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11 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2026.07.12)”
So what I gather is:
1. Nickel looks like he can really shoot, and his defense is better than expected.
2. Mo has completely forgotten how to shoot, and the rest of his game hasn’t notably advanced.
3. Dadiet is doing good complimentary things, but his shot also isn’t there.
4. Other than them and Kayil — whom I didn’t hear anything about other than his box score stats — the rest of the roster is absolute trash.
That about right?
There are times his athleticism shows up as an issue on defense but he’s not getting blown by every trip down the court or anything.
Needs almost no room for his shot. Hits them off movement. Hitting all these 3s despite the fact nobody can breakdown the defense is pretty damn impressive.
He’s really not doing anything productive offense, less than he did last SL. He could probably use a wider bodied center to set some picks.
He’s tried to post smallee players a couple times to no success. Would be a nice addition to his game if he keeps at it.
He kinda looks like he’s just chucking it at the rim on his 3s without seriously trying to make it because he knows he’s supposed to be shooting in those situations.
Kayil moves really well. Looked good on defense to me. He can create space for his own shot, but ends up with a lot of bricks. This SL squad probably isn’t the best environment to rein in his shooting.
Thanks, EB. I only caught a few minutes of the games. SL is such a weird environment that takeaways are mostly unreliable, especially from someone like Mo who has already shown what he can do in real NBA games. But Nickel’s shooting seems very transferable. It will be 100% about his D.
On that note, have any of the top-10 picks looked either surprising good or terrible?
From P&T this morning:
“Summer League is for testing boundaries and challenging guys with roles they aren’t comfortable with. For Diawara, the Knicks are giving him some truly unreasonable challenges.
A guy with a very limited offensive bag at the moment is being tasked with initiating an offense with negative firepower (except for Nickel). Pretty much every shot he’s taken is either a grenade, contested, or not in rhythm. I didn’t watch much of Saturday’s game with other things on TV, but Friday’s looked like the team was intentionally trying to make things harder for him.”
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/knicks-analysis/87679/knicks-nba-summer-league-mo-diawara-struggles-jack-kayil-tyler-nickel-kolek
Getting blown out in our first 2 summer league games and thinking “who gives a shit? We’re the freaking NBA champions!”
It’s good to be the kings
I saw an insane tweet this morning, where someone asked if, knowing how bad our summer league team was going to look, we would still want that championship. Who thinks that way?!?!
Bondy: “ Wouldn’t be surprised if Jack Kayil indeed stays with the Knicks next season rather than getting stashed.”
I think my takeaway for Mo would just be that he could use a method to generate his own offense. He doesn’t need to do it, at least for us, but being even a little bit of a threat to beat your man is a huge boon to the offense. It would also help unlock his passing as a weapon.
Definitely the overall shitty offense is partly to blame for the bad shooting. I personally don’t trust his shot at all, but this isn’t the best data point.
Again, I think this highlights just how good a shooter Nickel is to make 3s at a high rate for this shit show.
My son quipped that in 12 years that this would be a teacher taking attendance in a NYC middle school classroom:
Jalen?
Here.
Jalen?
Here.
Jalen?
Here.
Ogugua?…
i agree it’s hard to make much of diawara’s offense in this context. although maybe people can stop thinking about the siakam archetype, which is not a good comp my view. mo has actually made some really nice passes but his finishing and handle in traffic are still looking really rough. i don’t remember seeing anyone near his size use his offhand so overtly to stabilize the back side of the ball when going straight to the rim.
his defense on the other hand has looked really rough to me and really needs to be better. i feel like dadiet and even nickel have outplayed him on that end for two games.
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