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BRIGGS
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7/3/2016  9:37 AM
To both Noah and Lee. We are well behind the Celtics and Toronto in just our division still
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7/3/2016  9:41 AM
Yeah, I agree. Horford is currently a superb basketball player. Was he willing to come here?
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7/3/2016  9:51 AM
If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.
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7/3/2016  9:56 AM
nixluva wrote:If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.

Noah's has never been as good as Horford.The thing with Noah has been an easy to see gradual decline in productivity. Knick fans will need some divine intervention

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7/3/2016  10:08 AM
Durant would have been better as well. Is the assumption the Knicks could have signed Horford if they pleased?
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7/3/2016  10:11 AM
Horford is a phenomenal player. But he was too expensive and too offense oriented. Not what the Knicks needed.
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7/3/2016  10:14 AM    LAST EDITED: 7/3/2016  10:29 AM
BRIGGS wrote:
nixluva wrote:If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.

Noah's has never been as good as Horford.The thing with Noah has been an easy to see gradual decline in productivity. Knick fans will need some divine intervention


Noah
13-14 - 4th in MVP voting
12-13 - 12th in MVP voting

Horford
Nothing

Noah
3x All-defense
1x Defensive POY

Horford
Nothing

Noah
1x All-NBA first team

Horford
Nothing
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ESOMKnicks wrote:Horford is a phenomenal player. But he was too expensive and too offense oriented. Not what the Knicks needed.

I thinks the reason why Horford would've been nice is his offense fits in rather than having another guy who needs the ball. He's just as good as Noah in terms of passing rebounding and defense but his efficient offense that he expanded out to 3 is a whole different level of player. I understand we fit in both players compares to 1 but now that superior player is on the Celtics. I'd rather the Celtics has Noah and we had Horford

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7/3/2016  10:17 AM    LAST EDITED: 7/3/2016  10:17 AM
Welpee wrote:
BRIGGS wrote:
nixluva wrote:If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.

Noah's has never been as good as Horford.The thing with Noah has been an easy to see gradual decline in productivity. Knick fans will need some divine intervention


Noah
13-14 - 4th in MVP voting
12-13 - 12th in MVP voting

Horford
Nothing


Through 2013-14, Noah was a little better. Horford appears to be on a better trajectory now, though. We're talking about how the players will perform from 2016 to 2021.
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7/3/2016  10:21 AM
Bonn1997 wrote:
Welpee wrote:
BRIGGS wrote:
nixluva wrote:If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.

Noah's has never been as good as Horford.The thing with Noah has been an easy to see gradual decline in productivity. Knick fans will need some divine intervention


Noah
13-14 - 4th in MVP voting
12-13 - 12th in MVP voting

Horford
Nothing


Through 2013-14, Noah was a little better. Horford appears to be on a better trajectory now, though. We're talking about how the players will perform from 2016 to 2021.

Knee Surgery and recovery is what has Noah looking like his trajectory is on decline. People are making a mistake if they think he can't bounce back another year from the Knee Surgery. The shoulder thing shouldn't hold him back. On top of all that he's highly motivated.
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7/3/2016  10:21 AM
Bonn1997 wrote:
Welpee wrote:
BRIGGS wrote:
nixluva wrote:If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.

Noah's has never been as good as Horford.The thing with Noah has been an easy to see gradual decline in productivity. Knick fans will need some divine intervention


Noah
13-14 - 4th in MVP voting
12-13 - 12th in MVP voting

Horford
Nothing


Through 2013-14, Noah was a little better. Horford appears to be on a better trajectory now, though. We're talking about how the players will perform from 2016 to 2021.
I'm simply addressing the guy saying Noah as NEVER been better than Horford.
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7/3/2016  10:25 AM
BRIGGS wrote:
ESOMKnicks wrote:Horford is a phenomenal player. But he was too expensive and too offense oriented. Not what the Knicks needed.

I thinks the reason why Horford would've been nice is his offense fits in rather than having another guy who needs the ball. He's just as good as Noah in terms of passing rebounding and defense but his efficient offense that he expanded out to 3 is a whole different level of player. I understand we fit in both players compares to 1 but now that superior player is on the Celtics. I'd rather the Celtics has Noah and we had Horford

Horford is obviously a better player than Noah but Noah is better for KP and is exactly what we needed to play with KP.
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7/3/2016  10:26 AM
Bonn1997 wrote:Yeah, I agree. Horford is currently a superb basketball player. Was he willing to come here?

