Now this site is saying 70% we get #10. With no chance for 8 or 9.

https://www.tankathon.com/pick_odds

M*********er!!!

Dear god. What have I become?

SergioNYK wrote:It doesn't matter where we end up. Just pick the right guy. No more Frank, Knox or Obi when we should have had Mitchell, SGA, Bam or Haliburton!

Maybe it’s the Knicks and not the players they draft.

KnickDanger wrote:99% of anyone who says they wanted Mitchell over Frank is full of it. They wanted DSJ, sure...and as I recall Knox was the popular pick at the time. I personally wanted Halliburton but Obi wasn't insane where we took him. But revisionist Knicks bashing is always in season.

No one really has the balls to make choices until after the fact.

The best talent in the draft is Chet holmgren but I don’t want him unless I had pick 3 and the other 2 guys are gone

Jabari Smith is either the second or third best talent
Keegan Murray to me is starting to look like Carmelo Anthony prob 2-3 best

Jaden Ivey is prob 3-4

After these 4. Jmho but the talent is better than last years from 5-20

But if we’re drafting at 8-9-10. It’s gonna be tough. Still way too many unknowns. And by the way you’re right on Mitchell he’s 6-2 and shot under 40% at Louisville I can see why he slotted lower

KnickDanger wrote:99% of anyone who says they wanted Mitchell over Frank is full of it. They wanted DSJ, sure...and as I recall Knox was the popular pick at the time. I personally wanted Halliburton but Obi wasn't insane where we took him. But revisionist Knicks bashing is always in season.

Pacers are 4-11 since trading for Halliburton. Yes he’s way better than Obi and the pacers have other problems but I think he’s gotten a little bit overrated just because the Knicks passed on him

franco12 wrote:Everyone was talking (media that I was reading) about the Bridges when we picked Knox. Someone in the FO was trying to be too cute. Either Bridges would have been tremendous picks for us and likely change the complexion of this season.

This is exactly right. Everyone had us slotted to pick one of the bridges. Then Calipari recommended drafting Knox, if I'm not mistaken.
And then the infamous 1-on-1 game between Knox and Miles Bridges and the rest is history.

Panos wrote:

franco12 wrote:Everyone was talking (media that I was reading) about the Bridges when we picked Knox. Someone in the FO was trying to be too cute. Either Bridges would have been tremendous picks for us and likely change the complexion of this season.

This is exactly right. Everyone had us slotted to pick one of the bridges. Then Calipari recommended drafting Knox, if I'm not mistaken.
And then the infamous 1-on-1 game between Knox and Miles Bridges and the rest is history.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2781931-2018-nba-mock-draft-final-2-round-predictions

https://www.nbadraft.net/2018-extended-mock-draft-5-2/

In these (and others) Knox is listed just ahead of Mikal as the Knicks pick, with Miles going several after. Or look up 2017 and see Frank listed ahead of Mitchell. Or Obi ahead of Halliburton in 2020.

Am I saying these were the right picks? Hell no. But the de rigueur FO bashing that they made a stupid pick is absolute nonsense. I promise you at the time if we had picked Donovan Mitchell the same bing bongers who now say we should have would have wet their pants to emergency status. There was no great groundswell for the Bridges. Criticize the scouting, the development, the organization -- but these picks were not overall viewed as clear mistakes at the time. Except by those who figured DSJ was the way to go and hated Phil and thereby Frank (who was generally slotted right around where we picked him -- look it up).

Panos wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:

Panos wrote:

franco12 wrote:Everyone was talking (media that I was reading) about the Bridges when we picked Knox. Someone in the FO was trying to be too cute. Either Bridges would have been tremendous picks for us and likely change the complexion of this season.

This is exactly right. Everyone had us slotted to pick one of the bridges. Then Calipari recommended drafting Knox, if I'm not mistaken.
And then the infamous 1-on-1 game between Knox and Miles Bridges and the rest is history.

More revisionist BS. Here are two (Bleacher Report and NBAdraft.net), but check out pretty much any mock from 2018.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2781931-2018-nba-mock-draft-final-2-round-predictions

https://www.nbadraft.net/2018-extended-mock-draft-5-2/

In these (and others) Knox is listed just ahead of Mikal as the Knicks pick, with Miles going several after. Or look up 2017 and see Frank listed ahead of Mitchell. Or Obi ahead of Halliburton in 2020.

Am I saying these were the right picks? Hell no. But the de rigueur FO bashing that they made a stupid pick is absolute nonsense. I promise you at the time if we had picked Donovan Mitchell the same bing bongers who now say we should have would have wet their pants to emergency status. There was no great groundswell for the Bridges. Criticize the scouting, the development, the organization -- but these picks were not overall viewed as clear mistakes at the time. Except by those who figured DSJ was the way to go and hated Phil and thereby Frank (who was generally slotted right around where we picked him -- look it up).

It's not BS. Its the way I remember it. Maybe I remember it wrong. Or maybe I just remember how we were discussing it on UK.

Lakers look beyond terrible- they've clearly quit, looking at their schedule it's hard to see them winning any more games- what a weird turn of events.