Jr and his handlers have to understand while NY is a big pressure cooker he has benefited from being some what favored by playing in the shadow of Melo and Amare while not having big expectations.
Knick fans know he is a bone head but he is our bone head. In NY he has a support system that has helped him. While the clubs in NYC are not helpful he at least has kept out of trouble except for a few dumb tweets. In a Smaller town he'll be under pressure of a bigger contract and his cred will not help if he faulters under theat expectation.
He is basically a good kid but has issues.
Ellis is likley not in our reach or likley a good fit and I really don't want Jennings here. I know walsh regrets not drafting him but perhaps more so that his trade value might have been higher. Jennings had Skiles behind him and he really did well with that. In NY with MDA and the "Mecca" pressure might not have yielded the same result that he produced in Milwaukee.
But if you really think about it, because of our preference of going with proven talent, OTHER THAN MELO who we paid full retail for, we are going to get pickings from the scrap heap. By that, Amare was defective and we only got him because we over paid him, JR because he was a free agent bone head, and a bunch of guys cuz they old.
Every year there are guys who get caught in a squeeze and need opportunity. Cope, Extra E, Lin, and Novak are prime examples. They need further developement. JJ Reddick is another example.
