KnickDanger wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Randle isnt limping up the court. But during the breaks in the action, Randle is walking gingerly on his ankle. Ankle injuries tend to linger, especially if you play on a consistent basis.

I hope the FO is trying to find a good backup PF. Still a lot of games to go.

I think us fans are more passionate than the front office.

Thank goodness.

I get what you mean. Fans can be more passionate then responsible. However, maybe the front office is more complacent and satisfied just to keep their jobs for the time being then display out of the box creativity. This team won't improve until they display creative out of the box thinking to shake up the roster. I don't know what the answer is but I'm afraid they are just happy to remain at this level. It's a vast improvement then over the last decade but us not being able to compete against the top level teams and beating the mediocre teams is gonna get old really fast

Alpha1971 wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Randle isnt limping up the court. But during the breaks in the action, Randle is walking gingerly on his ankle. Ankle injuries tend to linger, especially if you play on a consistent basis.

I hope the FO is trying to find a good backup PF. Still a lot of games to go.

I think us fans are more passionate than the front office.

Thank goodness.

I get what you mean. Fans can be more passionate then responsible. However, maybe the front office is more complacent and satisfied just to keep their jobs for the time being then display out of the box creativity. This team won't improve until they display creative out of the box thinking to shake up the roster. I don't know what the answer is but I'm afraid they are just happy to remain at this level. It's a vast improvement then over the last decade but us not being able to compete against the top level teams and beating the mediocre teams is gonna get old really fast

Nothing in your responses refutes my point. That Randle is still hurt, with many games to go.

We are talking about adding a backup PF, not shaking up the entire roster. Weird stuff guys.

KnickDanger wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Randle isnt limping up the court. But during the breaks in the action, Randle is walking gingerly on his ankle. Ankle injuries tend to linger, especially if you play on a consistent basis.

I hope the FO is trying to find a good backup PF. Still a lot of games to go.

I think us fans are more passionate than the front office.

Thank goodness.

I get what you mean. Fans can be more passionate then responsible. However, maybe the front office is more complacent and satisfied just to keep their jobs for the time being then display out of the box creativity. This team won't improve until they display creative out of the box thinking to shake up the roster. I don't know what the answer is but I'm afraid they are just happy to remain at this level. It's a vast improvement then over the last decade but us not being able to compete against the top level teams and beating the mediocre teams is gonna get old really fast

Nothing in your responses refutes my point. That Randle is still hurt, with many games to go.

We are talking about adding a backup PF, not shaking up the entire roster. Weird stuff guys.

Wasn’t seeking to refute your point for the record. Just making mine - I think it’s good that our FO doesn’t make moves out of “passion.” Whether it’s for a backup PF or “a star.”

Also is fine fans have passion as in “fanatic.” And bound to be stoked after another loss to the league’s elite.

Not getting this "passion" angle. Its been a badly kept secret that we have no backup PF. Its uncommon for an NBA team to be in this position. Its been reportedly widely in the media that this is an issue that the Knicks need to address. And we do. Randle gets hurt we are F'ed

For some reason you seem to believe that this would be a panic move. Quite the opposite. Any implication that we should break the bank to find a PF, cant be found in any of my posts. Trading for a backup PF, when we have a roster full of guards is a logical move, not a "passionate" one.

Going into the season without a backup PF demonstrated PPP.

KnickDanger wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Randle isnt limping up the court. But during the breaks in the action, Randle is walking gingerly on his ankle. Ankle injuries tend to linger, especially if you play on a consistent basis.

I hope the FO is trying to find a good backup PF. Still a lot of games to go.

I think us fans are more passionate than the front office.

Thank goodness.

I get what you mean. Fans can be more passionate then responsible. However, maybe the front office is more complacent and satisfied just to keep their jobs for the time being then display out of the box creativity. This team won't improve until they display creative out of the box thinking to shake up the roster. I don't know what the answer is but I'm afraid they are just happy to remain at this level. It's a vast improvement then over the last decade but us not being able to compete against the top level teams and beating the mediocre teams is gonna get old really fast

Nothing in your responses refutes my point. That Randle is still hurt, with many games to go.

We are talking about adding a backup PF, not shaking up the entire roster. Weird stuff guys.

Wasn’t seeking to refute your point for the record. Just making mine - I think it’s good that our FO doesn’t make moves out of “passion.” Whether it’s for a backup PF or “a star.”

Also is fine fans have passion as in “fanatic.” And bound to be stoked after another loss to the league’s elite.

Not getting this "passion" angle. Its been a badly kept secret that we have no backup PF. Its uncommon for an NBA team to be in this position. Its been reportedly widely in the media that this is an issue that the Knicks need to address. And we do. Randle gets hurt we are F'ed

For some reason you seem to believe that this would be a panic move. Quite the opposite. Any implication that we should break the bank to find a PF, cant be found in any of my posts. Trading for a backup PF, when we have a roster full of guards is a logical move, not a "passionate" one.

Going into the season without a backup PF demonstrated PPP.

You just like to argue I think. It's like you didn't bother to read what I wrote - that would never happen on this board, right? Again - NOT refuting your point, not making a comment on getting a backup PF or any move. My simple point, I approve of a FO that doesn't make moves out of passion - or "panic" if you will (a word you choose to put in my mouth). I was responding to Alpha's post about fan passion vs that of the FO. It's not always about you, man.

I do approve of improving our big man depth and any moves to make the team better - and I trust the rational approach of this FO far more than previous ones or the pressure from fans and media to "get it done."

By all means let's get a back up power forward in that manner.

This is silly. Go back and read my post that you and Alpha responded to. Please point out where I suggested that the FO should do anything hasty. I did say with Randle looking like his ankle is still bothering him, that I hope the FO is looking to get a backup.

Where it went weird is where you guys chimed in about "fan passion" and drastic changes to the roster.

Not arguing for arguing sake. You chose a post which had no hyperbole, or an expressed desire for a rushed trade, and made it about fans wanting to make panic moves.

You want to talk about passionate fans, choose the right post to make your point. This sure wasnt it.

martin wrote:Outside of McBride, there really aren’t any practical moves to trade a guard from the Knicks roster that make sense at this time.

Fournier is being kept for a bigger target trade.

IQ Grimes are not backup PF trade assets, same as Fournier.

Josh Hart and DDV are here to stay, couldn’t have been traded cause of their recent signings, and their contracts don’t make too much sense to trade yet, if at all.

Sometimes rosters are just a bit unbalanced and that’s OK too, especially when you have a player who plays as much as Randle.

If and when Randle gets hurt and is deemed to miss more than a couple of games, then you can worry about that scenario. But then it’s a completely different trajectory for the team and a low rent backup PF ain’t gonna make much of a difference.

Sure, we get a scrub backup, it wont make much of a difference. We have enough scorers in the starting lineup to cover for Randle if he is out for a week or two. As long as that backup can play D and rebound. Hartenstein is more of a threat than Mitch on offense as well.

Doesnt make sense to be one of the few teams in the league without a backup PF on the roster. If there are any others. A few less minutes for Randle while he rehabs his ankle wouldnt be a bad thing.

For Monday, move OG to PF and slot Hart in as SF

Brunson
DDV
Hart
OG
Achiuwa

KnickDanger wrote:Jacob Toppin.

His time has come it is his destiny

Philc1 wrote:

Rookie wrote:I think Taj is out there as a FA

Taj is a centerballer.

You had a typo.