reub wrote:I can see a day in the next year where all 5 Westchester Knicks are in the NBA. Thanasis, Fredette, Trice, Atkins and Bachynski. They all have talent and are progressing well with a good coach who we stole from the Spurs. Maybe I'm crazy but I think that it could happen.

If we can find someone like that for the 2 guard position, someone with legit wing size (6'5-6'7) good wingspan (6'10+) but also moves his feet on defense, has a motor, and is willing to work hard on the skills needed in the Triangle, it will work just like with Galloway/Thomas.

Perhaps Anteto can do this - however he is a ways away. His jumpshot isn't great, don't know his passing skill. Lance Thomas wasn't a good jumpshooter last year but worked hard on it. If Antento can do the same over the summer, he'll be a great move for next season.

On NBAdraft.net his player comparison is Bruce Bowen. Which would be fantastic. I know he's different to Bowen, but once Bowen developed a 3 point shot from outside he was a core player for the Spurs. If we can Antento to do this over the summer - work on spot up shooting and doing what Lance Thomas does - he'll be a great fit for the starting 2 spot.

Galloway/Antetokounmpo/Melo/Williams/Porzingis will be one of the most athletic, long, tough covers in the league. With the way Melo is passing and if Porzingis keeps improving, we'll have the type of talent there that can play really good 2-way basketball. That's not counting Lopez, Thomas and Grant as part of that top 8, all guys who can play defense. The key in that scenario would be for Porzingis to become a legit 2nd option star, and to be more aggressive in calling his number later in games.

nixluva wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:This exact team we have now was playing great until Melo stepped on the refs foot and hurt his ankle/knee. We had everything going good for us before that happened and everyone was on here loving what they were seeing. I'm not sure if you're watching the whole games but Grant isn't doing anything to deserve more minutes unless you're just looking more for him to get experience than you care about us winning?? Gallo is absolutely playing his way into more minutes and would have no problem with him taking over the starting point guard spot but Calderon would be the #2. KOQ's defense is just horrible and in the post game show they were showing plays where players were driving right to him with the ball and he made no attempt to even put his hands up let alone try to play any defense at all so i do think we need a better defending big that we can play at the PF spot when KP plays the 5 or can play the 5 when R.Lopez needs to rest. This team needs a point guard and there's no way around that if you ask me so i definitely disagree with you on that.

Making trades isn't easy to do. You don't just say you need to get better at a position and just go out that day and find a better player cause there's so much that goes into making a trade let alone a successful trade. I also hope you don't really see this team winning 22 out of the next 34 games cause that isn't happening unless Melo comes back 100% healthy and stays 100% healthy and i don't see that happening. If there was any other teams looking to trade for DW or LT or KOQ then they're probably not looking as hard at them after last nights game. DW showed us why he's not a starting player and why he's still just that energy guy to come off the bench and only when he's not being counted on to be our top scorer cause that pressure eats him up. Now i'm not saying he can't grow into that but as of now he's not that.

Dude, we all know the little success we were getting before Carmelo's injury was unsustainable. Many of us have been begging for a change in the back court and stability with the rotation; because we knew and anticipated that injury was going to strike and derail us; specifically, if many of the players were lacking in confidence due to a lack of consistent playing time.

We need an upgrade at back court; and that has been evident for almost a decade now.

Agreed. In truth you ALWAYS should be looking to upgrade your talent. Golden State and San Antonio NEVER stop trying to add quality bench players. The more talent you have the better you can handle the long tough season and injuries. Quality depth is a HUGE issue. Also having a bit more variety off the bench so we can give teams something else besides the same type of players. Adding some speed and breakdown ability off the bench would be a good thing IMO.

When we get this team to being a team that's ready to contend every year then we can be like the Spurs or Cavs or Heat or Clippers and veteran players will take less money to come play with us like they do with those teams. Every off season the vets end up choosing to play with teams like the teams i mentioned cause they wanna have a chance at a championship before they retire and having the vets on your bench is huge for these teams cause when a starter goes down you have a player that could be starting for a lot of teams ready to take his place or to just have that veteran presence in the locker room or on the bench for the younger guys. Could you imagine what some players like D.West, M.Williams, J.Crawford, P.Pierce, G.Green, R.Sessions and plenty of others could do for us?? There's so many vets that could be starters on some teams but choose to go to the top teams to come off the bench for that chance at a championship and when we're a legit team then we'll get some of those guys and won't have to worry as much when Melo's knee is acting up and he needs to rest for a couple of games cause we'll have a vet that can step in and handle it for us. We're close to being one of those teams and with a good off season from Phil we could be that team next year.

