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16 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2025.01.31)”
Good morning, good people of KB! š
One question for today: Let’s say in June the Knicks are hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy, what path are you seeing to get there?
For me, that’s prolly MXP -> JFK nonstop on Emirates š
Keep up the positivity, Cyber!
Full health, Cyber, meaning the return of Mitch ā or a trade bringing in a backup big who can provide similar defense and rebounding āĀ KAT’s thumb being fully healed, and the guys all being reasonably well-rested.
The momentum we’ve witnessed over the past 3 games continues. The parts are gelling and the subs can play more and more minutes because they are being plugged into a machine that’s hitting on all cylinders.
Re: All-Star reserves. If you make several All-Star teams, you’re more likely to keep being named to All-Star Games. Hence Jaylen Brown, Siakam, James Harden over Josh Hart and Norman Powell.
Havenāt finished Macriās pod with Begley yet, but hereās how Macri summarizes the key talking points in todays newsletter:
Always! Watch out, Swifty, i’m coming for your crown! š
A couple more now that I’ve listened further:
* Begley thinks they might include a rookie ā he mentioned Dadiet as a hypothetical, but Begley’s hypotheticals often seem to be the name he’s actually heard ā to grease a deal, as part of the “draft compensation,” since we’re pick-limited.
* As you might imagine from our Council of Rivals front office, there’s some disagreement about whether to even attempt a big move right now, versus waiting until the summer when we can trade more stuff.
If you missed it, McCullar is back. Here’s his scoring plays:
https://x.com/KnicksFanTv/status/1885154205901455597
4-9 for 10pts in 16 min
I like Sims. I hope trading him means he gets a good opportunity. They should get a player or a pick back. A decent second round pick would be fair.
McCullers doesnāt look like a three and D guy in that small video sample since his scores seem to come from driving to the basket.
Given how this FO has operated in the past, it seems unlikely we make a significant move right now in terms of giving away assets for some guy who is barely above replacement level (like Valanciunas) – especially for a guy who makes $10MM and so would require something like a 3-for-1 trade unless you include Mitch (and wow would that be selling at the Marianas trench of Mitch’s trade value). The other thing with Valanciunas is that he has a guaranteed 3 year contract (this is the first year) — is that good $ to have on the books after this year? I suppose it’s good to have tradeable salary but bad tradeable salary is still something that needs draft picks to move.
The James Edwards article suggested they might move Jericho for nothing – ie. give a bad second round pick + Jericho for essentially nothing thereby creating enough move to grab a buyout candidate. I am not sure what actually useful players might be bought out (that are also making below the MLE).
I dunno – this team has a puncher’s chance at the title this year but it is not like the 2012 knicks where we had 100 year old Kurt Thomas, Sheed, and Jason Kidd — we will (health-willing) be just as good if not better next year. I would be very much against any significant move that results in a sell-low on any of our current assets, including Dadiet and Mitch. Especially just to get a player that probably would get played off the floor against the Celtics, Pacers, etc.
Frank, I agree that Jonas doesn’t seem like he should be the move at the deadline. But Begley doesn’t just idly throw out names. He’s clearly heard about interest in the guy from our FO.
Wasn’t McCullar considered more of a Josh Hart type than a 3 and D guy?
Yeah, he’s not a 3&D guy because there’s no 3. He can do everything else more than okay and defends really, really well.
Looked back at Vecenie’s draft board and he said McCullar would go in the first round of he could shoot and stay healthy. The fact he was 55th on his list tells you how much he believes in his health and shooting.
Watching Precious switch effectively on the perimeter and look somewhat interchangeable with OG Bridges and Hart, I donāt know why we would possibly want Jonas.
Heās a situational big at best at this stage.
Also, enjoyed this from Josh about how accepting a secondary role has ironically allowed his game to blossom. Also liked the host subtly putting her co-host in his place for being juvenile.
https://x.com/benritholtznba/status/1885091347813511233?s=46&t=0wqff4cNt-sCGcDs-uMExw
Good morning, fellow Knickerbloggers!!!
Sengun didn’t play last night. Steven Adams started and got 11 and 10. Raise your hand if you thought that he was still capable of such a thing. Maybe there is hope for Mitch after an extended absence, too.
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