He is playing great early and perhaps there is a trade or we are solid with Huk and others?
Im fine with him walking this year. Let him play for his next contract as we are in win now mode. Next year Indy and Boston could be reconsistuted with others like Orlando a year stronger. Not like we don't have room to improve either, but im just looking at things one year at a time.
Mitch's foul shooting and injury history makes him expendible beyond this year. We will get the best Mitch given his motivations and he is healthy all summer heading in to the season in very good shape and head space.
I love the guy but to knicks have to make some tough decisions and only later do we get to second guess it. We get to finals with him no doubt we'll be hating to lose him but there is no path of certainty to keeping him either.

Lack of availability is 1 thing and complete lack of offensive skill (passing/shooting) is another and he should rebound like a demon if he’s adding nothing else offensively.

Biggest issue is he really impacts offensive players around the basket —- hard to replace that —- hard to trade away only true rim protector.

Think we are stuck with Mitch unless Knicks have balls to package him maybe with Deuce for something but what is that something?

LivingLegend wrote:I’ve always been on the trade Mitch train DEPENDING on the return.

Lack of availability is 1 thing and complete lack of offensive skill (passing/shooting) is another and he should rebound like a demon if he’s adding nothing else offensively.

Biggest issue is he really impacts offensive players around the basket —- hard to replace that —- hard to trade away only true rim protector.

Think we are stuck with Mitch unless Knicks have balls to package him maybe with Deuce for something but what is that something?

Yes, hence the conundrum! We can talk about "What Ainge wants" all day long but Kessler will need to be paid and we can't trade that which makes us contenders without a good logical return. Given its all conceptual its easy to type yet really not to execute.

The key is to get undervalued assets whom blossom in the right chemistry. Leon got us here in a way few saw coming. Turning RJ and quick into OG was brilliant. Randle and DDV to KAT? Brunson? All great moves and not the starpuch thats predictable.

But either way we’d have to pay Mitch or new center something viable.

Wish Robert Williams could be healthy —- excellent passer and switchable but never healthy.

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So Brown is completely full of ****, and a terrible liar.

Okay.

Thibs was more fun at these. More fun than fun.

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What the hell is this all about?

Hope he knows what he is doing with this roster.

Nalod wrote:Don Nelson, who was for years had the most wins by an NBA coach, and who Pop has just 55 more wins than?
3x COY?
The guy that wanted to run and Let Ewing walk or have him traded at the time he was to decline?
The guy we fired cuz Dolan was a puss?
Let Brown figure **** out and see how it goes. No guarantee this succeeds. Thibs did a great job and I was not calling for his head but I understand Thibs had a ceiling with this core and maybe a deeper bench would have helped but likely could not help the situation enough.
I'd have been fine with Jason Kidd and some others. But Im also good with Mike Brown.

agree - getting rid of Nelson so quickly may have been wrong move but at same time team was sucking with him but also yes Ewing was clearly in decline.

I was a fan of Brown hiring but think he's just been a bit over the top here in early pre-season and hoping in background there is more talk (emphasis) on D than we are hearing about in press or player/coach interviews.

NY is a place where if you're going to speak it needs to be what you believe. Mike comes across maybe as someone that says what he thinks person in front of him wants to hear.

Also having watched Brown coached Kings teams -- I liked the offensive flow but NEVER got the impression defense was a priority.

Hope he has right game plan -- I don't think the Giannis rumors will do him any favors as players may be wondering if he is pushing for that move rather than 100% in on current roster.