Jimbo5 wrote:I agree with you Nalod regarding the assistants coaches regarding recruiting stars, i think we should all focus on the fact that these assistants have a track record of developing players into stars. The main focus should be for them to develop our existing youth to be stars, if with their presence it helps get the stars here, then thats just a bonus. If it doesn't happen, no biggy, hopefully they can develop our home grown superstars soon!

I think Hayward knows he is on his last leg and if he opts out, realistically he should not ask for a max deal. I think he got his money already with the Celtics his focus should shift now.

It’ll shift right after he earns the last year of that sweet sweet player option at $34M, otherwise his wife will cut his balls off

smackeddog wrote:My issue with Hayward is the fact he keeps getting injured every time he's ready to go on a tear. And also he apparently looked great every practice last year but then struggled in the games (Celtics sources were saying his struggles were mental)- not sure Knicks is the best place to be for players who struggle with confidence.

I guess it depends on how low we'd be buying him. He' s 30 and injury prone.

given the injury history we could have a Joachim Noah situation where we're saddled with a bad contract on a guy who can't play

this is what i hate about the CBA. **** teams need to take risks but then you're punished if that doesn't work out

He’s a nice player but a little redundant on Boston. Maybe throw in a second round pick. Need to stabilize the lineup and give RJ some room.

Nalod wrote:Boston has Kemba and has to pay Jaylen and Tatum.
At the same time Haywood came to play with Brad Stevens his college coach. He took the one less year to go.
At the very least if trading Haywood give him the choice of where he lands and we need to give him some picture of the future. We want him for just one year? What’s the price of all this? He’ll eat a lot of cap next year which is ok, but the year after is the big one.
Randle is a good chip to trade but who plays PF? I know we shyt al over him but the guy can play and we should assume Thibs gets guys “In the right position”.
Haywood stepped on a players foot, it happens. It was his “bad ankle”. Good news is it did not break!
On the surface I like his talent and think he’d be good for the Knicks. But there is a chess game being played and the strategy is not known to us.

Go the Briggs route and sign Christian Wood. If you trade Randle for Haywood and then sign Wood, you actually make things much easier for Barrett and even Mitch. You would obviously have to worry about health, which is never a good thing but it’s a half decent step in the right direction.

Allanfan20 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Boston has Kemba and has to pay Jaylen and Tatum.
At the same time Haywood came to play with Brad Stevens his college coach. He took the one less year to go.
At the very least if trading Haywood give him the choice of where he lands and we need to give him some picture of the future. We want him for just one year? What’s the price of all this? He’ll eat a lot of cap next year which is ok, but the year after is the big one.
Randle is a good chip to trade but who plays PF? I know we shyt al over him but the guy can play and we should assume Thibs gets guys “In the right position”.
Haywood stepped on a players foot, it happens. It was his “bad ankle”. Good news is it did not break!
On the surface I like his talent and think he’d be good for the Knicks. But there is a chess game being played and the strategy is not known to us.

Go the Briggs route and sign Christian Wood. If you trade Randle for Haywood and then sign Wood, you actually make things much easier for Barrett and even Mitch. You would obviously have to worry about health, which is never a good thing but it’s a half decent step in the right direction.

If we are going to bring in another 4, i want it to be a true stretch 4. Bertans, Gallinari, Melo, or J Grant.

Knixkik wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Boston has Kemba and has to pay Jaylen and Tatum.
At the same time Haywood came to play with Brad Stevens his college coach. He took the one less year to go.
At the very least if trading Haywood give him the choice of where he lands and we need to give him some picture of the future. We want him for just one year? What’s the price of all this? He’ll eat a lot of cap next year which is ok, but the year after is the big one.
Randle is a good chip to trade but who plays PF? I know we shyt al over him but the guy can play and we should assume Thibs gets guys “In the right position”.
Haywood stepped on a players foot, it happens. It was his “bad ankle”. Good news is it did not break!
On the surface I like his talent and think he’d be good for the Knicks. But there is a chess game being played and the strategy is not known to us.

Go the Briggs route and sign Christian Wood. If you trade Randle for Haywood and then sign Wood, you actually make things much easier for Barrett and even Mitch. You would obviously have to worry about health, which is never a good thing but it’s a half decent step in the right direction.

If we are going to bring in another 4, i want it to be a true stretch 4. Bertans, Gallinari, Melo, or J Grant.

Melo is better off in Portland no reason to be here at all. There he's a cog. Here he's an amusement.

I would add Dario Saric to that list with Gallo and Saric being priority.