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AnubisADL
Posts: 27382 Alba Posts: 13 Joined: 6/29/2009 Member: #2771 USA |
6/23/2013 7:21 PM
VCoug wrote:AnubisADL wrote:Knicks need guard help with the departure of Kidd and the uncertainty of Prigioni coming back. Posted this is the Draft Chatter thread http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/ricky-ledo-exclusive-interview/ NY Knicks - Retirement home for players and GMs
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Finestrg
Posts: 27296 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 1/1/2006 Member: #1069 |
6/24/2013 12:11 PM LAST EDITED: 6/24/2013 2:31 PM
I tell ya what guys, I'm really starting to fall in love with this Isaiah Canaan. See, I never minded a PG that can score. Some people seem to view that as some detriment (maybe even Knicks mgmt) -- I look at it as a huge positive...To me, the more guys you can put on the floor that can put the ball in the hole the better, esp. at the point where your point guard can see right away whether a particular play he's trying to run isn't there/broke down and then has to quickly switch gears, take matters into his own hands and just go ahead and attack instead...When a player like Melo or JR does that, it looks like they're forcing shots; when a PG does that, it looks more natural/less forced and has a greater chance of success. Anytime you have a PG on the floor that can get right into the teeth of that defense to make plays for himself or others, esp. on broken plays up against the shot-clock, that's a gigantic positive imo. Felton can do that when he decides to bring it but Kidd and Pablo can't and it hurt us this year...Everything about an above average NBA PG revolves around quickness -- quick decisions, quick execution...This kid fits the bill imo. Very strong, he can handle it, he's a craft penetrator that is fully capable of splitting defenses out high and getting all the way to the goal and he can absolutely shoot the lights out from deep. And I think even despite the scoring prowess, he has more than enough court awareness/court vision to keep the ball moving and get the ball to the right players at the right spots on the floor and at the right times. The only thing missing is a lightning-quick first step off the drive -- he's got an adequate/good first step, it's just not elite. But that's OK -- it's good enough and everything else looks first rate. I mean have you seen the clips of this kid pulling up from 35 feet + and knockin' 'em down? Wow...The range on this kid (and to shoot that high a % in doing so) is incredible. His entire career at Murray St. he's been a knockdown shooter (42% on 725 attempts over 4 years). We could use everything he brings to the table. Might not be on youtube yet but DX just came out with one of their lengthy scouting videos for Canaan. Check it out: http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Isaiah-Canaan-Scouting-Report-Video-4282.
We've gotta find a way to come outta this draft Thurs night with a big man and a guard. If that guard was Isaiah Canaan, I wouldn't been too upset, I can tell you that. I'm even starting to believe Canaan would be a good solid pick at 24. Unlike some of these other PGs, I think every bit of Canaan's game translates over to the NBA with little or no adjustment period... Erick Green was my top PG (even though I understand going in that there would be a bit of a learning curve transitioning to NBA PG -- but it's the innate scoring ability, the best in college basketball in fact this year, that I find very attractive -- among many needs, one particular need for us is to come up with more guys that can score the basketball) but I'm slowly beginning to think Canaan is our guy. Sounds like they may really like this Nate Wolters though -- I just don't know about him at 24. Someone else mentioned Ben Hansbrough -- I think that's a pretty darn good comparison. They're not identical but there are similarities. And the thing with Hansbrough -- he may be in a little over his head at the NBA level. And Ben went undrafted -- so by comparison, is Wolters a reach at 24? He might be, man. Hansbrough actually looks like the more fluid player between the two. I've also heard Steve Nash comparisons with Wolters and I just don't see that. Wolters has a slight awkwardness about him that Nash and even Ben Hansbrough don't have. Does this slight quirkiness (along with the slowish foot speed) hinder him at the next level? I dunno -- it might....To me, if we can get a skilled big like a Mike Muscala at 24 then trade for a low 1/high 2 somehow and grab Cannan, that's an infinitely better draft than picking Wolters at 24 and nothing else. I like Wolters -- just a little leery about taking him 24. And Patty Mills continues to be my backup PG option in FA if we can't come up with a PG in this draft. If we have this mini-mid level available to us ($3.8M I believe, right?), I'd be willing to use a good $2M out of that total, maybe a little more, to lure Mills to NY. I think that's money well spend. I'd rather see us use that money on a player like Mills (again, provided we can't come up with a PG in this draft) over a player like Blatche, a big man that played over his head a little bit in Brooklyn this year and is gonna look for double or triple his 2012-13 salary of $854,389, probably more. Is Blatche really worth that money? I'd argue in favor of adding a good 5 bargain-bin big men over spending bigger money on Blatche, guys I believe are better than Blatche anyway. |