VDesai wrote:I think the Knicks were rumored to want Yabusele and Clarkson at the deadline or at least had talks. Now they add both with the same core roster. Pretty nice move. Pretty deep 9 man with Kolek/Hukporti waiting in reserve.

Not entirely sure they can add another vet like Shamet back with the apron rules.

I'm all in for Yabusele and I'm tepid on Clarkson. I feel that they need a veteran wing player more than anything.

BigDaddyG wrote:

VDesai wrote:I think the Knicks were rumored to want Yabusele and Clarkson at the deadline or at least had talks. Now they add both with the same core roster. Pretty nice move. Pretty deep 9 man with Kolek/Hukporti waiting in reserve.

Not entirely sure they can add another vet like Shamet back with the apron rules.

I'm all in for Yabusele and I'm tepid on Clarkson. I feel that they need a veteran wing player more than anything.

Wing depth may have been more of an urgent need last year when starting Hart, Bridges, OG and they were all playing 37 mpg. I think if you stick Hart on the bench and go big more often with Mitch and Yabu next to cap and Hukporti being playable, that gives you the luxury of bringing Hart off the bench as a veteran wing. That's what I'm thinking is the plan.

VDesai wrote:I think we're leaning into offense, but still sport a lot of defenders.

What do we think the new rotation looks like?

Starters

PG Brunson
SG Bridges
SF Anunony
PF KAt
C Robinson

Bench

PG/SG Clarkson
PG/SG McBride
SG/SF Hart
PF/C Yabusele
C: Hukporti
PG: Kolek
SF/PF: Dadiet
SG/SF: McCullar

Maybe one more vet min signing like Shamet? I think we may be hard capped from signing him now due to using the MLE?

If we are leaning into the offensive side of the ball, why not go all in? I would start the following:

Brunson
Deuce
Mikal
OG
Kat

That lineup is a legit 5-out offense. The opponents 5 will have to play Kat or at least it will force the opposition to figure out how to guard us. Deuce is our best point of attack defender and it moves Mikal to the wing which I think is his best defensive position, playing the passing lanes and as a helper.

We have Mitch, Yabu, Hart and Clarkson off the bench which is a nice mix of offense and defense. Lots of interchangeable parts and suddenly, our bench is more than formidable.

EwingsGlass wrote:Brunson / McBride / Kolek
Bridges / Clarkson / McCullar Jr
OG / Hart / Dadiet
KAT / Yabusele / Diawara
Robinson / Hukporti / Nnaji

Using the Tapxayer MLE hard caps us at the 2nd apron, right?

Yes. here's my understanding of what that means: "In the NBA, being "hard-capped at the second apron" means a team's salary cap is restricted to the second apron limit, preventing them from exceeding it for the rest of the season. This occurs when a team uses certain exceptions, like the mid-level exception, or engages in specific transactions (like aggregating salaries in a trade) while already above the first apron. Once hard-capped, they cannot make any moves that would push their payroll over the second apron threshold."

So depending on how much apron space we have after the Yabu and Clarkson signings, perhaps we can still add another vet min. Jeremy Cohen said we had 9.22mm with Clarkson at the min. With Yabu at 5.7, I think we still have 3.5mm. I think Shamet would come in around there or a little below that for his vet minimum (I think).

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VDesai wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

VDesai wrote:I think the Knicks were rumored to want Yabusele and Clarkson at the deadline or at least had talks. Now they add both with the same core roster. Pretty nice move. Pretty deep 9 man with Kolek/Hukporti waiting in reserve.

Not entirely sure they can add another vet like Shamet back with the apron rules.

I'm all in for Yabusele and I'm tepid on Clarkson. I feel that they need a veteran wing player more than anything.

Wing depth may have been more of an urgent need last year when starting Hart, Bridges, OG and they were all playing 37 mpg. I think if you stick Hart on the bench and go big more often with Mitch and Yabu next to cap and Hukporti being playable, that gives you the luxury of bringing Hart off the bench as a veteran wing. That's what I'm thinking is the plan.

Uptown wrote:

VDesai wrote:I think we're leaning into offense, but still sport a lot of defenders.

What do we think the new rotation looks like?

Starters

PG Brunson
SG Bridges
SF Anunony
PF KAt
C Robinson

Bench

PG/SG Clarkson
PG/SG McBride
SG/SF Hart
PF/C Yabusele
C: Hukporti
PG: Kolek
SF/PF: Dadiet
SG/SF: McCullar

Maybe one more vet min signing like Shamet? I think we may be hard capped from signing him now due to using the MLE?

If we are leaning into the offensive side of the ball, why not go all in? I would start the following:

Brunson
Deuce
Mikal
OG
Kat

That lineup is a legit 5-out offense. The opponents 5 will have to play Kat or at least it will force the opposition to figure out how to guard us. Deuce is our best point of attack defender and it moves Mikal to the wing which I think is his best defensive position, playing the passing lanes and as a helper.

We have Mitch, Yabu, Hart and Clarkson off the bench which is a nice mix of offense and defense. Lots of interchangeable parts and suddenly, our bench is more than formidable.

Then you have Brunson who's best skill is scoring. You give him space. Great. He's scoring a bit easier now.

And that's it. The REASON Hart is better than McBride on offense is because he moves the ball. He's literally the only one who passes off the dribble. The offense always looks better when Josh is in the game.

It's really down to Brunson. Do we need Jason Kidd to say "pass more" ???

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