holfresh wrote:foosballnick wrote:holfresh wrote:nixluva wrote:Phil talks a lot. That's his thing. He really doesn't give a flip what anyone else thinks given that he's won more than any of the guys who could talk crap to him. We all knew JR was a pain in the ass. It's not nice to talk about players but Phil did this with Kobe, Shaq and MJ too. He's always done it.Phil gave his reasoning for picking KP. I personally wanted WCS but in the end Phil had a much better comparison of all the draft prospects. I thought Phil stuck to what he said he wanted in the draft. He wanted a big that could defend the Rim and PnR and that had multiple skills. KP is able to do that better than I knew from the reports about him. If we all knew what Phil knew maybe we would go for KP as well.
Jerian is a legit big PG who can do a little of everything and has a high BB IQ. That's a great fit for the Triangle.
Overall this roster is a better fit for the Triangle and also a smarter and high character group. Less of the JR Smith and Shump types. More hardworking and low key types.
JR and Shump helped get their team to the Finals..I'll take that over "high character"..
How come they didn't do the same for the Knicks over the prior 4 years with multiple opportunities, significant playing time under multiple GM'S and multiple coaches and multiple systems? We all know the answer except you.
How about trying to build on success..Give Woodson the clout to build on his success..That's not how this organization works..Dolan was pissed we lost in the second round to the Pacers and went about dismantling the team...Here we are..
So let me get this straight. You think that this path we're on now is somehow worse than the path we were on when woodson was here?
Yes Dolan was still interfering back then but more than that we had no real plan or core philosophy. The Front Office was a mess. The best thing Dolan did was turn things over to Phil and let him set the foundation for this franchise. We'll have a clear identity and direction for a change. Like it or not Phil has revamped the roster and added talent thru the draft. That's literally the best that could be hoped for in terms of building a team.
Phil has revamped the team with young players who we can grow with over the next few years. How you can't see that this is so much better is beyond me. There's plenty of untapped potential on this roster that needs to be developed.
TEAM ROSTER
NO. NAME POS AGE HT WT 2015-2016 SALARY
6 Kristaps Porzingis PF 20 7-1 220 $4,131,720
13 Jerian Grant PG 22 6-5 205 $1,572,360
43 Thanasis Antetokounmpo SF 23 6-7 215 $525,093
2 Langston Galloway PG 23 6-2 200 $845,059
17 Cleanthony Early SF 24 6-8 220 $845,059
13 Derrick Williams PF 24 6-8 240 $4,000,000
2 Kyle O'Quinn PF 25 6-10 250 $3,750,000
-- Kevin Seraphin PF 25 6-10 278 $2,814,000
42 Robin Lopez C 27 7-0 255 $12,650,000
42 Lance Thomas SF 27 6-8 225 $1,636,842
4 Arron Afflalo SG 29 6-5 215 $8,000,000
7 Carmelo Anthony SF 31 6-8 240 $22,875,000
-- Sasha Vujacic SG 31 6-7 193 $947,276
21 Lou Amundson PF 32 6-9 225 $1,635,476
3 Jose Calderon PG 33 6-3 200 $7,402,812
IMO the grief that Phil gets for using the Triangle is equally off base. It's a Ball and Player movement offense. In other words pure basketball. It's not a gimmick. It's a proven system based on Team Ball. This is the nurturing environment our young players will be developed in. Learning how to move without the ball, read a defense and pass. WOW that's really controversial and left field!!! Sometimes I really have to SMDH as the thinking. Too many people listening to SAS must be the problem.
