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57 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2024.10.31)”
The Yankees killed my Buzz with an absolute pathetic choke job. Allowing 5 unearned runs in the 5th inning to tie the game because they couldn’t make basic defensive plays. Also when the game was over why was New York, New York being played while the Dodgers celebrated..
As for Soto, if he wants to return to the Yankees and they refuse to meet his contract demands the fans needed to boycott the upcoming season.
Happy Halloween as well, great weather in store for today .
Can we stop talking about baseball now?
I have another hospital procedure today, so I had to spend last night working to finish stuff I can’t do today. Which means I didn’t have to watch the Yankees melt down. Sigh.
At least KAT looked incredible in the highlight reel I watched this morning!
Good luck Alan!
Yeah, KAT was a monster. He lumbers a bit out there but you can’t argue with the results.
Feel better, Alan. To finally have a center who can get the better of Bam is really cool. Just be healthy for the second and third rounds of the playoffs please.
Rooting for you Alan!!
Last night was the first solid showing by both Ortg & Drtg.
Feel better, Alan!
My gift to you, Big Blue Al, and the other Yankees fans is silence on the matter 🙂
Nice to know KAT can fuck Bam up.
I thought the Heat would have a solid comeback season but now it’s looking like Riley might just have to cash in on Butler while he can.
I would love to swing a Jimmy-for-OG trade but the Heat probably have far too much sense to take on that Anunoby contract. Also probably not the best idea to reunite KAT and Towns.
I think KAT and Towns are a fine pair
Ok, Doogie 😉
Best wishes Alan, good luck!
Brunson is the captain and will always be the heart and soul of this team but I think in order to make this work, most nights KAT should probably be the number one option. We’ve debated about Brunson for several years being a true 1 option or is he more of a 1A. I get last night was just one night and all, but KAT scored those 44 points pretty effortlessly. He truly can be a dominate and efficient offensive weapon. Brunson getting 9 assists is a great thing and he should look to score a little less and set everyone up, especially KAT, a little more.
Miami isn’t great or a contender but they are always tough and don’t suck and we beat them on the road. Beating The Heat in their own building is ALWAYS a good thing.
Now we got a few easier games coming up. Let’s continue to work out some kinks and build a little momentum.
Precious coming back will definitely help the bench.
Best wishes, Alan.
OG’s pretty clearly a fourth option who can sometimes show out a little more, which means Mikal is the three. He really has to make that happen for this to work. Hopeful, but not yet convinced. On the optimistic side, Deuce maybe can cover some of that.
They sent out a lot of offensive pop with RJ and IQ. Hopefully, it doesn’t come back to bite. Hopeful, but not yet convinced.
Bridges is averaging 18ppg with a 62% TS%, I think he’ll handle the 3rd option role just fine.
Offense is this team’s strength, they just have to shore up the defensive mistakes and they’ll be as good as we hoped they’d be. Getting Precious and eventually Mitch back will certainly help in that regard.
As for the Yankees last night encapsulated the 2024 team perfectly, it was a fitting way to have their season end.
Having said that as long as they keep Soto I expect for trips to the World Series to become more frequent and hopefully they’ll eventually break thru and win one just like the Dodgers eventually did.
They obviously have to upgrade at 1b, get a 2nd or 3b depending on where they decide to play Jazz next season and they need to replenish the bullpen but honestly as long as they keep Soto they’ll be fine.
OG got far too much individual credit for how the Brunson-Donte-OG-Randle-Hartenstein unit fit like a glove. He was the final piece but his so-called “impact on winning” was greatly overstated and those gaudy W/L could be easily picked apart by looking at how many other Knicks were also injured at the same time he was out. He’s not providing $40M worth of value any time soon.
Unless something unexpected happens, Miami looks like a lottery team.
Great piece by Edwards, who focused entirely on Brunson last night:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5886686/2024/10/31/jalen-brunson-knicks-heat-observation/
About last night game:
– 30 assists on 40 made baskets is good.
Brunson tried his best to put the other guys in rhythm, he’s in a little shooting slump (14-42 in the last two games) but he’ll be fine soon.
– Winning the rebounds battle was another good sign.
– KAT showed his full offensive arsenal, brought down 13 rebounds and when he finally started raising his arms his defense was decent.
We’re not used to scoring centers (who’s the latest, Eddy Curry?) everyone need time adapt to the novelty.
– Until Mitch come back we can forget about rim protection, but the defense was better in the second half, let’s take it as progress.
– Hart was at his gluey best: 14 boards, 6 assists, a couple of threes, but I’m a little worried, 42 minutes in the 4th game of the season when he’s been declared questionable before the last 3 games? I hope he could take it easier against weaker opponents.
– Both OG (overpaying aside) and Mikal (same) showed glimpses of what their “ideal” role should be, the whole crew needs to play together to become a coherent unit and not a my turn-your turn ensemble.