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Anyone notice the defensive impact of having Galloway at 1 instead of Calderon? The extra length and foot speed allowed the Knicks to play far better defense. I still want Calderon on the team. I'm not one of those guys that wants Calderon off or thinks he sucks. He has a real positive influence on the team. However we have to give Galloway the opportunity now to do this for a while. He's got to get 8-10 starts with a full strength team (Melo/KP both playing) and see how he does. Mainly how we do on defense. If it all works out like I'd like, we can use Grant and Calderon on the 2nd unit backcourt. Calderon's very comfortable playing a 2 guard role on offense since he can shoot 3's.

Our rotation should go like this:

Lopez/Porzingis/Melo/Afflalo/Galloway
Lopez/Williams/Melo/Grant/Calderon
Porzingis/Williams/Thomas/Afflalo/Calderon or Grant

Close the half with Porzingis/Melo and 3 best players of the half or match up wise.

I think we all notice the difference having a player like Gallo that can push the ball up the court and actually play some defense has over a guy like Calderon who's more of a leader on the floor but he just can't push the pace and obviously doesn't have the defensive skills we need out there. I would love to see Gallo get that chance from Fisher for at least 5/6 games or whatever it takes to see how he can run the offense and put Calderon with the 2nd unit. I just really have no idea which way Fisher will go with this but there's no denying what Gallo has done and how he's played these last two games that he's started.

I see that you are coming around on many of my original ideas::::)))). So Fisher is the one holding our team from a chance to be really good???

nyknickzingis wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Calderon is one of the most positive uplifting players on the team. The entire passing Melo you see now, it's a process that only would have happened with teammates like Jose. He lifts everyone up. He's a leader in many ways. However he should be playing 20 minutes a game, tops. Galloway is ready to be the 5th option for the starters and bring the ball up, and look to push the ball whenever he can. If we were running a pick and roll heavy offense or an offense where the point guard was relied on for calling set plays, organizing it all out there, yes Gallo would be a bad choice over Jose. In this offense, he's a natural fit. Especially for his length and athleticism advantage on defense.

The only downside I see is Galloway will command a ton of money in the summer as a restricted free agent if he finishes the season as a starter and does well.

Why is paying the dude an issue? Last I checked, the Knicks are valued at 2+billions. He is one of our product, I would be happy to see us keep the dude

Under normal circumstances, yes. The Knicks are well off enough where they can max out 3 players, and spend a ton on support players. However that is what you do when you have the finished product. NY is still looking for a new starter, if not two. And that'll only come through free agency. If we pay guys like Galloway, Williams, Thomas - and I want to keep all 3 - it really hurts who they can sign in free agency in 2017 and 2016. The next 2 summers the Knicks can be players in the free agent market, and with the sort of competitive team they've been and some young talent like Porzingis, free agents will be far more interested in coming. It's important to keep those opportunities available. I wouldn't want to lose out on possibly a Westbrook in 2017 or someone like that because we gave Galloway 7 million a year (Just throwing an example). I'd like to keep Galloway, Williams and Thomas but think it will be hard to do that and still be a player in free agency for the all-star free agents.

I've been posting about this for the last month. Phil has some tough choices to make this off season and i'm sure there will be some angry Knicks fans either way he decides to go with this.

Knicks1969 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Anyone notice the defensive impact of having Galloway at 1 instead of Calderon? The extra length and foot speed allowed the Knicks to play far better defense. I still want Calderon on the team. I'm not one of those guys that wants Calderon off or thinks he sucks. He has a real positive influence on the team. However we have to give Galloway the opportunity now to do this for a while. He's got to get 8-10 starts with a full strength team (Melo/KP both playing) and see how he does. Mainly how we do on defense. If it all works out like I'd like, we can use Grant and Calderon on the 2nd unit backcourt. Calderon's very comfortable playing a 2 guard role on offense since he can shoot 3's.

Our rotation should go like this:

Lopez/Porzingis/Melo/Afflalo/Galloway
Lopez/Williams/Melo/Grant/Calderon
Porzingis/Williams/Thomas/Afflalo/Calderon or Grant

Close the half with Porzingis/Melo and 3 best players of the half or match up wise.

I think we all notice the difference having a player like Gallo that can push the ball up the court and actually play some defense has over a guy like Calderon who's more of a leader on the floor but he just can't push the pace and obviously doesn't have the defensive skills we need out there. I would love to see Gallo get that chance from Fisher for at least 5/6 games or whatever it takes to see how he can run the offense and put Calderon with the 2nd unit. I just really have no idea which way Fisher will go with this but there's no denying what Gallo has done and how he's played these last two games that he's started.

I see that you are coming around on many of my original ideas::::)))). So Fisher is the one holding our team from a chance to be really good???