CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:Good but expected news. Basically the only young asset we have. Im still hoping we get more picks either by a melo trade or by buying a pick or 2

I heard at one point that it was his dream to play for Real Madrid and that he might stay in Europe. Hopefully he is coming over.

possibly but the NBA seems to be a Target for many european players even though many dont work out. We got lucky with KP. If willy turns out to be a luis scola type that many predict i would be satisfied

That would be an amazing get for a second round pick. Having KP, Grant and a Scola type coming out of one draft would be fantastic. I think probably one of the d leaguers Atkins, Thanasis, Trice or Bachynski is on the roster next year as well.

CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:Good but expected news. Basically the only young asset we have. Im still hoping we get more picks either by a melo trade or by buying a pick or 2

I heard at one point that it was his dream to play for Real Madrid and that he might stay in Europe. Hopefully he is coming over.

possibly but the NBA seems to be a Target for many european players even though many dont work out. We got lucky with KP. If willy turns out to be a luis scola type that many predict i would be satisfied

That would be an amazing get for a second round pick. Having KP, Grant and a Scola type coming out of one draft would be fantastic. I think probably one of the d leaguers Atkins, Thanasis, Trice or Bachynski is on the roster next year as well.

yeah obviously i am trying to temper my expectations but not having our first round pick again makes me hope we get lucky with willy

If Early becomes a rotation player you have a nice, young core.

Its one of the major differences in the Phil era compared the previous. Phil has looked to be more resourceful using all avenues to find gems. Things we haven't done to much in the past. Galloway from the D league, trading into the 2nd round to grab and stash Willie. Same for the french dude we drafted 2 yrs ago. Early and Thanasis with other 2nd rounders(albet from the Tyson trade). Not saying that all or any of these players are going to be studs or even anything in this league. But its huge that we continue this process. If any of them do hit then you added major value without giving up anything. Say Willie becomes starter material in 2 yrs capable of making Lopez moveable. Now we would be able to deal Lopez from a position of strength and flip him for something else. Turning a 2nd round pick into a upgrade on the team. Or moving Willie for quality first round pick or young player. If not KP/Lopez/Willy forming a strong front court rotation for yrs to come would work as well. Same principals for Early. And you don't need to start from scratch in order to maintain this process.

Knixkik wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Hopefully this means Phil won't spend money on keeping Seraphin or adding a backup Center and instead focus all his free agent efforts on improving our SF, SG and PG spots. All 3 spots need help. We're really good at C/PF, especially when you consider that Melo can play 4 and KP can play 5. Big offseason for Phil to show he understands the importance of the perimeter weaknesses. It'll tell us a lot about him as an executive.

If we can finish these last 10/11 games playing the way we played against the Bulls or at least close to it it will be a huge help for the way free agents look at us.

Agreed. It's a huge vote of confidence in the 1-2 punch of Melo and KP when it's clicking. When both play like stars at the same time, this is a good team.

newyorker4ever wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Hopefully this means Phil won't spend money on keeping Seraphin or adding a backup Center and instead focus all his free agent efforts on improving our SF, SG and PG spots. All 3 spots need help. We're really good at C/PF, especially when you consider that Melo can play 4 and KP can play 5. Big offseason for Phil to show he understands the importance of the perimeter weaknesses. It'll tell us a lot about him as an executive.

If we can finish these last 10/11 games playing the way we played against the Bulls or at least close to it it will be a huge help for the way free agents look at us.

Agreed. It's a huge vote of confidence in the 1-2 punch of Melo and KP when it's clicking. When both play like stars at the same time, this is a good team.

Lets not leave Rolo out who deserves a ton of respect for what he's done for us and deserves some apologies from some certain people on here. Our front court is set.

StarksEwing1 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Hopefully this means Phil won't spend money on keeping Seraphin or adding a backup Center and instead focus all his free agent efforts on improving our SF, SG and PG spots. All 3 spots need help. We're really good at C/PF, especially when you consider that Melo can play 4 and KP can play 5. Big offseason for Phil to show he understands the importance of the perimeter weaknesses. It'll tell us a lot about him as an executive.

If we can finish these last 10/11 games playing the way we played against the Bulls or at least close to it it will be a huge help for the way free agents look at us.

Agreed. It's a huge vote of confidence in the 1-2 punch of Melo and KP when it's clicking. When both play like stars at the same time, this is a good team.

Lets not leave Rolo out who deserves a ton of respect for what he's done for us and deserves some apologies from some certain people on here. Our front court is set.

i dont think apologies are necessary. He struggled in the first half but has played really well in the second half of the year. Like anything when you play well you get praise when you struggle you get some criticism

I don't think he struggled at all, he gave us what we thought he'd give us which was defense, rebounding, boxing out but now he's just giving us something nobody expected which is some pretty darn good offense but he never really struggled.

WaltLongmire wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Hopefully this means Phil won't spend money on keeping Seraphin or adding a backup Center and instead focus all his free agent efforts on improving our SF, SG and PG spots. All 3 spots need help. We're really good at C/PF, especially when you consider that Melo can play 4 and KP can play 5. Big offseason for Phil to show he understands the importance of the perimeter weaknesses. It'll tell us a lot about him as an executive.

