That's a max of 6-8 losses...

And fans out there wonder why others hope they just keep on losingredients 😥

NYKBocker wrote:i would rather we make the playoffs as well. draft is a crap shoot anyways.

The draft is the best way of adding elite talent, locked in on a cheap contract, and then extended- you can keep them for 9 years easy. The higher your pick, the greater your chances. How would you improve the team without it next season?

nixluva wrote:NOPE!!! At this point I have no interest in this team making the playoffs. I think they had their chances earlier and just let it slip away. Now I root for a competitive game and a LOSS. They're just too close to a top 5 pick at this point. Just a couple of games separate the from the top 5 in the Lottery. With the talent in this draft i'd rather go that way.

Last night was perfect - missing a buzzer beater to narrowly lose the game. Love it!

Would have SUCKED if it went in, like the shot against the Sixers.

nixluva wrote:NOPE!!! At this point I have no interest in this team making the playoffs. I think they had their chances earlier and just let it slip away. Now I root for a competitive game and a LOSS. They're just too close to a top 5 pick at this point. Just a couple of games separate the from the top 5 in the Lottery. With the talent in this draft i'd rather go that way.

if nixluva says this then it confirms that the knicks should tank.

1st the knicks DONT deserve to make the playoffs cuz theyre a bad team
2nd, theyre not going to make the playoffs cuz theyre a bad team - too much ground to cover
3rd, in the long run making the playoffs and swiftly being eliminated in the 1st rd means nothing
Lastly, theres too much talent in the draft to acquire. take the L for the season, get a nice pick to pair with KP for the next decade

smackeddog wrote:

stopstandthere wrote:See what the Sixers were doing since Hinkie era? I do not think building through the draft is the right way.

Then what is?!

Sixers drafted badly and failed to add role players or show the abilty to build a coherent team. If they'd been smart they could have had a team of:

C- Embiid
PF- KP instead of OK4
SF- Giannis Antetokounmpo (or CJ McCollum for SG) instead of Noel

But according to you they would have been better off not getting high picks and instead.... er.... how were they otherwise suppose to add talent?

You don't just get a high pick and magic happens, you still have to be smart. There is NO OTHER WAY to add elite talent under this CBA (unless you're already a very good team, then maybe a good player in their late 20s might join you).

Yeah, it's amazing how well you can build a team through the lottery when you can see all these injured and bust picks before you actually have to pick them and spend 6 years winning 10 games a year and trying to be more pathetic than Brooklyn...

Relying on the draft alone and "adding role players" doesn't seem to be a very coherent approach. This is a league of stars. You need veteran stars AND drafting wisely AND role players/deep bench AND avoiding injuries AND all these pieces have to fit AND a coach that complements the pieces you have, not vice versa AND...

Depending on the lottery to create your wet dream works in the entertainment business of the NBA about as well as it does in real life.

smackeddog wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

stopstandthere wrote:See what the Sixers were doing since Hinkie era? I do not think building through the draft is the right way.

Then what is?!

Sixers drafted badly and failed to add role players or show the abilty to build a coherent team. If they'd been smart they could have had a team of:

C- Embiid
PF- KP instead of OK4
SF- Giannis Antetokounmpo (or CJ McCollum for SG) instead of Noel

But according to you they would have been better off not getting high picks and instead.... er.... how were they otherwise suppose to add talent?

You don't just get a high pick and magic happens, you still have to be smart. There is NO OTHER WAY to add elite talent under this CBA (unless you're already a very good team, then maybe a good player in their late 20s might join you).

Yeah, it's amazing how well you can build a team through the lottery when you can see all these injured and bust picks before you actually have to pick them and spend 6 years winning 10 games a year and trying to be more pathetic than Brooklyn...

Relying on the draft alone and "adding role players" doesn't seem to be a very coherent approach. This is a league of stars. You need veteran stars AND drafting wisely AND role players/deep bench AND avoiding injuries AND all these pieces have to fit AND a coach that complements the pieces you have, not vice versa AND...

Depending on the lottery to create your wet dream works in the entertainment business of the NBA about as well as it does in real life.

Sorry, what is your method of adding stars?

Dolan's money. Scouting the Stars Who Might Have the Balls To Actually Want to Be Here. Instead of endlessly bitching and moaning about the sad state of the Melo era (oh wait, I obviously mean "error"), what might have happened if we had actually aggressively gone after real, existing stars to go with Melo, instead of daydreaming about how the Hinkie method of chasing the next shiny new "thing" out of March Madness is going to solve all ills. When it has been factually proven not to. Or putting together squads of low-cost pieces of end of the line geriatrics, or trading away all 1st rounders for the likes of Bargs, or only being able to attract flash in the pan Linwonders or bonehead wierdos like JR Smith and FluTyson? Or tanking by spending a season watching a group of NBDL rejects and Lou Amundson? And what did we get for tanking? A slightly fragile unicorn who has yet to take us anywhere.

Holding to the Hinkie model gets you what the SacTown model gets you. A history and legacy of suhucking and hoping your lottery dreams come true someday. There's much more to NBA basketball than the draft and some role players. If you don't get that by looking at the teams that have won and continue to win, I don't know what to tell you.

Sixer fans at work don't even bother talking basketball with me anymore. They have nothing to say. Because they have nothing to say. I'm sure Embiid will look great in a suit. They were getting waaaaaaaaaay too close to 30 wins anyway. Can't have that and look forward to making your bracket and plans for ping pong at the end of the season.

nixluva wrote:The Warriors are built on the core of drafted players. It's not all they've done to build that team but it forms the base on which they built. The reason many wanted to get another high pick is to build our own base of top tier talent on which to build.

In any event that looks like it's over now. If this team starts to play up to its potential then they will win games and be outside of the top 10 forget about top 5 in the draft. Not the end of the world but a major blow to the future of the team. Just gotta hope we get lucky with lower draft picks.

did you forget draymond green was pick 35..you have just as good of chance drafting a stud in the top 5 as you d0 in the bottom 10 of the 1st round..and good chance in the top of the 2nd..

knicks1248 wrote:

nixluva wrote:The Warriors are built on the core of drafted players. It's not all they've done to build that team but it forms the base on which they built. The reason many wanted to get another high pick is to build our own base of top tier talent on which to build.

In any event that looks like it's over now. If this team starts to play up to its potential then they will win games and be outside of the top 10 forget about top 5 in the draft. Not the end of the world but a major blow to the future of the team. Just gotta hope we get lucky with lower draft picks.

did you forget draymond green was pick 35..you have just as good of chance drafting a stud in the top 5 as you d0 in the bottom 10 of the 1st round..and good chance in the top of the 2nd..

Outs extremely lucky to find guys tart deep in the draft. The Knicks already found Willy, baker and chasson.... their story is stl being written but can we continue that streak?

I'm not really worried anymore. I want to get a high pick but there's alot of guys im this draft that aren't even in the popular mock draft boards. We'll be fine