BRIGGS wrote:TripleThreat wrote:BRIGGS wrote:I highly doubt it.
You want the Knicks to pick up ( if it was even possible) an aging power forward known for his deficient defense, who will chew up cap space, has injury questions at this point and is well within his decline phase of his career?
To pair with Melo, an aging power forward known for his deficient defense, who will chew up cap space, has injury questions at this point and is likely to enter the decline phase of his career within his current contract timeline?
After Knicks fans and the franchise has been waiting to let the team killing contracts of STAT and Bargs, aging power forwards known for their deficient defense, who chewed up cap space, had injury questions all along the way and were well within their decline phases of their career?
There are two roads , as I've stated before in many other threads, to follow the same insane path to keep stockpiling expensive no defense power forwards. Lee cannot function as a center. So that means to get him and Melo on the floor together, Melo has to defend wings. This case means, since you've chewed up the cap, that the defense will rest on some rookie in the pivot or a journeyman. Good way to mentally break a rookie, by leaving them in a situation where they must anchor the defense completely as a first year player.
Or you can try to play Lee at center or figure out you need defense of some kind and then bench Lee. An expensive reserve who can't play D or watching your team get lit up each night like they were on the brunt end of some kamikaze attack run.
Wow, that sounds NOTHING LIKE THE PROBLEMS THE KNICKS HAD WITH STAT AND BARGS, does it?
No its a one year cure while GS gives me assets(2015 30 pick 2020 top 10 restriction) Your premise that we need a defensive PF is simply wrong. Have you watched even 1 minute of Blake Griffin--how's he holding up? Defense has CLEARLY taken a backseat to offense in the NBA--its important but its impossible to guard some guys and thats why smart good team gets to 110 a great deal of time. Triple Threat your a dinosaur--you think its still the 90's. Basketball is played a different way now--you need to come 20 years into the future. With the possibility that BOTH picks 13+ 14 are open for trade---Id much rather go there now. Ill take on 20mm for picks 13 and 14. This free agency is terrible and I bet you cant name any free agents at cost who'd youd like the kNicks to get who can actually help the team. Your posts are all the same negative but with no content--do you even know the names of 1/4 of the NBA players? The Clippers are in LA now--they moved from San Diego
I don't see Carmelo as a star player anymore--perhaps a secondary type star. Unless free agency can yield a star Id rather use my cap assets in other ways. I dont want to build a treadmill team like you do.
Briggs - I typically respect your opinion and consider you a solid Knicks fan even if you are somewhat over the top with your constant draft pick and trade desires.
Also I'm not defending Triple Threat here but your comments about defense taking a back-seat to offense is absolutely absurd.
Did you even watch the Clipper/Spur series --- there is one reason that the Clippers defeated the Spurs. They bought in with maximum defensive effort -- in game 1 they played probably the greatest defensive game in the franchises history. They gave absolute maximum defensive effort - almost to the level of the Pat Riley Knick teams.
yes - the rules cater to the offense but when the **** hits the fan in the NBA playoffs -- everything still comes down to what team can get stops. See the Bull / Cleveland game last night -- the Cavs could not figure out how to defend the Bulls Rose/Gasol pick/roll and the Bulls made it extremely difficult for Lebron to get into the paint and score easily.
We can argue this is a chicken or the egg situation but in my mind come playoff time it all comes down to key stops because every team in the final 8 has great offensive options.
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