If we can finish these last 10/11 games playing the way we played against the Bulls or at least close to it it will be a huge help for the way free agents look at us.

Agreed. It's a huge vote of confidence in the 1-2 punch of Melo and KP when it's clicking. When both play like stars at the same time, this is a good team.

Lets not leave Rolo out who deserves a ton of respect for what he's done for us and deserves some apologies from some certain people on here. Our front court is set.

i dont think apologies are necessary. He struggled in the first half but has played really well in the second half of the year. Like anything when you play well you get praise when you struggle you get some criticism

I don't think he struggled at all, he gave us what we thought he'd give us which was defense, rebounding, boxing out but now he's just giving us something nobody expected which is some pretty darn good offense but he never really struggled.

Yeah...I don't think he struggled, either...he just emerged as an effective offensive player as his confidence grew and the coaches and team gave him more opportunities on the offensive end.

For the month of November he shot 41% and had a TS of 45%. For 6.6pts, 6.5rebs and a 95 offensive rating. In Dec he averaged 4.5 rebs per game. He started to put it all together though in Jan.

newyorknewyork wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Hopefully this means Phil won't spend money on keeping Seraphin or adding a backup Center and instead focus all his free agent efforts on improving our SF, SG and PG spots. All 3 spots need help. We're really good at C/PF, especially when you consider that Melo can play 4 and KP can play 5. Big offseason for Phil to show he understands the importance of the perimeter weaknesses. It'll tell us a lot about him as an executive.

If we can finish these last 10/11 games playing the way we played against the Bulls or at least close to it it will be a huge help for the way free agents look at us.

Agreed. It's a huge vote of confidence in the 1-2 punch of Melo and KP when it's clicking. When both play like stars at the same time, this is a good team.

Lets not leave Rolo out who deserves a ton of respect for what he's done for us and deserves some apologies from some certain people on here. Our front court is set.

i dont think apologies are necessary. He struggled in the first half but has played really well in the second half of the year. Like anything when you play well you get praise when you struggle you get some criticism

I don't think he struggled at all, he gave us what we thought he'd give us which was defense, rebounding, boxing out but now he's just giving us something nobody expected which is some pretty darn good offense but he never really struggled.

Yeah...I don't think he struggled, either...he just emerged as an effective offensive player as his confidence grew and the coaches and team gave him more opportunities on the offensive end.

For the month of November he shot 41% and had a TS of 45%. For 6.6pts, 6.5rebs and a 95 offensive rating. In Dec he averaged 4.5 rebs per game. He started to put it all together though in Jan.

But if you watched all the games then you would know that one of the things he did best was boxing out for other guys to get the rebounds. So he put his own stats aside for others to get the boards which is the kind of player every team should want.

newyorker4ever wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Hopefully this means Phil won't spend money on keeping Seraphin or adding a backup Center and instead focus all his free agent efforts on improving our SF, SG and PG spots. All 3 spots need help. We're really good at C/PF, especially when you consider that Melo can play 4 and KP can play 5. Big offseason for Phil to show he understands the importance of the perimeter weaknesses. It'll tell us a lot about him as an executive.

If we can finish these last 10/11 games playing the way we played against the Bulls or at least close to it it will be a huge help for the way free agents look at us.

Agreed. It's a huge vote of confidence in the 1-2 punch of Melo and KP when it's clicking. When both play like stars at the same time, this is a good team.

Lets not leave Rolo out who deserves a ton of respect for what he's done for us and deserves some apologies from some certain people on here. Our front court is set.

i dont think apologies are necessary. He struggled in the first half but has played really well in the second half of the year. Like anything when you play well you get praise when you struggle you get some criticism

I don't think he struggled at all, he gave us what we thought he'd give us which was defense, rebounding, boxing out but now he's just giving us something nobody expected which is some pretty darn good offense but he never really struggled.

Yeah...I don't think he struggled, either...he just emerged as an effective offensive player as his confidence grew and the coaches and team gave him more opportunities on the offensive end.

For the month of November he shot 41% and had a TS of 45%. For 6.6pts, 6.5rebs and a 95 offensive rating. In Dec he averaged 4.5 rebs per game. He started to put it all together though in Jan.

But if you watched all the games then you would know that one of the things he did best was boxing out for other guys to get the rebounds. So he put his own stats aside for others to get the boards which is the kind of player every team should want.

I know, it was the big argument earlier in the yr. He still boxes out well and has still been able to grab 7-10 rebs from Jan-Dec. I have no problem with Lopez as a player. But when we signed him at 13-14mil per. I hoped for more then what he was producing at the time. Glad for his offensive growth. Hope he becomes a little more consistent. But all and all he had been a good pickup for us this season.

nyknickzingis wrote:Hopefully this means Phil won't spend money on keeping Seraphin or adding a backup Center and instead focus all his free agent efforts on improving our SF, SG and PG spots. All 3 spots need help. We're really good at C/PF, especially when you consider that Melo can play 4 and KP can play 5. Big offseason for Phil to show he understands the importance of the perimeter weaknesses. It'll tell us a lot about him as an executive.

I wonder if this will allow us to trade O'Quinn as well.