Lakers get a 3 shooters to put around AD/Bron if they can ever get healthy and play together for a stretch.

And I honestly don't see any team trading for Kemba/Burks/Fournier. It would take IQ/Obi/RJ for any team to trade away a "star player" to N.Y.

I think it can still work and view the Knick issues with the coaching staff more than the players.

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fishmike wrote:Russ becomes the stopgap PG that Kemba was signed to be. Fournier is a mistake. Burks is great but I would rather lose finding out what Grimes, Knox or McBride could do with Burk's minutes than ride him to a play in or first round exit. We are not one player away, we dont really need veteran role players and we are not competing for a top seed. This opens time for the kids, and Russ is a spaz but still plays as hard as anyone in the league and you can use him in weird line ups.

Lakers get a 3 shooters to put around AD/Bron if they can ever get healthy and play together for a stretch.

Watched a lot of games back when he was playing with you know who in OKC and in Houston. The biggest negative about Russ was his Bball IQ. Lacking at times, especially in close games. He also lacks a consistent outside shot that is needed when he is competing against top-tier teams. Especially in playoffs. Watched other teams back up and let him shoot on many occasions. His age and salary do not help either.

Don't get me wrong. I love his athleticism, motor and will to compete. . The guy is an energizer bunny. 100% at all times. Also, think he is best suited on a team that has no other real number one options on offense. Think the package mentioned would be a pass for me. But if it happened I would be the first to buy a ticket to the show.

Cant say I love it, but I think it solves some problems (Kemba/EF) and opens up minutes for Grimes/McBride who *may* be ready to break out and take bigger roles

fishmike wrote:Russ becomes the stopgap PG that Kemba was signed to be. Fournier is a mistake. Burks is great but I would rather lose finding out what Grimes, Knox or McBride could do with Burk's minutes than ride him to a play in or first round exit. We are not one player away, we dont really need veteran role players and we are not competing for a top seed. This opens time for the kids, and Russ is a spaz but still plays as hard as anyone in the league and you can use him in weird line ups.

Lakers get a 3 shooters to put around AD/Bron if they can ever get healthy and play together for a stretch.

For the first time we can say we would be over paying. I know salary implications are involved but I wouldn’t part with a second round pick for Westbrook.

fishmike wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

fishmike wrote:Russ becomes the stopgap PG that Kemba was signed to be. Fournier is a mistake. Burks is great but I would rather lose finding out what Grimes, Knox or McBride could do with Burk's minutes than ride him to a play in or first round exit. We are not one player away, we dont really need veteran role players and we are not competing for a top seed. This opens time for the kids, and Russ is a spaz but still plays as hard as anyone in the league and you can use him in weird line ups.

Lakers get a 3 shooters to put around AD/Bron if they can ever get healthy and play together for a stretch.

Watched a lot of games back when he was playing with you know who in OKC and in Houston. The biggest negative about Russ was his Bball IQ. Lacking at times, especially in close games. He also lacks a consistent outside shot that is needed when he is competing against top-tier teams. Especially in playoffs. Watched other teams back up and let him shoot on many occasions. His age and salary do not help either.

Don't get me wrong. I love his athleticism, motor and will to compete. . The guy is an energizer bunny. 100% at all times. Also, think he is best suited on a team that has no other real number one options on offense. Think the package mentioned would be a pass for me. But if it happened I would be the first to buy a ticket to the show.

agree he makes a poor floor general. Its a stop gap 1.5 year commitment to a guy who still plays at a pace few to none can match in the league and I think Thibs would be good with that. It would be at least fun while we get another draft and year to see how ready and good some of the young players are. By that time Quickly might have totally entrenched himself as PG of the future. Or McBride. Or none of them and we look to sell...

Cant say I love it, but I think it solves some problems (Kemba/EF) and opens up minutes for Grimes/McBride who *may* be ready to break out and take bigger roles

True. Would just be nervous about giving up three 3pt shooters. As that is what we all said was needed last year. Guess Kemba would be okay. But who else besides EF and Burks would they take? Would think they would want some youth.
Do you think Lakers try to dump his salary by deadline?

Btw, Have you seen how Monk has been doing well with them? I did not think he would recover from first couple of years.

fishmike wrote:Russ becomes the stopgap PG that Kemba was signed to be. Fournier is a mistake. Burks is great but I would rather lose finding out what Grimes, Knox or McBride could do with Burk's minutes than ride him to a play in or first round exit. We are not one player away, we dont really need veteran role players and we are not competing for a top seed. This opens time for the kids, and Russ is a spaz but still plays as hard as anyone in the league and you can use him in weird line ups.

Lakers get a 3 shooters to put around AD/Bron if they can ever get healthy and play together for a stretch.

Westbrook's decision-making is atrocious...He's almost useless without the ball, similar to Randle so I don't think either can play off of each other. His lack of shooting will shrink the floor for his teammates as well. It's frustrating watching Randle this year; it will be infuriating watching Westbrook and Randle take turns making one boneheaded turnover after the next. I get the idea of trading for Westbrook is to rectify a mistake and get more mins for our young players....but let's be honest, Evan wasn't the only mistake this front office made this summer.

At this point we would be playing with fire if we add Russ to our development era. I hate to say this but an older Russ who understands he’s a bench player is better for the team and less of a cap hit. The current Russ wants to start, wants to win a ring, and consumes most of the cap space. I don’t think the Knicks are a prime location for the current Russ. There’s other teams that can add him and potentially win a chip like the lakers or warriors.