Knixkik wrote:The good news here is there isn't a ton of downside here. At worst, we drop a spot (#8) and still land a top tier player. This draft has 10 guys who go top 5 in most drafts, meaning, the players available at #7 or #8 should be a future high-level starter. Moving up would be a pleasant surprise, but it certainly doesn't make or break us. LAL and Sacramento in particular, have a lot riding on this, and so many scenarios that can play out will determine the future of those franchises. For us, it's just about drafting the BPA where we land, and plug them into the core group of KP and Willy, which gives us a reasonably bright future, having 3 good, young players as a start.

This is a far less stressful situation than most since as you say there will be a good talent 1-10. It's not likely to be a situation where the Knicks can be shut out like in some weak Drafts.

BRIGGS wrote:The Lakers are the story tonight--wow they have to be on egg shells

Yep, they have two number one picks at stake- and a Paul George trade riding on the outcome too! If they keep this year's pick, I think they'll probably trade two of Russell, Randle, Clarkson and Ingram for Paul George

martin wrote:Remember 2 years ago when we feel from #2 to #4 and it was considered a 3 person draft of Okafor, Towns, Russell? Good times.

We were very lucky everyone slept on KP.... we could have ended up with Okafor. He was considered the prize but now he's a after thought.... no matter what happens we still need to get lucky

smackeddog wrote:

Knixkik wrote:The good news here is there isn't a ton of downside here. At worst, we drop a spot (#8) and still land a top tier player. This draft has 10 guys who go top 5 in most drafts, meaning, the players available at #7 or #8 should be a future high-level starter. Moving up would be a pleasant surprise, but it certainly doesn't make or break us. LAL and Sacramento in particular, have a lot riding on this, and so many scenarios that can play out will determine the future of those franchises. For us, it's just about drafting the BPA where we land, and plug them into the core group of KP and Willy, which gives us a reasonably bright future, having 3 good, young players as a start.

But not moving up to the top 3 means we will have to lose badly again next year- we can't move forward as a franchise until we've upgraded the talent via a top 3 pick. That's why the late winning annoyed me so much- it just meant we'd have to endure more losing the following year.

News flash... we're going to lose more before we start to win more. So save yourself the drama. Just enjoy what's happening now so when we do come up, it will be sweet

smackeddog wrote:

nixluva wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Knixkik wrote:The good news here is there isn't a ton of downside here. At worst, we drop a spot (#8) and still land a top tier player. This draft has 10 guys who go top 5 in most drafts, meaning, the players available at #7 or #8 should be a future high-level starter. Moving up would be a pleasant surprise, but it certainly doesn't make or break us. LAL and Sacramento in particular, have a lot riding on this, and so many scenarios that can play out will determine the future of those franchises. For us, it's just about drafting the BPA where we land, and plug them into the core group of KP and Willy, which gives us a reasonably bright future, having 3 good, young players as a start.

But not moving up to the top 3 means we will have to lose badly again next year- we can't move forward as a franchise until we've upgraded the talent via a top 3 pick. That's why the late winning annoyed me so much- it just meant we'd have to endure more losing the following year.

You can't say that a pick at #7 won't be impacful. This is a pretty deep draft. I like the talent in this draft. I'm hoping the Knicks can get another pick in the 1st rd.

A 7th pick has a good chance of being impactful, but I think we ultimately need more than that- we need another star player, and the best odds of landing that is via top 3 pick

it would be nice to get a Lebron James vs. a Chris Bosh - in terms of impact.

I'd also add the best thing about this draft, is we have next years pick too!

We can use a little luck, right?