– Deuce is a sure commodity, I’d really like to see Huk instead of Sims and as soon as possible Kolek taking Cam Payne’s spot (he’s not a truly terrible player, but I brace for a disaster every time he has the ball).
Anyway I hope we wouldn’t go with an 8-men rotation all regular season long or our players will be cooked come february…
– Good win but let’s not sleep on the Pistons, they’ve been competitive in every game, Cade’s playing well and Ivey’s too (hello Monty!)
It may be luck, but we still haven’t lost 2 games in a row since trading for OG, just sayin’.
Re: Yankees
I can’t remember an inning as brainless as last night 5th, it summed up everything the Boone Yankees have been in the last 7 years.
Hal declining Boone’s option for next season would be the only good thing to extract from this season, but I doubt it’ll happen.
If Soto signs elsewhere Cashman should be fired immediately (and Hal should sell the team).
Best of luck Alan
I think the best thing Juan Soto can do for Yankees fans is leverage his free agency the way NBA players like LeBron and Giannis do. Everyone expects Hal will want to pay for him and call it a day. But if I’m Soto, I’m not letting that happen. I’m not committing to this team if the plan is to ask me & Judge to carry a lineup of scrubs again. I’d express my intent to resign but withhold my commitment until they do something about 1B, 2B, and 3B. And if they won’t do that, I’d be out. Because Steve Cohen’s plan isn’t going to be “sign Juan Soto and cut corners everywhere else.”
Payne’s game isn’t pretty and his shot hasn’t been falling all that much, but he does have 13 assists to 2 turnovers, averaging 7 assists and one turnover per 36. Competes on defense as well.
The Knicks have the offensive side of the ball fairly well figured out. They’re #2 in eFG% and 3rd in offensive rating, even with Brunson off to a slow start. Low 3PA rate from the first few games was probably an anomaly.
He looked a little more physically fit to me last night (my girffreind said the same thing), but I still think if he dropped a little weight he’d be quicker on both sides.
Wow, you’ve been having a rough time. Best of luck.
On both espn and the athletic this morning the story under the WS stuff was Bronny James scoring 2 points while his team got blown out
Our bench doesn’t need to score much. Between Brunson, KAT, Mikal, and Deuce, the bench players just need to hold down the defense and hit open shots.
Payne wasn’t over dribbling like he did last game.
I agree with what you are saying, but like I’ve been suggesting, we are not in the team building business anymore. The primary concern is not getting good value contracts so we can fit enough talent under the cap or use those contracts to roll up into better players. We are in the business of putting the best possible player/fit we can get at every position. OG is one of those players. So you pay him and move on.
We may still do some tweaking on the bench or maybe even use some of the young players and future picks a year or two down the line to make another move, but this is our team.
Payne’s a decent backup… he just scares me 😁
Feel better, Alan.
Last night was the first game I’ve seen this season, and I was encouraged. Obvs KAT had a monster performance, but what I liked most was his variety on offense. Guy is the complete package. And, like Max said, KAT also seemed to gain momentum on D and finally put his “hands up” (haha), which is a good sign.
Another point: both Divo and Julius were fiery guys, so I tuned in wondering who would replace that quality when necessary. Last night for long stretches Deuce seemed our only guy playing much faster than anyone else. Along with Hart, he kind of dragged some of our sleepier guys off their couches when things looked most miserable.
As an add-on, the BTS stuff during timeouts had clips of Deuce mic’d up in previous games, and he was shouting with authority for guys to get in position, hurry up, and so on. It was new fun to see since Young Miles has been “the Rook” for what seems like forever. Good for him.
I know this is all eye test blather and not serious-numbers-stuff, but I got the impression, reading previous game threads, that our off season moves have created an *urgency* deficit if not really a drop in actual talent. I don’t really see OG or Mikal as particularly emotional guys, and KAT likewise can *seem* to be loafing even if he’s not. Cam Payne seems like the definition of journeyman in the OED, and Sims sleeps even when jumping, so …
If Deuce/Hart (and maybe Huk/Precious?) can get/keep us going emotionally, season looks bright to me.
Steve Cohen has been telling people he’s not getting outbid for Soto and he has more money than anyone else who owns a baseball team. I figure the only way Soto doesn’t go to the Mets is if he wants to go to another particular team and I haven’t seen anything from Soto suggesting he’s not prioritizing getting paid. That’s why you hire Scott Boras.
Very nice win, the Knicks outclassed the Heat last night.
Is there a way to slow down the opponents’ open 3s parade? Why is it happening, is it because they’re over-helping in the paint?
Which means they’ll probably do none of those things. At first base, they’ll trot out Rizzo or DJ, and maybe sign someone like Dom Smith because “analytics something”. Jazz stays at 3B, but he goes back to being a 95 OPS+ guy.
Soto will sign with the Mets, and the Yankees will replace him with someone like Jurickson Profar. They’ll try to cobble up a bullpen again. It’s the 21st century Yankee way.
IMO that would be a horrendously horrible idea.
