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Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

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This is how a gangsta gets draft picks. Not these BS picks the Knicks get that are lottery protected for 5 years then turn into the worst of two rotten pumpkins.

We traded 1 pick for 3. We traded a late first for 5 seconds. We complaining?

martin wrote:

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Awwww. Does KD feel disrespected? Seriously? F*** KD. How many trade demands has he made in his career?

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

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This is how a gangsta gets draft picks. Not these BS picks the Knicks get that are lottery protected for 5 years then turn into the worst of two rotten pumpkins.

They did have to trade their best player for it, so there is that too.

Good point

Knicks traded MIL top 4 protected 2025 pick, Randle, and an MLE signing in Donte for KAT.

GS traded Wiggins, Dennis Schroder, Kyle Anderson and a top 10 protected GS 2025 pick for Jimmy.

I think that's the nuts and bolts of the comparison.

2nd rd picks could turn out to be more valuable to a team over the 2nd apron with this new cba. Overall the new cba has been total bull****. I hope they fix it.

Chandler wrote:am i the only one wanting to see butler and draymond brawl over something stupid?

Nalod wrote:

Rookie wrote:

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

Panos wrote:

martin wrote:

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https://www.twitter.com/zachlowe_nba/status/1887314229792780585

This is how a gangsta gets draft picks. Not these BS picks the Knicks get that are lottery protected for 5 years then turn into the worst of two rotten pumpkins.

They did have to trade their best player for it, so there is that too.

Good point

Knicks traded MIL top 4 protected 2025 pick, Randle, and an MLE signing in Donte for KAT.

GS traded Wiggins, Dennis Schroder, Kyle Anderson and a top 10 protected GS 2025 pick for Jimmy.

I think that's the nuts and bolts of the comparison.

2nd rd picks could turn out to be more valuable to a team over the 2nd apron with this new cba. Overall the new cba has been total bull****. I hope they fix it.

How so?

Are you saying the teams need to adapt to it and think about what they are doing? Or league missed badly and we seeing outcomes that were not seen?
Ruins dynasty building and makes midlevel teams more competitive?
There is not "it team" and teams that make play in if they are getting healthy or make a last season trade can rise to take a chip.
That can be exciting.
If it needs fixing, what aspects do you see is broken?

The new CBA has a second round pick exception.

Second-round picks should also become more valuable in the coming years thanks to the new CBA. Previously, teams had to dip into cap space or a salary-cap exception such as the mid-level exception to sign second-round picks to contracts. If they signed them using the minimum-player exception, they were limited to offering no more than two years. The new CBA introduced a second-round pick exception that allows teams to sign second-rounders to three- or four-year deals without dipping into cap space or their MLE Such contracts either must be two years with a third-year team option or three years with a fourth-year team option, and they pay slightly more than the minimum salary for players with no NBA experience.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryantoporek/2023/08/01/why-nba-teams-are-valuing-draft-picks-more-than-ever-before/

VDesai wrote:Knicks are prime example of using 2nd rounders to fill back end and meet roster mins.

Great work by the org to get 2 guys in Kolek and Hukporti who look like real prospects with 2nd rounders. And obviously a lot of us, myself included, are high on McCullar as welll. Having guys like that fill bench spots and maybe even rotation spots next year will save us a ton of money and keep us within the apron rules while we continue to maximize our starting lineup.

Those young guys need to hurry up lol

Chandler wrote:McBride, Mitch, Sims were all second rounders.

Plus we could have herb jones instead of Rokas

there's talent there if you do your due diligence, calibrate expectations, and have enough eye/judgment to tell who can develop into a contributor

Patience and development too

EwingsGlass wrote:What do you think Dray and JimmyBuckets’ first fight will look like?

Jimmy walking into the new prison yard and all the tough guys are out there. Jimmy walks up to the baddest dude in the yard and cold ****s him. Has to leave his scent right away as the top dog. Steph is like the mafia leader. Handsome, smooth and has his minions do the work. Jimmy won't **** with him but use him to get what he wants. Dray gets up and swears revenge. Later, in the showers Dray and others try to gang up on them but Jimmy is ready. Naked, he just lays them all out proclaiming he the man and urinates on them. Steph is impressed and takes him under his wing. Kerr, the warden likes this as its competitive.

Meanwhile, Adam Silver is in his cool chair, dressed in black with his white Persian cat in his lap lights up a slim cigar and in fromt of all the media feeds loving the press of all these trades and the pending fall out from a Jimmy-Dray confrontation! He scoffs at the petty issue of ratings decline without the respect of revenue from streams and he is delighted not only will this season finish strong, his media partners will be happy. He wonders why he lets some social media lackeys get on his nerves? Maybe he has mother issues unresolved?

He laughs at this notion and checks his bank accounts before heading to his harem for a night of debauchery. Life is good, he learned to not be careless like Harvey Weinstein, Epstein and PDiddy. He calls his wife and tells her he is stuck in Secaucus and that the weather is not great to take the chopper home. She protests but he says "you don't want me be like Kobe and crash, do you?" She knows the game and lets him play it. She'd ****ing love it if his chopper pulled a Scully into the icy waters of the Hudson! Heading to bed she removes her glass eye for cleaning. She is very guarded about this but with Adam out for the night she is not going to be victimized by him. she calls down for the limo for her drive her to Jim Dolans penthouse and plots her revenge: She will let him Skull **** her and enjoy the power! Adam loves the knicks but has issues with Dolans ****ing with his head.......If only he knew who was really ****ing whose head!

"NBA is FAN-Tastic!"