gunsnewing wrote:

crzymdups wrote:I had serious misgivings about Monroe's defense. I was never thrilled about him, it just seemed like the biggest name we could get. In hindsight, I'm glad we aren't tying ourselves to this guy.

I look at Monroe and question whether he enjoys the game. He's a good player, but I never once was excited about him.

Moving on.

I would make a big push for Robin Lopez and Derrick Williams NOW.

His defense will be a heck of a lot better now guarding these awful NBA centers instead of the best players in the game at PF. Lopez had it easy

Lopez had it somewhat easy because Portland had a fantastic perimeter defensive squad. LaMarcus definitely benefited from playing next to Lopez though.

Monroe makes sense in Milwaukee - not so much in NY with no defensive bigs.

martin wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

Knixkik wrote:They are saying Phil never offered him the max. Hopefully it's because he has a bigger plan.

I doubt it. Phil thought he was doing right by the fans who criticized him for the Melo deal. Only now was not the time to lowball free agents. Especially with the amount of money being thrown around to bums

The same principle holds: you cannot sink all of your money into just 1 player. For me, I don't care what other teams are throwing at players, Monroe is and probably will always be a limited player.

The Knicks could certainly use more NBA level talent on this team. We have a lot of holes to fill before we are even a .500 team. We should just accept that and look to build long term. The Sac salary dump would have been something we should have been in on if we were ready to accept a full rebuild.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/FisolaNYDN/status/616628445737582592

CrushAlot wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/FisolaNYDN/status/616628445737582592

BRIGGS would love that.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/616628505032458240

CrushAlot wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/FisolaNYDN/status/616628445737582592

This guy if given a chance would dominate the east. So may people are missing that he avg 20-11 in 30 min with OKC and hes 22. He can be absolutely dominant offensively and rebounding the ball

Not sure of his D but he actually fits the system better than Monroe. Plus he is younger. Offer him the max and then sign a defensive 4 as cheap as you can!

crzymdups wrote:Yeah, reports Phil did not offer Monroe the max. I think if he had, Monroe would have signed immediately. Offering him less than the max to come to a losing team... oh well. Not a huge mistake, to me it is really questionable if Monroe is a max guy.

"I THINK IF HE HAD"????? Ok, where do you get this impression?

We showed him love by being first on his door step. I have to say that Milwaukee has a very impressive line up and he was a finishing piece. For those who think change can't happen look at milwaukee. Change of owner bought in a new culture and after few high picks and some crafty trades with assets on the books they are moving into top 6 team in the east.

Its obvious that Monroe had max money waiting for him in a few cities. Until I hear "Monroe was set for ny until phil did not offer him max" then I have to ask why? But to just insinuate that we know what Greg Monroe is thinking is a bit presumptive.

We all want a starphuch moment. This guy chose to play with Jabari, the freak, MCW and Jason Kidd. As long as his best interests don't conflict with ours I wish him all the best.
Maybe we make our big splash next year or we trade melo and keep rebuilding.

Bottom line is not worth getting upset nor is redundant negative rants gonna get me riled up.

Im off on two week vacation. Knicks don't pay my mortgage or put my kids thru school. Until then its just entertainment.

martin wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:OK...no problem. Get Lopez and another solid big that can defend and rebound. KP gets to play more. This will work out great.

The thought of Lopez lumbering around the floor of Madison Square Garden is nauseating to me. I want nothing to do with the Lolez gene pool. All these years and we still don't have someone who can get easy shots around the basket.

Ugh I'm disgusted

lumbering? That has Monroe written all over it

Yea but Monroe uses his girth to score in the post The lopez's weigh 200lbs and lumber around. Each movement is so slow and predicated. It sickens me to watch. Total killer of the flow of a ball moving offense. Phil wants hard quick passes. Then the ball gets to Lopez and it's like someone hit the slow motion button. I would take any center but Lopez.

Now I'm hearing Kanter. Awful defensively yikes
But still better than Lopez. We are desperate for easy baskets in the post. The only time we've had it since LJ & Ewing was Amare's first year