Knickoftime wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Nalod wrote:Welpee wrote:fishmike wrote:anrst wrote:but Darly Morey is so smart, right?
its funny... considered one of the great GMs and a mover and a shaker and he's the guy who gave Anderson 4/$80. Just for the record THATS MORE THAN NOAH.But yea.. Morey is the best and he will make it happen. Yawn. Knicks arent taking that **** contract and if they were they would have already. I think they waive him before they take Anderson. There would have to be some REALLY attractive assets coming back. Anderson could be a nice bench player. HE's not a bad player, he's just insanely overpriced. His walk year in Orlando he had a hell of a season. He never really reached that again. He's just too bad defensively to leave out there.
Maybe he has some "advanced metrics" that indicate Anderson is a stud?
LIke a 14 game improvement? He was an ingredient. I make a cake, I leave out one thing the cake don't bake. "Flour tastes awful, its over rated, why is it so important?"
MDA came in. He has his own recipe. Melo would be a better version of what Anderson does. Be a perimeter player.
Im not angling for Anderson btw, just that one player is not a team.
Wins is just a silly metric for star nerds
Anderson was def a MDA move and Morey giving MDA the pieces he craves ala a stretch 4. He put up 17-6 for the Pelicans the year before so they most likely bought into being a stretch 4 that can get buckets and be a threat.
The 14 wins was more Harden and Capella both bringing their games to another level. Of course the spacing that Gordan and Anderson contributed. And the 3&D of Beverly and Ariza all contributed to them being able to bring their games to another level. But I they could have replaced Gordan and Anderson with other 3 point shooters and probably have similar success.
Anderson had their best on/off #s and was a huge part of their improvement.
Then he should be more attractive to a team with a 3 year competitive window, which the Knicks won't have.
Like Portland, for example.
Obviously that option is not on the table. His age fits better than Melo's with our long-term plans. What alternative plan do you have? Again, I'll take Anderson but there has to be sweetener (draft picks and their Euro PG for starters).
