Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:

JesseDark wrote:I'm not buying the reports that he wasn't gonna be happy in his role coming off the bench this upcoming season. I wouldn't blame himm given the year he just had, bur doesn't seem like him to be complaining.

The report wasn#t that he was complaining, just that he wasn;t happy he was going back to the bench and on a more limited playing time after the Bridges trade, which is nothing wrong. He had a career year so of course he should expect an expanded role, not the opposite.

So basically we traded 5 FRP for someone who is marginally better than DDV (maybe) which then undermined his value by making him "unhappy" as a bench player and then traded him with Randle for a wash trade (and I'm trying to be generous). So what did this 5 FRPs net us? Not as much as I'd have thought.

You listed off a bunch of wildly inaccurate things and then made a conclusion based on those? That;s not a track record towards anything, just prezel'ing.

I don;t think there is one sane person in the NBA who would ever come close to thinking Mikal is only marginally better than DDV, even when you put maybe in parentheses.

Bump.
No sane person, eh martin?

What about tonight’s game changed anything about that? I get the shooting concerns but he literally worked them out same game. Yes Donte is an elite shooter, but mikal is in a different category all around.

Knixkik wrote:

Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:

JesseDark wrote:I'm not buying the reports that he wasn't gonna be happy in his role coming off the bench this upcoming season. I wouldn't blame himm given the year he just had, bur doesn't seem like him to be complaining.

The report wasn#t that he was complaining, just that he wasn;t happy he was going back to the bench and on a more limited playing time after the Bridges trade, which is nothing wrong. He had a career year so of course he should expect an expanded role, not the opposite.

So basically we traded 5 FRP for someone who is marginally better than DDV (maybe) which then undermined his value by making him "unhappy" as a bench player and then traded him with Randle for a wash trade (and I'm trying to be generous). So what did this 5 FRPs net us? Not as much as I'd have thought.

You listed off a bunch of wildly inaccurate things and then made a conclusion based on those? That;s not a track record towards anything, just prezel'ing.

I don;t think there is one sane person in the NBA who would ever come close to thinking Mikal is only marginally better than DDV, even when you put maybe in parentheses.

Bump.
No sane person, eh martin?

What about tonight’s game changed anything about that? I get the shooting concerns but he literally worked them out same game. Yes Donte is an elite shooter, but mikal is in a different category all around.

Do you mean Mikal fixed his shooting when the game was over, and the garbage was already a quarter in?

franco12 wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:

JesseDark wrote:I'm not buying the reports that he wasn't gonna be happy in his role coming off the bench this upcoming season. I wouldn't blame himm given the year he just had, bur doesn't seem like him to be complaining.

The report wasn#t that he was complaining, just that he wasn;t happy he was going back to the bench and on a more limited playing time after the Bridges trade, which is nothing wrong. He had a career year so of course he should expect an expanded role, not the opposite.

So basically we traded 5 FRP for someone who is marginally better than DDV (maybe) which then undermined his value by making him "unhappy" as a bench player and then traded him with Randle for a wash trade (and I'm trying to be generous). So what did this 5 FRPs net us? Not as much as I'd have thought.

You listed off a bunch of wildly inaccurate things and then made a conclusion based on those? That;s not a track record towards anything, just prezel'ing.

I don;t think there is one sane person in the NBA who would ever come close to thinking Mikal is only marginally better than DDV, even when you put maybe in parentheses.

Bump.
No sane person, eh martin?

What about tonight’s game changed anything about that? I get the shooting concerns but he literally worked them out same game. Yes Donte is an elite shooter, but mikal is in a different category all around.

Do you mean Mikal fixed his shooting when the game was over, and the garbage was already a quarter in?

So do you not think a career 38% 3pt shooter was going to figure it out if it was a tighter game? Seems like a pretty ridiculous assumption. In case you don’t think he’s capable in higher pressure situations, he’s also a 38% 3pt shooter in the playoffs. What am I missing? Did the preseason matter that much to you?

As I said in the gamethread, Im guessing DDV's game is going to start picking up after playing, and getting blown out by the Knicks. No choice but to look forward.

GustavBahler wrote:I remember Novak's numbers taking a dive after he got traded from NY. Sometimes a team, a place. can bring the best out of a player's game.

As I said in the gamethread, Im guessing DDV's game is going to start picking up after playing, and getting blown out by the Knicks. No choice but to look forward.