That's the million dollar question for me. I don't know if there were any reports relating to his interests here but sometimes a player just doesn't want to be here and we can't do anything about it.
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Welpee wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:
Welpee wrote:
BRIGGS wrote:
nixluva wrote:If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.

Noah's has never been as good as Horford.The thing with Noah has been an easy to see gradual decline in productivity. Knick fans will need some divine intervention


Noah
13-14 - 4th in MVP voting
12-13 - 12th in MVP voting

Horford
Nothing


Through 2013-14, Noah was a little better. Horford appears to be on a better trajectory now, though. We're talking about how the players will perform from 2016 to 2021.
I'm simply addressing the guy saying Noah as NEVER been better than Horford.
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7/3/2016  10:30 AM
BRIGGS wrote:To both Noah and Lee. We are well behind the Celtics and Toronto in just our division still

I really didn't focus on the fact that you're suggesting Horford would've been better than adding Noah and Lee. This is an astounding position to take. How do you explain your rationale for this position?
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7/3/2016  10:31 AM
BRIGGS wrote:To both Noah and Lee. We are well behind the Celtics and Toronto in just our division still

Horford more well rounded, but then we'd have a gap at starting SG? This ain't a video game

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BRIGGS wrote:
ESOMKnicks wrote:Horford is a phenomenal player. But he was too expensive and too offense oriented. Not what the Knicks needed.

I thinks the reason why Horford would've been nice is his offense fits in rather than having another guy who needs the ball. He's just as good as Noah in terms of passing rebounding and defense but his efficient offense that he expanded out to 3 is a whole different level of player. I understand we fit in both players compares to 1 but now that superior player is on the Celtics. I'd rather the Celtics has Noah and we had Horford

Horford is obviously a better player than Noah but Noah is better for KP and is exactly what we needed to play with KP.

WHy is NOah better for KP? I think they would both provide things that could help better KP. They don't call Horford the Godfather for nothing. If Noah is healthy and can get back to around 10-12 pts with decent efficiency I think things will be okay.

As someone who has admired their games for a long time its going to be cool to see them take part in the NY/BOs rivalry.
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Welpee wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:
Welpee wrote:
BRIGGS wrote:
nixluva wrote:If Noah is healthy, meaning he doesn't have Knee pain, they are much closer than people think. Horford is clearly the better scorer but Noah the better rebounder and passer. For how we play Noah fits pretty darn well. He's been hampered by the Knee pain and subsequent surgery recovery. I suspect that the further he gets from that surgery he should be healthier and his legs stronger than they were last year. Obviously his shoulder, if healed, will be better. I think we got Noah at just the right time. He looked like he was on decline but may simply have been slowed by the knee issue and needed time to get back to full strength. It seems like people forget that you need time to fully heal from surgery. No different than Melo needed time to heal and got better as the year went along and his leg strength got better.

Noah's has never been as good as Horford.The thing with Noah has been an easy to see gradual decline in productivity. Knick fans will need some divine intervention


Noah
13-14 - 4th in MVP voting
12-13 - 12th in MVP voting

Horford
Nothing


Through 2013-14, Noah was a little better. Horford appears to be on a better trajectory now, though. We're talking about how the players will perform from 2016 to 2021.
I'm simply addressing the guy saying Noah as NEVER been better than Horford.

My bad.
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7/3/2016  10:45 AM
BRIGGS wrote:To both Noah and Lee. We are well behind the Celtics and Toronto in just our division still

Who's to say Horford even wanted to come here? Knicks fans always seem to think every FA wants to come here, and all we have to do is call them.

Also if you sign Horford for the max who is our starting SG? I like him and advocated signing him, but it does raise the question of how do you fill in the rest of the team.
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martin wrote:
BRIGGS wrote:To both Noah and Lee. We are well behind the Celtics and Toronto in just our division still

Horford more well rounded, but then we'd have a gap at starting SG? This ain't a video game

Typical knick fans. Hate who we have and love who someone else has. Fans like Briggs are never satisfied.....I don't care if Phil built an all star team, they will find something.

You can't get someone in a choke hold and make them play for us. Also you can't twist the coach and GMs arm by telling them we don't need a passionate defensive center who rebounds, starts the fast break, and makes the best assist. But like typical non basketball fans, they only look at a persons scoring ability out to the three point line.....that means horford is better? The only case is horford is healthier......basketball wise, Noah was and still is the best center for this team. Enjoy what you have and stay out of your neighbors yard.

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