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But for as promising as O’Quinn can be on offense, he’s exponentially more valuable because he’s a really strong defender:

Rim Protection

– O’Quinn ranks 12th in entire NBA at protecting the rim (minimum 40 games played) … Opponents shoot just 46.6% within five feet against him (on 4.6 field goal attempts against at rim per game). Notice the other names on this list… Gobert, Bogut, Ibaka, Hibbert, and Noel.

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O’Quinn excels in isolation and pick-and-roll defensive assignments:

– In isolation defense, opponents have shot just 8-for-21 (38%) against him… (73rd percentile in the league for defensive effectiveness). He’s fouled just once in 22 isolation match-ups.

– In P&R defenses in which O’Quinn takes the roll-man, opponents are just 4-for-17 on FGA against him (94th percentile).

– Opponents are 15-for-40 on FGA in post-up situations against O’Quinn (37.5%).

So, what does this all mean for O’Quinn in a team setting?

What O’Quinn does to a roster:

O’Quinn’s passing encourages teammates to cut to the rim more often… Toronto happens to be the only team in the NBA with three players converting above the 95th percentile in finishes off cuts. Johnson, Lowry, DeRozan are a combined 47-for-57 (82.5%) on field goals after cuts:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Opponents shot 48.6% with him at the rim last year, which is much better than average defense. For a 24 year old, his win shares are pretty good too. I'll give this signing an A-.

Hmmm. His opponent production according to 82games.com is high, meaning the man he's guarding puts up good stats. That gives me a little less certainty but I still think it's a good gamble for this price.

RonRon wrote:Marc Berman (a professional like him should know his facts) is wrong, the trade puts us over the salary cap, unless the numbers of some of the signings are wrong
We had under 3m to spend, so the trade puts us OVER the CAP

Regardless, we would be in position to have the FULL MLE at under the 6m
I do not believe we can have BOTH the Bi Annual Exemption aka LLE to use and The FULL MLE of about 6m and raises that could be divided as we wish
It is one or the other

We may have some trade exemptions left to use, as some exemptions expire 1year from the date they were used before they expire, so from the Iman/JR Smith and Pablo's exemptions could be utilized, with JR's exemption being the highest and then Iman Shumperts, though not sure if we used any of these for Kyle O Quin..

I hope we can trade for James Johnson and his 2.5m expiring, the final of his 2year deal, who would elevate our DEFENSE as he can defend multiple positions

you keep saying the Knicks have the full MLE at just under $6M, I don't think that's right. Care to explain?

martin wrote:

RonRon wrote:Marc Berman (a professional like him should know his facts) is wrong, the trade puts us over the salary cap, unless the numbers of some of the signings are wrong
We had under 3m to spend, so the trade puts us OVER the CAP

Regardless, we would be in position to have the FULL MLE at under the 6m
I do not believe we can have BOTH the Bi Annual Exemption aka LLE to use and The FULL MLE of about 6m and raises that could be divided as we wish
It is one or the other

We may have some trade exemptions left to use, as some exemptions expire 1year from the date they were used before they expire, so from the Iman/JR Smith and Pablo's exemptions could be utilized, with JR's exemption being the highest and then Iman Shumperts, though not sure if we used any of these for Kyle O Quin..

I hope we can trade for James Johnson and his 2.5m expiring, the final of his 2year deal, who would elevate our DEFENSE as he can defend multiple positions

you keep saying the Knicks have the full MLE at just under $6M, I don't think that's right. Care to explain?

Knicks only have the Room Exception of $2.8 mil and Vet Min contracts.

nixluva wrote:

martin wrote:

RonRon wrote:Marc Berman (a professional like him should know his facts) is wrong, the trade puts us over the salary cap, unless the numbers of some of the signings are wrong
We had under 3m to spend, so the trade puts us OVER the CAP

Regardless, we would be in position to have the FULL MLE at under the 6m
I do not believe we can have BOTH the Bi Annual Exemption aka LLE to use and The FULL MLE of about 6m and raises that could be divided as we wish
It is one or the other

We may have some trade exemptions left to use, as some exemptions expire 1year from the date they were used before they expire, so from the Iman/JR Smith and Pablo's exemptions could be utilized, with JR's exemption being the highest and then Iman Shumperts, though not sure if we used any of these for Kyle O Quin..

I hope we can trade for James Johnson and his 2.5m expiring, the final of his 2year deal, who would elevate our DEFENSE as he can defend multiple positions

you keep saying the Knicks have the full MLE at just under $6M, I don't think that's right. Care to explain?

Knicks only have the Room Exception of $2.8 mil and Vet Min contracts.

