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CrushAlot wrote:

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it shows he is a great teamate. However our best chance to win is with him being our top dog along with melo. He is a competitive kid so i think he wants that responsibility too

CrushAlot wrote:Another article by the same author. Category 3 Fives: Unicorns. Porzingis, Bosh, Ibaka and Turner are the focus of this article. It is another good one.
https://capstrategist.com/2016/09/17/category-3-fives-unicorns/

The author of the article are favoring KP for skills thats unimportant to a winning team ...
KP skills are decent but they are not in the same class as Bosh, Ibaka, or rookie Turner.
What Bosh, Ibaka, and rookie Turner all has in-common are they could box-out for a defensive-rebound plus quickly throw a correct lob pass to a teammate to speed-up the tempo of the game. That is a skill we did not see much of from our 7 footer KP.
Bosh has several post-up moves to score in the paint.
Ibaka n Turner n KP does not have any post up moves in the paint.
Ibaka n Turner get most of their points from grabbing offensive rebounds.

Kemet wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Another article by the same author. Category 3 Fives: Unicorns. Porzingis, Bosh, Ibaka and Turner are the focus of this article. It is another good one.
https://capstrategist.com/2016/09/17/category-3-fives-unicorns/

The author of the article are favoring KP for skills thats unimportant to a winning team ...
KP skills are decent but they are not in the same class as Bosh, Ibaka, or rookie Turner.
What Bosh, Ibaka, and rookie Turner all has in-common are they could box-out for a defensive-rebound plus quickly throw a correct lob pass to a teammate to speed-up the tempo of the game. That is a skill we did not see much of from our 7 footer KP.
Bosh has several post-up moves to score in the paint.
Ibaka n Turner n KP does not have any post up moves in the paint.
Ibaka n Turner get most of their points from grabbing offensive rebounds.

Your dislike for KP is funny. You are somehow the only Knicks fan not to actually see the immense talent of KP. I've noticed all your posts over the last year about KP and you tend to have nothing good to say about the kid which I find strange. This is a kid that Pros assumed was years away from contributing and he came in and made an impact even tho he hadn't grown into his frame yet. It's not easy to be 7-3 and at the same time fill out and be perfect skills wise. You just wait and see what KP is able to do in year 2.

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Ian Begley
ESPN Staff Writer
ARDSLEY, New York -- Joakim Noah made a strong first impression on new Knicks teammate Kristaps y
“The first conversation we had, I was in the training room. He came in with his shirt off, and I was like, ‘Oh man, you’ve been working out.’…. And we kept on talking, and he just got so intense, like he really feels it. He was like, ‘Yeah, man, this is a big opportunity; we’ve got to give it our all.’"

Porzingis relayed the story on Saturday after hosting a youth camp in Westchester.

“That’s the type of guy that we want on our team,” Porzingis said of Noah. “He brings that good energy. He brings that spirit, you know? So from the first opportunity that we got to talk, I fell in love with [his intensity].”

The Knicks hope that their fan base has the same adulation for Noah this year. Knicks president Phil Jackson signed Noah to a four-year, $72 million deal, betting that he can bounce back from shoulder injuries that limited him to 29 games last season.

Joakim Noah has had a winning mentality throughout his basketball career, starting in college with two NCAA titles at Florida and then in Chicago, where Noah made the playoffs in seven of nine seasons. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images
With Noah on the roster, it seems as if Porzingis’ minutes at center this year will be limited to the second unit, as they were for much of last season. Many see Porzingis as a full-time center at some point in his career. Whether that is the best position for Porzingis full-time is debatable.

Porzingis would likely have to add some weight to play center full-time. He’ll enter training camp at around 240 pounds this season; he weighed between 233-235 pounds entering camp last year.

“I got a little bigger, [but] that wasn’t the main focus this summer,” Porzingis said. “It was just getting stronger and not so much bigger, although when you get stronger, it’s natural you gain weight. I want to make sure I’m comfortable at the weight.”

Looking forward to pick-and-roll play: First-year Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek plans to increase the Knicks’ pace and pick-and-roll plays while keeping the triangle offense as a base in half-court sets. Porzingis believes pick-and-roll opportunities are going to help him.

“Pick-and-roll situations, pick-and-pop, guys are going to expect me to pop, and then I can roll and then switch it up. And it’s going to be really good,” he said, adding that he and Hornacek have talked in detail about the offense. “I’m sure they’re going to put me in a situation where I can be effective for the team.”

Porzingis added that he has been working on his post offense over the summer, which is a staple of the triangle offense.

“If that’s what the coaches want, I’ll play in the post. I feel more and more comfortable everyday because I’ve been working on my post game and getting stronger,” he said. “So If that’s what they want me to do, if that’s where they see me more effective, then I’ll do that. But it just depends on how we’re better -- from me shooting more from the outside or getting in more.”

It will be interesting to see how much of the offense Hornacek changes in his first season, particularly when it comes to triangle usage. Some players last season were down on the offense because of its slow pace and predictive nature, sources said.