we can’t waive an injured player. If we want Shamet as soon as possible, then we need the 14th man waivable and TJ hasn’t exactly been healthy.

    It’s also possible we sign TJ once the prorated vet minimum fits in our space or we make a trade that saves space to be our 15th man.

    I honestly think it’s just that Ryan can shoot (though we haven’t seen him do it) and TJ can’t.

    TJ was good, but it’s been several years. Ryan sucks though.

    Before he mangled his foot, TJ had two straight years of shooting over 40% from 3. Not at high volume (around 4 3PA/36) but over 400 attempts in that span.

    He just turned 31, so for me it’s all about how much athleticism he has left. If he can get to 90+% of the athleticism he had at age 26, he’s an NBA rotation player. If not, whatever is working for him in the G-League is not going to translate to the NBA.

    Meanwhile, why are they waiting on Landry Shamet? As we learned with Julius, shoulder dislocations are generally associated with labrum tears and avoiding surgery comes with a substantially higher risk of re-injury. And it’s not like he injured it in a fall, it was a reach-in on D so it didn’t take as much to blow it out in the first place. I’m wondering when the next update will come. Not expecting good news, but who knows?

    Meanwhile, why are they waiting on Landry Shamet? As we learned with Julius, shoulder dislocations are generally associated with labrum tears and avoiding surgery comes with a substantially higher risk of re-injury. And it’s not like he injured it in a fall, it was a reach-in on D so it didn’t take as much to blow it out in the first place. I’m wondering when the next update will come. Not expecting good news, but who knows?

    I tend to agree, even if he comes back 100% Landry Shamet is not going to move the needle much on this roster, while TJ Warren slots in more neatly and is ready to go now. Of course, I don’t know the cap intricacies very well so it’s entirely possible we can’t sign Warren because he has a higher vet minimum.

    I’m not all that worried about Bridges. He is entitled to a period of adjustment to a new role with new teammates. I am already resigned to the fact that he was a massive overpay, like 2-3 unprotected picks too many, but alas, sunk cost at this point. But the way he’s playing, he wasn’t worth even the 2031 pick by itself. I expect that to change, but never to the point that it would justify the actual cost, both in terms of value or impact on future flexibility.

    I am actually more worried about KAT’s defense at the 5. I also have seen nothing to convince me that we won’t miss Randle’s shot creation ability or that KAT or Mikal fills that void. I worry that our offense as is isn’t going to translate well enough in the playoffs to make up for KAT’s defensive issues. So, as E pointed out, it becomes a trade-off between playing Mitch (if he ever gets healthy) who brings a whole host of issues like hack-a-Mitch, or watching KAT flail around as opposing offenses target him. Unless Leon does something creative before the deadline.

    In any case, I don’t think we can gauge the ceiling of this team in any meaningful until we get Precious and Mitch back and play the likes of the Thunder, Cavs and Celts.

    Mitch will probably never again give us more than 24ish minutes a game, but just having him available allows us to throw two very different looks at other teams, at least for this season. We probably need a more durable rim protector to pair with KAT going forwards.

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