Jimmy is close to done. He’s 35 and contantly hurt or taking time off to save something for the playoffs. He’s got 1-2 more good years left (if that).
OG is being underutilzed now because we have a lot of scoring talent in the starting lineup, but if someone goes down, OG will step up into the 3rd option role and get us 15+ per game with little impact on his efficiency.
KAT: 58.5% from the field, 95.2% from the free throw line, and 72.7% on threes
I know, I know: Small sample size theater.
And no Jimmy at this point, please.
I know it’s a random typing mistake but this is “psychoanalytically funny” 😀
By the way, this a VERY GOOD thing as long as OG is happy enough that he got paid and is not worrying about his shot count. This is the kind of situation that allows a team like Boston to lose the firepower of a guy like KP and hardly skip a beat on offense. They have players that could easily raise their usage and remain just as efficient, but they are sacrificing for the good of the team. But then when someone gets hurt, they up their usage and all is fine.
Guys I swear I didn’t hack Mike K’s account and write that.
“OG is being underutilzed now because we have a lot of scoring talent in the starting lineup, but if someone goes down, OG will step up into the 3rd option role and get us 15+ per game with little impact on his efficiency.”
He’s still averaging almost 36 minutes per game. Probably a bad idea.
“Guys I swear I didn’t hack Mike K’s account and write that.”
And Z-man didn’t hack mine.
We’re still very much in the team completing business, though. OG and Mikal did not finish the job here the way Porzingis and Jrue did in Boston, or Andre Iguadola did in Golden State. This team is a player short, and not the kind of player you get on the waiver wire or with the TPMLE.
Butler scored 15 points and OG spent the majority of the time guarding him. That’s the important stat for him. Let Brunson and KAT worry about scoring.
Nick Richards with 24 points/14 rebounds/4 blocks last night. Guess we didn’t need him as a back-up center.
RJ had 31 points and 8 assists, and I don’t care.
Butler would be a horrible idea. KAT has probably grown up a bit since that incident and it seems like Thibs has mellowed too but Butler I think is the same ahole that he was when that went down. It would be an unnecessary move and also, he’s close to washed.
For all of Pat Riley’s genius he seems to have parked the Miami Heat in purgatory. They’re probably a 6-8 seed in the East, and the smart move would be to move Butler and rebuild, but they may have waited too long to do that. I don’t think you’re getting a monster asset haul for this version of Jimmy B. The rest of the roster is Bam and a bunch of overachieving tryhards.
It seems to me that we’re likely a cut above MIA, PHI, and IND. The 76ers will be good when healthy but won’t often be healthy. The good teams in the East are BOS, CLE, ORL, and us. Jury still out on MIL.
Re: “Jimmy Butler’s always hurt”, last 4 years:
OG – 52 games/year
Butler – 58 games/year
The KAT/Butler thing is real and I can understand not wanting to pair them up again, but you’re crazy if you think swapping OG Anunoby for Jimmy Butler is a terrible basketball idea for a team that’s all in.
Not crazy, just skeptical. Injuries aside, one player is 35 and the other player is 27.
We might be “all-in” but we’re not just looking to win it all this year. The team, with the current roster, is “all-in” for the next 3ish seasons at least. Butler would push our chips in for this season but potentially hurt our chances the next few seasons.
Is he that “final” move you want to make?
Butler is 35, marching right into his decline phase. He was a sick player in his prime but I just don’t know if I’m gonna be too excited for his age 36 and 37 and beyond seasons. It’s more the decline I’d be worried about, not injuries.
KAT is apparently something like 11-1 against the Heat for his career, which only makes me appreciate him more.
Why the hell would we trade for Butler, at 35, with an expiring contract, and still delusional enough that he wants a max for his next deal? Hard no.
Last season the Heat narrative was they’re taking their time in the regular season, being cautious etc, and then it was going to be PLAYOFF JIMMY and then he got hurt in the play in and they got bounced.
Butler’s BPM the last 4 years: 7.7, 6.3, 8.7, 4.6.
OG Anunoby’s: 1.2, 0.4, 0.5, -0.6.
I don’t care if he’s 35 or 40. Jimmy Butler is going to blow OG out of the water every year he’s in the league. And that Anunoby deal has Future Worst Contract In The League written all over it.
OBPM is useful. DBPM is garbage. Don’t use BPM.
Trading for Butler would make me very nervous for a bunch of reasons (shooting is #1), but the dude is one of the best in the league when he’s on the court.
Make him opt in as part of the trade. You get 2 years of Butler and get out of the last 3 year’s of OG’s contract before it sinks the Brunson era.
The more relevant question is why the hell would Pat Riley want to trade Jimmy Butler for OG Anunoby.
Anunoby was sixth in the league in defensive EPM last season. He ranked 56th in defensive BPM, behind such defensive stalwarts as Zion Williamson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kyle Lowry, Cason Wallace, and Nic Batum.
Somehow I don’t think BPM is capturing his full value.
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