That is what Berman is reporting, I guess it depends on the 2m (that the cap is suppose to be over than anticipated)

I guess we will know when the official numbers are out for contracts, regardless, there will be loopholes of going over the cap in order to have the FULL MLE

Prior to the trade for O Quin and after the signing of Derrick Williams it was reported that there was UNDER 3m of cap space, and the contract of Kyle O Quin should put us over that...
Not sure if we can offer a contract for Jason Smith of what he made last season with raises, on top of that, there is Cole Aldrich's early bird rights to offer him a raise just like JR Smith got with his 3year deal and player option after our 54 game win season

On top of that we have trade exemptions that we could use that expire within a year from our trades last season from JR Smith, Iman Shumpert, Pablo, and even Travis Wear...
So we have loopholes that we could use if we wanted to go over the cap regardless, on top of making trades with the bird rights/early bird rights of

Sign and trades, along with other players on contract

Cole Aldrich
AB
Acey
150% rule

Also since no moves are actually made, and in theory just agreed to, it could be that we are looking to use our cap space before actually doing the trade, which is more likely, of which is about 3m or under as reported

So we could use that cap space first with the cap holds and then choose to use the trade to go over the cap

Then we could use the LLE or Bi Annual Exemption of right under 3m or THE 6m MLE

In which we could use only 1 of the 2 exemptions....

So I believe we have about 3m in cap space and the 6m MLE to use

RonRon wrote:

nixluva wrote:

martin wrote:

RonRon wrote:Marc Berman (a professional like him should know his facts) is wrong, the trade puts us over the salary cap, unless the numbers of some of the signings are wrong
We had under 3m to spend, so the trade puts us OVER the CAP

Regardless, we would be in position to have the FULL MLE at under the 6m
I do not believe we can have BOTH the Bi Annual Exemption aka LLE to use and The FULL MLE of about 6m and raises that could be divided as we wish
It is one or the other

We may have some trade exemptions left to use, as some exemptions expire 1year from the date they were used before they expire, so from the Iman/JR Smith and Pablo's exemptions could be utilized, with JR's exemption being the highest and then Iman Shumperts, though not sure if we used any of these for Kyle O Quin..

I hope we can trade for James Johnson and his 2.5m expiring, the final of his 2year deal, who would elevate our DEFENSE as he can defend multiple positions

you keep saying the Knicks have the full MLE at just under $6M, I don't think that's right. Care to explain?

Knicks only have the Room Exception of $2.8 mil and Vet Min contracts.

That is what Berman is reporting, I guess it depends on the 2m (that the cap is suppose to be over than anticipated)

I guess we will know when the official numbers are out for contracts, regardless, there will be loopholes of going over the cap in order to have the FULL MLE

Prior to the trade for O Quin and after the signing of Derrick Williams it was reported that there was UNDER 3m of cap space, and the contract of Kyle O Quin should put us over that...
Not sure if we can offer a contract for Jason Smith of what he made last season with raises, on top of that, there is Cole Aldrich's early bird rights to offer him a raise just like JR Smith got with his 3year deal and player option after our 54 game win season

On top of that we have trade exemptions that we could use that expire within a year from our trades last season from JR Smith, Iman Shumpert, Pablo, and even Travis Wear...
So we have loopholes that we could use if we wanted to go over the cap regardless, on top of making trades with the bird rights/early bird rights of

Sign and trades, along with other players on contract

Cole Aldrich
AB
Acey
150% rule

Also since no moves are actually made, and in theory just agreed to, it could be that we are looking to use our cap space before actually doing the trade, which is more likely, of which is about 3m or under as reported

So we could use that cap space first with the cap holds and then choose to use the trade to go over the cap

Then we could use the LLE or Bi Annual Exemption of right under 3m or THE 6m MLE

In which we could use only 1 of the 2 exemptions....

So I believe we have about 3m in cap space and the 6m MLE to use

The Trade Exemptions are gone once you get under the cap to sign players. You have to renounce all Exemptions in order to have access to all of your cap space. Once you do all you get is the Room Exception.

s3231 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

s3231 wrote:[qBRIGGS"]
He's a poor man's monroe

Guess since we couldn't get the real thing, Phil thought we would get the next best thing?

You think he's worth $4mm a year BRIGGS? I feel like I've only seen him play in a few games.

For the money it was a solid deal. I think he would be swell for the triangle

Good to hear! Looks like this move is getting other good reviews too from media + other guys too.

Bobby Marks, ex Nets front office man just said on Twitter he thinks O'Quinn might be the best pickup of all 4 guys we added this offseason.
I might agree with him. Great signing.

wargames wrote:

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Guys we might end up a respectable organization soon