BRIGGS wrote:there is no proof of purchase there. If we get rid of Melo--none of those guys is anointed F or PG in waiting. These positions need to be filled with PROFESSIONALLY proven basketball players--these are bench players who need to prove the even belong on the bench of a WINNING team. We have much more data with KP and Willy --we can say I have this and that should improve. The other guys no--if Carmelo goes--we have no starting F on this team--even if we have 7 people at that position.

I disagree. Kuz can hit a 3pt shot. Ndour had a double/double. Baker can fight through a pick, LT is best defender in the league and every team that had Randle was wrong about him.

Briggs, do you really expect anyone to want to come here besides broken down old guys looking for a paycheck. I mean this is the Dolan/Phil clown show. How anyone would want to come here after the treatment of Melo, past FA's, Oak and the comments by Phil is beyond me.

The team we put on the floor the last 5 games or so would post a worse record than the Nyets...Hey, but look on the bright side, we would be in contention for the first pick in the draft on a yearly basis....I mean, that was phils plan all along, right?

Uptown wrote:I can't believe the team of RFA's, and end of the bench players that played last 5 games into a rallying cry for phil. Of course they played hard, they were fighting for their NB lives. Not to mention, the month of April are the dog days of the NBA. Most teams are resting players, playing scrubs or going half speed. Did you see the D-League roster the Sixers put on the floor in the last game?

The team we put on the floor the last 5 games or so would post a worse record than the Nyets...Hey, but look on the bright side, we would be in contention for the first pick in the draft on a yearly basis....I mean, that was phils plan all along, right?

Look up Luka Doncic..... we don't need to be a really bad team every year..... but I would be ok if we were a really bad team next year. Also I am holding out hope we can get talent from a Melo trade.

fwk00 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:there is no proof of purchase there. If we get rid of Melo--none of those guys is anointed F or PG in waiting. These positions need to be filled with PROFESSIONALLY proven basketball players--these are bench players who need to prove the even belong on the bench of a WINNING team. We have much more data with KP and Willy --we can say I have this and that should improve. The other guys no--if Carmelo goes--we have no starting F on this team--even if we have 7 people at that position.

Kuz will likely be traded during the draft or over the summer. Largely a one-dimensional player, popular as he is. Thomas may also be leveraged in trade.

Louis Labeyrie will get a look.

Also what others have said.

CrushAlot wrote:

fwk00 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:there is no proof of purchase there. If we get rid of Melo--none of those guys is anointed F or PG in waiting. These positions need to be filled with PROFESSIONALLY proven basketball players--these are bench players who need to prove the even belong on the bench of a WINNING team. We have much more data with KP and Willy --we can say I have this and that should improve. The other guys no--if Carmelo goes--we have no starting F on this team--even if we have 7 people at that position.

Kuz will likely be traded during the draft or over the summer. Largely a one-dimensional player, popular as he is. Thomas may also be leveraged in trade.

Louis Labeyrie will get a look.

Also what others have said.

I am curious about Labeyrie. He has come over before and seemed scrappy but not talented enough to make the roster. He has been recognized for his play in France quite a bit this year so maybe he has developed into a guy that could play in the league now. He also could be traded.
I was pretty sure that Kuz would be traded especially after his name came up at the deadline. However, Phil has been talking about him in more positive terms and seems to want to put signing Kuz in the plus column for things that he has done so maybe he stays.

Kuz has been a plus but you can bet your bottom dollar that the Knicks will recontact the interested teams and say something to the effect of, "Hey, you still interested in Kuz because if we see somebody we like at your draft position, you draft him for us, we'll send you Kuz and change."

I mispoke about Kuz being one-dimensional because he isn't but he reminds me of an old Robert Klein skit about a field marching band in which one guy forgets where he is and distorts the entire ban's imagery into a mayo jar with a fly randomly buzzing around it. Kuz is a bit spacey on defense.

90sKnicks wrote:Maybe. But we can go 30-52 without Carmleo just like we have been doing with him here. Face it. We're not going to win with Melo. You cannot win if he's your top option. Probably not even if he's your second option. As a third best player and a high volume scorer in spurts, sure. But Melo won't agree to that here.

So Melo is the reason Phil has lost over 160 games? Not Phil? What was Melo's record before Phil blew up the roster?

Uptown wrote:I can't believe the team of RFA's, and end of the bench players that played last 5 games turned into a rallying cry for phil. Of course they played hard, they were fighting for their NBA lives. Not to mention, the month of April are the dog days of the NBA. Most teams are resting players, playing scrubs or going half speed. Did you see the D-League roster the Sixers put on the floor in the last game?

The team we put on the floor the last 5 games or so would post a worse record than the Nyets...Hey, but look on the bright side, we would be in contention for the first pick in the draft on a yearly basis....I mean, that was phils plan all along, right?

Outside of Philly, the last 10-15 games were against playoff teams or teams that were desperate for wins to get into the playoffs.

Wins against Pacers Miami Detroit Bulls and some other awful losses.

martin wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:there is no proof of purchase there. If we get rid of Melo--none of those guys is anointed F or PG in waiting. These positions need to be filled with PROFESSIONALLY proven basketball players--these are bench players who need to prove the even belong on the bench of a WINNING team. We have much more data with KP and Willy --we can say I have this and that should improve. The other guys no--if Carmelo goes--we have no starting F on this team--even if we have 7 people at that position.

Then why you advocating James Johnson and Christen Wood type players?

Johnson is proven. Livingston or Collison are proven. Wood is part of a rebuild at 6-11 with long arms

BRIGGS wrote:there is no proof of purchase there. If we get rid of Melo--none of those guys is anointed F or PG in waiting. These positions need to be filled with PROFESSIONALLY proven basketball players--these are bench players who need to prove the even belong on the bench of a WINNING team. We have much more data with KP and Willy --we can say I have this and that should improve. The other guys no--if Carmelo goes--we have no starting F on this team--even if we have 7 people at that position.