Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2025.07.09)

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 06:52:21 +0000

Beal would be great on a minimum salary, but he is certainly going to be hired for more than that if he gets bought out by the Suns.

By: rama, lord of the loge

rama, lord of the loge — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 03:53:02 +0000

Thanks, Raven. I wasn’t feeling excited about getting him even for the minimum (not that it has been on the table), and that made me wonder whether I was devaluing him too much because of injuries. From that TS, I guess so? But does he still play defense? In his 50 games, would he be a plus player? It seems so, but it would be hard to find a “star” I’d be less excited to get…even for almost nothing.

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 03:04:49 +0000

Rama, I looked at Beal a week or so ago out of curiosity. Very weird history, and note that I’ve not followed him at all. Led the league 8 and 7 years ago in games (82) and minutes (7 yrs ago). That year (7 ago) scored 25 per game, then next year 30 per, then next year 31 per. Then 23, 23, 18, and last year 17. Also, after that last 82 game season, he played 57, 60, 40, 50, 53, and 53 games.

So hurt a LOT the last six seasons I guess, and a bit of a nosedive from one of the top scorers in the game to a guy who can get buckets if he’s on the court. Even the last three years his TS% was .593, .607, .598.

He’d be fun to have instead of you-know-who, but as has been mentioned it’s not going to happen, and anyway no guarantee he’d be able to play much anyway.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 03:02:22 +0000

“I disagree. Clarkson was waived so he gets his full salary from that contract. Whatever the Knicks pay him, Utah pays the difference to make him earn his contractual salary.”

So a waived player can’t make more than their contract with the waiving team no matter no matter teams might pay them? So a team with cap space couldn’t tell Clarkson “Hey, we’ll pay you $3M more than the minimum to come here instead of taking the minimum somewhere else, because you are only entitled to what your existing contract pays you.” That seems weird, but everything I found seems to indicate that. Seems like that would benefit better teams with money below the second apron that can’t be outbid by teams below the cap…

By: Educate_the_weak

Educate_the_weak — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:54:11 +0000

Beal is still valuable as a scorer when he plays which isn’t often . He avg 17 points on 60 TS last season. The Suns roster was just very badly built. 2 of the big 3 were Shooting Guards.

I think he holds solid value as the 4th or 5th best player on a team

By: rama, lord of the loge

rama, lord of the loge — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:47:44 +0000

So, off the topic: is Beal actually worth anything? Always hurt, doesn’t seem to impact winning…I haven’t followed the Suns at all so don’t know whether he’s still actually someone to get excited about even at the vet min.

By: rama, lord of the loge

rama, lord of the loge — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:46:10 +0000

You’re not going to find an Armani suit on the racks at JC Penney

This. And so choosing flawed players that fit specific needs makes plenty of sense. E.g., even if Brown is better in a vacuum (which seems dubious), what if Brunson goes down for 30 games? Clarkson seems much better suited to replace some of what we’d be missing than Brown.

By: geo

geo — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:42:10 +0000

devin booker has become the bradley beal of the phoenix suns…

they headed down south and they’re still runnin’ today,,,

By: rama, lord of the loge

rama, lord of the loge — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:39:43 +0000

Yeah, I highly doubt CP3 would consider coming here. So like Nance and Brown, probably never a possibility. It’s fine to suggest you’d rather have them over Yabu and Clarkson, but aside from the argument whether that’s a smart position, it isn’t realistic.

By: Educate_the_weak

Educate_the_weak — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 02:36:34 +0000

Devin Booker agrees to 2-year, $145M max extension with Suns

I hope the Knicks don’t give out a 70 million dollar a year deal anytime soon